The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-18
THE ATHLETIC CLUB.
Increased Interest Taken in
the Gymnasium.
THE ANNUAL ELECTION TONIGHT
Ten Of the Old Board demonstrated
Popularity of Basket BaIi-Ath.
lesic. on Ladies' Daya


terest manifested il the work. Ii is true,
however, that, although the regular men,
bers are drilling TO the satisfaction OF the
progress and showing greater zeal in get
ting all the benefit possible from the work.
While ladies' day was tired in the begin
ming as an experiment there Is no question
now as TO the success of the venture. The
classes u,eet Monday and Thursday morn
ings at 10 O'Clock and il is learned from
creditable sources that il Is not unusual
for sixty ladies TO be on the floor ready to
wave the wooden dumbells and 90 through
other setting up exercises Of light nature.
Not content with class work the ladies
have become ambitious to essay feats
hitherto supposed to be capable of accom-
plishment only BY men and, ii is said. are
making rapid progress.
ANY one that cannot swim feels that
there is only one way TO settle the matter.
She must learn at once, for with what
envy does she see her sisters playing in the
big tank and swimming around as If un-
conscious of her accomplishments. The
swimming is the last part OF the fun, but
no less interesting to the participants than
the feats on the horizontal bar. the horse,
and what fun they do have kicking. Some
professional kickers who boast of records
would have hard work 10 equal the
achievements Monday and Thursday aft
ernoons.
Basket ball is now the chief attraction to
the men after regular class work. and a
spectator would wonder what was going
on, if he should have an opportunity of
seeing the running. batting and passing
that, taken as a whole, constitutes the
game referred to. Basket ball has not
been in existence more than two years,
but wherever it has been introduced 1t
causes great interest. Prof. Lippy was
the first one to think of the game here,
and now it has been introduced at the Sc.
attle Athletic Clubs gymnasium. Match
rules are not followed ordinarily, thus al
lowing any number of persons to take
part. The materials required are easily
obtained and not easily destroyed. At
either end of the hall, ten feet from the
floor. are placed baskets made like scoop
nets, with an opening, the diameter Of
which il fifteen inches. Now comes an
ordinary associations football, and thus
prepared the game may be started. The
rules are not lengthy, yet comprehensive.
The ball must be batted or passed with the
open hand, and can not be held more than
five seconds.
One player cannot interfere with another
except to bat the ball out of his hands, and
1t is strictly against the rules to run with
the ball. Any infringement of the above
required conditions constitutes foul, and
two consecutive fouls constitute goal for
49, afI g.
halves are played, and the side putting the
ball into its opponents basket the greater
number of times is declared the winner.
II the ball goes into the basket and bounds
out there is no goal. When the game was
first started few days ago the players
went wild, and the play was much rougher
than it should be. 1t took only few les
sobs, however. to eradicate this trouble,
and now the contestants have as much fun
as if several heads and legs were broken at
each game.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Seattle Athletic Club will be held at
the club house this evening at O'Clock.
Interest centers In the election of presi-
dent and fourteen members of the board
of trustee. By provision of the by-las rs
the names of the candidates have been an
nounced officially. These are:
Candidates for board of governors
George +. De Steiguer. II. A. kyer, Rich
ard NJ. Hurd. .. A. Spencer, ]. L. Gleason,
DR.. r. ". Young, Josiah Collins jr, FL.
w. Baker. NJ. Is. HAYNES Edwin Ripley,
John T. Campion A. V. Randall, A. Cook
ingham. IL. V. V. Bean. Ernest &. Lyons,
DIR. b. Porter, James 5. Goldsmith. A. j..
Baliiett. Ralph A. Schoenfeld, Tracy II.
nuha Erane In II
Bond. g. BennirGhauser. III. +. Norton, f..
w. MIDGET, DR.. Il. W. Schoenlc, l.. Peliy.
George r. Folsom.
1t Is said that an organized attempt will
be made to down the members of the
old board who are running tor re election,
but this will hardly be done. OF the can
didates President Goldsmith. Secretary
Bean. Treasurers Haynes and Young.
Randall, Cookingham, Robertson, Inger.
soil, Folsom and Schoenle are on the
present board: Job T. Lyon. +. X. Strive,
viii III. Parry, James Lee and Albert
Braun declined denomination, the first
three havingserved from the organization
of the club.
Julius Kahn is much interested in the
formation of a giee club and thinks there
are enough good voice. among the mem.
Dfir W INSURE ttte stNAtSe VI Shc tIo1ttI.
Mr.. Fox's work on the parallel bars al
WAYS pleases Pro< Van Devere.
Edwin Ripley and Prot Van Devere are
working on the double trapeze.
Louis Bond is causing considerable talk
by his fine work on the horizontal bar. Ii
is predicted that he viii be able to do the
giant back swing within week.
q. Benninghauser. who leads the classes
in work on the horse, does some very
artistic work.
Handball is at present taking up much
of the time OF the active members Of the
cub. The court is busy so long as there
are members Oh the floor, and frequently
there are hot contests. Fred Calhoun
enjoys the distinction OF being the best
player and ordinarily plays any two oppo
uents. D.. Il. ". SchoenIe, however, is .
tine player and there may be a question as
TO who would win in a match contest
Albert Braun has presented 10 the sea-,
tie Athletic CLUB one OF the memento pro
grammes of the Yale-princeton football
game, Thanksgiving day. lSG3 when the
latter tFiumphed by score of 60 Ii is
book made in the form OF Rugby football
and contains l23 pages OF interesting inst
ter. There are pictures of the Yale
Princeton and Harvard ls93 football teams
a.so the individual photographs OF Capt
Frank A. Hinksy. of Yale: Capt Thoma.
q. TrencAari, OF Princeton. aud Il. u
Waters, Of Harvard, also the rules aud regu
Iations OF the game. together with com
pete record of the Ia.e, Princeton ane
Harvard games since the present gam.
gas adopted. What makes the book stil
more attractive are pictures of the differ
snt buildings 1T the different colleges anc
last, baT not least. that OF abe old fence
at y Ale This recently reufzrej yuurs