New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-25
ALL SPORTS TO Be EQUAL
New York Athletic Club APP.
points New Committees.
GALL FOR ONE" THE MOTTO
Officers Elected to Further In
terest in Boxing, Gymnas-
tics and Trophies.

APPOINTMENTS 10 tNe dtnIeUC COf1liHlt-
tees of the New York Athletic Club were
made yesterday at meeting of the Of
fccrs and the board of governors at the
clubhouse. Sixth avenue and Central Park
South. The list is most comprehensive
one. and Includes four new and important
divisions. which, in the opinion of the
newly elected officers. have hitherto been
neglected. These include trophy and a
gymnasium committee. one upon track
and field and another to supervise and
direct boxing In other respects the APP
pontments follow the usual trend of Sc
lection in naming the men most promi-
ncnt in the various branches of the sport
which they are to direct
In one important respect the board Of
governors and William II. Page. the new
president of the club. set themselves on
record as seeking TO harmonic every fac
ton of the organization. II is to be the
object of the club TO set a higher standard
in every depaitmcn of amateur sport. not
only for sports sake but as applied 10
competitive pastimes
According TO the statement of the
spokesman for the board of governors,
+. Halpin. Charles III. Pond Douglas
q. Smyth, DR.. Bernard r. O'Connor.
Charles l.. Leonori and William l.. Miller.
Il is the wish of President Page to de-
velop all of the departments of the club
without special favor in any direction.
The one object We are seeking" said
THIS governor. lis TO place every branch
Of sports and athletics upon an equal
footing so far as the members of the club
are concerned. As the motto of the Three
Guardsmen has il in Dumass classic it
is TO be; One for all and all for one"
Among the members generally this idea
found expression in the appointments
made of officials to assist Paul H. Pill
grim. the newly elected captain of the
club. DR.. John NJ. Breen was named az
first lieutenant. Arthur McAleeuan sec
ond lieutenant. and Hugh H. Baxter as
Handicapped.
The appointment of committee 10 SUI
pervise the collection Of trophies wnicn
the athletes have won fulfls plan
which has long been discussed. This co..
lection, now housed principally in the cit,
house covers period OF fifty years and
every branch of sport IL is considered
the most valuable and representative
grouping of prizes in the world The ma
jority of these trophies and the collection
OF medals were donated 10 the club by the
late Father Bill Curtis. The troph!
committee is composed entirely OF veteran
athletes, and it is their intention 10 care
fully catalogue and group all Of the vast
collection Of prizes, as we'll as take care
Ii. of. ~ l...f,x 4 4
ed to the collection.
The appointment of a committee ON
boxing. the first time that This sport has
been officially recoe niZed by the club, is
due TO the active interest which the MEN,
bers have shown IN the ring encounters
held IN the gymnasi stun. There is reported
10 be a strong inclination among leading
members of the club TO foster and direct
amateur glove contests and again stand
sponsor for and hold the metropolitan
championships.
The fact that the board named hockey
committee was generally accepted as AN
indication that the re-entry OF Mercury
Foot team In the championship series OF
1eXt season is now a certainty.
The lawn tennis committee is expected
to at once take up the work of increasing
the facilities of the courts at Travers
Island. Only one thing occasioned sur
prise, ana that was the absence of golt
committee The failure to provide foi
this. however. was explained as due tC
the fact that the club maintained no reg
Elar course.
The list of athletic committees follows
Trophy committee-Dr. Bernard i
OConnor chairman; Henry +. Buemeyer
Alfred H. Curtis. George ID. Phillips ant
Walter S. Wilson.
Track and field committee-Hugh II
Baxter. chairman; Edward Frick an,
Gymnasium-William f. McCredy. chair
man; John +. Byrne and George II. Nal
lett.
Fencing-Dr. Bernard F. O'Connor
chairman; +. w. Allison, G. \. Bill, DIR
J. Ernest Gignoux and Samuel Milford.
Lawn tennis-Rufus Davis. chairman
r. 5. Dennis. Louis X. Freedman, l.. b
lie Due and Alberto Leon; jr.
man; Hugh Ia. Baxter. James Cremins
Paul II. Pilgrim and Charles r. Quinn.
Trap shootng-D. +. Mcmahon. chair
man: +. Il. Debacher. +. r. DE Wolfe
Maynard Higginson and William ,
Skating-Mortimer Bishop. chairman: j
a. Fenwick DIR. Arthur G.. Keane. Frana
VI. knight and George d. Phillips.
Hockey-Benj amin y. Rhodes. chair
man; Robert 4. Scott. +. w. Brooks
George ID. Phillips and Otto Wagner.
Swimming-Arthur McAleenan. chair
man; Charles a. s. Hatfield. Paul II. Pill.
grim. Joseph a. Rudy and Otto Wahle
Boxing-Lawrence NJ d. Mcclure
chairman, and others.
Northumberland II. Jaeckel, chair
man, and others.
Baseball-Dr. John NJ. Brecn. chairman
John F. Byrne and G. D. Trudenbach.
Bcycling--A. Parker Smith chairman
William E. McCredy and Frederick Oh
sen.