The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-15
SOME SPORTS OUT OF DOORS.
pRryCETOy COLLEGE BOYS PREPARED
FOR COMMENCEMENT.
The Tenth Annual Exhibition under the nj
r.ct,ou Of Superintendent GoidIe-Feats on
an. Grounds &c the Princet ton A thIetir Club.

The Tenth Annual Exhibition under the III
rectton Of superintendent GoidIe-Feats on
The GROUND. er the Priscetea AthIetir Club.
commencement week In Princeton College,
VI begins to-day with a baccalau reate SER
mon TO the students by President McCosh. As
.rreuara,ion for the week Of mental exertion,
,be college boys took yesterday both morning
.ndAiternoon 10 enjoy themselves in athletic
on,ests. The symmetrical stone gymnasium
has recently been nllcd up with moro seats for
spe,ta. r. than II ever held before. Hitherto
On three sides, tiers OF temporary seats have
been sst up for the annual gymnastic exhibit
ton but yesterday kne four sides Of the build
ing were taken up with seats. and the compel
lne students. surrounded on oil sides by spec
taiors. and standing in the middle Of the gym
nasum appliances, swings rings. clubs. and
rare1es. looked in their fancy tights rs though
they were performing in a circus. The seats
held 500 students and their fair admirers. while
enough to make up the thousand stood in door
ways or squaited on the floor. 1t was the tenth
annual college exhibition. and was under the
direction Of Superintendent George Goldie.
First zane exercises on parallel bars in which
the entire sixteen students one after another
engaged as an exercise 10 timber them up for
the sevsrer work to follow. W. X. Wilder class
Of ~ exceiled in variety and neatness Of ma
Then RIB Tewkesbury. 80. did some surpris
INK WORK in climbing a pole bored from top to
bottom with holes by sticking first one peg into
. hole. and then raising himself up by arm
muscle reaching the other hand up with n peg.
and PUTTING II into q higher pce-holc thus
climbing 10 the top. Tewkesbury took two and
three p"g. holes at time in bis climb.
In whlrling and Juggling with the light In
dian clubs Everar,i De Renns. 70. alone exhtb-
lied his skin. AMI j. A. Stewart. 20 with Indian
cubs isai weighed forty pounds cqsxcd an
". -. bore on the palm from n number Of con-
iesiauts for performances on the swinging.
double rings tying himself up In knots as he
swung n air. and then suddenly disentangIlns
himself
Then the spectators shouted with laughter at
Frank BarEin. 70. and Water BrS9ks Of '' the
same class. each armed with a light. straight
SUCK. whirle1 and tossed about two soft. broad
The second part o. the entertainment began
with feats on the horizontal bar. E W. Shell
Don. ~, WAS announced as the most expert.
HIS backward and forward giant swing won
him The victory. Next came the single trapezs
in which Stewart alone appeared-and excellent
work he did. The finest thing done in aero
structor. Prof Holdie Whiii The tsaeher sto,,d
frm as a rock. with his hanls clssnsd hehini
his neck, Landon clambered 20 his Shout
ders and then 10 his head standing upright
swung them IN all directions. The feat is a new
one ana was done IN manner not unworthy Of
as ga good work as an acrobat: he turned
I've tHrwari somersauts without n stop. and
FOUR backward sOmcrsaults without stopping.
II ;i.e former Albert willy. 20. aud sheldon.
~. made dashing display. On the flying
ton e WithiT2Sgt97in and IeEkesbuTy. 50. and
the competition Prof Cfol,lie showed the stu.
dents how twisting giants swing is done, The
eNl ihitlon. however, was purely an exhibition
an 10 prizes were awarded.
Ia The afternoon the students escorted in n
body % the Princeton Athletic Club grounds,
some % see and others 20 take part in tie annual
Ia!edcnan games Of the college boys. OnlY
lrn'eton boys arc allowed to compete. Gold
medals were offered as prizes. The events "
numbered fourteen. First was a mile wax.
with c. Brooks. %. Jordan. 81. and Dsyeraux
~. 90 start, II was four laps 20 the mile. None
oi th-m had ever walked in n race before. IL was
said, aud IL was evidently true. The judges dis
qualified al three Tor running. SO no prize was
Then J. Waller. 70 and R. Tewkesbury. 80.
started vaulting with pole. Both cleared the
lar 4 the height Of 9 feet inches. and neither
coGlt exceed that height. SO the contest re-
Third was 1o9-ynrd dash. Starting a, the
lis;o, shot were 4; P Smock 81, F. Loney. 81.
reaching the goal. The contestants were great
" helped by the ground. pitching as u did to-
dead AFT" snoek won in good style in o is
seconds. and Loney followed in 90 seconds.
struggled Tor BY Harry Cuts Of SO. and Irv
WIKI 1gton Of the same class. Cuts Jumped 10
FEY !. inches, and won. Wilmington Jumped
Then stood .upt put the l6-pound shot c.
i }ise - a. II II; Brotherton q so and Frank
larkln u -. Larkin won with IS feet inches
J. Ike made 30 feet TX inches aud Brother
ton, p feet inches.
N-xt cnme a half-mile run with c. r. Gill. Jr..
81 and Thomas Bradford. 81. contestants. The
runners were weuimaiched. and ran evenly and
easHy until within lOl yards OF the string
been slightly ahead hitherto during the race
Int "A steam. aud reaching the goal Just after
gu had rrosss,i the line, tumbied headlong 70
ne gr9und. He was exhausted. His friends
picked him NJ and led him to the dressing
rg1m %! the CLUB house. He was unharmed.
Iiaddn 81 L5nesy 81. and f + EdwS az
Loaey shot ~ and left his rivals almost stand
ing s,!ll Edwards dropped out and Loney
225 35ih seconds. Then H Cuts, so and
VIA. nstou. 81. competed for the medal offered
Tor the best running high jumper. Cuts came
oli 1esi with feet 81 inches. Wilmington
Se5 5IT yas 'R rt mile run between L ? smocE
ION tie start. he won in 6 minutes 10 18th
secon Is. Thomas Was over twenty feet behind
az tne finish. Many Of the events were dnu-
tted Up. that IS. two were going on at the same
nIae. milo the mile run Was being run. Frank
LArklu and Irv. Wilmington were making a
Throwing the l6-pound hammer was next;
Dpdge 70 ami Brotherton so. Blackwell won
MN q feet four inches. Dodge made 90 feet
Ther- WINS no one TO enter for the quarter
mile run but Frank Loney. He Was required
ly the referee o. run the distance In SIS seconds
" not receive the prize. He made IL in 81 3-5
seconds. and WIS appiauded.
Ill9 lyO-yard hurdle race was run By With
lncton. landOn. and Evans Ten hurdles. each
: = 'eet hlgh. were set up az regular intervals
Iul No Contestants 10 Jump over. The contest
Maz eiH-s betwesn Wilmington and Iandon.
The former won in 1917 seconds. Finally. Lar
I'm wen the standing high Jump in feet A
Inches. over Lse Blair.
SPEEDING OYER THE WATER.