The morning times., 1897-01-31

Gradually the many new members of the
Columbia Athletic Club are aCQuanting
themselves with the privileges under their
membership, and adding To their own as
well as the pleasure of others One of the
features they have overlooked until re-
Gently is that they can send their rela lives,
under fifteen years of age, to the club for
physical instruction under Prof CroSsley
on Saturday morning, from 8 TO II O'Clock
A number of new boys have already been
on hand, and last Saturday double the
usual number stood up for drill. So great
is the increase OF membership that new
lockers will have to be built.
Prof Crossley will shortly begin on the
program he will offer ut the next months
athletic smoker. He promises number
of novelties, and plenty OF good all-ar9uud-
work Franz will make an effort at the
pole-vault, and hopes to establish new
record. Walsh, Underwood, HccoX Nc
Gowan, Won Leindgren and others of the
football team will introduce collar and
elbow wrestling good gymnast has
been found in W. Stinemetz, a Junior a
chip of the old block. Humphreys is doing
well on the bar and in high jumping DR..
Harding, Spear, Lyons and Waters are all
|
! provement in all lines Prof. Crossley is
justly proud of the result of his Instructions
in general all-around physical culture
His class number about fifty pupils each
class night, and all are getting the bene-
fit of good instructions in moderate lines,
and only where it is sought, are pupils
! coached in specialties.
A neat little acrobatic show is being
I h,-M 10,
| assisted by other aspiring Youngsters.
/ Wood and Moore are rising stars in Prof
| Carter's boxing class After the tenpin
tourney the bowling committee will set up
! a series of games in cooked hat and five
! back" for the club championship.
| 4 special class in systematic training and
| exercise for business men has been started
! by Prof. Joyce at Carroll Institute gym
nasium, and class nights are Tuesday and
Friday nights at 8 o'clock. Among those
now in the class are Harry Hodges, John
| Laskey, G. Baker and 4. Wolf, We'll -kno WI
attorneys. One of the prominent features
! OF the coming fair To be held / or the benefit
| of the Institute, beginning on February 8,
| will be the several gymnastic and aero
hattie exhibitions. For these Prof Joyce
| mas hummer Oi SOOu men IN dCUiNe re-
| tearsal. Among those who will assist the
| professor in these exhibitions are Joe
DAILY, Joe Mangan, Paul Hughes, Jack
| Crutchett,C O'Donoghue. j. McAfee, Dow
| ney and Stone. Joyce and McAlfee are
drilling in a new acrobatic act with novel
features.
The ladies' classes in the gymnasi are
| especially attractive features of the Insti-
/ tnte, and are largely attended on Monda Y
and Thursday afternoons from $50 to :
| o'clock. For the past few weeks about
| thirty young ladies have beenin active prac-
tice for a series of games of basketball
I which will shortly be played in one OF the
gyms. The fair players are putting up an
excellent class of the game, and, of course,
4 there is no roughness. A great deal of spe
cial work is being done ON the parallel
bars by Claude O'Donoghue. Paul Hughes,
| McPike, Phillips and Moriarty.
1t is the opinion of Prof Joyce that the
| c. I basketball team puts up the best game
in the city, and that with an umpire from
out of town. a total stranger to all the
teams, that the c.. /. can outplay any team