Betty Lou Young Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club 1880-1980, LAAC Press: Los Angeles, California 1979, 176pp., 1850s
The 1850s brought settlers. Banning, Mellus, Foy, Winston, and Downey. Jewish settlers included John Jones, Newmarks, Cohns, and Hellmans . . . whose leisure time pursuits included church socials, parlor games, songfests, gymnastics, footraces and baseball . . .