Rowing and Track Athletics (extract)

The Organizatwn of the Clubs 265 complete success. Two years later, at the annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union in Washington, on October 10, a reorganization of the union was voted; the various branches which now cover the whole country were organized in February, 1891, and on March 18, 1891, the re– organized Amateur Athletic Union held its first meeting. It was at this time, the beginning of the nineties, that club athletics had reached the height of their success.