Word: lees
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Night before last in New York, the University Athletic Club was organized. About fifty University Club men met at Delmonico's Thursday evening in response to a call and discussed the formation of a University Athletic Club. Mr. W. H. L. Lee was appointed temporary chairman and, as soon as he had taken the chair, said that it was the Club's intention to furnish its members with the best athletic facilities. There will be no professional amateurs or amateur professionals...
...expectation of the Club," Mr. Lee said, "to have a club-house by the first of April or soon after. The club is to be governed by a council of twenty-one, one-third of which shall be elected yearly. This council will have almost absolute control...
...committee consisting of the nine original trustees and eleven more to be appointed. The latter will be selected from the list of applications by the secretary, Mr. Mathewson. Eleven of these shall constitute a quorum. The original nine trustees are: George A. Adee, George W. Green, W. H. L. Lee, C. F. Mathewson, E. J. Wendell, Henry S. Brooks, H. S. Van Duzer, Tracy Harris and Edward S. Repello. Annual meetings will be held the second Saturday in each January-There will be three standing committees, consisting of House, Athletic and Auditing Committee. No committee of any kind will...
...last regular meeting the following men were elected members of the club: Resident - V. S. Rothschild '91, Louis Hicks '87, Charles J. Oakes '90, John Mead Howells '91, Regis H. Post '91; Thomas Sim Lee '91, James Parrish Lee '91, Charles A. Peabody L. S., '39, non-resident - Charles Copeland 89, Richard Jones '90, Hugh L. Bond '80, and Charles F. T. Beall...
...race, over 8 flights, 2 ft. 6 in. high, (12 yds. limit). No spiked shoes are allowed. Mr. E. C. Carter, N. Y. A. C., will act as handicapper. The entrance fees, 75 cents for each entry must be handed in not later than Jan. 30th to F. H. Lee, 4216 Walnut St., Phila. Gold medals will be given to firsts, silver to seconds, bronze to thirds. The rules of the I. C. A. A. will govern all contests...