The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-19
YES, TOUGH CLUB IS TO MOVE
mr. LISTEN: T WILL GggE
PtRrf JUST THE SAVE
H-for~ q EmiSrairs to IAN street and
F,rr tfierward, the GreeUwirh VII
iasr Chiisirrn WIN H. Fed anss FIN
rlrhrd Beits Their Aspirations,


tho Tough Club il going to move
frrr,. N1- CONSERVATION yesterday when
.... word spread through a part Of town
WHICH for generations the Tough Club
r., r""n. especially with the lit,i. boys
... ~" little girls just before Christmas
,.rry'hrng that is desirable-a part Of
Nu which q. Henry told about in The
100 eat
IN 4 lutte district west Of Washington
40. h" began. the streets have run
,-trv and broken themselves into small
,.-n and places These places make
lang" angles and curves. One street
,-..-~'~ itself IA time or two And then
p. "r't" further 10 tell Of the picturesque
zee ness 81 the spot which YOU NAV
~ y As the old Ninth ward bur which
"~' known "a Greenwich viI!ag.
Billy Lawrence. prosperous plumber.
3. 1r"slden, Of the Tough Club-which
ell Tough nj all The club. which make.
Oh" only real clam chowder in New York
m the worlds called the Tough Club
n..ralv because n crowd Of young fellows,
... except one of whom are dead organ
!ai the association on Z he night Of Novem-
t.r H. 1895. in the back room Of q saloon
~ Hudson and West Tenth streets kept
~ man. also now dead. named George
Inpf For nights the association was
,,ll.d tn. -Tnpf Club It's easy To sec
WY Tough Club" grew up. or tegener-
t'"i from the original name The
''Und"rs took for their motto Bend. but
Never Break"
SIMON NJ Sharp il the only living one
&c ~" half dozen or who organized
~" club a shade over forty five wears ago.
N" now very active member and will
Zip tak. care ~ all the children Of the
n",chhorhood in which -the streets run
,raly when Jew and GENTLE boy and girl
Sa'h"- for m" big Christina, function
held each year to eat ice cream and cake
IN n" ciuhrooms and drink all the lemon
al" IN n" world and receive from Jimmie
punn"ll "a they pass out Of rho door
a hg box that holds a doll which is a.
nix and white a. live English girl:
"~ 4 you're a hoy. a football or a ketchin'
G..y" something at lesst that want
ought ny Jimmie Dunn-ll's committee
AZ Ave and ten hut which cost regular
ron"v. The basrhalls. for another in
r'anc". aren't sold at four for a dollar
rnayr. the regular kind Of league balls
That Mattv pitches.
You can understand therefore WHY
w"e spread through the district Yesterday
,niu ha.~me and ground floor rooms
~ - Grove street One Of those streets
Il IN" general neighhorhood ~ the old
Narias and th~ Black Cat (which properly
now - occupied nv fIirriarI and the
Mills Hotel No. and spaghettl and news
lands shat hold everything except "A paper
w. nt"d m tho English language and
.',tsd the tory that the Tough Club has
''uCht a hou-" away up town n ,t3 Nest
.urraenih street scarcely in the Village
- ali and j. going - remodel tn. house
and live there henceforth. And going
- move too ju.t befor" the Christmas
'.not,on. II wa blow to the little
bows and girls who had counted On the
rink and white dolls and the reg lar league
la-p'Ialls
Nevertheless the Village frightened
hrt Yesterday when u gathered IN Grove
.tr.et t. look with wi,rtul dark eyes
rnward the windows with the gold lett.red
graen shades and was ssur.d tnat Jimmie
l,unnell and his Commitra. are going 20
hrid the lemonade ice cream pink and
white doll reg lar baseball function this
v"ar a. usual az the old stand ON Mon
DAY. December ~; and thar when the
,rIb moves up 20 the Fourteenth street
.rhurhs j, will hold the same sort Of func-
l
and ever.
For twelve years after the club was
rsanized u kept no books AZ all
tIi"rman Abe Mead was member
'-sn and was Amos Cummings. who
at TIVE Sr'N to go 80 Congress; and
h--amhlymen Johnny Martin and George
bean and Georges son George. Jr.. who
h"oama Judge. and Senator John ".
B,ownIng Frederick Osborn was the
~ president.
Inc club got so important in Greenwich /
N.lG" IL even became necessary 10
.H"p books that some time In the '7Os 4
tre members reorganized. They added ,
beneficial section To their organ /
Iza'.nn papers. Although there IL no !
lara'ion 70. and the dues ar. less than .
s. 4 month. III" club pays TO the relatives
4 eacn deceased member $3.50 and in !
"-v ca-s rh. money has been paid within /
49, man - hours after death they |
,a.t out between sl5.O1 and s2o"1O in |
-i"a'u benefits On Wsshin gfon's ,
b-'hdav there ~ a big dinner to the |
r"nrsr- proceeded by ball the night |
n"fnr" There ia another dinner on the |
o." Il Thanksgiving Day. and a summer
cturder az College Point and the big /
''-ls'nas party for tn. children. and once !
a'.,r.'- hot reen October and April c ONES .
'-s 'r"Sr blowout Of all. the monthly !
SOCIAL -e--iou-tinest because Il IL at thes.. ,
-"--.pr- that the clam chowdsr Is served .
So. "-' 1al.-- the club still has money in
- '-eisIry.
loan IN the kitchen Of the club il a big
.-.'. }.' e ~ gallon tonnage. Cap'n Char
"~ Maker. steward. That iron pot il
'.. 30. all II the club For IS years the
.a ~" FOR The chowder has stood. In "A |
'"'.r"r- widest moments he wo,ildn't
-.Ec.-' hat he could improve on the .
.' 800. and when Won stop to recall how
..'r r"r-pn- there are who know the
r. -.. r-cip" for real clam chowder
old p"''ar Indsrsf and the rs.iIcrnCe
.... r.. rene. Of IN. club member
'..F IhSr"nCe says IN a -hamefaced
e.. '.i' ~. r""ip" originated with Plug
'- = Hook and Ladder . Pr.Si
leo |..'r..r,". ~ -ham.fac.d when b..
'tl- because nobody In the villsg.
.. ...- ~" given nam" Of Jarobu-.