New-York tribune., 1903-01-13
THE n. Y. A. C.'S RECORD
H REM4RKABLE SOCCEoo'
Rero,t Shoes Notable Year an Al
Respects-Election Tonight.

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Lively interest is felt in the annual election OF
the New-York Athletic Club, which VIII De heiu
tonight at the handson ne clubhouse III fii'S
nintbst AS there will be no opposition to the
regular nomination already toid III i"0
Tribune the present officials having given COM
rlete satisfaction the main interest will be IN the
annual reports of the board of governors anu '"0
athletic, committee. These reports, which were
given to the members last night are the fhost
encouraging ever issued by the club me clu'
has done better in a financial and social sense
than ever before while from a purely athiet''
standpoint. as we'll, all former records nave
been eclipsed. The club stands to-day Wltho"'
an athletic rival on either side of the Auah'ie
The report of the board of governors shows
that forty members died in the course OF tlle
wear The total membership to Date is 4'-V''
This consists of 6 honorary Al life. 5'oo5 resi-
dent $50 nonresident, 80 army and navy anu
80 Junior members. The board promises that
the $4,000 debenture bonds which mature next
November can be paid or before that date'
The balance sheets reveal that the restaurant
was conducted at a. profit of S2,547 81 ihe
profits in the bar and cigar departments were
$50 575 a1 as compared TO S36,1 9S in i9ol'
The coal situation proved expensive TO the clup'
the fuel costing S6O29 more than was the Case
a year ago In spite of this. the CLUBS expense
account was reduced over s., 500 in the course
of the year Travers Island. the country nome
of the club was maintained at a saving OF over
$4,000 for the year
Among other things the report contains these
facts:
The gross cash receipts were S666,6S2 10 Inc
net reeeints were S347 654 81 and the total ex-
penditures including the city house and Travers
Island were $3.50 11S is. exclusive of furnlsh-
ings at the city house and Travers Island, ieav-
ing a
of S5S, $50 Sc
In this connection. members will be interested
10 notice in reading the treaSurerS report thdt
10 per cent of the amount of furnishings OF the
city house and Travers Island was charged on
S1sO61 10
The receipts from initiation fees for 1902 We're
S5f 80. This amount, deducted from SoS.o36 30
leaves 81 1866 the excess of income over
outgo, exclusive of receipts from initiation fees,
thus demonstrating that club affairs can be sat
isfactorily conducted on the amount of the
nuaI dues and the receipts This insures a sur
plus avaiable in future for the reduction of debt
The record shows that there was a net gain of
237 residents and % non-residents This leaves
241 residents to be elected, and l1O non-resl-
dents. It may be expected that the initiation
fees in 1903 will not fall below SOL 600 and that
the annual dues win rise to about S2l0ooo thus
increasing materially the excess of income from
dues and receipts over l9u2, and lnsurlng me me
setting aside of something more than Sll0OO
from these sources toward the payment OF debt,
thus warranting the assumption that the excess
of receipts over expenditures in 1908 will rise
above $4,000. At the beginning OF the year the
club had notes with the National Park Bank
amounting to $4,000. These notes were paid.
In addition to that there extraordinary
expenditure for the furnishing and equipment OF
two floors in the Coronet Apartment House.
adjoining the clubhouse, amounting TO S1o,012.
It will be recalled that the floors referred to
were leased for a period OF ten years, beginning
with October. 1902. Such success has been met
with in renting the rooms in the annex that the
board is justified in assuming that the income
from that source will exceed the amount orig
inally estimated, and that there will be net
annum- 1t is interesting to note that the eX-
penditures for furnishing at the city house and
at Travers Island exclusive of the S1O.012 just
mentioned. amount to S106O9 0S. that being
about $4,000 less than was expended in 1901
in similar connections.
John r Van Wormer, the president of the
club and Major George w. Rand the manager.
are to be congratulated. and there will be many
2 warm handshake for both tonight.
The report of Charles H. Sheriff.. the captain
of the club, is equally encouraging. The
athletes have broken more records and scored
more points than in any previous year. Mr..
Sheriff. says:
think it is proper to again call the attention
of the members, and also of our friends outside
the club, TO the fact that the appropriation of
S23, ,437 S5. expended by the athletic committee,
has been principally expended for salaries of
nearly two dozen instructors and attendants in
the New-York house and at Travers Island,
S13,313 IS being expended for that purpose.
Upon the competitive side of athletics, such as
| training and expenses of teams and active
representatives in competition, we have
pended the very modest sum of S1O,f24 g. Ex-
penditures at Yale and Harvard for athletics
amount to about $4,000 annually. We spend
less on all teams together than is spent at
either of those two universities for rowing
alone
Captain Sheriff. shows that the club men,
bers won in the course of the year five Metro
politan Association championship contests. of
which P j. Walsh captured three; eight ANA
teur Athletic Union championship contests. of
which Walsh and Grant won two each; seven
Canadian championships of which Walsh.
Grant and Baxter each won two; the steeple-
chase championship, by A. c. Newton: the
New-York State bicycle championship, won by
T Ellington; four national bicycle champion
ships, three of which were won by NJ. L. Hurley;
the athletic bowling championship and the inter
club bowling championship. The whole makes
a truly remarkable record. Hurley was the
individual leader of points, scoring 3O2. W. w.
Swan was second, with 1T points. and T
Bington was third, with r169 points. The total
number of points scored by the club athletes
in the year was, singularly enough, 1903.
ICE YACHTING AT LONG BRANCH