Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-19
DURCH UEBUNC zUR KRAFT.
Thousands of Excursionists at the
State Turnfest,
A GALA DAY AT FREMONT.
Tho Leading Young German Athletes
of Nebraska Meet ana Measure
Strength and Skill Grown
ing of the victors.

ing of the victors.
Yesterday was the final day OF the stats
| turnfest at Fremont and excursionists from
all parts Of the state poured into that city tc
| witness the athletic sports and participate in
the closing festivities Tho largest deega.
| ton went from Omaha, ten cars filled with
| jolly excursionists steaming out of this city
ut 9:45 q. m, A finer appearing aggregation
OF excursonsts is rarely seen. All the local
| German societies were represented and the
crowd comprised all the best Deutsche fam
| lilies in the city. A number of persons not
| of Teutonc descent also took advantage of
| this opportunity for a days outing.
Tho country between Omaha and Fremont
| is as pretty n one the sun ever rose aud
| set upon. As Tar as the eye can see IL is
gently undulating plain and "a perfect garden
| spot. The sight of broad fields OF corn and
| stretches Of meadow was truly refreshing
one To the city toiers while the scent of
| new mown hay waited through the car win
| dows was sweeter than the altar of roses.
The excursionists reached Fremont Just
| at noon and found n perfect ovation
| awaiting them. Thousands of persons
were gathered about the depot, and
as the train pulled in the visitors were
| greeted with deafeniug cheers and the FIRE.
mont band started up u lively air.
All Fremont was in gala attire. The bust
| ness houses were decked with bunting or
| festooned with red, white and blue, and ap-
| propriate words of welcome and notices
were stretched across all the principal
streets. The sidewalks were thronged with
people, and everything had Fourth of July
appearance
AT the depot a procession was formed of
the various organizations. which, after march
| ing through the principal streets, headed for
the park west of the city. The following
were in line:
A. o. H. Band of Omaha.
| Turner's from Omaha, Plhttsmouth and
| Fremont
Carnival Band.
| Shunker's Band.
Omaha LIederkranZ
West Point Juvenile Band. IA
Plattdeutsche Verein. n
Plattsmouth Band. M
Plattsmouth Guests IA!
Omaha Schwabcn Nerein.
Omaha Schwe2er Verein.
Schleswig- Band.
Bennington Guests.
Fremont Verein.
Citizens in Carriages.
Tho procession was imposing spectacle
and was nearly "a quarter of Il mile In length.
On arriving at the picnic grounds the first
thing of interest was the unveiling of the
lunch baskets and the discussion of fried
chicken and other tOothsome edibles found
therein After this important feature of the
days attractions was performed satisfac-
torily, the other pleasures were given their
need of attention. 10 say that there was q
large crowd in attendance is putting 1t mildly.
The immense grove was fairly thronged with
visitors from all parts of the state, all meet
ing with the common purpose of having
good time. A large platform was erected in
the center of the park for the accommoda-
tion of lovers of the dance, while tables and
benches were placed here and there.
About l 30 p. m. the athletic sports COM
menced and slicited much demonstratlve en-
thusiasm. The performances were all under
fl,n a A.,tfn Nf
structor of all the competitors. The partici.
pants were the prize Turner classes OF Platts
mouth aud Fremont and the second class of
the Omaha Turner's Mr.. Kummerow would
not allow the prize Turner class of Omaha to
participate, as they would have easily COB
bled all the prizes The contest, as 1t was
proved very even one. The following Is
record of prizes won:
GLASS COMPETITION.
Omaha got first prize in the class competi
tion, scoring 255 points, Plattsmouth was
second and Fremont third. Best all around
gymnast, Caspar Buechner. of Omaha, 4S16
points; second, Fred Fruehauf, Of Omaha;
third. Charles Ham, Of Plattsmouth, 431<;
C. j. Gromme, of Omaha, Charles Rehschuh,
of Omaha, and Fred Kuehn. of Omaha, ali
three scoring Al points; sixth, II. Matz, of
Fremont, 39la; seventh. G. Blattert, of
Oma ha. Ss; eighth, Charles Bott, of FIRE.
mont, 80.
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Running high iump-Flrst prize. @. T.
Gromme, of Omaha, 3 feet, 2 inches; second,
Charles Bott, Of Fremont and Paul Wurl, of
Plattsmouth.
Running broad jump-First prize, Fritz
Breitling, of Fremont, II feet, 10 inches;
second, c. j. Gromme, of Omaha l6 feet, s
inches.
Hop, step and iump-F'irst PRICE. J.
Gromme, of Omaha. 81 feet; second, Ca spar
Buechner, of Omaha "a feet, inches
Running broad high jump-First prize, q.
j. Gromme, of Omaha, feet by 4 feet, 10
inches; second, Paul Wurl, feet by feet,
inches.
Foot race-First prize, Otto Niederwieser,
| of Omaha; secoud, Emil Wurl, of Platts-
| mouth
Pole vaulting-First prize, Paul Wurl, of
| Plattsmouth; second, Casper Buechner, of
Omaha.
Lifting 1oO-pound dumb bells-First prize.
| Charles Hanni, of Plattsmouth; second,
John Kopp, of Plattsmouth.
| Throwing 33-pound stone-First prize,
| John Kopp of Plattsmouth; second, X.
| Matz, of Fremont.
The judges were William Schulze and
| George Antnes, of Omaha; H. Frahm and
John Sattler, of Plattsmouth, and Wilhelm
| Hasse and Gus @. Kerkow, of Fremont.
The prizes consisted of diplomas and
| laurel wreaths these being awarded to the
| successful competitors by young ladies amid
| the waving of banners, flourish of horns and
the paudits of the multitude.
This ended the first grand state funniest.
which, when it will be remembered was IN
| augurated through the efforts of Hon. Philip
| Andres only last January, proved an as
! founding success and called together the
| largest crowd of excursionists ever seen in
| the city of Fremont The state officers OF
the Bezirk are as follows:
| Hon Philip Andres, president; Earnest
! Grupe secretary; William Bloedel, treasur-
| er; Henry Kummerow, instructor.
The following committee had the excursion
! from Omaha in charge: w. r.. Stucker,
| Henry Rohlff, l.. Wells, Il. Meyer, and B.
| NJ. Moore. and TO all concerned great credit
is due.
Taeo.