Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-13
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The Opera House Entertainment
N.,is 4 G.OndIY Amlns

The Opera HOUSE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Nets Il GO1dlY Suins
The audience that gathered at the Opera
House Friday nlght for tue 0enent 81 tne
Jamestown sufferers was mol as large " the
merits Of the cause warranted, yet hovut
$500 were cleared Tor inc Denent OF lns
stricken poodle OF J0hnstown. About
500 people were present and thor
onehly enjoyed the excellent On.
tsrfairment tnat had been provided
n suoh short notice. HyRtts Military
Bard under the leadershlp OF A. ], Hyett,
performed three erleciiuns III q manner
that provoked considerable applause. The
German sBuserbund, lnder the leadership
Of o. Is. RhoGds, then sang AnI DER
Yacht" with such excellent shoet tilAt they
were enthusiastically recalled and sang
another selection
Following the music cHme an excellent
athletic entertainment uudar the auspices
Of the Warren Athletic Club The running
hlgh iump had Gsorge 4. Hephron, q. u.
Holland, John T. Hudson, Samuel Jones,
Frank W. GraiWoht and W. SpOerl us par
,icipauts. HapbrOn cleared 8 feet three-
quarter inches amid much applause with
Lotland an Inch tower. John Dooley fol-
lowed In one OF his inimitahle stump
speeches which kept the audience IN a con-
tinuai ripple Of laughter and brought re-
thlls InuHih9 ~ huAAElI ANENntSN tAo
tistie exhibition Ut spinning barrel, mat
tese cross and table with his feet which
ELECTED much admiration. John r. Mccoy
swung the Indian clubs In his usual excel
lent style aud aitsrward followed this up
by singing and recltlng his fanny character
sketch entitled 'Rauben Glue" Fred.
l.. dreiner and George IL. Dlllman per
formed soma pretty and difficult tricks
on the horizontal bar. Lewis hegener,
Charles Resener and George Campbell
gave very clever rambling act. A light
weight tug.oi-war took place between the
following teams: Elmer Booth (anchor).
II. @. Simmons, Fred. Meyers, George
Hoifst ker; Fred. W. Alullan (anchor),
Harry Cl4sk, John Riley John Garland.
Booths side won by inches In three
minute pull This middle weight tug was
between the following teams; o. II.
Simmons (anchor), a. W. Griffith. O. u.
Triggs, j, Il. shipley II. L. Virtue,
(anehor). ]. @. Spoerl, E. b. Crossley, o.
IL. Ruth simmons side won by inches.
John Y. Cooper. Alfred Davidson, II. o.
simmons and Maurice Bahb gave very
pretty exhibition 10 tumbling which ex
cited both amusement and applause.
The entertainment concluded with two
sparring sat-tos and three wrestling bouts.
DR.. ] Shell, champion amateur middle
weight wrestler OF the United States, threw
Walter Snyder OF the Athletic Club Of the
schuylkili Navy In Al minutes. Horace
Mcdaniel and q. II Huth Of the Warren
Athletic Club, delighted the crowd with a
pretty set-to OF three rounds. H. Z. Wolf
, nd Il cliiinn d the Athletic Gipf Of IN,
5cuaylklt Navy Vrcst " bafi Oc M
i, premaey, ID iatet winning III t14r m44.
| utes. James Miidlng and Edwin n0it OF
| the Warren Athletic Club gave clever
wrestling bout Witch tho former won In
| six minutes, Prot. William Coupe, in
structor Of wrestling ~ the Athletic Club
| of the Sehnylsil Navy, aud Harry prittner
Of the same club flushed tho wrestling In a
lively bout which Coupe WOE In 2 minutes
| and 40 seconds.
The coucluling event was thIse.Yound
\ sparrtng tetto between James Connor, the
! champion lightweight OF Delaware, and
| Peter Mcfarland u middle. weight. 0onnoT
was too light for his opponent. there being
| about 10 pounds difference in their weights,
but nevertheless no landed freely and exsr-
\ cised more geueri!lship than did Mozart
land. The latter, however, made a good
| showing, and he delivered number OF
/ telling blows.
Thanks are due to Manager souIIer ,oi
the Opera House who gave the use OF the
! nall free; 70 tine employees of the Opera
| HOUSE who Contributed their services to
| Joseph Bsrgauer and tie Opera House
oteheetra, the Delaware S,eaeelbund, the
| sunday star Max Hermann the Warren
| Athletic Club, the Athletic CLUB OF the
| Sshuylklll Navy, the Wilmington Transfer
/ Company and Q. W. kennedy 4 Company
! Tor aratuitous services rendered.