Evening star., 1920-01-16
FIRST STEPS TAKEN
FOR INCORPORATION
Of RACQUET CLUB
Papers Soon to Be Filed
Signed by Newly Elected
Managers.

Steps looking toward the incorpo-
ration of the Racquet Club of Wash
ington under the laws of the Dlstrlc'
We're begun today, following the first
meeting of the resident members at
, the Hotel Shoreham yesterday. when
board of managers was elected.
The following twenty managers
We're elected by ballot: Brltton
Browne. William P. Meredith, ]. NJ
Biddle. J: II. de sibour f. 3, Eynon
lr; S. J. Henry. J. P. Story, w. S. Rey-
burn, l. T. Mann. E. +. Jordan, G. A
Garrett H. T. Fletcher. Harry Ward
man. Fleming Newbold, Brig. Gen
William Mitchell, William 3. Mason
Guy T. Scott. Lieut.. Commander f. A
Mitchell. Henry May and J. S. Elan
merry.
Incorporation Papers to BE Filed.
Incorporation papers will be filed
within several days signed by the
ABOVE members of the board of man
ayers Of the Racquet Club These
members will constitute the incorpo-
ratorS. 1t was announced at the meet
ing yesterday that the club now has
40 resident members and twenty-five
NE members. A campaign will be be-
gun at once for nonresident and
service members. The aim will be 4oO
to 800 of the former and 200 of the
latter.
Announcement that the club had a
sufnclent number of members to start
lanedlately with the incorporation
was made at the meeting by s. J.
Henry, chairman of the finance COM
mlttee Henry May presided
Site Selected on 10th Street.
A site for the clubhouse has been Sc
lected on 18th street northwest be-
tween L and NJ streets The lot is 136
by l2o feet, and is situated within easy
waking distance of the government
departments the downtown section
and the. northwest residential section.
me FUNDS required for the construc-
tlon OF the clubhouse are to be OBJ
ta1ned by subscriptions of life and
resident members for the stock Of the
clun: sufnc1ent subscriptions have been
secured to make it probable that
ground will be broken early this wear.
The purpose of the organizers of
the Racquet Club is not to enter into
competition with existing clubs of
Washington" the board Of managers
announced. but rather attract a mem
bership made up of men interested in
athletics. None of the existing clubs
in the city proper offer facilities for
exercise to those engaged in sedentary
occupations.
Athletic Features.
ITO fill this need the plans OF the
Racquet Club provide for a pymna-
SiuHl' IouT squash courts, four bowl
ing alleys. Turkish bath. a large
swimming pool "a by 65 feet. and the
necessary locker and dressing rooms.
While the athletic facilities constitute
the distinctive feature of the club.
the clubhouse will also provide for
the usual conveniences of club life nv
means OF lounge. a library, card
rooms billiard and poolrooms and a
grill. The grill is to be patterned on
the one in the Yale Club in New York
city and will make a speciality of pro-
viding the simpler kinds of food. well
cooked and quickly served"
The Racquet Club of Washington
will be similar to the clubs bearing
this name which have been in exist
ence for number of years in New
York, Philadelphia and Boston. A
feature of the local clubhouse will be
that the five upper floors will be de-
voted entirely to bedrooms.
There will be a total of 12o bed
rooms, and the rental from them is
expected to provide sufficient reye-
nue. to pay the running expenses of
the club. Forty Of the bedrooms will
be reserved for transient occupancy
by out-of-town members, and the re-
mainder will be available for perma-
1t is believed that this feature will be
particularly attractive to unmarried
service members. In connection with
the rooms valet service will be avail
able.