The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-05
n, Y. A. G. COMPLETES
PROSPEROUS YEAR
J President Page Sets Great Rec
ord for Efficiency
Profit $4,000.
WARS EFFECT NOT SEEN

the prosperity OF the New YORK Athietc
club Is shown by the annual report OF
tho organization. which was mailed 10
,be members last night In anticipation
Of he annual meeting and election which
viii We held next Tuesday night Will
am n. Rage will retire from the presi-
icn,v then with a grand record for
efficiency during the last three years.
+, rIgures tell the story. for the club is
able 20 show a surplus Of nearly a
million dollars and has at the present
line the LAT gest membership roll In It's
history.
Great thing rave been accomplished
under the Page administration. and DR..
Graeme 81. Hammond. who will succeed
rim without opposition, can have no rea-
son TO complain of undue financial bur-
dens or q lack OF interest on the part
Of club members. Athletically the club
nas done well. though many Of the best
men were unable TO make the trip TO the
pac,fc coast, where the national track
And field championships were held last
year. In the cultivation Of young ath-
,e,es the New York A. c. has been TO
he front rs usual and the consequence is
lat many honors have been captured
n the junior division OF competition.
Except In the cause Of athletics. for
which the club ~glories In spending money.
ne record Of the year shows q success
SION Of profits. Mr.. Page. In his report,
calls attention to the fact that the profit
for the year amounted to $52.s5+.37. an
increase Of So 5000 over last years fig
ures. The exact surplus OF the club 10
$3.50. sos. II and the only bonded indebt-
edness is a mortgage OF 100000 on the
city clubhouse, which will be reduced
further by a payment Of $4,000 next
April. Against this tho city clubhouse
a. valued with furniture. fixtures and
library at sl.349.774.13, while the Ira
yers Island property 10 put down as
worth ~s4l7,sll.34. And Travers Island
is becoming more valuable each year by
reason OF transportation improvements
which will render II easily accessible
from Manhattan.
Perhaps the most remarkable part Of
the report Is the turning Of the ex-
rected annual loss on the into
A profit. In the four years preceding
l9lt the loss each year varied from a
title over $4,000 to over $4,000. In
1914 the scheme OF retrenAhment began
20 work and the restaurant in the city
clubhouse was operated at a loss OF only
s3l6l. During the last year ahaiN
lave been managed so we'll that a pront
OF SS.55642 resulted. At Travers Island
also Si&42.76 was made on the restau-
RAM. by far the largest pront ever OBJ
, .aired from that source.
In membership the club has gone
steadily ahead and the total OF all classes
,oy is 5.lOl. against 5.031 at the end
70, las, year. OF these 3.4s9 are resident
members, so7 nonresident and SIT life.
The limit Of resident membership is not
quite reached and the initiation fee VIII
rama,n at 500 until a waiting list OF 100
attained. when II will revert to the
Did figure OF $500.
Many improvements have been made
20 the city clubhouse and more are
contemplated. but the larger part OF the
residents report on improvements re-
'a,es to these which have been MADE
, and which are desired at Travers island
On this question the mber failed to
agree at a special meeting held re-
Gently, but Mr.. Page intimates that the
subject will be tackled again. He
recommends that the question on tunas
FOR proposed improvements be consid-
cred al a meeting or the inefhoe'e " ="
\ held in the neal future.
The treasurer's report hows that the
total cost of athletics during the ias'
wear was . 2,947.ss, but as usual a large
Part az this was expended for instruc-
tors who we're Of benefit to the members
IN general as well as those a IN
competition. More money was spent, ou'
profits on the Madison Square Garoen
games, boxing shows and trap shooune
telned 10 defray the expenses OF the
unremunerative sports. Altogether w.
1882 was expended on purely competi
e i've snor,s. with more than half devoted
% track and field. The figures for hs
different sports were:
National gymnasium championship tasg'
Truck and he!d "a oa
Hou KEY o NJ
hiHktias -. Z. -
Rowng a;
swimming 62I "a
cam. Arthur McAleenan's repor'
shows that the athletes OF the cluo nave
aeen successful in nearly every branci
q sport. He states:
'0ne OF the feats Of the past yea
which stands out most prominently wal
-he championships won by the repieset'
'a.!yes Of the club at the Amateur Avn
. etc Union national swimming n
pionshirs held at the fac'i'
Fyrost,lon a, San Francisco. Cal, II
July. In which events the swimming
,eam carried off the premier honors'
We can also boast OF winning a ma
roral rowing championship, WAN
smith having won the senior single
. s,uIls a. The annual regatta OF the Ma
' tion,l Association OF Amateur oarsrne,
reid At springfield. Mass, in AUGUST 10
The club retains tHo ah'oeSe 49,
shooting championship or America a
CLAW birds. the same having been won o.
Ie,re l.. lyon at the championship
bod under the auspices OF uhe cruz "
Travers Island on May l. a.,
In track athletics the club won IN
team competitions In ooth inc Junlo
mntropolitan and Junior national chaI,l
p,orshi ps. while the cross-country team
Won the Junior metropolitan ana juno
ua.1ral team contests, Castor Stropin'
aE,ne the Individual title In the iatteI
" r Vol,mer, the crack WIN
.statlr.hed a record for 1000 yards !,
ga, w.ter last August. leads the ind
y,d,,l noiut winners. with Willie Cor
|. do, rhe mile runner, in second place
Mgr, than 200 men scored IN .ne cLa
co,ors during the year. the leaders VIII
Their points being:
II l. Vollmer, -; W. Gordon %; :.
Z. whitney. 80: ~, Lane, y,
" r.r..h. Il, J. J. Curren; 80 Aa mrs
- g Lincoln, -. " van 4. %. "
= %S; 80. o. W, DcGruchy:. 81
u II NIahon, So, u, 4, Kuhn, 81; w.;
Ito % o.. IL Honohan,. 49, A. Hsn, 81
A a. Dpwres, 30; q. II. Mar!ih; ~, .
f. Burns, p; j, h-ssian; 81 ' .,
l4r,oc, "a; #. Gordon, 20; CT. steii,
. ,oa,. zO; V Casey, 90; q J. corb.t
;. " Hoeking, 2o;- r. W. benhett, !,
L b anger, 10, II. C., sulliNsn' ~ ,
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