Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-24
TINE ruRs Brziax.
The Exercises Of sunday and Mon
day--a Large Attendance and a
Fine Contest for supremacy in
Athletic sports.


The brilliant exercises of Saturday
evening were reported in the HERALD
of Sunday morning.
On Sunday morning the Turn Verein
Germania led by the City Band, escorted
the visiting Turner's to the City Gardens
on San Pedro street.
Tn Friese, -Turnvart of the Pacific
Coast Turn Bezirk, was the leader ex-
oiiicio of the procession. Among those
most active may be mentioned Mr..
Theodore Froehlinger and Carlos
Schwe enn, who were assistant managers
at the gardens.
Every visiting Turner received meal
ticket, which was good at restaurant
established by the Los Angeles Verein,
upon the grounds. The ground occupied
by the contestants was guarded by mem
bers of the Los Angeles Ver,in and
several policemen. The competition com
menced at once, the City Band returning
to the Pavilion, where dancing contia-
ued until the close of the contests. The
Pavilion was crowded during the entire
day with dancers, merry makers and
spectators. who enjoyed the sport for all
there was in it.
The bowling alley was also we'll pa
tronized. The first competitors tried
the horizontal bar and tho parallel bars,
after which the evolutions over the two
kinds of "horses" were gone through
with. Judges were appointed for each
Of the four contes "ith tables close to
the ''horses" and both kinds Of bars.
The judges exposed to the sun were pro-
vided with Japanese parasols TO protect
them from the heat of the sun. On the
south side Of the place where the con-
test occurred there were a large number
Of raised seats arranged for the specta-
tors, which gave them fine view of tho
arena. The
COMMITTEE
Appointed to award the prizes was off
cered as follows: G. Fluch, J. Winkler,
l.. Gerichten, I. A. Schmidt. NJ. Wohl-
stadt, Jake Wuth, all San Franciscans;
M. Monassa, M. 5. Schwaiz aud G.
Hagler, of Napa; o. Hartig, A. Acker.
man. Of Sacramento; c. Eberlani, Of
Stockton; j. Biume, of Petaluma; II.
Schroeder. Prof. A. Fuhrberg and Il.
Preuss, Of Los Angeles; also X. Kuerzel.
OF Oakland, seventeen in ALL The men,
bers of the committee will report upon
all day and evening contests of the
members Of the Bezirk, ON Wednesday
evening, at Turner Hall.
During the entire contest, which was
of the p,cst interesting character t.
everyone present. and winch elected
rounds Of applause, the best Of ,rler
was reserved. Hon. l.. Lothhein
mer, President Of the Pacific Coast Turn
Bezirk, addressed the Turner'S and the
audience, with President c. Jacoby and
Prof. A. Fuhrberg, on~ither side OF the
speaker. Mr.. Lothheimmer's rema, ks
were listened to with great attention.
The speaker spoke eloquently Of the
origin OF the Bezirk, and reoited the or
ganization since its inception and is
various contest and annual gatherings
on this coast.
The contest for the day closed about
four O'Clock, when the members and WIS.,
itors marched home. Near the end of
the contest President Jacoby announced
that the Los Angeles Turn Veren Ger
mania had offered gold melal for the
first prize in turning and gold medal
for the seconl p ize. A silver medal
was also added to the first prize, won by
the boys class. The rest Of the success-
full contestants will receive diplomas.
EVENING SESSION.
In the evening by eight O'Clock Turn
Verein Hall was simply iammed with
spectators, who took in the contests and
warmly applauded them. The following
committee was appointed on prize sing
ing-J. c. Schneider, Los Angeles; +.
Buehuemann, San Jose; f. Gerhardt.
San Francisco. For prizes for club
swinging-L. Gerichten, San Francisco;
c. Eberhardt, Stockton; Robert Riecke,
Sacramento. For prizes for foil fencing
R. Rieckez, Sacramento; {. Eber-
hardt, Stockton; Prof. A. Fuhrberg,
Los Angeles, All these committees, as
the others, will report at the hall on
Wednesday evening.
The prize singing was between the
Sacramento and Los Angeles singing
sections, each Of which did remarkably
well and brought down the house with
applause. The leader was MIR. R.
Riecke, Of Sacramento. There were
three judges for the singing contest and
two prizes to be awarded. The foil
fencing followed, with the three judges
mentioned. There were four bouts.
Afterwards the prize declamations en-.
sued. A. Rudolph, a Turner from Sac
ramento, came out in costume, and had
q very funny character. He was heart
lily eneored. Prof. G. Ruthard appeared
in some of his musical and laugh making
specialties, end was also loudly encored.
The last contestant was Tn. Friese, who
is always good. An overture by the
orchestra followed, and the audience
dispersed.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the pro.
cession formed at Turner Hall and
marched up Spring to First, down First
to San Pedro street, down San Pedro to
the City Garden.
AT THE GARDENS
There was continuation from yester-
day of prize shooting. vaulting, climb
ing, wrestling and turning by the pupils,
for which diploma was offered. The
contestants were the Vorwaertz, Elm
tracht and Mission Of San Francisco,
the Turnverein Of Napa, Petaluma,
Marysville, Stockton, San Jose, Oak
land and Los Angeles. The names of
the contestants are withheld until the
prizes are awarded, which will be on
Wednesday night The Garden presented
lively appearance throughout the day.
Hacks were running every ten minutes
from the city to the Gardens, and by 4
P. NJ. they were filed to overAowing
There never assembled a company which
behaved better than our visitors. At
o'clock the orchestra struck up lively
march, and soon the large pavilioa was
crowded to its utmost capacity, and
amidst the profusion of flowers, flags
and beautifully dressed ladies', presented
fairy-hke appearance. Sets were.soon
formed, and the happy couples whirled
like roses in a stream, or angels in
dream. The dancing continued up TO
six O'Clock, and then the happy com.
pany dispersed to their hotels.
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT.
The performance at the hall was wit
messed by large audience, who were
agreeably surprised at the thorough
knowledge the performers evinoed in the
play entitled, Eight Weeks Bandits
Briie. a drama in three acts. Much
credit is due Mrs. Stuhr and Miss Maehl
for their labors in making this an even
ing long to be remembered.
TO DAYS PROGRAMME
Is an excursion to Santa Monica. The
Turner's will form at the hall and march
up Spring to Commercial street, down
Commercial to the old depot, where they
take the train. The entertainments al
Santa Monica viii consist Of prize swim
ming, boat.racing. etc, and will wind
up with grand ball. retnrning to the
city on the $3.50 o'clock train.
The Twelve W Wheelers
1t isa noticeable fact that the car
Seminole" that jumped the track al
Caliente on Saturday, is the same car
a = i Al