The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-17
IN union, STRENGTH.
A Movement Inaugurated to
Amalgamate the Green
Vile Athletic Clubs.
WAYNE CLUBS GAMES.
The Entries and Handicaps-Sur-
prised Cricketers-Baseball
and Athletic Notes.

1t is highly probable that within the
next few weeks q first class athletic club,
with a membership of over 200 will be OF
ganfzed in the Greepville sectiou- ans
re. ult will be accomplished by the ANAL
~galnation of the Puritan Athletic Cluo,
the Garfield Athletic Club, the Greeny.lle
y. NJ. e, A. Athletes aud possibly the
G~reenvile Wheelmen.
This proposed anialgamation has been
the chief topic of conversation in athletic
circles in the Greenville section for the
past week, aud it now looks as though
ma; tiers will surely be brought to a focus.
All the athletic clubs above mentioned
have signified q willingness to consol'da G,
aud each club will, at its next meeting,
appoint a committee to consider the mat
ter. Several Leading cit zeus who have a
liberal share of this worlds goods have
promised financial aid il the club is or
gauIzed. The club will probably bs
known as the Greenville Athletic Club. =
Vice President Charles Herig. Of the
Garfield A. c., when interviewed chs
morning by a reporter of the JERSEY
CITY NEWS. said
II think the idea is a most excellent
ODe. IL UHiS ulhIEhuldliO SooAo ~
brought about, Greenviile would have on
athletic organization second to none In
TIE State, and / for one will DO all that
lies in my power to aid the movement"
Mr.. Robert jackson. the well-known
athlete of the Puritan A. c.. said:- :,
81 think it is an excellent idea anu
would be delighted to see the amalgama-
ton brought about. Greenville certainly
can and will support a frst-class athletic
club. and there is no reason why the
amalgamation should not take place. AS
we now stand, three separate clubs neither
one will ever amour TO anything. rms
section cannot and will not support three
clubs"
Mr.. Charles Mitzenius, the well known
druggist and yachtsman of Danforth ave-
II would like to see a first-class athletic
club in this section, and | believe that the
only way a frsr-class club can be organ
lied is to amalgamate the Puritaus, Gar
1elds and Y. M. C. AS" !,
The PuritanS have a membership OF
eighty-nve, the Garfields have sixty,
while the Y. N. g. AIS and the Wheel
men have forty each. This would make
a total membership of 225 for the new
club to start with.
The following letter, which was re-
ceived at THE JERSEY CITY NEWS Office
this morning, explains Itself
To the Sporting Editor, JERSEY Cit9 Neaos:-
DEAR SlH.-lneroL Is NO uouUI THAT ouCH III
ISOLATION will some date exist In this town, but
at present, certain obstacles, more visionary
than otherwise, oppose it's successful organiza,
ton. To make such an institution an assured
success, several branches, as distinct as If they
were SO many separate clubs, would have to be
maintained. These would be composed. respec-
lively, of a social element to achieve a standing
in the community, an athletic branch, a wheel
ing division and a baseball team. Football ten
mis- and lacrosse would be optional, not neces-
sary. A boat club would be an important addi-
ton.
In this town at the present time there are but
two athletic clubs possessing athletes of any
ability. They are The Garfield A. G. and the
athletic club of the Y. M. c. A, OF these the
Garfield Club to a certain extent contains the
boxing and wrestling element, while the 7. M.
c.. A. represents the athletic contingent, that is,
of course, field and track athletics. In the Pur-
itan A. G. exists a baseball nine OF undoubted
ability.
With the natural advantages of the town, with
the really good raw material to work
none in the State could be formed
with athletes to carry its colors to the
fore on many fields. The time is not far distant
as some imagine, when this result. so fonGly
looked for, will be achieved. The success of the
scheme is as inevitable Bs the change of the sea-
sons, and sooner or later, such a club will have
its being. With all excuses for occupying your
time and space to such an extent, and livelest
thanks for the eminently careful and accurate
reports of matters pertaining to this club, which
have appeard in the columns of THE JERSEY
CITY NEWS, l am,
Sincerely yours,
j. FRANCIS BYRNE,
Secretary Greenville Y. NJ. c. A.
Athletic Club,