The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-04
PLAYING 4 LIVELY AIR
Puritan Athletes Tuned
Their Piano and a Merry
Dance Is On.
SPARTAN'S SUPERBB0WLING
Won Two Games In the County
Tourney-Catholic Clubs Bowl
ers-Ring and Track.

There is music in the Puritan Athletic
Club. The piano was recently repaired
aud tuned u now matters are az cou-
cert pitch. A fractional strife is on. and IL
may result in wrecking the institution.
The row has been on for several weeks,
but the members succeeded in keeping
the matter quiet A reporter for II
JERSEY CITY NEWS yesterday secured the
Afacts In the case. The members OF the
club at first denied all knowledge OF the
Affair, but when confronted with the
facts they admitted that there was a Ut
5tIe trouble
A few weeks ago the club held 3 recep-
$fien in its club rooms on Neptune avenue
$and one OF tb~eprominenJ mber was
4instructedeto have the piano repaired so
that SS6f1e alleged music could be ex,
ra0<ed from it. 1t is alleged he received
nm Mr.. Splitter. the clubs treasurer.
.&hcient money to pay for the repairing
the instrument. IL is further alleged
\ lat he did not pay the workmen That re-
paired IL. nor has he returned the money
RSpitzer.
I IAI a recent meeting one of the MEM
Peers charged the prominent member with
/ misappropriating the clubs FUNDS. inls
caused such a stir as Wes never VII
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ways been held in high esteem by the
citizens of Greenville. The majority OF
the members looked upon The matter as q
huge Joke, but when The emD VINO
made the charges persisted In his attack
they began TO look grave and asked That
u committee be appointed 30 MAKE q thor
ough investigation. The was
appointed with instructions to report at
the next meeting. The meeting was
held last week and when the report OF
the committee was called for everyone
present anticipated that the accused
would be ~exonerated. The committee,
however, reported that they had found
that the accused had not paid the money
given him for the repair OF the piano to
the man who had put tt in shape.
10 say that this report caused excite-
ment would be putting 1t mild. A num-
of members at once jumped up and
declared that the committee did not make
q complete Investigation. They said hat
they would stand by the accused, as they
dia not believe that the charges were
frue. Other members denounced the &C.
cused. aud between the two factions and
the members of the committee and tAe
excited officers. the scene was indeed a
lively one. The accused was not present.
aud his side of the story was not told,
nor has 1t been since then, and In Justice
to him his name is omitted for the
amount involved is SO trivial. He has,
no Fe7er remained silent. but MS failure
60 make a statement has caused no end OF
Comment.
The members of the club who stand by
the accused are waging a bitter warfare
on the members who are ~denouncing
him.
An attempt will be made at the next
meeting to expeI the accused from the
club. aud il IS expected that there will be
another lively time. When the members
learned that the reporter OF the NEWS
had all the particulars of the row they
spared no pains to spread the news, and
last night scores OF GreenviiIe residents
were discussing the matter. Just how
how much money the accused received
from Treasurer Splitter, the members Will
not divulga. They evidently intend to
keep that part OF the story q secret.
One member when interviewed by the
reporter. said:-'I do not believe that the
members should crirlcise the accused SO
harshlY, as he has not yet been given an
opportunity to answer the charges pre-
ferred against him. | do not believe that
he is guilty, as ne may have overlooked
che matter. believe chat the committee
did not do its work properly, aud / am
almost certain that if a thorough investi-
gatieu Is made that we would find the
charges untrue"
The other members, however, declare
that they have positive proof that every
thing is not all right, and this backed
by the report of the committee makes
things look decidedly bad.
The matter is fcausing considerable ex-
eireraenr in athletic circles in G~reenvllle.