The New York herald., 1922-12-31
ATHLETES SURPASS
PREVIOUS RECORDS
Gamers Ninety-seven Titles,
of Which Fifty Are Won
by Track Stars.
WEEERS LEADING SCORER
Sprinter Rolls Up 129 Points
Sid Leslie and Hal Noll-
mcr Tied for Second.
WEFERS LEADING SCORER

y THE New York Athletic Club enjoyed
sthe most successful year in It's history.
according 10 the firty-fourth annual re-
port made public yesterday by the board
Of governors.
Arthur McAleenan. captain OF the
organization. in submitting his report
said; Il feel justified in saying that |
think il the greatest report that has
ever been made Of the athletic activities
OF the club. at is difficult to choose
between the track and field team, our
water polo team or our oarsnen as to
the branch Of sport which turned in the
most creditable performance, as each
one performed in a manner which far
excelled their previous efforts.
In track and field the New York a. c..
scored overwhelming victories in the
various Championships. The Winged
Foot Representatives won the senior ma
tional outdoor and indoor TITLES
the national junior outdoor title and the
Metropolitan Association a. y. u senior
outdoor and indoor titles. They
won n remarkable total of forty-tive
individual and relay titles in ma
tional and metropolitan senior and
junior competition, including among
them five national and fifteen metro-
politan senior outdoor titles and three
of the five national senior relay events.
The New York \. G. won ninety
seven championships, national and
metropolitan, junior and senior IN
twelve different branches of sport. The
titles We're distributed as follows:
I Track and field. SO; swimming. 10;
fencing, z gymnastics. 6; rifle shoot
ing. tennis, 8 billiards, 4 wrestling,
. water polo. rowing, trap shoot
ing. l; revolver and pistol shooting. l.
Il. t.t ~ > no inf a
ia open competition in all branches of
sport 1t won 377 first places. The
highest scoring athlete among the great
array of talent was Bernie Wefers. Jr.,
sprinter, who scored l29 points, repre-
senting sixteen first places. fourteen sec
onds and seven thirds. Herbert Il. Voll-
ner swimmer and water polo player,
was tied with sydney Leslie, middle dis
lance runner, holder OF the national 500
$ards indoor title, for second, with 81
Joints Vollmer with fifteen first places
and Leslie with fourteen. Ewald Wild
forster, swimmer, was fourth, with 65,
and John J, Curren. swimmer and water
polo, fifth, with 81. The leading trap
shooter, T., III, Lewis, was tenth, with
20 tallies. Carl Liliehult led the wres-
srs. He was tied with Eddie Farrell
/ sprinter, each with 30. In seventeenth
place. One hundred and ffty-one mem
bers scored points. ........ s'',. '''
-sSr sound Financially.
= The financial statement Of the club
indicates a sound condition.. During the
year the assets INCREASED Sis,ai5.S2, the
liabilities decreased Sl9.Q94.S0 and the
net surplus Increased $67,340.l2. The
treasurer's statement of operations foi
the year shows a profit of Sl5.945.i2, as
against a reported loss for the previous
Year OF s1s.s79.iS. 1t cost the club
$4,000 less for athletics. The surplus
account Of the club increased te
$l,526,S57.29.
The total membership of the club il
NOW 7.031. One hundred and twelve
members died during the year. The
late Henry Il. Buermeyer, one of the
founders of the club. and known as the
Father Of Athletics" win have a me-
, mortal erected 10 his honor. The report
of the president. Michael r. Loughman
Indicated that the club hoped to build
a new city house i'm the near future
Every sport fostered by the New Yorl,
A. C.--track and field. swimming, base
ball. lawn tennis, golf. gymnastics
bandball. squash, fencing. boxing. wres-
Ting, rifle, pistol and revolver Shooting,
rowing, Billiards. yachting and trar
shooting-improved in varying degrees
I The club competed in squash and
lawn tennis for the first lime this year
trhe tennis team advanced to tho semi
final round of the metropolitan team
championship tournament. Herbert l..
Bowman. one of its members. accounted
for the New York state. the New Jer-
sey State and the Maryland state titles,
while another member, DIR. George
King. won the Westchester county and
the eastern New York state champion
ships. The squash players made good
impression In the Class B tournament
against veteran teams
The New York A. c. water polo team,
nftcr seven years OF continuous effort.
finally won its first National a. A. Y,
title. II also won the senior and junior
metropolitan honors. The swimmers
won ten metropolitan titles.
Greatest Year ON water
The Winged Foot Oarsmen had their
greatest year, winning the intermediate
aouble shell championship OF the Ma,
tional Rowing Association, scoring ten
Victories in open competition and win
ming eight out of nine match races. The
performances Of the quadruplc scul
crew, composed Of William n, Daley,
Jr, George G. Crabtree. Lansing Van
liouten. John VI. Kerslake and John J.
D'Sullivan stand out as the most prom-
incnt feature OF all the athletic repre-
scntatives during the year. and 10 Kers-
lake has been awarded the Veterans
Trophy for 1g22 for athletic progress
The crew started as new combination
~t,nd swept along to a series cf victories
~ every event In which they cnteredN
The monthly golf tournaments held
over various courses attracted an en-
N,ry Of i.i93 for the season One hum
fircd and eighty-six competed Tor the
club championship. The golfers won 4
rerics of team matches with the Boston
A. A. Two eighteen Lole courses were
completed and will>be ready for compe-
Utica in 1898.
W:tn "A membership Of over zoo. the
Yachting department took the lead M
ene of the most active on Lous Is.
land Sound. Forty-two boats flew the
rrlubs flag and moorcd at Travers Is-
land during the summer. The annual
vail boat regatta drew the largest en-
ny In the history ef the club. and the
rccond largest of the yachting events
held on the Sound In 1929.
leo Nuncs Of the New York a. @
won three national individual titles IN
fencing-.sabrc. cpce and three-weapor
land was member two teams that
won the national sabre and thrct-weapou
championships. The New York A. g.
also won two national Junior fencing
titles.
Edgar r. Appicby, representing the
tr.u YORK q Nyon the International