Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-07
OFFICERS
Elected In East
Akron.
Athletic Club There
Growing Rapidly.
Davey Begins to Tire
of Akron.
Weston Defeated Hard by a Big
Score.

The East End athletic club has
grown with phenomenal speed, since
it's formation. only short time ago,
and has already attained Il position of
for the election of officers was held at
the club last night and the following
selections were made, after warm CON
tests for some of the POSITIONS:
Elmer Manton, president; VIM. Wick
line, vice president; John Cooper, treas
trer; Joseph Wade, financial secretary;
Herbert Leighton recording secretary.
These, with five other directors, who
We're also selected last night, will be
the Board of Control of the club. ,Ahe
other directors are: Martin Mcqueen
cy. Samuel Crisp, DR.. Hulse and John
Hearty. The officers will continue in
Office for six months.
The club begins the new year with
the brightest of prospects. Plans are
already discussed for remodeling the
present quarters, and the members
work together amicably and with on
ly the welfare of all as an object. Inc
membership, at present is 1S0.
NOTHING DOING.
Frank Davey,reported Tuesday morn
ing that he knew nothing new In the
situation with reference to his at
tempts to get matches with some of
the wrestlers who have challenged him
mt various times Davcy declares that
IL something in the way of business
does not turn up before long, he will
shake Akron dust from his feet, and
try other fields of endeavor, where
hammer locks ana double Nelson's may
prove more attractive than they have
here.
EMPIRES GOING TO KENT.
The Empire Bowling team will go
to Kent, Wednesday night. for the pur
pose of meeting the Gries, of that
place. These teams have met before,
both here and mt Kent. and the EN-
pires are ahead as the result of the
last bowling arguments that were
held. II Is expected that the Eries will
be able to do more than hold their own
on the Kent Alleys, as the peculiari.
ties of the alleys are said to be such
as to require n long acquaintance for
good scores.
GETTING WARM
sThe South Ends and the Kirkwood
exhibit more and more interest In the
contest that they are waglng on the
Main st. alleys, for the trophy offered
by Frank Cohen, as that contest pro-
crosses. The unexpected lead that has
been obtained by the South Ends, Is
the cause of the concentration of in
terest by the clubs, and the members
uf both organizations are determined
TO do all in their power to win the
Eeries. The next meeting will take
place, next Friday night.
PLACE CHANGED.
1t has been decided that the bout
8between McGovern and sullivan Will
not take place in San Francisco Sam
Harris and Tom Sharkey VIII meet
sbis evening TO reconsider other bids
from other clubs, the Yosemite Ath-
letic club, OF san Francisco having
withdrawn itS offer OF $4,000. The
IT, A. c., OF Louisville, may get the
fight
BIG DAYS WORK.
Slmms IL slowly but steadily In
creasing the amount of work he does
each day In training for the fight he
Will have with Martin Duffy, at De
troit, In short time. The road work
that he does each day has been in
creased, until he now covers about five
miles In his runs. Gymnasium work,
boxing and wrestling have been in
creased IN proportion, and Simms does
an amount of work each day that
wonld tire any laborcr. He says he
feels tine, nevertheless, and viii make
the fight of his life when he meets
Duffy at Detroit.
NO CURLING TEAM
Cleveland and Canton, and the cur
lers OF other places, having noticed the
talk OF forming curling team, which
vas discussed some time ago by scotch.
American admirers of the game, here,
have already been looking eagerly Ia
sec II the project showed any signs of
being successful The teams In other
places have already played busy
season of games, and they would like
to arrange games with an Akron team,
providing one Is formed. The present