The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-22
F 0U.R-DAY FIGHT
.FOR1,300 MEMBERS
Y. M. C. a. Clristens New Home
by Planning Big Battle to
Start on Tuesday.
REDS AND BLUES IN FIELD
Frank w. Duke and Horace S
Wright Picked as Leaders
Of Two Factions.

christening their beautiful new
building. 100 members of the Young
] Mems Christian Association last night
launched campaign for 1900 new
! members to be secured within -four
4 days. The first meeting in the recent
| ly completed home began with an ex-
cellent dinner served by the women
friends of the association. Tremen-
dous enthusiasm was evidenced, and
many voiced the general belief that
| before the doors are formally opened
on April 80 the membership will reach
| the figure desired.
| Mapped out on military lines, the
| campaign will be fought by two OPP
! posing armies. the Reds and the Blues
| each side being divided into five Sc
| Nor teams and one junior team
Frank w. Duke will be the general
commanding the Blues, while Horace
S. Wright will lead the hosts of the
| Reds. These teams will strive with
intense rivalry to secure the most new
members for their sides, and will
tackle the big proposition with en-
thusiasm and vigor.
Battle Begins Tuesday.
The brotherly hostilities will begin
on Tuesday of next week and on Fri
day following the campaign will cease.
Each day the teams will confer at
lunch in the new building, and reports
will then be made as to daily progress.
After supper had been served in
the new dining room. Charles G. Tay
lor. ,Ir, campaign leader. referred to
the fact that the first act of kindness
done in the new home was by the
women who served the supper He
then introduced the several speakers
Neil d. Sills, leading spirit of the
occasion, expressed himself as very
optimistic with regard to the results
of the campaign for membership. The
greatest asset of a town or city" said
he" is its young men. This new V
Nj. c. A. building will be a groat
character factory. and we shall soon
see its effect upon the moral. physical
and intellectual life If Richmond"
Tracing the pathetic. Vet common
story of the country boy who comes
to the city and loses the strong in
fluences for good with which he has
been surrounded at home, he pointed
out that such men did not make good
citizens. The Y NJ G. A., he declared
put within reach of the country boy
in the city good oompanionship and
recreation, instead of the evil pastimes
Of the ordinary tenant of cheap city
boarding house. He also spoke of the
advantages to the city boy brought
about by the physical training work
of the Y. NJ c. A. which, to large
degree supplants the fine outdoor
exercise which the coentry boy has.
Best y. VI. G. A. building.
Here in Richmond. he asserted,
for the money expended. we have
the best Y. NJ. c. a. building in
America. / know of none more COM
pact. none better arranged. Richmond
has got he best value for her money
that any city has. This is the best all
round club in the city. the cheapest
in fees. The day is coming when it
will have a Very long waiting list.
Now is the time TO join"
Mr.. Sills outlined at length several
methods by which new members might
be secured.
General Secretary Mckee spoke
briefly as to the campaign, urging
strenuous efforts He thought that
the work of the Y M. c.. A. Is just
beginning, rather than ending, so far
as the new home is concerned
AS fine physical equipment as
there is in this country was The
phrase applied by Physical Director
w. Y. Reithard to the gymnasium
facilities at the new building He
outlined these features at length.
singing out the running track, the
individual exercise-rcom end the SWIM
ming pool.
II think 1t Is now time that the Y.
M. c. A. should do more in the COM
munity," he said. "by way of extern
sion of It's physical training work. We
need to spread out our help to the
school gymnasiums, to boys baseball
/ a a rr11n ON Ntl, IT,,
| physical work We will train men
| to do this kind OF work in our new
gymnasium We will appeal to some
from the standpoint of service"
Getting Ready for Work.
| Frank w. Duke, general of the
Blues, and Horace S. Wright, general
| of the Reds then spoke briefly by
way Of encouragement to those parti-
cipating in the campaign. Mr.. Duke
said, in passing, that 1000 men ought
to be in the NJ. G, A. night school,
and that the various educational in
stitutions of the city would be bene-
fitted by such result
After the talks We're over. the teams
held separate consultations as to
| modes of procedure. Much interest
was shown by all those present There
will be few laggards in the strug-
gle.
| The membership goal Is: Fifty new
members in the business mems men,
pershlp; 200 in the sustaining NOM
bership class; 1900 full membership;
25O house memberships; 800 junior,
intermediate, and boy memberships.
The Blues have the following team
captains DR., Alex G. Brown, %. w.
| farleS, John S. Haw, w. Il. Harring
| ton, G. Edmund Massie, Junior Blues
+. M. Bradbury. The Reds-Captains
are G. Harwood Bates. William Dewey
Cooke. r c. Hawkins, II, William r.
illl, 9, Valvin Robertson. Junior
Reds-Raymond Massey
Legislators mt Council
Two mombers Of the present Legis.