New Britain herald., 1915-12-27
NAME DR. HAMMOND
 TO LEAD N. Y.A. L.
Veteran Athlete Selected to SuC-
 Ceed President Page

New York, Dec. 27.-Headed by Dr. Graeme M. Hammond, who is known almost as well in Europe as he is in this country for his athletic ability, the regular ticket which will be voted upon at the annual election of the New York Athletic club was posted on the bulletin board of the West Ftft-ninth street clob house last night, two days before the time limit allowed by the constitution. The selections were made by the nominating committe, of which Colonel Hugh O'Donoghue is chair- man.
 Several men whose names were not heretofore connected with the election are named on the ticket, which fol- iows:
 President-Dr. Graeme M. Ham, mond. Vice President-Powhatan Robin son.
 secretary-Fred R. Fortmeyer, (re- appointment.) f. Two Year Governors-Harry An- derson, Edward J. Benson, George J, Corbett. William l.. Miller, John F. Muir, Frank M. Clute. Henry l. Ott- mann, and George T. Montgomery. One Year Governors--Willian A. Hines and William R. Delehanty. William H. Page, the retiring Presi- dent. has served for three years, and George T.. Montgomery, now named l on the board of governors, was vice president under MT. Page. l If was not until James W. Hyde de- cided that he could not accept the nomination for president that pr. Hammond was prevailed upon to ac- cept the position. He had been ap- 1 proached immediately after the nomi- 1 hating board was selected, but at that time he declined to accept, preferrfng to allow the honor to go to MT. Hyde. l With the declination of the latter, ! however, pr. Hammond accepted the nomination.
 Although the ticket is strong in many respects, club gossip indicated last night that there is certain to DC opposition to some candidates. Jere- iniah T. Mahoney, former judge of | special sessions court, who was not 1 renamed to serve on the board of governors. will seek the vice presi-
 lency, it is said, and will oppose Pohawtan Robinson. Mahoney at one
 time was included among the candi-
 dates for the presidency. but his cam
 didacy was not supported to a strong
 extent following the mentioning of
 MT. Hyde's name in connection with
 the position.
 George F. Pelham and Robert Scott
 ger others who were not renamed
 among the governors. The latter is
 one of the most popular men in thea
 club, and an ardent advocate of sports.
 He helped the baseball team of the
 Mercury Foot organization through
 several successful seasons.
 pr. Hammond was selected from the so-called insurgents of the club.
 It is said that he was amonsa those who opposed the selection of the pres- ent nominating committee.
 Since 1883 pr. Hammond has been a member of the New York A. C., and for thirty-seven years he has been a. successful competitor in various. branches of sport He has won cham pionships in running, jumping, bicy- cling. rowing, and fencing, and at the present time is president of the Amateur Fencers' League of America. pr. Hammond has not recently com l peted in his favorite sport, fencing. l He virtually retired from active com ! petition after the Olympic games in Stockholm in 1912, when he was g member of the unsuccessful Americarl>, team. Dr. Hammond accompanied Robert M. Thompson, president of the American Olympic committee, to Stockhold in 1912 as personal phy- l sician to the veteran sportsman. The probable successor of President Page will in all likelihood have no opposition, for he is suitable to almost every member of the club. He iss favored, for one reason, for his gen. cral interest in athletics, for there is now among the club members de- sire for increased activity in athletic | competitions. pr. Hammond Is l known as an able business man, ana, l combining this quality with his love of sports, the members look to hiu~N for an ideal regime.