The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-21
SULLIVAN FUND GOES
UP S1,200IN EVENING
.you Ought to BE Ashamed of
Yourselves" Plea of Weeks
That Gets Results.
FRED RUBEN REELECTED

D.,,rAtes to the annual meeting Of
,bo Metropolitan Association OF the A..
l.. held last night In the theatre of
,rc S,v,nty-frst Regiment Armory, re-
o,r,,d the imputation that they showed
or,iby toward the James Il. Sullivan
Memorial Fund. Before Justice Barlow
c Weeks, chairman OF the committee In
,p,rse. had concluded his remarks anent
NJ. r,port the total subscriptions toward
,uc metropolitan branch of the fund
lad Jumped from Sl,452 to S2,663.35. a
rtr Of Sl,2lt.3j. in a little less than
t.li an hour.
,pr.y tv uty clubs have contributed
calf Justice Weeks as he began his talk.
.lls, before he sat dowN he struck at
,ss majority OF those present with this /:
"a '.l., seventy clubs in the district
.,.uIi be ashamed Of themselves"
In rose Congressman Murray IIurl-
hg., aud obtained the floor. 81 am here
a.. a delegate Of the Annunciation Athle-
IL. club which was not n member " TIE
METROPOLITAN Association at the time this
ctnrl.Lu was announced he said.
oT.lt was the. only reason we did not
,ou 100 the movement long ago. Since we
T. a member We ave not been
asked to contribute. The matter had
been allowed so die down, and | believe
a. should hn rcurcned."
fiurbuft. on behalf Of mis- club, was
'rr hrst to start the wave going with
So Delegates NJ the other clubs then
IIrlnI.ated IN II general scramble to be-
next .u line. The New York Athletic
club subscribed $3.50. the Irish American
4. e. gave 500. the Millrose \. A.. came
... 4 .a.FI, gNHA sH 4 - lHV.IFraVYff sfHn
and other smaller amounts until the
total collected during the evening Mas
pist the twelve hundred mark.
President FREDERICK W. Ruben a II
rogu.cd that u plot had been obtained In
calvary Cemetery. where the body OF the
releroi Jim sullivan will he inferred
cl November II, the choice of place
and date having been approved by the
widow Of ths late chief OF amateur
athletics. After the subscriptions OF
the evening Justice Weeks declared
there now would be enough money 10
pace a stone TO mark the grave. Good
progress was reported also in the ma.
toua. fund campaign to create a Jane:
l., Sullivan memorial park, wiki
monument erected to his memory.
Delegates OF niuety-one clubs at,
tended the meeting. and there va,
something happening every minute. A
expected, Frederick J. Ruben was re-
elected president OF the metropolitan
Association, j. w. Stumpf was chosen
vcv-pgcs.dent when Terence j. Farley
the 'lCIu bent, refused nomination, anC
A T. Tuliy vas reelected treasurer.
The SIX association delegates 10 tn,
national body were elected from II field
Of ter, and the four beaten candidate,
a~.cep,ei positions as altehnates, to
sether with two others named later
The delegates and their votes are Bar
tow :. Weeks, So Frederick j. Ruben
IS H. O~hertubbesing. Gj +. J. V. De
laanr, 60; j. W. Stumpf. 60, and I
J Walsh. 80. These were chosen n
alternate: John ]. McHugh, J. 7
oAara, ". II. Brady. VI. Hurlburt, G
T Heparon and Lieut.. j.. Z. Cooke
H. O~JortUhbtsing was reelected ofiCia
hdni.gapper without opposition Tor hi!
sN'a term.
J.. W. S,umpfs elevation to the vice
presidency left one vacancy on tn
registration committee. j. VI. Connoll,
and John J. Deignan, two Of his asso
cil,es on the old committee. decline
q, 10 stand for reelection. There WEI
nine candidates for the five position
and the night for places furnished tn
gre ff',' excitement Of the evening. Tn
: resu,, wI, a coalition victory 10
B.cy.Igg and Jersey, as not a singl
man tanm Manhattan survived tn
70 t.a G,nrge j.. Mathews an
Cu..,,s 4. Ebert, both members Of III
OH committee, We're reelected.
Altogether 90 votes were east and IN
cutting Vas 80 general that Charlie
Erickson, who received the highest vote
go un.r 80. Those elected and thei
Vote, follow; charles Erickson, Sean
dNtv'.a American \ l., 60; Georg
+ Mathews, Long Island \. G.. 81
} p.lla.n, caldwell +. c.. Newark
% : Iyruc, Trinity Club, 60. and {
A L.'v"', Anchor \. c., Jersey city, 81