The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-25
EVANS aAMBIr DECLINED.
AMONG ATHLETIC CHRISTIANS.
A Comnittee or tho City Associations Acts "a
Basketball and BOWLING.

The Committee on Physical Work of tho city
associations. including representatives from all
branches, has adopted the following resolutions
regarding basketball and bowling:
~First-That basketball be Endorsed as purely q REQ
reative gymnastic game played after classes or a.
other convenient times. not to exceed two, or at the
second-That preference tn ali games should DO
given to the men who have exercised in class or other
Third-That basketball should receive only its pro.
portionste place IN a way that will not tend 10 han.
dicap the regular all around work Of the physical
F~ourth-That men should not be encouraged or
allowed to devote themselves to basketball TO the
detriment OF their best all around development.
is undesirable TO hold competitive basketball games
10 undesirable To have basketball or bowling leagues.
Although these resolutions do away with tour
h hran e t thSy d 6y NO ine ms stop , fhe diffsrent
In many cases outside games arc being arranged.
1t Is not definitely known whether there will be
a first team at the Twenty.third street branch.
but the second team is booking games with
teams in this city and Vicinity; The season viii
open at the association hall on Nov. q.
The autumn opening reception and entertainment
OF the Harlem branch will take place tonight. An
gymnastics. ataletirs, sc. The branch viii have MO g
organized basketball team this year. There viii be
some bowling done at the branch, and there is talk Of
a house tournament.
The gymnasium class is now we'll organized at
director Wellzniller is putting the memmnera
through q strict course of training. Every
Friday nlghl ID athletic night, and running.
jumping, pole yaulting, rope climbing, and shot
putting are INDUCED in. Fivcscts OF games were
held at the athletic grounds of the branch dur
ing the summer. The points scored follow:
Herman /. sturmer. "a; Alfred II. Drcssler. IS,
Horace j. Goodwin, 10; Adolph +. De Corbin, Id: n
". iioibrooh. &; Herman stockhauer, 4; oscar p.
Martin. d; Carl +. Schlecht. 3; James H. Gould. IN
Fred Gern"nn. 8; C. II, Reynault. 8.
The work in the gymnasium at the Young
Mems institute has started encouragingly
under the directions Of the new physical dircc-
floors arc taken up with the young aspirants for
honors IN gymnastics and athletics. Director
Is very bright. ~
Tho following athletic comment by c. K.
patterson OF the, y. NJ. c.. A. Athletic League OF
North America should prove interesting TO me
young Christians of Greater New York:
some Eastern Y, NJ. G. A, would do well to emu.
late the athletic spirit OF the san Fr~ucisco and o.,
land associations In california. The enterprising
physi ul departments Of thoS' associations. invinS
d-v"loprd plenty of good material. arranged n dun1
meet, which aroused keen interest aud proved nm
unquaiined success IN every particular. The attend.
ance was larg , the entry list wen nlled. and manx
OF the performances Indicated good athletic n"s,L.
hilities. Oakland proved the victor by Is poInta to
-. Interest was heightened by the presence OF
quite = number of scholastic ana collegiate athle,eaI
vs.