New-York tribune., 1900-01-08
NEWS OF BROOKLYN CLUBS.

The members Of tbs Hamilton Club will celebrate
the birthday Of Alexander Hamilton by holding
large dinner Thursday night at O'Clock Prepara-
tIons VIII be made for 125. DR.. H A. Wolff late OF
the South African Republic, and participator in
the famous jameson raid. will narrate experiences
in South Africa The committee made an effort to
get some member of the club TO speak on the Boer
cept the task President James McKeen will preside.
Il viii be ladies night in the clubrooms Feb
ruary %.
The Crescent Athletic Club will hold its annual
election Of officers on January 20. On Wednesday
night there will be q hockey match at the Clernont
Avenue Rink between teams from the Crescent
Club and the Skating Club OF Brooklyn. On the
same evening there VIII be a chess match between
iIton Club. This match has aroused a good deal Of
interest
successful and interesting bottle pool tourna-
raeut was held at the Montauk Club Saturday
night There were thirty-oue entries After sue
cessve contests the members who were IN the
finals were E. 3. Jordan, Rufus T. Griggs, Isaac
L Allen and Howard ". Maxwell Mr. Jordan
played with Mr.. Grggs and won. The game be-
tween Mr. Allen and Mr.. Maxwell resulted IN a
victory for Mr.. Allen Following these two games
Mr Allen played with Mr.. Jordan and won. The
two defeated men Of the semI-huals, MT. Maxwell
and Nj Griggs. played, and Mr.. Griggs won.
Then prizes were awarded Mr.. Allen received
ne ti'riis fGrRey MI Grggs had his choice between
Two ducks and pig anG Gh05e P eTe WsZ7Sau 81
Eighth-ave., took the pig,
Ex-Park Commissioner Elijah r Kennedy viii
entertain the members of the Montauk Club on
Thursday night with his illustrated lecture on In
and About London" It viii follow the japanese
@ 9ter' be me N6nt9uSs contrbution TO the Iawt0n
relief fund now amounts TO more than SSo-
A musical will be given at the Knickerbocker
Club house Wednesday evening under the direction
OF F. ". Holmes, jr
The Aurora Grata Club will give euchre party
Thursday evening January . It is under the man
agement Of the wives and daughters Of the mem
bers. who since fan have had the privileges Of The
clubhouse every Wednesday afternoon. Prizes viii
be awarded TO the winners of the euchre
The Unity Club win give minstrel show at the
Criterion Theatre, Fulton and Grand SITS, on Feb
ruary 6 The amateur minstrel organization IS re-
hearsing several times week = the theatre party r,
members Of the club.
The Fishers Club a Brooklyn organization with
a fish preserve in the Beaverkiu Valley, will hold
its annual meeting at the Union League Club next
Thursday night The present officers are: Presi-
dent, Charles A Bryan: president, Dr. F S
Rowland; treasurer James Rice, jr.; secretary. L
Smith. The other members are A snedecor. Rich
Adams. ". J. Whitaker H 3. Marshall and A;
rooms.
Tomorrow night about three hundred members
Of the Union League viii he present at the render
ing of ''Robespierre' by Henry Irving at the Co
lurbia Theatre After the play about one hundred
of the party will the clubhouse. in Grant
Square. where dinner will be given for Henry
Irving. He Will be accompanied by his son, Law
renee, and by his manager. Miss Ellen Terry was
invited, but was unable to accept the invitation
On Friday Garrett P Serviss will deliver his lecture
at the club on old Holland and the Romance Of
the Dutch Republic II will be illustrated with
seventy-fve colored views On Wednesday night
there viii he a general meeting OF the members
+ 10 pass and raufy the action Of the Board OF
Governors in limiting the membership TO 500 and
abolishing the initiation fee over fifty applications
for membership have been made in the last two
weeks.
There was an old fashioned racket at the OK
Cl,,E, Sa-.,-aa-- ,-izht III.