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Manhattan Athletic Club
FormationNovember 7, 1877; 146 years ago (1877-11-07)
TypeAthletic 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 45th Street in 1890, with one of the largest gymnasiums in the world, at 100 feet by 110 feet.[6][7] Through 1917, boxing matches were hosted at the club.[8][9][10]

American runner and world record holder Lon Myers was a notable member of the club.[1] Other notable members included speed skater Joe Donoghue, runner Thomas Conneff,[11][12] and Elliott Fitch Shepard.[13]

In 1893, with significant debts, its directors decided to dissolve the club.[14] Andrew Freedman became receiver of the Manhattan Athletic Club when it fell into receivership.[15][16] A new Manhattan Athletic Club was opened the following year.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Illustrated American. 1891. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  2. ^ a b A history of American amateur athletics and aquatics: with the records. 1888. 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. 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. February 26, 1893. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  5. ^ . Daily True American. May 9, 1889 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tPNQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vrsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5701,550013&dq=manhattan-athletic-club+1877&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. {{cite news}}: |url= missing title (help)
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  7. ^ "MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB". The New York Times. November 29, 1890. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  8. ^ . The Day. January 9, 1889 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ePwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5580,2919510&dq=manhattan-athletic-club&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. {{cite news}}: |url= missing title (help)
  9. ^ . The Day https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bfwgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m3UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1866,1657369&dq=manhattan-athletic-club&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. {{cite news}}: |url= missing title (help)
  10. ^ "DILLON OUTPOINTS FLYNN. - Has Better of Hotly Contested Bout at Manhattan A.C." Select.nytimes.com. March 11, 1916. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  11. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mwwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5748,525248&dq=manhattan-athletic-club&hl=en. Retrieved October 27, 2011. {{cite news}}: |url= missing title (help)
  12. ^ . December 8, 1891 https://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. {{cite news}}: |url= missing title (help)
  13. ^ Homans, James E., ed. (1918). The Cyclopedia of American Biography. The Press Association Compilers. pp. 299–300.
  14. ^ [ Displaying Abstract ] (January 29, 1893). "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. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  15. ^ "MR. FREEDMAN A MAGNATE; Will Probably Own the New-York Baseball Club. NEGOTIATIONS NOW IN PROGRESS To Control the Majority of Stock and Personally Supervise the Management of the Club's Affairs". The New York Times. January 17, 1895.
  16. ^ "Will Not Close Its Doors.; Manhattan Athletic Club To Continue Under A Receiver". The New York Times. February 8, 1893.
  17. ^ "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. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
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