Manhattan Athletic Club

Manhattan Athletic Club
Manhattan Athletic Club, 1889
Formation	November 7, 1877 (1877-11-07) (134 years ago)
Type	Athletic club
Key people	Lon Myers, member and world-record-holding runner

The Manhattan Athletic Club was an athletic club in Manhattan, New York.^[1][2]

The Manhattan Athletic Club was organized on November 7, 1877, and legally incorporated on April 1, 1878.^[1][2][3] Its emblem was a "cherry diamond".^[4]

It established an athletic cinder ash track at Eighth Avenue, between West 56th and West 57th Streets, in Manhattan, which opened in 1878.^[1][3] In 1883, it secured grounds at the block between Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue, between West 86th Street and West 87th Street.^[5] In November 1886, it secured a clubhouse at 594 Fifth Avenue.^[6] The club established a new clubhouse at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and East 54th Street in 1890, with one of the largest gymnasiums in the world, at 100 feet by 110 feet.^{[7] [8]} Through 1917, boxing matches were hosted at the club.^[9][10][11]

American runner and world record holder Lon Myers was a notable member of the club.^[1] Other notable members included speed skater Joe Donoghue and runner Thomas Conneff.^[12][13]

In 1893, with significant debts, its directors decided to dissolve the club.^[14] A new Manhattan Athletic Club was opened the following year.^[15]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} The Illustrated American. 1891. http://books.google.com/books?id=X3FNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=%22Manhattan+Athletic+Club%22&hl=en&ei=SmWoTt6qJKfZ0QHOnsygDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CHEQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Manhattan%20Athletic%20Club%22&f=false. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} A history of American amateur athletics and aquatics: with the records. 1888. http://books.google.com/books?id=7a5MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22Manhattan+Athletic+Club%22&hl=en&ei=SmWoTt6qJKfZ0QHOnsygDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&ved=0CHUQ6AEwCg#v=onepage&q=%22Manhattan%20Athletic%20Club%22&f=false. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} The Sun's guide to New York: Replies to questions asked every day by the guests and citizens of the American metropolis.. 1892. http://books.google.com/books?id=j6U-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=%22Manhattan+Athletic+Club%22&hl=en&ei=SmeoTq_bEI3G0AG57Yi_Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=%22Manhattan%20Athletic%20Club%22&f=false. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 
4. ^ "INSIGNIA OF THE CLUBS; EMBLEMS THAT ATHLETES HAVE BEEN PROUD TO WEAR. THE VARIOUS DEVICES WERE MOSTLY CHOSEN TO REPRESENT STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, OR FLEETNESS, BUT A FEW BECAUSE OF NEAT EFFECT -- SOME UNIQUE DESIGNS.". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B10FF3B5515738DDDAF0A94DA405B8385F0D3. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
5. ^ ".". Daily True American. May 9, 1889. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tPNQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vrsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5701,550013&dq=manhattan-athletic-club+1877&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
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7. ^ "MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB.". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F10FC355F10738DDDA00A94D9415B8085F0D3. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
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9. ^ ".". The Day. January 9, 1889. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ePwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5580,2919510&dq=manhattan-athletic-club&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
10. ^ ".". The Day. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bfwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1866,1657369&dq=manhattan-athletic-club&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
11. ^ "DILLON OUTPOINTS FLYNN. - Has Better of Hotly Contested Bout at Manhattan A.C.". Select.nytimes.com. March 11, 1916. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F12F63B5B17738DDDA80994DB405B868DF1D3. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
12. ^ ".". http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mwwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5748,525248&dq=manhattan-athletic-club&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
13. ^ ".". http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1733048452.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+08%2C+1891&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Forecast+for+Baltimore+and+Vicinity&pqatl=google. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
14. ^ "DEBTS TOO BIG TO CARRY – MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB GETS A RECEIVER. ANDREW FREEDMAN APPOINTED BY JUDGE PATTERSON ON PETITION OF THE DIRECTORS – ASSETS $1,440,834 AND LIABILITIES $1,096,107.97 – JAMES M. VARNUM, REFEREE.". The New York Times. January 29, 1893. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40D17FC3C5515738DDDA00A94D9405B8385F0D3. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 
15. ^ "A WELL APPOINTED CLUB – Promising Outlook of the New Manhattan Athletic Club. OPENING CEREMONIES TO-MORROW Handsome Decorations for the Event – Chauncey M. Depew to Speak – Amusement Features of the New Organization.". The New York Times. December 14, 1894. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E12F93C5415738DDDAD0994DA415B8485F0D3. Retrieved October 26, 2011. 

External links

• "The Manhattan Athletic Club", Outing, June 1890