The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-30
ACTIVE ATHLETICS.
Excellent Entertainment by
the Jersey City Athletic
Club Notes.

The Jersey City Athletic Clubs Gym
nasium Committee is a quiet body hat is
not heard from often but when it an
nounces that an entertainment will be
given The result always is q crowded
house and a swell audience too.
The committee provided the entertain
ment last night. About five hundred
were present and the ladies predominated.
Among the fair ones were ladies promi-
nentia the best society circles in Bergen,
Lower Jersey City and Greenvilie. A few
were present from other sections of the
county, and some had come from New
York. Brooklyn and cities in this State.
The entertainment was purely an ath-
letic one, but the brightest stars were
present and gave a beautiful exhibition
/of strength and skill. Every event was
enthusiastically ~applauded, n they
deserved 1t. The tugs-of-war were 80 ex-
citing that the ladies' stood up those
IN rear seats stood upon the chairs to OBJ
tain a view of the powerful young men
bearing the tremendous strain in
their struggle for honor. The
officers of the evening announced every
few seconds the position Of the mark on
the rope which was to decide the victory.
Each contest was close n the ladies
clapped their tiny hands with glee as the
declaration that the mark was on the side
of their favorities, for they always elect
favorites as soon as they appear.
The reputation of the club and its
modest and silent committee was bene-
fitted by the performance. 1t was superb
and the audience was delighted. TIL in
tense interest shown when the audience
fingered half an hour after the program
was finished to witness a tug of wal be-
tween teams who had pulled q dead heat.
The first event on the card was the
horizontal bar, in which Gus Ahl, of the
National Turn Verein of Newark, the
amateur champion, took part. Prof. Il.
r. Whewell, the former instructor of the
club, also participated. The others were:
Prof. w. Graah, J.. o. A. G. instructor;
7. "; Fred Schnainel, N. 7. v; E. a.
DIN, J.. G. A. c.; G. i. Williamson, j. C.
a. c.; August Guth, N. 4. ".
The Leon brothers followed with ground
and lofty tumbling. They bounced about
with as much recklessness as if they were
On the parallel bar was given by Prot. w.
Graah, J. G. "A. CT Prot. Z. F. Whewell,
Ferd Hosp, N. 7. W; George Conradi, N.
Il. "; Fred Schnafbel, N. 7. "; E. A.
8Olin, j. G. A. c.; G. f. Williamson, J. C..
A. o.; Gus Ali, amateur champion Of
I. V. 'u'' y
Among the performers on the flying
rings was Robert Stoll, OF the New York
ATHLETIC Club, who has held the cham
pionship for six years in this act. The
other agile artists were Prof. 7. f. Whe-
we'll, G. c.; G. r. Williamson, j. G. A. c.:
Fred Sohnaibel, N. T.V.
A clever exhibition on the vaulting
horse was given by Prof. w. Graah, J. G.
A. G; Ferd. Hosp, N. 4. "; Geo. Conrad,
N. r. "; Gus Ali, N. T. W.: Fred.
Schnaibel, N. T. ", and August Guth,
N. 4. v. H. Hjertsberg gave an interest
ing display Of Indian club swinging. One
of the best events on the progra mme was
the building of the Pyramids by members
o fthe National TurnV erein. The strength,
agility and skill of the men is remark
able. They introduced many new md
novel figures and closed their fne exhibit
tion with a funny figure, in which they
all seemed twisted like a nest of cells dis
turbed.
The tug of war was between the light
weight teams of Princeton College, Co
1umbia College and the champion team
81 The Berkeley Athletic Club. The king
brotfhers, of the Pastime A. c.,
WERE billed. sbut failed, to appear.
Then tugs were we'll contested.
PRINCETON and Berkeley were the first.
timeElimit had az inches of their oppon-
entsTrope. The Princetons were defeat
cd BY the Columbias by . inches. In
the final tug the Berkeleys and
Coluinbias pulled q hard tug result
ing ia a dead heat. Two OF the
Columbia and one Berkeley man were
completely exhausted. After u rest of
halt an hour they had another severe
struggle. Columbia won by half an inch.
Dancing followed the entertainment.
Tbs officers of the evening were:-Mas-
ter of ceremonies, Fred. Burns, B. A. c.;
referee, James e. Sullivan, secretary A.
A. u, timer. w. III. Robertson, Pastime