Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-06
TO FORM NEW ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION IN THIS CITY
Broadway Athletic Club Is
Name of New Concern to
Seek Charter.
HOPE TO OPEN THANKSGIVING
Organization IL Fostered b, Zekc
smith and Johnny McEvoy, Leader.
In IioxinS md Wrestling in This
City.

Richmond's first fuIl-fiedged ath.
ietic club VIII be reality within
the next two weeks.
there not only viii local aspirants
LOT tho honors of the mat and tho
H'ortcs Oh the ring be able to secure
cir training. but members VIII be
allie to witness at least ono first-
Grass boxing program each month.
The broadway Athletic Club. char
tered and operated In the Same man
isr Az that followed by the largest
organizations OF the kind In. the
country probably will he In opera :
ton before Thanksgiving Day.
Zeke smith. long the inpresario of
wrestling and boxing attractions
here. with Johnny McEvoy. are tha
guiding heads behind the new at;,e
ietic club. They. announced last
night thnt all arrangements had been
completed for the formal organ!za
ton OF the club, and that minor de-
.-iis now We're being completed.
secure Conservatory of Music.
Inc old Conservatory Of Music. at
Laurel and Broad Streets. has been
secured AZ the home Of the club. This
enables the promoters to conduct the
club during the winter months close
To the location OF the Broadway Ath-
'NS'N 80 Niios W III continue the
home Of oper-air wrestling during
the summer months.
AZ the present time the. Conserya-
tory OF Music. occupying the entire
second 6oor OF the building, is being
remodeled to meet the requirements
Of the club management. Shower
baths are being installed. lockers are
being built and the usual equipment
OF an up-to-datc gymnasium soon
Viii be ready for use.
Near mo center of the big floor will
be located. the platform that will be
used for the wrestling and boxing
matches. This is being especially
constructed. as are the sections OF
TERED seats that Will provide excel
lent views of the ring from the most
distant corners of the room.
Now Drawing Clubs Charter.
Attorneys for the club now are at
work upon the charter. and II Is cx-
pectcd that formal application to the
State Corporation Commission Will be
made In the immediate future. Con-
tracts for the use OF the Conservatory
o.. Music were signed recently. and
the usual sanction, of citizens whose
property is located in the immediate
vicinity, was secured. CHIEF of Po-
lice sherry next set his mark of APP
prevail upon the clubs application
and Director OF Public Safety Will
liam VI. Myers yesterday added his
y. X. TO it.
The insistcnt demand for first class
wrestling and boxing programs here.
and for facilities that Will enable To-
cal men. Interested In these branches
OF sport, to secure instruction from
experienced wrcstlers and boxers
largely Is responsible for the orghni-
zation OF the club. Although numer-
Gus APPLICATIONS for membership have
been received since first word Of the
plan became known here yesterday
afternoon, II was announced last
night that no definite action upon any
OF them would be taken Immediately
and that the total membership would.
in all events, be limited To 400.
Boxing Mt Monthly Smokers.
This number can be comfortably
seated for the smokers that are TO be
held each month, and which it is
matches The membership of 400
also is we'll suited To the gymna SUM
facilities. IT is the announced plan
o. those organizing the Broadway
Athletic Club To limit attendance at
the comparatively small size OF the
clubs rooms will prohibit unneccs-
sary crowd!ng by admi,tance OF
guests.
While the election OF officers neces-
sariiy will be delayed until the char
ter is granted. it is believed that Zeke
Smith Will be placed in active charge
of the clubs affairs. his long en-
perience In instructinG aspiring Crap
piers and boxers. and in matching
men for hieh-cla entertainments.
we'll suiting him to such duties. He
also will do much OF the gymnasium
and wrestling instruction, while Nc
Evuy, one Of the leading scrappers in
this shelton. will give personal atten-
tion to the aspiring battlers.
The club is the first oreanizat ton OF
the kind ever attempted I'm Richmond,
and the many favorable expressions
made concerning il. indicate
that it's membership will be COM
pleted In short order. and that il viii!
MI long felt need here.