Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

the directors of the Los Angeles Ath-
| letic club learned of his success ano
lost no time in employing him. The
veteran coach of Stanford university
| Dad" Moulton, since has termed him
lone of the finest instructors in the
country" In addition to teaching
wrestling and coaching the four-oar
crews of the club. Treloar is an expert
on the flying rings, travelling rings
horizontal bar, parallel bars, vaultins
horse and buck, pulley weights, both
upper and lower back, wrist machine
finger machine, vertical bars and
punching bags, in all of which he gives
daily instruction to large classes OF
members.
Dewitt Van Court
There is a gray-haired boxing in
structor at the club whom the boys call
"Van" His name is Dewitt c. Van
Court, and the boys, beside knowing
his as one of the best fellows in the
whole wide world, consider him the
best boxing instructor in the country.
Vans actions when on the floor be-
lie his gray hair. He is as quick as
lightning, and the greenest pupll soon
finds him to be as harmless as the
thunder, No matter who you are, Van
laughs with you, not at you. Every
man who knows him is his friend. He
stands without a peer as the master OF
the clean and manly sport, the are or
self-defense.
Van was born at a little town called
Mountain View, which is in Santa
Clara county, California, in the year
1860 His first real work as an in
structor was with the Acme club of
Oakland which was organized in the
wear 1882. and later developed into one
of the foremost athletic clubs on the
coast He was boxing instructor at the
Acme club until 1889, when he was en-
gagged by the Olympic club of San
Francisco. For several years, and until
the Frisco fire, he taught boxing at
both these clubs, with the exception of
the years 1896-189S. when he was with
the Los Angeles Athletic club. He went
back to the Olympic club at San Fran
cisco, where he remained until the re-
organization of the local club. Van
Courts record as boxing instructor
has never been equaled. In addition
to training James ]. Jeffries and other
famous fighters. Van has turned out
forty amateur champions. His first
champion was James Leahy, who won
the coast championship at 1853 pounds
in 1887. Frank Cooley of the Olympic
club, also his pupil, won the coast
featherweight championship. M. 5.
Espinosa, another Olympic boy, won
being instructed by the veteran George
Green, 125 pounds. This lad also won
the lightweight championship and az
terward turned professional and fought
some of the best boys in the country;
Jimmie Fox won the 125-pound cham-
pionship of the coast two years In sue
cession; Frank Gilbert won the 1885,
pound championship two years In sue
cseison and in the third year won the
welterweight championships; Billy Gal
lagher won the championship or the
coast in the 145-pound class; stephen
Vicini won the welterweight title; c..
Slamberg won the 135-pound champion
ship; Billy Leonard won the 125-pound
championship and repeated this twice
and then won the American champion
ship: Bob Lundy won the lightweight
championship of the coast while under
Vans wing; Jimmy Britt won the 1885,
pound championship three years in sue
cession; Frank Mcconnell won the 115-
pound championship; c. Berger re-
cefved his first lesson from Van and
won the heavyweight championship of
the coast, and went to st. Louis in 1904
and won the amateur championship of
the world George Finnigan won the
championship of the coast for two sue
cessive years and then accompanied
Van to ST Louis in 1904 and captured
the amateur championship of the world
| in the 105-pound class; Jimmy Carol
won the American championship in the
105-pound class; Harry Baker in the
115-pound class, Lou Powell in the 1885,
pound elias, w. Mcdonald in the 145-
pound class, T. Reardon in the light
heavyweight division and w. Schulken
in the heavyweight division, all on the
same night; P. Bulo won the 115-pound
championship of the coast in 1891; Cliff
Reuman of the Los Angeles Athletic
club won the coast weller champion
ship last January and this year won
the championship of Southern Califor-
mia in the 15S-pound class. Walla
Wheeler of the Los Angeles Athletic
club won the championship of Southern
California during fleet week, and Sam
Coulter won the championship in the
135-pound class the same day, During
the same tournament R. Lalande won
the championship of Southern Califor-
mia in the 145-pound class and c. Jorg-
staff took the heavyweight title. In
1905 Van took AL Kaufman to the
Lewis & Clark exposition, and Al
brought back the championship of the
northwest in the heavyweight class.
The floor of the gymnasium of the
Los Angeles Athletic club is fifty feet
wide by 100 feet long and affords ample
space for two boxing rings. The reg
ular classes meet every Monday,
wednesday and Friday nights, and
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
There also is a class at noon Tuesday
and Thursday for business men.
Harry J. Uyttenhove
Last, but not least, of the instructors
at the Los Angeles Athletic club is
Professor Harry j. Uyttenhove, who
has charge of the fencing classes. Uyt-
tenhove was born in Belgium thirty
years ago and is a graduate of the nor
NAL school of fencing and gymnastics
at Brussels. After graduating from
this school he was detained by the
faculty four years as professor of the
professors. He has met many of the
finest fencers of Europe and in each
case acquired himself like the expert
he is. He teaches the French dueling
system to his pupils and the classes
are taught the use of the foil, broad
sword and dueling sword. Professor
Uyteenhove has been connected with
the club since last September and has
issued a standing challenge to meet