Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-25
OPEN SEASIDE
ANNEX TONIGHT
VENICE QUARTERS OF |. A. A.
C. ARE READY
ELABORATE PROGRAM HAS BEEN
ARRANGED
LARGE Number of Members Going to
Beach City Today to Attend
Social and Informal
Ceremonies

The formal opening of the annex OF
the Los Angeles Athletic club at Venice
will occur tonight and will be the oc-
casion of a celebration by the club
members at a smoker to be given in
the club rooms by the sea. Hundreds
of the members are planning to go TO
Venice this afternoon to inspect the new
quarters before the evening entertain
ment begins. The principal hotels OF
the town last night reported that most
of their rooms had been engaged by
members who intend to stay over night.
Billy Henderson, assistant secretary
of the club; Dewitt Van Court, boxing
instructor, and Jack Ness yesterday
passed a busy day arranging the hnal
details for the opening. All the IN
terror fittings are complete and the
total cost was about $500.
Several boxing bouts have been ar
ranged by Van Court. The amateur
bouts include the following: Walla
Wheeler will box three rounds win
Sam Coulter, George Damron and ivan
Kahn will clash for three rounds, ana
Clark Jorgstoff and Louis Pulaski VIII
box three rounds. Prof. Uyttenkove has
arranged fencing program which WIN
start with a foil exhibition by the pro,
fessor and Alfred Beaudry. TINS VIII
be followed by a broadsword exhibition
between Prof. Uyttenhove and r.
DIETRICH V. Christopher and r. .
Taylor will engage in dueling exhl-
bition.
The wrestling bouts, as arranged by
AL Treloar, will be classy, as we'll as
instructive, and many of the most
popular holds known to the game Will
be shown Bob Mitchell will give one
of his popular monologues and Al IRE
loar will perform many feats Oh
strength. Among them will be the Ia
nous card feat, in which the lnstruc-
tor will tear pack of cards INTO three
parts.
Besides some classical piano selec-
lions. the Temple quartet has been en-
gagged by the club to render vocal
music throughout the evening. Ad-
mittance to the club will be limited to
members who produce the invitations
which have been sent out by the cluo.
The annex is located at the north
end of the new bath house and COM
prises half dozen rooms. A parlor,
gymnasium( buffet and reading rooms
and a large room for lockers are among
the attractive features of the annex.
In addition to these conveniences the
club members are allowed the use of
the magnificent plunge, one of the larg-
est and finest on the coast, and a ce-
ment runway will extend to the ocean
for the convenience OF lHe IneIIDeISs
The gym room is 43x34 feet In size
and is fully equipped with all the APP
paratus necessary to a modern gym
nasium. Lockers, numbering sixty in
ALL shower baths, wash stand and
sleeping rooms also are provided. A
piano. writing tables and all the latest
and local newspapers will be
kept in the parlor and, eventually, a
complete library viii be installed.
The quarters for those desiring to
train for amateur bouts will be under
the direct supervision of Dewitt c.
Van Court, who, with Physical In
structor A. Treloar, will make two trips
a week, or more, if necessary, as the
classes grow and give the Venice mem
bers the same training that they would
receive were they attending the Los
Angeles branch. Those who hold mem
bership tickets to the Los Angeles
branch will be allowed the privilege of
the Venice annex and vice versa. A
clerk and attendants will be on hand
all the time to look after the personal
comfort of the members.