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UdMaiitotiBtoiriB UdMaiitotiBtoiriBSTTNTTAY I 1 1 1r 1I 1t i ift ft I 6 tl1l mrN i STTNTTAY A Al AtBWSf AJ o27 27 1905 PLAYGROUNDS IN THEPARKS THEPARKSI TilEe PARKS PARKSa a 1b 1 New York the Foremost City in the World in the Matter of ofEncouraging ofEncouraging ofEncouraging Encouraging the Use of the Public Parks for put putdoor 9utdoor Outdoor I door Sports SportBThe The Results Called Good IIV IIVGIRLS GIRL GIRLS 5 HAND DRILL DRLLWM WM SZWAPD HSEWARO PARK anywhere near first class classI olM eI I was serving on board the Philadelphia Philadelphlwhen PbUadelphlawhen Philadelphiawhen when Sharkey was sent to her from the theold theold theold old Independence guardo at Mare Island IslandNobody IslandNobody IslandNobody Nobody on board knew anything about abouthis abouthis abouthis his being a fighter although he looked lookedchunkv lookedchunkv lookedchunky chunkv and able to take care of himself himselfSharkey hlmeelfSharkey himselfSharkey Sharkey had the mitts on in the open openspace openspace openspace space between the gangways not long longafter longafter longafter after he joined the Philadelphia but there therewere tberewere therewere were several big men on board who had no nogreat nogreat nogreat great trouble in putting it on Sharkey SharkeyHe He was vicious in these tbe just for fun boutshowever bouts boutshowever boutshoweer however especially after having to standfor stand atandfor Standtor for a few taps from the other fellow that thatstung thatetung thatatung stung hini a bit and several times he bulled bulledin hulledIn in as aslt if for blood and laid his man out outAfter outAller outAfter After that they gradually began to be boafraid bealrald beafraid afraid of him on account of his hlstemper temper and andhis andhit andhis his strength and passed him along In the thegangway thegangway thegangway gangway bouts after knockoff In the after afternoon alternoon afternoon noon Sharkey became unpopular among amongthe amongtho amongthe the men of the Philadelphia on account accountof of his craggy temper temper which ho seemed neemedto eemedto to maKe no effort to overcome so a number numberof of them began to snoop around on board boardthe boardI boardthe I the other ships ships trying to find a man capable capableof I of licking him himThey himThey himthey They put man after man up against againstSharkey oltalnstI againstSharkey I Sharkey in the gangway bouts but tho thoIrishman thoIrlsll1l1on theIrishutan Irishman was coming so fast with steady steadypractise RlooclvprllctHe steadypractise practise on lx board ard ship that he put them themall thel themall all away awo easily easilyWhen EDllIyWhen easilyIVhen When the Philadelphia got down to toHonolulu toHonolull1 toHonolulu Honolulu for a long stay in Hawaiian waters watersthe wnte wnteIhe watersthe the men on board the ship who had it in for forBbarkey torSbarkey forSharkey Bbarkey did something I4Omethln that had been beE done doneonly monoonly clonoonly only two or three times previously in the thehUttory thehl thehistory history hl tory of navy na scrapping sera Pplngi they the put Sharkey Sharkeyup Iharlte Iharlteupasalnst up upasalnst against a ringer PARK TENNIS GROUNDS Tbs officials of ottbe the Department of Park Parkassert Parkllaulrt Parkaaaart assert tbatno that no other city in the Iheworld world doeno doeso doe daMflO no much as asNe New York to see that Its publl publlparka publlopr1m publhparka parka are areeajoyedby enjoyed by its people so much muclto muchto mudlto to make makelta its breathing spots attractive am aminviting and andInviting anInviting inviting Especially noteworthy in thl thldirection thldlre thldhrecgon direction dlre on have been the effort of the munioi munioipal munlolpal munioipal pal government in recent years to fo fOllter fOllterIn foMeiIn te tein in theparka the park outdoor sporta Apomand and recreation recreatioiof of practically all kinds kindsThe kindsTbe kindsf The old idea of a city park as simply ai aienclosed an anenclosed atr enclosed tree and ah shrubbery garden witl witlhandsome withhandsome witlhandsome handsome lawns protected by plenty cf cfKeep oKeep ot otKeep Keep off the Grass signs slgnshasglven has given place placto placeto to the new idea that a a great and crowded crowdeicitys crowdedcitys crowdect citys parks should be the playgrounds playlrOun oits ot otIts of ofI its children of nil ages that to be enjoyed enjoyetby enjoyedb1 enjoyedby I by the people the parks should be used bthe by bythe bythe the people And the city is I constant constantat constantly constantlyat at work preparing new playgrounds im improving Improving Improving proving those tho already in Inuee use installing new nevequipment newequipment neeequipment equipment and providing additional facili facilities facilities taolaties ties for sports and games gamesThe gameeThe gamesThe The utilization of New Yorks parks foi foisports forllports foisports sports and games began about 1860 whetpchoolboys wbenchoolboye whet whenschoolboys schoolboys were first permitted nnltted to play playba8e playba8eball playbaseball base baseball ball in Central Park A baseball diamond diamondwas was laid out in the southwestern corneiof comer comerot cornetF of the park and the rule was establis established establishedthat tablls ied iedthat ed edthat that only boysunder boys under IS should be permitted permittedto to play playThis playThis playThis This rule still holds good In Central Park Parkhut Parkhut Parkf hut there are plenty of baseball diamonds diamondiin in other parks where wbereolcler older players can txaccommodated bsf tx be8corimmodated accommodated Today the old diamond diamondis is not used for baseball but there are hall halla baIta a dozen new diamonds to the north of the theold theold theold old one on the green and these are in use usefrom usefrom usefrom from morn till night nlgbtevery every Wednesday andSaturday and andSaturday andSaturday Saturday throughout throug out the warm season seasonAbout lI088onAbout seasoni i About twenty years ago lawn tennis tennUbegan tennisbegan tennisbegan began to be played in Central Park and andsince andp andslnoe since that time various other sports have havebeen havebeen havebeen been admitted and other parks have been beenmade beenmade beenmade made available for games until today todaythere todaythere todaythere there is scarcely any outdoor sport in indulged Induiged indulged dulged in by Americans that is not en encouraged encouraged encouraged couraged in the parks of New York city cityThereare cityThereare cityThereare Thereare now 200 tennis courts in Central CentralPark CentralPark CentralPark Park andthey and they are kept in constant use usewhilethe usewhllethe usewhilethe whilethe weather permits pem ts more than 4000 4000permits 4000pem 4000permits permits pem ta having been issued this year by bythe bythe bythe the Park Board for tennis in Central ParkThese Park ParkThese ParkThese These permits are issued to all applying applyingfor applyingtor for them no discrimination or favoritism favoritismbeing tayoritlsmbeing favoritismbeing being showna shown shownThe eb01lJlThe a The old baseball diamond in Central Park ParkIs ParkIe Parklenow Is lenow now used ed for croquet This quiet game gameis gameIs gameF is also played in Mount Morris Park andI and andthat a that I thatit hat it Is still enjoyed by some New Yorkers Yorkersis is I shown by the fact that there havo been beenIssued beenIssued beenissued Issued this year yearliOO 500 croquet permits permitsCricket permitsCricket permitsCricket Cricket is played on 01i1 Wednesdays and andSaturdays andSaturdaYII andSaturdays Saturdays on part of the meadow Central CentralPark CentralPark Centralr Park a score of teams holding permitsfor permits permltafor i1 for using the grounds Nearly half of the thepayers thep theplayers payers ayers are dark skinned men coming cominglargely cominglargely cominga a largely from the West Indies IndiesLacrosse IndiesLacrosse IndieslaclOS88 Lacrosse has been played from time to totime totime toI totime time on special permits which are issued issuedfor Issuedtor faeuedfor I for that game whenever demanded but butpublic butpubllo butpublic public interest in it here does doesnot not seem eeemto eeemtobe to tobe tobe be large largeOccasionally largeOocaslonally largeOccasionally Occasionally permits are granted to topractise toprnct tor practise prnct archery in Central Park though thoughthere thoughthere thoughthere there is not much call for that either Inthe In Inthe Intbe the autumn football is permitted pem tted to the theschoolboys the8choolboY8 ther schoolboys and in winter the greatest greatestport greatestIport greatestsport port enjoyed by the greatest numbers in PRIZEFIGHTS ALWAYS A FEATURE OF LIFE ON That set scrap between Johnson the theblack theblack theblack black fromthe from the Olympia and Cohen the theYankee the1ankee theYankee Yankee bluejacket that wound up in the thedeath thedeath thedeath death of Cohen will probably crab the theregularly theglllarly theregularly regularly arranged prizefights on board boardUnited boardUnited boardUnited United States warships for a while at any anyrate anyrato anyrate rate rate said a chief petty officer in the navyr navy navyAll navyAll All hands will therefore be missing alng a lot lotof lotot lotor of sport sportThe HpOnThe sportThe The set battles in which the men fight fightfora fightfora fightr fora for a puree madeup made up by the ships officers officersas offiCersAllin ofrersae as Allin ae in the thecaee case of the JohnsonCohen Johnson Cohen fight fighthavent fightbaent fighthavent havent been so frequent In the navy nayof of late lateyean lateJears lateyears yean as they used to be but theres tber 8 been beenmore beenmo beenmore more mo class ue in intbe the arranged fights during the thelast thekat thelast last ten years or so than there was when the therabcups themlxupe themtx mtx rabcups bps were more common During the thelast thelarot thelast last decade deca Ive lelI06n seen some fights between betweenbig betweenbig betweeni i big fellows on menowar rnen owar that wouldnt wouldnthave wouldntr WouldntlIe have hive looked bad badto to lS 5 a head sports around arounda aroundaro aroundaro a aro ro eJ ring ashore ashoren In the old olddays days the frequently arranged arrangedfights arrangedflghlll arrangedfights fights were between plugs with no boxing boxingVill boxings4111 11111 Vill but just swinging blffors as 1 often as asnot asnot II IInot not and the miiups would occasionally occasionallydevelop occaslonall occaslonalldeelolJ occasionallydevelop develop into rough and tumble affairs be betw betw between tw tween the principals with their partisans partizanstaking partisanstaking taking wallops at each other on the side sideTharos aideTheres lde ldeI11reA I Tharos been beena a good deal of pains taken takenin takenIn takent in the manowar fights of recent years yearsto yearsto ears I Ito to have the lie men In Unitrate fllItratetrim trim when they theygot theygot I got It together and to I have them as evenly evenlymatched evenlyr evenlymatched matched atchoo ox possible Thats ThatlIwhr why I cant cantquite cantqult cantquite quite understand the fight between bctweenUie bctweenUieman the theman thet man from the Olympia and the man from fromthe tromthe fromthe the Yankee that cashed in the Yankee Yankeeman YRnkooman Yankeed man mank man manIve Ive seen a good many of these regu regularly reguxlarly regudI dI xlarly arty arranged fights flg hl on board ship since 1noeI 1noeIIrst Ir I If Fret rat began begantq to Bleep in a canvas bag baga a matter matterlWfs matterrrr lWfs rrr flji ATIHNQ BATHINC3INPEJHAM IN INAELHAM PELHAM BAY PARK Central Park Is skating ekatlngtbe the lake and pondsbeing ponds pondsbeing pondsbeing being crowded whenever the theloe ice is in good goodcondition goodcondition goodcondition condition conditionGood conditionGood conditionGood Good grounds for baseball are provided providedin in St Nicholas Park and at Jasper Oval Ovalthe Ovalthe Ovalthe the grown up adherents of the national nationalgame natlonnlgame nationalgame game have hayethe the same rights and privileges privilegesgranted privilegesgranted privllegesgranted granted to the youngsters youngstelllin in Central Park ParkIn ParkIn ParkIn In recent year yeanthe years the Park ParkB Board ard has been beenpetitioned beenpetitioned beenpetitioned petitioned repeatedly to bullda build a golf coursein course coursein courseIn in Central Park but such petitions can never neversucceed neverucceed neversucceed succeed because there is not room for golf golflinks golflinks golflinks links without spoiling a large largepart part of the thepark tbepark thepark park for lorotherpurp other purposes es The golf goltplaye1ll goltplaye1llm players playersmust playersmust must be content to go tokthe parks in tho thoremoter thoremoter theremoter remoter parts of the city cityFar cityFar cityFar Far more remarkable than this thl growth growthof of popularjntereet popular interestin in sports In thelarger thelargerparks the larger largerparks largerparks parks has been beenth the development devel pment In the last lastfour lastfour lastfour four or five ve years of scientifically arranged arrangedand arrangedand arrangedand and conducted playgrounds for the poor poorchildren poorobildreaof poorchildren children obildreaof of the tenement house neighbor neighborhoods neighborboods neighborhoods hoods In certain of the smaller parks of the thecity thec1t thecity city c1t Bore tho city fosters games and andsporta andsport andsports sport of various kinds by providing not notonly notonly notonly only the grounds with suitable fixtures fixturesand fixturesand fixturesand and equipment but also the individual individualimplements IndividualImplements individualimplements implements necessary such as balls of all allkinds allI allkinds I kinds bats dumbbells Indian clubs and andeven andeven andeven even tennis rackets and furthermore furthermoreit turth rmore rmorelit lit it employs a corps of instructors to teach teachthe teachI teachthe I the children how to play the tbevarious various games gamesand gamesI gamesand I and bow to get themost tbemostgood the most good out of their theirexercise theirexercl theirexercise exercise exerciseThere exercl exerciseThere eThere There are eight elghtof of these specially equipped equippedplaygrounds equippedplaygrounds equippedplaygrounds playgrounds now In operation in Manhattan Man Manhattan Manhattan hattan borough and three othersin course courseof courseof courseof of construction which hlch will wmbe be opened to tothe totbe tothe the children before the present summer summeris is ended That they are doing a splendid splendidwork splendidwork splendidwork work in giving tbese poor children good goodphysical goodphysical goodphysical physical constitutions and training in inreclaiming inreclaiming inreclaiming reclaiming them from evil street Influences Influencesin in breaking up the fighting gang idea and andin andIn andIn in starting them on the road to good Amen AmoricanWtbenshipis Amencaneltlxonshipie Americancit2el1llhlp canWtbenshipis ie asserted by those interested interestedin in the workTht work workTtw WorkThc Thc ft first rut playground of the sort was opened openedabout openedabout openedabout about ten yearn ago in William Seward SewordPark SeardPark SewardPark Park at Canal and Jefferson streets by the theOutdoor theOutdoor theOutdoor Outdoor Recreation League This soon soondemonstrated soondemonstrated soondemonstrated demonstrated its usefulness and success successand successand successand and led to the adoption of the theidea Idea by the thocity thecity thecity city cityThe The first municipal playground was instituted in instituted Instituted stituted In 1902 also in William WUliamH SewardPark Seward SewordPork SewardPark Park This playground contains a double doubleoutdoor doubleoutdoor doubleoutdoor outdoor gymnasium for boys and a large largeplayground largeplayground largeplayground playground for girls There is also a of twenty years or so ago agoand and I never saw sawone eawone sawone one of them reach any greater point of ofwhats ofwhats ofwhats whats called brutality than the average averageprizefight averageprizefight averageprizefight prizefight ashore The dead bad fights fightsaboard fightsaboard fightsaboard aboard menowar are aretbe the impromptu impromptubare Impromptubare bare knuckle affaire generally pulled off offdown orrdown offfdown down below In the bunkers between men menwho menwho menwho who have got it in for each other otherThe otherThe otherThe The Pacific and nd China stations have havealways havealways havealways always been the prizefighting stations statlonetor statlonetormenowar for formenowarsmen formenowaremen menowarsmen menowar men On the Pacific stationparticularly station stationparticularly stationparticularly particularly theres th 8 a lot of main deck deckboxing deckboxing deckboxing boxing between the men forord and all allhands allhands allhands hands become Interested in the walloping wallopingart art Good men are developed in theprogrelll the theprog prog progress ress of the bouts and andwhentheehlps whentheships get getto getto getto to cruising together the craqk craQkmen men of each eachship eachship eacheblp ship are put up against each other nearly nearlyalways nearlyalways nearlyalways always by arrangement and subscription subscriptionof of the officers officersMoreover offiCersMoreoer officersMoreover Moreover a lot of professional fighters fightersgood fightersgood fightersgood good second rate men as often as not notare notare notare are shipped out at the Mare Island Yard YardSan YardSan YardSan San Franciscos the leading fight town townin townIn townIn in the country now and San Francisco Franciscoscrappers Franciscoeorappers Franciscoscrappers scrappers who are not quite good enough enoughto to get the money in the fight fighting ing game out outthere outthere outthere there ship for a cruise orul or so in the navy narywhen navywhen naywhen when they find themselves up against it itashore itashore Ita ashore ashoreThats a hore horeThat Thats That the way ay It i wM i with Sharkey SharkeyHe He was a clumsy fellow with nothing nothingbut nothln nothlnbut nothingbut but strength and the ability to stand any anyamount anyamount anyamount amount of grueling before he found him himself hlmselt himself self on the fritz in San Francisco and andshipped andehlpped andshipped shipped in the navy naY up at the Mare Islandyard Island Islandyard 1 llInd llIndyard yard He hadachance hadahl n1l to todelo todevelop develop himself himselfIn hhnsellIntho In Intho tho navy na1140 so that that thatwben when he quit the t11 service servicehe flervllOhe he wasnt a nt a bad dsortor sort of a an rganallhough rganallhoughnone rrj naltlicmRn naltlicmRnnono allhou none of us ueln in int tM navy ever counted him himT 1 i pavilion with 150 free baths half of them thenfor themfor themfor for men and half for women East River RiverPark RhlIrPark RiverPark Park at the East River from Eightyfourth Eightyfourthto to Eightyninth street contains a smallplayground small smallplayground IImallplaground playground for girls and small children pro provided provided proviled vided with kindergarten kindergartenorscupa and large swings swingsorscups swingsorseups orscups as tbechlldren the children call them and other otherdevices otherdevices otherdevices devices appreciated by the smallest children childrenJohn childrenJohn childrenJohn John Jay Park at the East River and andSeventysixth andSeventysixth andSeventysixth Seventysixth street contains an outdoorgymnasium outdoor outdoorgymnasium outdoorgymnasium gymnasium for the boys two tennis courts courtsa a baseball diamond a basketball court courtand courtand courtand and a kindergarten equipment with sand sandhouse sandhouses Iandhouse house and swings swingsIn wing wingIn In Tompkins Square is according to the thodirector thedirector thedirector director the best park playground In the theworld theworld theworld world It is situated in the heart of the thepnrk tbeplrk thepark park with the shade of the trees on the theplayground theplayground theplayground playground and consists of an open air airgymnasium airgymnwdum airgymnasium gymnasium and a separate playground playgroundfor for girls girlsThe glr glrThe girlsThe The gymnasium contains horizontal horizontalbars horizontalbars horizontalbars bars two parallel liars two horses the theGorman theGerman theGerman German side hon horses osi two bucks inclinedand inclined inclinedand inclinedand and horizontal horlzoDtalladders ladders flying and travelling travellingrings traellingrlngH travellingrings rings a running track a jumping ground groundin in short a complete athletic field together togetherwith togetberwllh togetherwith with tennis and basketball courts courtsA A small park at Seventeenth street and andthe andthe andthe the East Ea River has boon equipped with witha withakIndergarten a kindergarten Idn erarten playground for small chit childclron chlddren chitddren ddrenHamilton ddren dclronHamilton ddrenHamilton Hamilton Fish Park at Houston and nd Wil WIlott Willott Willett lott streets has a double open air gym gymnasium gymnasium gymnaslum nasium with running track athletic field fieldtennis fieldtennlR fieldtennis tennis courts a playground for girls sandhouses sand sandhouses RandhouseI houses swings shelter sheds Ac for kin kindergarten klndergILrten kindergarten dergarten children and two Indoor gymna gymnasiums grmnaHlumA gymnaslums slums one for boys and one for girl which whichore wblchare whichare are used all through the winter winterAt winterAI winterAt At Corleara Hook Park there is a play playground playground playground ground with an open air gymnasium barn barnball baReball baseball ball field tennis courts and basketball basketballcourts blllketballcourts basketballcourts courts And Hudson Park contains a small smallplayground smallplayground smallplayground playground for the children of tho I lower lowerWest lowerWCflt lowerWest West Side SideThe SideThe SideThe The new playgrounds now no in course cour of ofconstruction ofconstrllctlon ofconstruction construction are in Thomas Jefferson Park Parkbetween Pnrkbetween Parkbetween between lllth and luth streets First avenue ave avenue ayenueand nueand nue and the Harlem River where one of the thelargest tbelar thelargest lar largest st outdoor gymnasiums in the world worlds Is building De Witt Clinton Park Fifty Fiftyracond FlftyIIOcond Fiftysecond second to Fiftyfourth street and the North NorthRiver NorthRiver NorthRiver River where a fine outdoor gymnasium gymnasiumand and complete athletic field will be ready readyTor readyfor readyfor for use by Sept 1 and St Gabriels Park be between between betw tw tween eeu Thirtyfifth and Thirtysixth streets streetsFirst Htreet8Irst streetsFirst First Irst and Second avenues where a double doublegymnasium dOli doublegymnasium hie hiegymnasium gymnasium athletic field and separate playground plan roind for girls will soon Et com completpd completpd completecl pletpd pletpdThe pletpdThe pleteclThe The work of teaching the children ho hoto how howto howto to use the Ih gymnasium mlllium apparatus properlyand properly properlyand properlyand and how to play the various arlou games lI In all allthese a1these allthese these parks IH I under the supervision ol olDavid 01David ofDavid David I Kelly Ke1 director of city playgrounds playgroundswho who In the three years ca that he has been in incharge Incharge incharge charge has accomplished a remarkablework remarkable remarkablework remarkableworJ work among the poor children ohlldrenof of the lower loweiEast lowerEast lowerEast East Side especially Mr Kelly said to toTHE toTilE toThe THE SON reporter reporterIn In each of 4hc ho playground parks there therehave thereha therehave have ha been organized baseball ba ball teams basket basketball basketba1 basketball ball teams terinliteams and track teams teamsand teamsand teamsand and among them there Is keen competi competition competition oompetitdon tion Schedules are arranged and carriedout carried carriedout carriedout out regularly regularlyCompetition regulsrlyCompetition regularlyCompetition Competition games are held every Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday day and Wednesday Wednesda afternoon throughout throughoutthe the summer and the lost Saturday of each eachmonth eacbmonth eachmonth month is given to athletics The basket basketball basketba1 baskethall ball play has been divided Into three sec sections seoUonslIOnlorl seetloneseniors tions UonslIOnlorl seniors juniors arid a midgets These Theseteams Th Thteam Theseteams teams in one park challenge those of the theother theother theother other parks and the school and settlement settlementhouse settlementhOUM settlementhouse house teams Baseball basketball and andtonnU andlonnli andtennis tennis are tho most mos popular games among amongtho amongthe amongthe the boys of all the parks parksThe tuarksTire rkA rkAThe clubs of their theirown theirown theirown The lx boys ys have organized own and the pride they take In them UeUrpjrUing Usurlvblng issurprising surprising They buy their own uniforms uniformsand unlforlMand uniformsand and they take good care of the park prop property property property erty too realizing that it is their property propertyand prof6rtyand propertyand and that If It stolen or damaged they theyare theyare theyare are injured just that much muchEach milchFach machEach Each club or tram 1111 has a separate hour hourfor 110urtor hourfor for practise Jiractl and the boys 1o themselves them ele help helpto helpto to enforce the regulations The junior juniorolulw junioroluh juniorclubs clubs arc made ma up of boy from 7 to years yonrnold YORIIiold yearsoil old the senior clubs of boy from 14 to 18years 18 18years 18years years yearsBasketball yearsBa yearsBasketball Basketball Ba ketba1 teams of course have to be bearranged berrnngcd bearranged arranged by weight eight The midgets takein take lakein takeIn in the youngster averaging from 70 to SO b0pouncks SOpounds 80poundt pounds the juniors weigh 80 to 90 pound poundand llOlIndland poundsend and the seniors 80 to 110 pound In the thelast thelast Ihelast last year we have developed dev loped many good goodbasketball goodba goodbasketball basketball ba kelban players The boys like It and andIt andit lndIt It is good exercise keeping thorn In the theopen Iheopen theopen open air and allowing small chance for forcheating forcheallng forcheating cheating orcrooked or crooked work In their play playVolley playVolley playVolley Volley ball and gymnastic and athletic athleticgames nlhletlogILmes athleticgames games are also enjoyed by our boys Three Threedeep Threedeep Threedeep deep circle ball catch ball medicine ball balltag balltag balltag tag toll bounce ball mount ball hustle hustleball hUMtleb1IIndlan hustleball ball b1IIndlan Indian club races club hustles march marchIng marchIng marching Ing evolutionsdumbbell evolutions dumbbell drills wand drills I The ringer was a gigantic Portugwse PortugaeseKanaka PortugwseI PortulUeeeKariaka I Kanaka naif and half of each of those thosebloods thoeebloods thosebloods bloods and the champion slugger of the theHawaiian theHawaiian theHawaIIan Hawaiian Islands This giant was rigged riggedun un In a bluejacket uniform and it was wasgiven waegiven wasgiven given out that he was the star fighter of ofanother otanotber ofanother another American Amerl mahowar then in inHonolulu inHonoluiu inHonolulu Honolulu harbor harborThe harborThe harborThe The fight took place on board the Phila Philadelphia Phil Philadelphia a aI delphia It lasted only two minutes of the thefirst thefir thefirst I first fir lit round and then Sharkey landed on onthe onthe onthe the Hawaiian giants law and the ringer ringerwent ringerwent ringerwent went down like a typhoon uprooted date datepalm datepalm datepalm palm and never came to until he was wassneaked waRsneaked wassneaked sneaked ashore in the steam cutter cutterThat cutterThat cutterThat That was the last of Sharkeys fights fightsin fightstbe in the navy They didnt try after that to toget toget toget get him licked His time was up soon soonafter 800natler soonafter after and he quickly took rank as one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the good heavyweights of the country countryIt coUntryIt It was the incessant practise that Sharkey Sharkeygot Sharkeygot I Igot got in the navy with men pretty nigh his hisequal hisequal hisequal equal in strength and plenty of them his hissuperiors hissuperiors hieAuperlors superiors in boxing that sent him along BO BOfast 60fMt sofast fast when he shed his bluejacket uniform uniformHo uniformHe uniformHo Ho says IIIYIIIIO so himself and he ought to know knowThe kno knoT knowTo The bare knuckle scraps on board ship shipbetween Rblpbetween shipbetween between men who are sore on each other otherare otherare otherare are Just as common nowadays as they theyever theyever theyever ever were and theres Ihere no way of stopping stoppingthem stoppingthorn toppingthem them Theres a regulation re uiRllon against this thissort tblsRort thissort sort of fighting 1 of course but Wit tin tindeadest thedeadest lie liedeadest deadest of all naval na val regulations regulationsIf If theyd try to 10entolfO enforce It to the letter ofthe of ofthe ottbe the regulation a lot of the best nallormen nallormenon lIorroenon on board a manowar would be in the theships theIIhlps thesnips ships brig from one end of theyear the year to the theother theother theother other Fighting between men men whove got gota a grouch against each other is what bat youd youdcall youdcalla youdrnlja call calla a necessary ry evil ev to IrLthe the navy navy nvYiand and thats thallr OVMB BBELL ElL DRILL IN HAMILTON HAMILTONP5H FISH PARK 1 FAfl ARKy hand drills Indian club drills and Indianclub Indian Indianclub Indianclub club circle pull are some of those thoseA A grand tournament is held about onooin oncein once oncein in six months On July 1 1 such a tournament tourna tournament tournament ment was held for all the playground parkaThe parkqThe parks parksThe The Commissioner omml loner awarded medals to Iheoo themost the thonost most oo skilful players in various games and andcontests andOnlesls andrnntests contests and the park winning the prEatestnlll1lhtr greatestmmlxr greatest greatestnumlxir numlxir of points received a pennantThis pennant pennantTills Tills is 1 now held by Hamilton Fish Fli ParkOn Park ParkOn ParkOn On special occasions also tournaments tournamentsaro are held ouch as the opening of a now park parkor nt or playground On Sept 1 such a tournament tourna tournament tournamlnt ment will hs I held at the opening of De i WittClinton WittClinton Witt WittClinton Clinton ParkWe ParkWe Park ParkWe We tr try to devote as much time as posslhIe possible possi possible ble to tho general mass on the playground playgroundand and yet et develop teams and clubs Theent Theenthusiasm The Theenthusiasm ent enthusiasm hllelasnl among the boys for these teamshas teamshas teams teamshas has grown rapidly and the park spirit nowdl nowcisplayed now nowdisplayed displayed dl plaf Is really remarkable remarkableWhen remarkableWhen remarkableWhen When the work was first started herethe herethe here herethe the park would be fairly swamped by nhorde ahorde a ahorde horde of tough youngsters who had never neverhad neverIlBd neverlad had any freedom without lawlessness andwho andwho and andwho who did not know what to mako of thething thething the thothing thing They wanted to tear everything everythingto to pieces They couldnt keep their bandsoff hands handsoff off They had no regard for rules or yegulatiOM regulations regu regulations lations of any kindMany kind kindMany Idndany Many any If Ifnot not most of the older olderboys olderboyswanted boys boYRwanted boyswanted wanted to do nothing but fight Theyhad Theyhad They Theyhad had been brought up in the street they theyliad theyhad theyhad had never had any other place to playTheir playTheir play playTheir Their ideas of fun were derived from thedime thedime the thedime dime novel and trash of that kind and sothey sothey so eothey they robbed the pushcart men and committed committed com committed mitted other petty depredations not becaule because be because cause they wanted to rob primarily butbecall80 butbecause but hutbecause because that was their idea otsport otsportAnd of sportAnd sport sportAnd And so tho gang developed and manyEast manyFirst many manyEast East Side boys simply for lack of properlIupervlslon propersupervision proper propersupervision supervision and room to work ot off theirsurplus theirsurplus their theirsurplus surplus energies became criminals It wasa wasa was wasa a hard task at first to develop order amongsuch amongsuch among amongsuch such a lawless class but gradually the horscame boyscame boys boyscame came to see that the new Ideals were better betterthan betterthan betterthan than the old and that it was to their interest interestto to play according to the ruleqSoon rulesSoon rules rulesSoon Soon there sprang up a strong rivalry rivalryto to make the team and then to win contests conteKtsfrom contestsfrom contestsfrom from the teams of the other parks Todaythe Todaythe Today Todaythe the youngsters oung ters who a few years ago would wouldhavo wouldha wouldhave ha have vo spent their time on the street fightingbrawUng fightingbrawling fighting fightingbrawling brawling and robbing pushcart menMme mencome men mencome come into the playground park and workIIko worklike work worklike like beave heavens at wholesome exercise to gain gaina a place on some team and incidentally incidentallythe the respect of their fellows their hachtrsami teachersand teachers teachersand and the th community communityIn In the neighborhood of the jtlayground jtlaygroundparks Mygrottndparks ypround I Iparkll parks the gang has been completely brokenliP brokenp broken brokenup up and many of the boys who were the thetOIlphefOt thetoughest thotoughest toughest Hpecimons wo had to deal with withwhen withwhen withwhen when the playgrounds were first opened openedare are today studying for the law or medi mcdiclne me medicine lcine cine or some ome other profession professionAnd proles professionAnd lon lonAnd And not only the boys but the girls also alllolire alsoare alsoare are benefited by these playgrounds Theglrll Thegirls The Thegirls girls are taught kindergarten and social socialoccupation IOClalupaton socialouupatlon occupation upaton work There are sand housesand housesand houses housesand and building blocks for the smaller children children chil children dren dancing gomes and many others for forthe torthe forthe the larger girls KlrJsThe girlsThe girlsThe The scups are Immensely popular the way the officers really regard the mat matter matterln matter ter terln in spite of the regulation regulationThe The experienced officers blink at it itThey itTheyknow ItThey They Theyknow know mow the bad results of a bitterness bitternessthats bitternesstbats bitternessthats thats allowed to go on between a pair of otbluejacketfl ofbluojaokets 1 bluejackets under the togallant focsle focsleThe tocsleThe focsleThe The oldtlrae old time officers have found out that thatIts thatIts thatits Its better that the thing should be fought foughtout toughtout foughtout out and done with than that a lot of other othermen othermen othermen men should be drawn into a quarrel that thatfesters thatMIers thatfesters festers MIers and grows unless unle the head of it is isbroken Isbroken Isbroken broken by a decisive dealsl battle between the pair pairof pairof pairof of men whove been snarling ateaoh at eaoh other otherHardly otherHardly otherHardly Hardly a week passes that there is notat not notat notat at least one scrap of this sort on board boardmoat boardmost boardmost most menowar with the promise of a aheavier aheaitr aheavier heavier battle to follow followA A bluejacket for instance seats himself himselfon on anothers ditty box When the owner ownerof ownor ownorot ownerof of the ditty box orders the squatter to get getoff getof off of it the squatter hands him a bunch of oftalk ottalk oftalk talk The men come together a few wal wallops wallone lops 101 8 are exchanged and then the men mendraw mnra mendraw draw ra apart both being wise to it that the thoJimmy theJimmy theJimmy Jimmy Legs Is liable to he hovering around aroundsomewhere aroundsomehere aroundsomewhere somewhere and neither of om caring fur fofa fura a trick in the brig brigA hrigA brigA A little thing like thnt will Mtart tft a grouchbetween grouch grouchbetween grouchbetween between a couple of otmen men grown peevish peevishand pe8Ithand peevishand and snappy after long cruising and after afterrtheyve aftertheyve artErtheyve theyve growled and glared at each otherfor other otherfor olhertor for a certain length oftime theyre looked lookedto to by all hands fornrd to bring the thing to toa tlla toa a finish and then dry dr up ul the man of tho thotwo timetwo thotwo two whos got what he thinks In the bigger biggergrievance hlRergrieanre biggergrievance grievance is carefully watched by the men menforard moolorard menforard forard to nce sqe If hA makes any preliminarymoves preliminary prellmlnlrymovlll preliminarymoves moves toward arranging fight with the thoother Ihoother theother other fellow Ho almost ahno always does doesThe dOIThlt doesThe The fights fl fI ht his thus nxedUII fixed Up however lire There are three sLzeslarge sizes large intermMate intermMateand interm o1aU o1aUand and small besides Ides the baby swings And Andthe Andthe Andthe the lives of many frail babies have beer beersaved beensaved en enMved saved by these swingsIn swings In the hot hours of the day daytheflOClal daytheflOClaloccupation the social socialoccupation socialoccupation occupation work isglven ls glen to the girls from 4 to 15 years old Tether ball is a aver1 aver1popular very verypopular verypopular popular game with the glrtewho girls who also alsoplay alsoplay alsoplay play tennis and volley ball and among the thechildren theohlldren thechildren children the giant stride is very popular popularFor popularFor popularFor For the girls In Hamilton Fish Park Parkthere Parkthere Parkthere there is a library and quiet game room OOIn Trhe Trhethey where wherethey llherethey they can spend an hour in the afternoon afternoonConsiderable afternoonConsiderable afternoonConsiderable Considerable work is done in summer 1n 1nthe ii iithe inthe the outdoor gym and on the track dumb dumbbell dumbbell dumbbell bell exercises exere leA and so on In the winter wintethey winterthey winterthey they build toboggans snow men and have havewinter havewinter havewinter winter entertainments and parties which whicharo whicharo whichare aro extremely popular popularWhat popularWbat popularWhat What all this means to the city is I no noappreciated not notappreciated notappreciated appreciated by one man in a thousand thousandSome thoueandSome thousandSome Some people who have merely heard that thatho tbatthe thatthe the city is issports spending a lot of money to provide providisports providesports sports for the children of the poorer quar quaytens quarters quarters ters have said it was a waste of money moneyand moneyand moneynail and the city might better spend it some someother 80me 80meother someother other way wayBut wayBut yBut But they do not know what they are aretalking aretalking aretalking talking about This work means means not alone aloneth alonethbreaklng aloneth th thbreaklng breaking up of the tbegeng theg gang ng whicfcjsjjnitoejf whicfcjsjjnitoejfa whlchfe hlcbJtn1 lniteelf lniteelfa fa a highly hlghlydMtr desirable ble thing but it means tneana also alsothe alsothe a1wthe the making of good citizens with an anintoreet anintoreetIn interest interestin in the welfare of the city out of the most mostunpromising mostunpromising mostunpromising unpromising material probably in the thecity theoltv thecity city cityThe The The parks of The Bronx which hlobaverage hlobaveragemuch average averagemuch averagemuch much larger than those of Manhattan pro provide proide provide vide ide the extensive courses necessary necessary for forsuch forsuch forsuch such games on golf and polo And The TheBronx TheBronx TheBronx Bronx parks are enjoyed by the people of ofall ofall ofall all parts of ollbecity the city Commissioner Henry HenryC Schrader said to THE THBSUN SUN reporter reporterThe reporterThe reporterThe The people poo pIe generally and even the eolty city cityofficials oityofficialsthese officials officlallthO those of the Manhattan Park PorkDepartment ParkDepartment ParkDlpartment I Department included includeddo do not realize to towhat towhat i iwhat what an extent the parks of The Bronx are areused areuled areusod used for sports and recreation by the pea people peapIe peepie pIe of the other parts of the city I really reallybelieve reallybelieve reallybelieve believe The Bronx parks are more used usedby uSedby usedby by people from lromManbattan Manhattan than by residents residentsof reeldentot of The Bronx themselves and people come comefrom comelrom comefrom from Brooklyn and Queens and Staten StatenIsland Statenleland StatenIsland Island too to enjoy our Bronx parks parksWe park9Ve parksWe We are glad to have them themcomej come there Is Isplenty Iaplenty isplenty plenty of room up here for all plenty of offresh offrooh offresh fresh air and plenty pl nty of facilities for good goodBxerclso goodexercise goodexercise exercise I dont know of any place plaoe1n in the theworld theworld theworld world where there Is a finer set of public publicparks publicparks publicparks parks than we have right here in The Bronx BronxOn BronxOn BronxOn On the one side we have the waterfront waterfrontpark waterfrontpark waterfrontpark park with the finest views across acro a the Sound Soundwith Soundwith Soundwith with unsurpassed bathing and boating boatingfacilities boatingtacllltiesPelham boatingfacilitiesPelbam tacllltiesPelham facilities Pel ham Bay Park and on the theother theother theother other side we have the hills of Van Cort Cortlandt Co Cortlandt tIandt landt Park You Youc cantake nta your choice the thehills thehllll thehills hills or the shore and be sure of beautiful beautifulscenery beautifulscenery beautifulscenery scenery beautiful beautlfu1garde gardens 8 health giving givingilr givingair givingair air and plenty of accommodations acoomn datlolllJ and andeon andeonvenlences convenlences con convonlencea venlences for sporta and pastimes pa t1mee which whichever wblohever whichever ever you choose chooseMa chooseMacombs chooseMacombs Ma Macombs combs Dam Park has been been fitted tted out outwith outwlt outwith with wlt 1 a big outdoor gymnasium and quartermile quarter quartermile quartermile mile running track tra trackwhsh which wh is just about aboutfintahod aboutfinlKhod aboutfinislmd fintahod It also has a abaeeball baseball diamond diamondand diamondand diamondand and ten tennis courts and a numberof number of boat boat not the regular navy prizefights like th thJohnsonCohen the theJohnsonCohen theJohnsonCohen JohnsonCohen affair Theyre just oil oilevaporating bile bileovapOrating bileevaporating evaporating battles between fellows who whofor whotor whofor for the time hate each other otherI otherNesrly otherNearly I Nearly all of these grouch fights are arrpulled arepulled arepulled pulled off down below In one of the fire flnCQoms fireoms firehmoma hmoma CQoms oms or In an empty bunker for the oft offtcent ofteelll ofca cent are not supposed to know knowauytblnc knowauytblncabout anything anythingabout aaythlnjabout about them The empty bunker is pro proferrod preterred proerred erred on account of Its isolation isolationi isolationWhen IsolationWhen i When one of these scrape is to connoff come comeorr comeojf off between two bluejackets below all hands handiforard handstorard handsforard forard know all about it In advance but buivery butery butvery very ery few of the men unless theyre Intl intimates Intlmates Intlma mates ma ee of the fellows scheduled to scrap scrapexpect scrapexpect scrapexpect expect Invitations to the mixup There Thenisnt There18nt Thereisnt isnt room in a bunker for more than tw twor two twoor twoor or three friends of each man manWith manWith manWith With one second each and a referee refereeagreed refereeagreed refereeagreed agreed upon the enemies naked to to the thewaist thewllllt thewaist waist go at it The men men are not allowed allowedto to fight roughandtumble rough and tumble Theyve gotto got gotto gotto to observe the rules of the game and their theirshipmates theirI theirshipmates shipmates I are present to see that they do doolxsv doolle dooho olxsv oho the rule ruleI nllooI I sawpne saw one of th these fights between enemies enemiesin enemlMwhich in which the two went Went fortyeight forty eIght lght rounds roundsand roundsIlnrl roundsand and they th iY were eft bungedup looking pair pairof pairor pairof of satlormen when they both consented to toquit tCjult inquit quit and patch up II their quarrel As Asgeneral Ai a ajtpnerlll ageneral general thing though one of the th men Intheso inthese In 1nIhORe these bunker fights is licked before the thetenth thelenth thetenth tenth round munuIf roundIf rounlU If the thp men are unequally matched andone and andone anddone one of them Is getting sorely the worst of It ItIn ItIn itIn In tho early stages all hands In the bunker bunkertako bunkertllko bunkertake take a hand In pulling the two fwo apart If the thetwo the1Inlnn thetwo two 1Inlnn men are about of a sort as to toqblllty toqbllltyt ability abilitythoyre abilitythnyre thoyre oYte allowed tn go go I ori on until one ne of them theml themwell Lj well thrashed At the windup of one of ofA A a clubs make the park their headquarters headquartersSt St James Park Pa contains tennis court courtCretans courtACroton courtsCrotona Cretans Park Has two baseball diamonds diamondsand diamondsand diamondsand and twenty tennis tennlscourtA courts five of which whichare whichare whlehare are enclosed for tournament ute pxdinlvely pxdinlvelyClaremont PldlllelrClaremont cxeludveltClaremont Claremont Park contains two I vo liawliall liawliallfields hllFoihRIJfieciA teasel h1 h1fields fields and number a numbtir of tennis court Jurt and andtennis Ilndtennis andtennis tennis is I played also in St MarvV MILr Park ParkAll ParkAll ParkAll All of oltbeae these grounds are in constant COII tlllt HM HMthroughput 11 11thro usethroughput throughput thro gbQut the summer though the tennis tonnicourts 1 tenniscourts lni lnicourta courts are not so crowded as those of Cen Central Ccntrsl jtrlPark tral trlPark trlParkBoatlnC Park ParkBoating ParkBoating Boating on Bronx River Is about the only onlysport onlylport onlysport sport permitted in Bronx Park which ii iimainly i imaln11 ismainly mainly given over er to the Botanical Garden Gardenand Gardenand Gardenand and the Zoological Park and these ei eihiblta 11hlblts eibiblts hiblta providea certain kind of recreation recreationforthousands rectIa recreationforthousands lion lionforthouaandsotpereo forthousands forthouaandsotpereo ofpersons 8 who never dreamof dreamof dream dreRmot of going to the parks for any more vigorous vigorousexercise vigorousexerelee lgorolJ lgorolJexer exercise exer than walking or driving and to towhom 10hom towhom whom hom the various varlo sports and games gam do not notspecially notepeclally notspeciallyappeal specially speciallyappeal speciallyappealBut appeal appealBut appealBut But the tbemoet most extensive facilities and andequipments Rldeqllpments andequipments equipments for sports and games are lrt lo lobe IJbe tobe be foundin found in the two largest park largest largestnot larRe larRenot largestnot not only ofThe of The Bronx but of the whol wbolcity wholcity vhnlAcity city Pelham Bay Park and Van an Oortlandt OortlandtPark CortlandtPark ortIRul ortIRulPark Park ParkThe ParkThe ParkThe The largest largeetof of all the theparkR parks Pelham Baycontains Bay Baycontains Jnrcontafns contains two golf Courses ten baseball baseballfields baiCballfields baseballfields fields scores of oltennls tennis court a fine athletic athleticfield alhl athleticfield tj tjfield field and open air gymnasium a quartermile quartermile quarter CjllartrmUe mile running track four howling alleys nlleyxtargets RlIeytargets alleystargeta targets for archery practise boat boti botifor UIIItorboat1ng es esfor for torboat1ng boating on the bay seven ncht hoiiwibuilt houses hOIl hOIlullt housesanilt built ullt by various yacht clubs clul with the tli IT ITmission rmission mission of the Park Department 3W IO lies frftllbath liesbath ir irbath bath houses which are nowhere near nearmough nearenough nearenough enough to supply the demand on Saturday Saturdaymd Saturdayand Saturdaysand and Sundays and besides all these th thyommissionor his IhACommlMloner hisCommissionr yommissionor grants permits for tenting tentingit or it camping out on the shore of the bay bayThis barThia bayThis This summer there are about 200 of thew thewtents th thents Ihtents tents putup andoccupied and occupied by individuals individualsft or ft families tan lies from all parts of Greater New NVwfork XYork NewYork York who are spending their summerIn summer summern In this pleasant way with all the fun Anti aurlrollo Antifrollcot sortfrollo frollcot rollo of camp camp life within the city limits limitsind linksand and within easy call of business if busmen busmenihould hustnersshould should demand attention There are a atreat aSTeat agreat treat many children in these camping campingMirties campingpartlee campingparties parties They of course enjoy it greatly greatlymd greallyand greatlyand and it itia is giving them health and strength strengthVan slrenKthVan strengthVan Van Cortlandt Park contains two golf golftourses golfcourses golfcourses holes holesin holeson holl hollon courses one a practise links of nine on in the meadow for beginners and the thntther I theother hA hAoth oth other a I regulation eighteen eight all hole linkswhich links linksrhlohis 1I11 1I11which which rhlohis Is kept in excellent condition and ands andIs andIs Is a fairly 1rIYllporty sporty course It Is I probably probablythe the finest ne publfogolf public golf course in the country countryThe coUl countryThe t1T t1TThe The polo field is another attraction at atTui a aVan atVan Van Cortlandt and is used constantly constantlyhroughout constantlythroughout constantlythroughout throughout the season by various clubs clubsif clu1 sot ot if the upperpart of the he city and the ad adorning adjoining adjoining joining suburbs sub rb There Thereare are also in Van VanCortlandt VanCortlandtiour an anCortlndttourbueball Cortlndttourbueball Cortlandtiour Cortlandt fourbaseball baseball fields many manytennll manytennllOOlrte tennis tennisourte tennisourtecrnquetgrounds ourte ourtecrnquetgrounds croquet etgrounds grounds a paradeground paradegroundrhlch paradegroundwhich which is heusedd used by various nrio military and andniformed anciuniformedbodies andinlformedbodfee uniformedbodies niformed bodies for their drills andevolu andevoluions and andeolll10M evotu evotuions ions and good facilities for boating on onhe onthe onhe the he park lake This Is crowded on Satur Saturlays Salllrdays Saturlays lays and Sundays In the winter time tironkatinglis timemkattngfethegreatsport 11m 11mekating ekating mkattngfethegreatsport katinglis the thegf great te sport rl at Van Cortlandtnid Cortlandt Cortlandtnd CortlandlandtbelceoC andtbelceoC nd the Ice of trielake thelakels Is enjoyed by thou thouands tholsands thoutanda sandsBrooklyn ands tandaBrooklyn andsBrooklyn Brooklyn and nd Queens boroughs also 1so make makmple makeample makeample ample provision for popular sports and andamesln andgam andjameein gam jameein amesln In their parks rk In I 1 Prospect Park Parkre PArkare Parkire are re permlttedbasketball archery cricket cricketiolo crickPlpolo cricketColo polo iolo tennis boating and andekatlng andekatlngThe skating skatingThe skatingThe The parade ground adjoining Prospect Prospectark ProsptctPark Prospectark Park ark which is Isu used ed by various uniformed uniformedrganlzatlons unilonlldorganizations uniformedsrganlzatlons organizations provides proIdesolso also thirtyone base baseall ba baball baseall ball all diamonds dlamondablob which are always thronged throngedThe thron throngedThe ed edTh The Th te tennis nls courts number several hUll hutilted liunired hUllded ded ired and this year the Commissioner lia liaisued hRissued has hassued issued some 6000 permits pem ts for tennis tennisTorest tellnliForestPark tennisTorestPark ForestPark Torest Park hasa very good golf link linkf Ilnkot linkd ot eighteen holes and andthere there is a flourishing flourishingolf fiourL lIlnlt lIlnltgolt golt olf club made up upot of the players who nhis 11this use usehis this his links This park also contains several severallaseball setrnlbasebaU severaltasehali laseball fields and tennis courts courtsCanargle courltlCanarsie courtsCvnarsie Canargle Beach Park is now being hin put putnto JlUIInto putnto Into nto good shape with a running track and andtthleUq nlulathletlo nnrldhletlo tthleUq field and anda a new outdoor gymnasium gymnasiums is 9 building in Willlamsburg Bridge Park 1arkinder Parkunder Parkaidertbe under aidertbe the Brooklyn approach to the IbnViUiamsburg IhAWIUlamsburg thehliliamaburg ViUiamsburg Bridge There are also imb pub IuhUo pubio Uo 10 playgrounds in Williamsburg wllllanwburg familiarlymown familiarlymownas familiarly famiharlyknown known mownas mown as McCarren Park and at New lots lotsn LoIsIn In the East New NeYork York Yorkdlstrlct YorkdlstrlctRichmond district districtRichmond districtRichmond Richmond Borough has not yet come to toie 11be tois be is ie so thickly pppulated as to need the runs mirtlarkfacilllies runswrkfadlitiee alreparktliclllUes larkfacilllies as the other parts par of time Ih oily oilyiiid cityand clyahd iiid so no provision prov1 lon has yet been marie marieor lua luat or sports and games in its parks It ha hainly haonlythree hamy onlythree inly three smallones small ones none of which would wouldto wouldbe be to adequate for very ery extensive game or orixercises oroxerclAOll orxercisee ixercises ixercisesIn In all the city parks I arks where sport are enouragedlaseballand en enouraged nco11raged ouraged ouragedlaseballand baseball bueballand and tennis are the most mosttopular 11101populargmefl mostopular populargmefl topular games Tennis has been gaining gainingn in popularityat at a rapid rate in the last few fewears rlVy fewears ears ar and andtodaythe today the people who go to tb tbarkstoplay the IbElpork thesarksto pork sarksto arkstoplay toplay play that fine game far outnumber outnumberhose outnum outnumberhose rthose hose who therein practise any other sport these bunker ker battle all hands quietly quit quitthebunkerand quitt quitthe thebunkerand the climb to the deck by different differentengine differentongIne differentengine engine room or or fire room ladders so sos not notto notto notto to attract the theattenUon attention of the officer of th thdeck Ihde the thedeck deck de deckAs kAs As theyre bare knuckle affairs a ffa In both mesgenerally men mengenerally meAgenerally generally get pretty thoroughly mnuledand mauled mauledand mlluledand and bruised up in in these bunker scraps crap and andwhen andwben andwhen when thefights the fights over they ey hop into their theiruniforms IheirunlCorms theiruniforms uniforms and skiddoo to the skis bay to toget 10get tcget get themselves patched up with arnica IITIIIC21courtla6ter nrnlcalcourthhaeter I Icourt courtla6ter court plaster and andlO so on onThe onThe onThe The ships surgeon knows at one ppfK Irekwhataila ppfKmatter rNJiwhat what whataila ailR them 8urfeon alright all right but just jU for th thsake the thesake sake ot form he asks them whal whats tho thoml1trer hmatter matter with their mugs Theyve Th hotli hotlifallen bothsfallen III IIItallen fallen down an engine room or a fire room roomladder fCIOmladderthatll roamladderthats ladder ladderthatll thats the usual answer 1 hill lh fei feidown fell r11down felldown down the ladder at the same time iliacsir ol olIIlrthey i isir sir IIlrthey they fell down downditferent different ladder ladderHmthats laddfrHm laddersHmthats Hmthats Hm thats curious mutters the sur surgeon surscribbles ur urpeon peon with a 1 twinkle in of his theireinlurieShi eye einlurieShi einlurieShinh and then thenh nh Mscribbles esick aooount scribbles scribbles an account of their injuries in Insick msick sick toy ba log and andordeJll orders the sick Ik hay html htmlto hodto hsndto Brews rlr the wound woundAnd woundAnd wmmdsAnd to scrappers And thats that the end of the bunker hnnkerfight hnnkerfightand fipl fiplFifteen jh jhFltteen time II1Pflick timesick the horn Ivivosick I Fifteen minutes mlnutfIRatter after men sick bay with bandage around their heada head headaround he heand andFifteen and a strong event nt ot Hnlment hanging hangingaround hanlln hanllnaround around them theyre liable III be seen Mn ntheir with WI1their withtheir their bangedup b3ngod up heads together to lhlr over overUX II ditty dittyluxootfsirias i pIJ iheve ihevepicked ppicked pploked 1f alma UX IJ luxootfsirias wiintmriiiK I1I rinJoC souvenir junk picked 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