New Britain herald., 1919-05-13
EA SERVICE MEN
 JOINING '. N. [. A.
SeCretary's Report Shows Inat Membership Is on the Increase

At the regular business meeting or the Y. M. c. A. directors last evening, ! Secretary Clarence H. Barnes pre- sented the following report showing that the soldiers and sailors especially are taking advantage of the benefits to be derived from the association:
 s.AGtho1rgh the busiest season closed April | the attendance at the build ing has been large for the past month. especially for the social attractions and the physical department. The eX- service men are appreciattve of the memberships that have been extended to them, and their attendance is large. Six hundred and twenty-five soldiers and sailors have been given member ships Last week a very successful stag social was held for our members when the rooms were crowded. In addition to an entertainment, Rev. MT. Maier gave a splendid account of his Red Gross experiences in France. -Four teams are playing off a ] schedule of games in the indoor base 1 ball league. Three outside teams 1 the Wentworth Club, the City Guard and the State Guard-and the Y. M. ! c. A. Business Mems team make up l this league.
 "As soon as warm weather arrives ! a, special summer membership will be offered to the young men of the city ! S3 for three months. This will appeal 1 to many men who want the privilege l of the shower baths and swimming l pool.
 'The members of the staff were ac- tive on the team in the Victory Loan l campaign explained by the general secretary and a very good showing l was made,
 Another Factory Night will be held May 23, when the Skinner Chuck com- ! pany will conduct its second social for the men of the factory.
 1"The building has been used for
 meetings by the Commonwealth club
 and the w. e. T. U. MT. Bruemmer
 was instrumental in organizing an as-
 sociation of Church school superin-
 tendents who have met here twice
 during the month.
 [ ''Mr. Slater reports as follows: AS a lively spring game handball cannot be beaten, and it had a heavy daily ' patronage and totalled 412 for the
 month.
 "The regular season for all-around ! athletics for 1919 in all the various ] classes came to a very successful close l on April 5. Two rounds for a total l of four events with a total of 78 diff ! ferent individuals competing were run ! off. The entry list for all of the ] classes was 12S, with 23 in the High l School class, 25 in the Employed Boy
 "A" class, 35 in the Employed Boy
 'fB'' class and 35 in the Junior class. 1 Forty three athletic emblems were { awarded to the successful contestants 1 Tn the High school test, J. Renahan ] took first place with 286 points. Tn l the Employed Boy "A test, first place l went to H. Hall with 496 points. w. Dyer landed first place in the Elm p1oyed Boy ''B'' test with 489 points, and H. Hallett was first in the Junior
 class with 474 points.
 l The regular season for the 1 auuatics opened today CMay 12.) ] There will be "A events run off and l all classes will compete.
 1 The indoor baseball season was l opened Tuesday, the 22d, when the
 first two games in the Tuesday Night l league were played. This league is
 composed of the Business Men, Kenil-
 worth Club, City Guard and State | i <
 the teams and plenty of interest 7 exists.
 "%The regular Y. M. c. A. team
 played three games. Four other
 matched games were conducted and
 although the interest in basketball is
 slowly waning, 246 fellows partici-
 pated in the sport.
 tSeventy-two regular gymnasium < \ oIo
 cal directors for a total attendance of 1,751, with 549 in the Mems classes and 1,202 in the Boys classes. " 'Twenty-one physical examinations
 wereN given to both men and boys, " The attendance at free and indi- vidual work was 297
 " Wrestling was indulged in by 122.
 |" Four committee meetings were
 held.
 The swimming tests for the Boy
 Scouts were given by the physical di-
 rector.'
 , The physical director also ref creed basketball games on other ! l courts.
 Russell and Erwin Manufacturing
 company and also the Army and Navy 3 club used the gymnasium for their entertainments.'
 'fMr. Farrell is making a splendid l start as Boys secretary and presents 1 the following report for the past ! month:
 . During the month the Scouts
 have held weekly meetings. and hikes
 when the weather permitted. and
 many Scout tests have been passed --~--r-~--~----~ 5 Tnwa nzxo TKTne,Es