The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-03
Big CLUB DREAM.
Greater Hudson Athletic Or
ganization Developing
in Somebody's
Mind.
CITY AND COUNTRY HOUSES
Jersey City, Palma, New Jersey
Athletic, Newark Bay Boat
and Other Clubs
Counted In.

There is a project for the organiza-
ton of a big athletic club in Hudson
county being talked of by some of the
l U men of this city n Bayonne.
Ihe plan calls for the consolidation of
the Jersey City. Palma and New Jersey
Bowling Clubs of Jersey City and the
New Jersey Athletic Club. the Bayonn
Rowing Association and Newark Bay
Boat Club of Bayonne.
such an association of clubs. the pro-
jectors believe would create in this
county an athletic club similar to the
New York OF Manhattan Athletic club
OF New York Like the former club
the aim would bel to have a clubhouse in
B fsaS oray an "a q country clubhouse in
ment would have to be catered to, SINCE
the Bayonne clubs would in the main
Of ofe su sas a aoe Club hi Il IS ci In ehe city 70 h reuse
athIetlcs somewhat iIi the background.
In the country. OF the contrary, attn
l let sa, q al Kinds would be encouraged
This scheme has not been formally
placed before the different clubs CON
members Of those clubs. however, in
private talk, so as to pave the way to
serious consideration of it when it does
are divergent. Somefavor and so = on.
pose the idea. as it is viewed from differ-
ent s~tandpodnts.
large an Organization, the city club.
house should be a fine, large structure.
None Or the present %ciubhouses in this
f faHsid NILS the requirements without ex-
home OF the proposed new club there
should be parsors for the netertainment
mittee meetings. Dining rooms Should
pc ntted out in a handsome manner,
a and Ipsygoa WITH the best Of cuisine
stocked in every way. Billiard and
pool rooms containing In adequate num-
Der OF tables shoalid be located in It
voices of this quiet form OF sport. "A
library would, OF course. be a necessity.
IN the basement bowling alleys. quite a
bath should be placed. At the TOP p Of the
house a theatre devoted to vaudeville
ana p9xing entertadnments and To anna
teur theatricals for those members who
are interested in such affairs should
surpass those OF the present Jersey City
CLUBS. The gymnasium would necessarily
pc large and very complete eff its kind.
For the country home no better stu
alton could be obtained than the present
home OF the New Jersey Athletic Club
ges for the purpose are manifold and
readily apparent. AS they now stand the
grounds are as fine as any in the coun-
of access from New York and New eSs' Jers
sey cities enhance their value for exhi-
bition purposes. Regularly. twice a year,
swell the treasury of the New Jersey
Athletic Club. On, these occasions the
grounds are crowded by thousands OF
IN the possession of a club of more
general influence they might be so crowd
ed a dozen or more times throughout the
Scenically these grounds are more beau.
tiful than the pretty Travers Island
Home Of the New York Athletic Club.
the charlottesville track which the New
Jerseys hope to lay out for a bicycle
track, VITA banked corners and speedy
sn0o oem5 se as5nact h eaYt men npon Of e the w hsia
track, as projected, would be oval IN
shape. Within it and following very
athletic track, measuring four laps to
the mile. inside this again would be the
field devoted to field events. baseball.
football, cricket n wnstennis.
Another point considered in favor of
these grounds is their frontage on New
ark Bay. Bathing houses erected would
not want for patrons. The two roomy
be fitted up at short notice and small
expense fer the reception of numbers of
oarsrlen and their boats.
The club house, of course would have
to be enlarged. and It's fittings would be
only a little less expensive than the
those OF tha city club horse It should
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exception of plunge-bath and theatre. A
few b-ed-chambers for benighted non-res-
ident members would not be amiss and
the cuisine should be especially featured
here as we'll as in Jersey City.
IN the accomplishment of this large
sized club idea. T. It ever should come
City c~lubhouses would have to go under
the hammer. This brings forward one of
the obstacles ito the Achievement of the
scheme. The clubs ase all unwilling to
relinquish their present homes and trust
to the success of the new venture. They
have a good thing now, they all say
an Tbs p changing aars ogn they might rs get nl Left;
Greater rasss 1 Hudson a0a eountys Athlete sas PIs0p claS
are not shared by President James E.
Sullivan ud ! az of Of the ben New 3 Js Ns = Athletie Club.
quite quit ire freei Sys on tie 'a aabjsse sn''eman 'aiked
Y favor the plan most heartily" he
said. Such a club has long been needed
in this city, and ] think It would be a
success, financially and otherwise. New
York supports two, the New York n
Crescent Club. and almost another in the
rapidly rising Irving Athletic Club.
Orange has its fine representative in the
not Jersey City, aided BY the e' inier yn4u IN
Bayonne, also support a big club?
Such a club would boom athletics.
Contests with the clubs already mention
ed. to which can be added the Boston,
Chicago, Columbia of Washington and
other large clubs, and with the college
teams OF the country, would awaken in
young and, with her resources, dangerous
rival In the field would set the older or
ganizations guessing.
am afraid, or there would would Be e Nc ebIiec !
this project. An athletic club IS as ne
which tend to advance "a city In the
public eye. Think Of Syracuse and