New-York tribune., 1899-07-16
ATHLETIC AND SOCIAL.
THE CRESCENT CLUBS REMARKABLY
SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
SPORTS OF WIDE DIVERSITY FIND FOLLOWERS
IN THE BIG ORGANIZATION. AND THE BAY
RIDGE HOUSE Is ONE OF THE MOST
POPULAR PLACES IN BRooKLYN.

RIDGE HOUSE Is ONE OF THE N''i
POPULAR PLACES IN BRooKLYN.
Great is the Crescent this year from the point
Of athletic prowess well OF social strength.
The early days of the heated term saw II on
high point Of vantage, and this season down at
Bay Ridge promises to be more varied and enter
tanning than ever before. Already it has proved
Itself the best country season the club mas ever
known. The lacrosse games attracted extraordi-
nary crowds, and the other leading sports-golL
tennis, trap shooting aquatics and basebaI-haVe
been far behind. An aggregate OF loi6 people
took dinner at the Bay Ridge house on ladies'
day" Uhe opening Memorial Day)-one hundred
and fifty more than dined at the opening last year
The other crowds have been proporuonauy large
and brilliant OF unusual size. and with the annuai
regatta OF the early summer and trap shootihg
over and the baseball schedules well unher way,
the Crescents have settled down 10 period ot
steady golf the golfers being now the largest con-
tingent I'm the club.
Golf and lacrosse have in fact. come 10 be the
Crescent's games The one thing remarkable about
this club is that year after year despite the great
element OF social life in It, II Is always d" a'ieu'
organization Its dinners and gatherings i's nun
dreds ~ little parties so numerous each Saturday
evening that they have TO wait Tor taoies !" 'ne
dining room. made up just because 'n's a'h
letic interest exists and Is absorbing All OF
Brooklyn that is fashionable wants to see ne al
the Crescent Club. the young enthusldSts '''"t ~
one field sport or another are the pest tiiS "nu o'
the country can own. No committee In 'he cruz i
more important than the Athletic Commune ma
arranges each year string OF novel programmes
Tho crescent grounds as soon as summerlike
weather sets in are thus a theatre OF ther kihd'
with exciting performances that never gro" ure-
some or lose their charm.
Here is a playhouse Of many stages eacn VII" l's
own attraction The lover OF all out OF ooors anu
OF countryside finds quiet seat on the piazza vi
a stroll along the lawns He can looH over 1"e
elisening waters of the Bay refreshing. meantime'
his inner man as the panorama OF the Bay kiIge
shore unfolds Eouipages OF beauty, Win horses
that have action and finish dash past or SWING INTO
the grounds, adding much, win the gay Ao0N
their occupants the beauty OF the SOe"' III
Julv and August turf tennis courts eApeIuy iV'''''
occupy all the lower field The upper held mas I"o
games Of baseball going on at the same NM ~
dirt tennis courts just back OF the ciuonou'e ato
oil accounted In the fields and des on the httIe
hills beyond scores OF golfers, with matter oi
hftv caddies or more accompanying arr Io'''"
ing with diligence many tiny paHs' ine'e "'e
not far from three hundred golfers IN the N'es'e'
Club to-day more than one hundred or theih Ae'"
enthusiasts dozen and better experts Of no mean
calibre In the great boathouse on the shore crews
are forming for the afternoon and smaH rowing
craft OF every sort being pushed INTO the water
DIVERSITY OF INTERESTS.
T. would be a strange man or woman that couid
40, e,d interest in one end another OF this espe
cially since all are backed with such "ea''n o'
creature comforts are 10 be had III tne GU"
house near at hand. 1t is not only poSS'0'e anu
probable II Is certain, that the ADDED SUCCESS u
the Crescent the last or two years mas oeeh
due N tho diversity Of entertainment It has offered
The visitors rather than the members, on the I'M
portant afternoons of matches make up the inter-
esting element. They come TO the numoer oi sew
eral thousands Indeed. the Crescent games nave
such a name and fame in these days tha' many
there being no ticket pass required ana en-
trance with a member even not being necessary
oe, IN :, Is known without anything resembling
an invitation.
Thus Crescent social life has gradually grown 10
be the gayest. June, always the busiest month d'
a country club proved itself remarkable lor this
vaar. and the coming months will have no dulness
in them. Again the cuisine with LOUIS mahasAe
f. despite the fact that the kitchens OF the country
house are far too small is unexceptionao'e' IN 'S
executive force the club has these last Few moh'hS
made decided departure. new ohcer mas pee"
created-that Of manager-with charge over Doth
houses The new official Is @. W. Morton anu ne
has received added power by being nade seconu
,,ce-presdent and a member OF the Board OF
Governors The plan has worked excellentIy' ana
the new post Is now firmly established.
lanes II Oliphant T. the present president
and his fellow officers s Edward Vernon, vice.
nresident; C. W Morton. second vice-president; A.
Wallace Higgins. secretary; Henry H. sa@t,
treasurer Among those now on the tfoEei@lis @
Committee are Charles VI. Bull, O; c. Adams
campbell {. Brown. Cornelius b. van ciI brun1.
Adolphe F. Smylie. Charles A Morse (t.. CiIaI.rS i
! Maguire and Philip Ruxton The Athletlc ON
mitteee IS headed by G; j. Maguire anu mn, Ine tna ~
man OF its subcommittee. most lnpoItan' np am III
well managed posts are as follows: Bicyce: Csa'
q Rasmus: Shooting. Carl G. Rasmus, I-aCfosse'
/ II Bagg: Baseball. G. J. Maguire: Con COrhe-
illus p Van Brunt: Tennis, J. Bagg' K0wlhg'
ESa-ies A Morse ir: swimming Charles A. Morse
ir: Bowls. Carl G. Rasmus
SPORTS AND THEIR DEVoTkES.
Tho latter sport bowls Of the good, old fash
toned sort is a somewhat new thing Tor the ciuo.
but there are indications that from now on 1t VIII
he heartily entered into. Its chief enthusiast III
the club Is George OFlynn. Hockey Is ano'her
game that will be brought to the fore ms mas
not been played yet but plans are areauS
afoot 70 get I'D strong team for next winter
II will be of interest 10 roughly pictHre eaCM ib VI
the greater sports OF the Crescent Athletic CIuO
since # Is on sport-good. clean. honest noh-pio
fessional sport-that the foundation ot the c'u.