Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-02
LOCAL CLUBS
CONSOLIDATE
Tigers and Good Wills Are
Now One Organization.
Merger of Two of the Towns
Foremost Athletic Bodies
Successfully Effected by
the Members.

At the clubhouse Of the Tigers Ath-
letic Club, on Walnut street, last even
| ing, the club named and the Good Will
| Athletic Association effected consoli-
dation. This came as an end to nego-
tiations that have been under way for
some weeks past, and as result the
Good Will Association has passed out Of
existence and the Tigers Club has been
ber of young men who are already
trained and fitted to continue the work
which the senior organization has sue
cessfuly performed since its inception.
The consolidation came as natural
result, rather than from any urgent
necessity on the part OF either club.
Both have been working on similar
lines, and the feeling that better re-
suits could be accomplished by united
action has been u lifest for some time :.
The Tigers were organized on June
27. 1889, and the Good Wills on April 1S,
1897. Each has been governed by the
constitution, bylaws and rules adopted
by the former club, and their work and
objects have been identical. During
the recent past the junior society has
proven itself possessed of the strength
and stability that so long characterized
the towns original athletic club, and the
members of both associations decided
that, to keep pace with the spirit of the
age, the two should be ombined. This
is period OF consolidation in the indus
trial and financial world, and what Is
good there can also be made good In
social and athletic affairs.
The merger was effected without a
dissenting voice in either organization.
All the details had been arranged dur
ing the past week and the actual consoli-
dation was completed by the Good viii
Association marching In body from
their room in the Refowich building, at
7 o'clock last evening, to the Tigers club
house, where they were met in special
session by the Tigers, who greeted them
cordially after their initiation.
The combined. clubs will continue
under the name of the Tigers Athletic
Club, and the many successes which
have marked its past history, in social
and athletic pursuits, will undoubtedly
be duplicated In the future. The new
members are peculiarly well equipped to
| give the town the best that can be
looked for in whatever may be under
taken, and with an unsullied record Of
thirteen and onehalf years to guide
them they will maintain the prestige
and credit OF the club at the same high
standard that it has heretofore held.
While the primary object of the club
is to promote athletics, the members are
the highest ideals in life and to conduct
themselves in a manner that will aid
them in attaining this object. Those on
its rolls are associated together on a
platform that is broad enough for all to
stand upon, and neither race, religion,
color or politics can bar an applicant for
membership. 1t is not beneficial Or
ganization, nor a fraternal society, In
the common acceptance Of these terms,
nevertheless 1t is a combination of both
and It's deeds of benefcence and charity
are more often performed than adver-
tised.
Loyalty has been the keynote of its
unprecedented success, and SO thor
| oughly do its members understand the
meaning of the word and what it i'm
| plies that the club has never yet failed
to accomplish whatever it has sought to
perform, and its unique record in this
respect has given it reputation for
aggressiveness and perseverance, that
many other organizations may be par
doned for envying.
| The club Is one of the wealthiest OF its
class In the coal fel1, owns the finest
housed in a well-furnished two-story
building.
Last evening, after the consolidation,
the sem-annual election of officers was
held, aud the following were chosen:
President-James NJ. Gallagher.
Vice president-John Gaffuey.
Recording secretary-Con e. Breslin.
Financial secretary-James Thomp-
| son.
Treasurer-J. j. McMenamin.
Librarian-Jerry Mckinley
Sergeant nt-at-arms-Peter j. Gallagher.
| Guard-James B. Ferry.
Trustees-Michael Jacobs, Charles
McGill, John A. Gallagher, Frank Nc
Laughlin, Jt., Manus r. Conahan.