New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-25

( privileges for year, was member OF me eght,
car crew last year D. Van Tortahq1 is crew
of glorious memory; His sentence Is i2r b snIse
months The other three e. T4orpe :p M for
/ month. Thorpe is a distance runner. Douglass
swimming chamoion and Hart gymn acon b n the
board were c. T. Gudebr9d and Ge9rGe a. nr nnes
! laughed At but they were subjected to form OF
George Massey has been made treasurer OF OF, me
New-York Athletic Club. to fiji the place held by
William T. zell who is missing Mr. a M1Tsey o nas
been the temporary incumbent since Heil Insn'
, soon after his reelection in January. George d.
phillips has been made governor to succe , Hea
York Athletic Club on Saturday evening on to-
morrow the final game in the individual cIuD oo"'-
The poker-piaying party which visited Travers
Island with results disastrous to tse ,G Sae c 25
house occasionally throughout the year. me regu-
May %. and win last until Monday. October 3 The
following have already engaged roc ms there lor te
| r. r. Pattcson, g. l. Enell George W. Scott and
G. H. Howard The ffty-second games OF the cIuD
VIII , be T reav at ra .e between four & = A. G. men
and OF the Boston Athletic ASSOCIATION; J. ne
NEWCOMERS were defeated in the contest III boS'o'
The NeW-York Athletic Club is retiring old bonds
and IS gradually getting in better condition TO race
the task of erecting a building on IT'S property
at soon as the fund of 10000 is raised The
win be begun. About $4,000 was subscribed in 1882
II is hoped that the good times will have returned
sufficiently by next winter TO make IL possible 10
secure the remaining $4,000. II would be hitting
close Of Barlow S. Weeks's administration IL this
could be done
GAMES ALLOWED AT THE UNION
Clubs do not want to become gambling houses.
and therefore most OF them prohibit poker and
other games OF nearly pure chance in which stakes
are likely to run high In the Union Club the only
games permitted are whist. euchre afours, ecart@
bezque cribbage. pique billiards, chess checkers
dominoes and backgammon. limit is placed 20
follows Whist. $50 a game. or s. a point when
playing what is known as the f nnn, as TWO
gamcs) with privilege OF betting, in addition $40 on
the usual rubber of either three or four games ai'
point. two hundred additional points on each
more. These amounts seem TO be large enough
TO make the game Interes;hS. ,, ., h,.iro
a kind OF race to which shall get into IFS mouse
first. Both soon to achieve the ambition whlch
Both buildings are to be ready on May !. ApPar-
emily little PROCESS has been made In the last Lev
is Nos. q and p Vest Foriy,fo1rth-st However
efforts to have the structure ready for occupancy
at the time named Mr.. McKm, who is of the firm
contributed his professional services to the club
gratis. The lease on the Twenty-second-St house
expires on May l. but the directors have been au-
norzsn 10 rc hon Thar o tbrv Viii not be Compelled
to DO ths they prefer to move on that day
if the new house is not completely in order. Nm, Lhe
and it is the general desire to have it in Harvard
House. -,
The new house of the St Nicholas Club is also in
West Forty -fourth-st.. \ sign ITO Let rs dlS-
displayed at No. 1886 Ffth-ave;; where the club has
been for nearly three years The trustees have also
the power to extend the lease for one month when
ii runs out or May ], but also trust 10 ma TINS
needless. In fact. the members believe their house
to be further advanced than that OF the tfaiNdrl
Club The St Nicholas is small club. lis limit
being 800 members. This is being steadily neared go
The University Club, on the other hand VIII
neither move no town nor get it's own home Tor
some time to come The lease on the building in
Madison square has been renewed for hve years
from May l. At the end Of that time II viii be
seen whether the Metropolitan club is too far up
town. Al present there Is difference Of opinion
as to where the club centre is. While the desire to
remain in Madison Square is not unanimous IN
the University IL has been found that hunting Tor
a suitable site in Fifh-ave. Is full of difficulties
The present property Is to be enlarged on plans
which are as yet unsettled.
The University made an excellent financial show
Ing last year. The large dining-room' ana TWO
private ones were rernodelled and rodccOrated AT
cost of Sli65o g.: $500 ~ was spent for new furni
ture and equipments and nearly 5000 on the naval
reception. but surplus OF over SNVs was lad by
II is interesting note that the surplus or receipts
over expenditures in the restaurant was sd -;
for wines and liquors. N3,Gl7 92. and for cigars
e.