New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-11
A BOOM FOR SPORTS
HALPIN ON THE JOB
COMMITTEES Named at NeI0
York athletic Club.

Changes in the New York Athletic Club
committee lists appeared yesterday. Hugh
Baxter was named first lieutenant, the
position formerly held by Harry s Lyons
Dr. John NJ. Breen succeeds Harry +
Rurchell as second lieutenant, while Paul
Pilgrim becomes Handicapped.
No baseball committee was appointed. as
the New York Athletic Club has decided to
withdraw its team from the Amateur Base
ball League and not put a nine on the neld
this year. When better diamond can he
laid out at Travers Island the sport will be
revived.
Otto Whale, around whom some contro-
versy has been waged recently. was not re-
appointed on the swimming committee
Matthew P Halpin. better known as
Matt" has already started to make things
hum since his election as captain Of the
club lie has some well defined plans which
will inject lot of ginger into the athletes
in every department of sport
Matt Halpin Joined the New York Ath-
letic Club in 1891 and competed successfully
on the track, principally in the sprints. for
nine years He was manager for three
years Of the baseball team which won the
championship of the Amateur League IN
1901 He was first lieutenant under the cap
was manager and chief adviser of the
American Olympic team of thirty-fve ath-
letes which went to Athens in 1896. and also
managed the team of a hundred men who
won the championship az the Olympic
games in London two years ago. He
served as captain in 1908
Paul II. Pilgrim. the new Handicapped.
joined the New York Athletic Club in 1893
and was member Of the relay team that
won the Canadian championship in 1901.
From his success in handicap races he soon
won the sobriquet Of the handicap king
The thing for which he Will be remembered
longest was his sensational double victory
in the 400 and 500 metre races at the Athens
Olympic games four years ago.
The makeup of the more important Of the
new committees follows:
Athletic Committee-R. II. Golf, chair
man: Louis Bender. +. T. Benson N r
Halpin. Robert 6. Kammerer, Jeremiah T.
Mahoney and William !. Pulley.
Automobling Committee-A. !. Picard
chairman: q, washington Irving. NJ Nj
ReIdng ir and F Z. williamson
Billiards and Bowling COMMITTEES Robert
{. KammeTer. chairman; 7. ". De Aguero
and Winfield F. Hinsdale
Bicycling Committee Charles I. I[itner
chairman; A. Parks Smith and II, W
chess Commfttee-August T. pocharty.
chairman; r. /. Cloursen and Walter s
" llSOil
Rowing Committee-W. I. Durant. chair
man: Hugh II Baxter. r. J. keane and f.
NJ. Wheeler.
Hockey Committee BENJAMIN \. Rhodes
chairman: Fred W Brooks IT. J. A Fen
wick, George n Phillips and Otto Wagner
Swimming Commttee-M 2. Halpin
chairman; jeremiah 7. Mahoney and Will
lam J. Pulley.
Yachting Committee-H 4. Jackson. jr..
chairman; Alfred Brooks Foy and Charles
s King
Fencing Committee-G VI. Hammond,
chairman: George X. Bainbridge. Dr. J.
r. Clemens DR.. NJ J. Echeverria and Eu-
gene Pitou, ir.
Trap Shooting Committea-P r Robin
son. chairman: Charles Billings. q. J. NJ
Corbett. 5. Schlefffer and George NJ. Thorn
son.
Skating Committee-Mortlmer Bishop
chairman; NJ. p. Hapin, \. g. Keane, r
NJ Knight and George =. Phillips
Squash Committee-A. X HANDY chair
man. and s. g. Averil
Delegates were named as follows:
Amateur Athletic Tnion-Rartow {
Weeks, NJ. p. Halpin and j. T. Mahoney.
National Association of Amateur Oars
men-Robert c. Kammerer and II. W.
American Henley-H- II. Baxter and NJ
?. Halpin
Harlem River Resatta-J Cremns w
L. Durant and James MoIler ir.
United States National Lawn Tennis AS
sociation-Louis II. Freedman.
Yacht Racing Association of Long Island
Sound-H. a. jackson.
Association of Cycling Clubs-J. c. Gu
lick and Charles !. kitner
Athletic Bowling-F. NJ. Clute and F. c.
Bourne.