The evening world., 1911-04-03
II Would Be a Fine Thing It a
Club Was Formed in This City
Similar to the Boys Club OF
San Francisco, Thirty seven
Of Whose Members Are Now
Visiting Here.

SEVEN members OF the
Boys Club OF San Francisco are
in New York under the direction
Of Mr.. Piexotto. Anybody who wants
TO know what athletic training can do
Cor the American boy ought to see and
study these youngsters. It's worth
while.
The Boys Club OF San Francisco Is h
unique organization. 1t Is turning ont
real men. The age limit on entering II
eleven years. At that age a boys char
acter can be moulded Like soft clay In
the hands Of q sculptor. The ono object
Of the Boys' Club Is to turn out evenly
balanced men-mentally, physically and
morally.
These boys learn everything that Is
likely to be OF value. They do things.
Last year Mr. Piexotto took thlrty-nine
Of them through Australia. New Zea-
land and some of the Islands OF the
Pacific. They had q great trip extend
ing over several months. And they
worked their o,:; way. That taught
them self reliance and Independence.
They are all trained for years In ath-
istic exercises. They are CRACK ball
RlAy otpS
runners. Jumpers. weight throwers.
boxers-ali around athletes. Nons are
allowed to specialize. Each gets an all
around training. Every boy has learned
enough about medicine and surgery to
take care Of . broken res or handle any
ordinary case Of sickness. Each one 10
capable Of doing the cooking for the
crowd. a. well as any other camp work
that may be necessary. Most OF Thorn
are schooiboys. and they keep UP their
studies.
While In Australia the boys picked w
th> Australian game OF football. learned
It and played tnirty-nine match games
win the crack teams OF various Aus-
tra,is.s clubs. Their fine athletic train
ing ana ali around strength, speed ana
endurance made It easy for them to pick
I'm me new game. They won twenty.
cisht Of the games played. Also they
Introduced baseball. were met with PEN
uins enthusiasm every where. and made
such an impression that the American
nms has been adopted throughout Aus
trnits and New Zealand as a summer
mort. In fact they made such q MT
y that the Australians selected ~ AUS
traIian boy and sent him to America TO
spend q year with the san Francesca
Boys Club and learn. all he could OF
AMERICAN -, WY With the
Aus.is"o''
o'"
-A1r NJ the athletic training OF the
-, cor.is,s ~ long trips about
il .n,.,r. a,oo, thing for
80 .uua,. a. psculiarIy
""eh .~A'" a,,, GA.
adapteo. IN Pa'''es u WY
boys have taken -four or HVe 'raihps
between San Francisco and Los
ANGLER. n distance OF about 800 miles.
IN the road they travel like an array.
-. ~. ,h., carry their camp stun,
,nen -. 49,. II q. In,
p'o'is'vtS' v" NV" o,J,.
nnsst n'e ." u "o'u 49,
BOY. MOST OF 'hese ''ips up " Wv"
the PACING coast are maue IN summer
acauo time Mr. FleNo''o' VIM
started the club twelve years ago u
usually in charge.
; On this trip the Boys cub was TO 70
I through Mexico, but the unsettled con
/ ditions down there used a change o
] plan. The youngsters VIII visit seVera
y Eastern cities, learn all they can abou
their own country, and then return e
4 California. They are independent!
working their own way. as usual. Tn
thirty-seven make up a brass band Il
Aths crowd are several clever acrobats
Arhey drill, tumble, make pyramids d,
leafs O, strength and perform o,he
DHtunt. put bas.hau e ,,oir $50
lobby. Mr., piexottn want 70 oNsr ~
~srr,ces on tho uhol. hand 10 ona -, =,
Sew York han clubs On ,b. onnrm
1av Thev would ,,'r,fsb - 81
,ny.,..,i. h,anS ,a"ah $50 ~
incIdentaI,v tbsv woVId IA 80 ~. a.,
narisnces Sy seei,v WIN M. ,o,.Sa ~
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CT -" $3.50 noS'
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n ooAs'S, IroiesSloha' poNihs 1871