New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-10
TO ABANDON IT'S QUARTERS.
But THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC CLUB
Will KEEP ITS CHARTER ALIVE.

NOT ~ FINANCIAL STRAITS BIT MEMBERS
7AKHN AWAY KY OTHER COLLEGE OR
GANzATIoNs-A SUGGESTION THAT
FEW ROOMS BE LEASED.
From trustworthy sources yesterday It was
learned that the meeting at the University Ath-
letic Club house. in Thirty-fourth-st.. on
Wednesday night. was a decidedly important
one instead ~ being Of particular interest.
as was announced As printed exclusively in
The Tribune some time ago. the officers Of the
organization have been considering the advisa-
billty of giving up their handsome quarters in
Thirty-fourth-st The club has well-appointed
quarters. which are said to he entirely too OK
pensive for the number Of members who make
u point ~ visit the club regularly.
When the plan for reducing expenses was first
proposed the idea was that the present club
house should he given UP on May |, and the
effects Of the club moved back 10 the old head
quarters a. Twenty-siXth-st and SiXth-aNe'
This plan met the approval Of most of the prom
inent members for the accommodations az the
old quarters were excellent in every way There
are two racquet courts there besides n gym
nasurn and other conveniences for the athletic
members.
The success ~ the Yale Club followed by the
entrance into the field Of competition or the
Harvard Club must have injured the attend
ance Of the University Athletic club. Now the
decision % the Princeton Club 70 secure inde-
rend4nt quarters has convinced the members
OF the University Athletic Club that for the pest
interests Of all the club should practically dis
band From this announcement it need not be
inferred that the University Athletic Club is
bankrupt. for such is not the case. according TO
several II the prominent officers The organiza-
ton is we'll supplied with money. but the mem
hers think II would be foolhardy 70 continue
paying out money when a like amount WAS not
coming IN from dues and other house receipts
At 4 meeting last night Of the Princeton club
a committee was appointed 20 consider the al
Visibility Of securing a clubhouse. 1t Is said
that nearly 40 per cent Of the present members
Of the University Athletic Club are Princeton
men, and this determination by the graduates
from Old Nassau TO get clubhouse may mean
n further loss Of active members by the OhNer-
sity Athletic Club Both the Yale and the Har-
ward clubs have large memberships ana Do'h
are prosperous The Princeton men are con-
WINGED that their organization will do as wen.
In Speaking Of the condition Of the University
Athletic Club. a prominent officer Of the CLUB
sstd IN the writer yesterday: The University
Athletic Club will not disband eXacty pul II
does not look at present as II we shal secure
new quarters We are not in any HhhhGidI
straits and can and will pay every cent thdt
rho organization owes. and have a modest sur
MUS left at that, We viii not 60 back to the Ola
quarters at TwentysXth-st. unless some al
ranrenent Is made that Is not contemplated at
This time In case some Of the weu-to-do mem
hers decide to lease the old quarters. the clup
might lease from them rooms for headquarters
and the Ike.
MY idea however. is that we shall retain our
charter 10 use In case We desire 10 secure per
manent quarters at any time ana ieoI SdIlIHe
the club Otherwise We shall probably content
ourselves with holding dinners occasionally ana
coming together at Delmonico's. SherIys or
some other place at regular or irregular inter-
walls Il is simnlv this that our present active
membership does not warrant us in MAINTAIN
ing our present quarters.