The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-20
ATHLETIC TOURNAMENTS
WILL START NOVEMBER |
IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLOSE OF
TIE Y. M. c. A. MEMBER.
SHIP CONTEST.


Immediately after the close Of the
= *. NJ G.. \. membership contest which
opened Saturday and will continue un,
u october %. Physical Director John
tombstone proposes to organize athletic
tournaments for every class in the
%. VI. e. a. gymnasium work, younger
boys, Intermediates, high school boys,
seniors and business men. such a
! tournament was conducted last year
for the Younger boys and proved so
successful in arousng interest. that
Mr.. Johnstoue feels the plan is worthy
II a more extended scope. All mem
pers who join the association during
the red and blue contest, which l.
now in progress, viii be in time To par
ucipato I'm these tournaments i'm their
4 respective classes and there can be no
. ooubt tho feature viii be a very inter-
estins one
There viii be a six team league for
/ ne younger boys. four team lea -ue for
. Intermediates, four OF six team leoluo
I Tor high school boys four team league
! for seniors aud four or six team league
/ Tor businessmen. Schedules will be ar
ranged which viii bring The teams into
competition In every features OF the
ork ia Che physical department and
/ this spirit OF competition should help
I 90 popularizc all Of the work
sc"!iSS ard Baseball.
Tho &. ". C. y bowling alleys are
-ow u splendid shape for the season.
They have been plaued scraped and
. rep5ial-t and are ready for the sea-
H. The consigums m OF new bowling
/ li!e. pins and old balls which We're
/ -ut away 90 bee repaired IS expected
carly this week and with their arrival
/ the tcl pin ame shoLld resume its old
IopuIu.l. 81, lha y NJ G. a. Strone
lssms viii ug organized and IT. ia likely
I " bowling league win pe formed Al.
though several of the best bovlcrs
lHyo left The city no diHcuty Is an
taipatcd iu forming strong association
Hams
Plans arc also being formulated for
the SUNDAY School Indoor baseball
league and representatives. Of the var
.ous copper country sunday schools
| which uayg organized classes Will meet
/ during the next week or ten days TO
prepare q schedule for the season
There will also be a Sunday School
basketball lea ne later on.
The boxing classes at the Calumet
/ y. VI. c. y. are Increasing steadily
and there are now six or seven expo.
nants of the fstic act enrolled This
class IS under the personal direction Of
| Physical Director John tombstone ana
is making excellent Roadway.
Fine Attendance.
That this year will be a splendid one
/ u the physical department of the cal
umet association is indicated by the
attendance in the classes formed 50 far
/ Records show that during the first two
weeks Of this month the total attend
( aucc was fifty per cent greater than
the total attendance during the whole
month of October IN 1912 Tho at
tendance during october Of last year
was POO and for the FIRST two weeks of
tho present month, the total attend
| auce was COS in the gymnasium classes.
/ The attendance in the swimming
school classes was even greater duriue
the first two weeks OF the present
month than the gymnasium attend
once. 33i have enjoyed p!uuees IN the
". NJ. - A. tank.
This evening, there viii bc another
meeting Of those Interested in hoy
leadership, aud il IS expected the
nominating committee viii present its
report and officers VIII boo named for
the ensuing year. a permanent or
asnization viii be brought about