The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-27
ANTTDOTE FOR "MONEY CANE"
JUSTICE jerks PRAISES ATH-
LETIC CLUBS.

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The members Of the Crescent Athletic
Club had an athletic dinner last night at
their clubhouse in Brooklyn TO celebrate the
proves Of their men on the track and field
last year. which was one Of the banner year.
in the history Of the club. Every man al
the dinner helped TO ma Q the gymnasium
ring with cheers over the victories that the
club had won and over the predictions made
Of more TO come. The crimson crescent,
blazing over the feast. was wet or dry az
you chose to look at it. but II words count
for anything 1t ought to smile on many an
other victory and many another feast.
Justice Almet +. jerks made a speech
which lncreased the enthusiasm immensely
He said that the game Of America seemed.
to be money making almost exclusively
but that II was the Crescent Club and clubs
like II that furnished the counter irritant
by making athletics fashionable. Like
Walter Camp, another speaker, he pleaded
for clean sport,
President Langhaar, after the toast
was drunk, introduced Mr.. Camp, the
first OF the Crescent's presidents. who con-
graduated the club on its victories and
declared It 10 be by far the most successful
club In this line in the country.
There is a duty devolving on this club
he said. and that Is 10 see that athletics are
kept clean and free from abuses and also
that when accusations are made TO see
that they are met, The duty Of this club
and all friends Of athletics is to meet this
criticism that we hear.
Every one who has been brought up in
college or outside OF It has a tw%enty-four
hour day" continued Mr.. Camp. He has
eight hours Of work and eight hours Of
sleep. Now, II you don't give him some
good clean sport for the other eight hours
you're going to start him into channels
where you don't want him"
Mr.. Camp told a story OF a man in San
Francisco who sent his two sons to an East
ern college just after the earthquake and
got a letter from the president:
Take back your boys and send on the
earthquake"
There is only one thing to teach such
boys he said, 'and that is fair play"
They come into this world naked and bare.
They must go out-God knows where.
hthey're square here, they'll be square there.
Justice jerks, who was the next speaker.
was greeted with great applause and a song
that was a hit on an opinion Of his which
showed his familiarity with the bunco game.
Here is what IL said.
Everybody knows that "steerers" rope the
suckers In.
Flash the green" before them, their hard
earned coin to win.
Since we've read tn opinion Of a Judge whom
We could name.
We are quite familiar with the "bunco" game.
Amt jerks wonderl
an. -. a - IL N |
we love- said the Justice, ~and therefore
| appreciate the poetry Of the unknown
poet who has embalmed me in song"
Justice jerks said that his opinion made
famous by the song reminded him Of the
remark made by a prisoner whom he had
had to sentence. He said that when he
told the prisoner that ignorance Of the law
was no excuse the man replied: that's
damn rough on both Of US. Judge
Amid much laughter from the members
Justice jerks handed down-or out-his
opinion Of Charles j. McDermott Of the
dinner committee.
Some men. said he. ARE born com
mitteemen. Every committee ] know OF
consists Of Charles j. McDermott and
Others. He has that curious combination
Of common sense, capacity and cocktails
which Walter Camp calls enthusiasm
When | asked him for the piece Of bread
commonly called a toast he gave me a
stone by saying there were no toasts. For
what is youth said Aristotle, but per-
petual intoXication.'
The Justice went on to say that he felt
like the visitor to the home Of a Colonel in
the South who, after suffering all night
because there was no mosquito netting
around the bed, asked one Of the negro
servants the reason why 1t hadn't been pro-
vided. The truth is said the servant.
de Colonel is so drunk early in do evening
he don't ever notice de mosquitoes and de
mosquitoes il so drunk later dey don't no.
tice de Colonel
The club, said the Justice, had changed
somewhat since il was located opposite a
Turkish bath on Clinton street and, like the
bath, was engaged IN the pursuit Of perspira-
ton.
Now said Justice jerks. q find you
surrounded by every sign Of Upulence and
success, You are more solvent than the
Brooklyn Club and more antique than the
Historical Society. My objection 10 ath-
letica Ia that they require eXerciJC. went
10 the Appellate Division because | became
weary Of the exercise Of judicial discretion.
Speaking seriously, however. this club
Is a corrective OF the social body. An
Englishman once said that his country wal
In two g~ames-money making and
We have but one game here and
hat ID the making Of money. This club is
The counterirritant, for il makes participa-
Ion in athletics a fashionable thing. Its
essen goes far and sinks deep, and 10 ! say
% every one who has borne the Crimson
Crescent on m field to a crimson victory,
The cry Of cricket Is better than the tick Of 4
he ticker. This club makes for clean {
clean acting and love Of nature,
Ind hat ia all there is in il when we come
o write fms to our little chapter"
Justice jerks said in closing that he was I
ike the young mar who was up for exami- :
for the bar in Ohio and sent home
he message TO mother: THE Judges are ]
again next year
This Judge Ia perfectly delighted. and 1
he wants TO come again next year he
aid. I
This club said Job Hedges. must be
n a most peculiar state. II reminds me Of
that is best in college life. I'm not as
impressed with Mr., Camp, apparently, as
Iou fellows are. When ! was younger | q
Ised TO believe those reports sent out about =,
ootball. When Camp gave out an iGtcTvIsw '
hat the quarterback had broken a leg ]
Ised TO borrow money Now | wouldn't 9
,eiieve anything that came from New q
'. .f'm in favor Of athletics. I'm the cham. :
lion Of every line in my family. I'm un- d
| would have participated in Z
II ! hadn't had to spend 20 much I
ime telling my mother why | didn't stand a
.rst or course the things we really studied h
fellows cOundn't understand" c
Julian Curtiss, Royal s. Goldsbury. the o
lev. T. Boyd Edwards and c. c. Miller were
other speakers. 4
Rffore the speeches W. II Ford on behalf Il
I q few old members presented to the club h
n oil painting OF Charley Mcclure, who Il