The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-29
WITNESSED BY A few
Splendid Exhibition by the Pastims
Athletic Club Last Night.
Before a Beggariy Array Of Empty
Chairs-Hon. r. e. Corbett EIo-
quently Champions the
Cause OF the Club.
BY the s,andard,s special Wire.

By the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE. July 2s.-Had the attendance at
Maguire's opera house tonight beer as
good as the entertainment furnished, the
house would have been packed. But Il is
safe To say that n smaller crowd never
greeted n better entertainment than that
given by the Pastime Athletic club. Some
OF the chairs were occupied, and the oc-
cupants enjoyed the show immensely.
City Attorney Frank T.. Corbett APP
peared first, but not in an athletic
part. He made n neat introduction, how
ever, To the entertainment and which
followed. 1--WE are greatly pleased"
said Mr.. Corbett, ironically, "at thisl large
and enthusiastic attendance. We are en-
Unused beyond conception at the recep-
ton which Butte has given us this even
ing. The Butte Pastime club is made up
OF our home talent, IL has absolutely no
imported shapes or costumes. IL doesn't
go on the road or carry money out OF
own i'm the pool boxes. So il is worthy
% a large and enthusiastic reception.
To those who are here we extend Dur
hearty thanks. Ii is those who are
not here b a we complain of. The sub
ject of athletics has Of late years come to
be considered something more h a
method OF wasting time. IL is now prop
erly considered a force devoted to the de-
velopment of the human frame. Much is
this club. There is not n single college
in the country Of any pretensions but has
its professor OF athletics and often his
salary Is higher thar that of the profess
sor of Greek. This club has been started
here anon your own young men with an
idea OF encouraging the interest in
athletics. We will not he able
to show you the costumes of the "Devil's
Auction" or the shapes of the "Black
Crook" but that which is lone is by our
W young men. We thank you for your
attendance.
Mr.. Corbctt was loudly applauded and
in fact the small audience was throughout
warmly ~applauded.
The athletics opened with a splendid
club-swinging exercise by g.. L. Reed.
Next came the trapeze performance by
Fred Cairns and Homer Wilson, which
was perhaps Tho best thing of the evening.
The men swung about on the double ira
peze in a manner that could not have
failed To win applause.
Gen. T.. w. Wynne and Lord Byron
Cook appeared next I'm "a bloody sword
exercise. For 5 minutes the athletics and
warriors slashed away at each other in
the most blood thirsty manner, trying to
get n chance to pierce each others vitals.
However neither of the gentlemen war
killed.
Unfortunately the horizontal bar per-
Torrance, one of the best features, had
to be ommitted owing To the inability to
put the bar upon the stage floor.
The sparring set-to between Jack
Francis and James Krceger was
lively and clever and won thunder
Gus applause. They ''fought" three
rounds. The parallel bar exhibition by
Dan Steele, John Green, q. l.. Reed, Lee
Hines, Leroy Amos and r.. Creech was
highly appreciated.
The high jumping by Mclaughlin.
Creech, Cairns and Reed was also well
done. Dan Steele and II. Creech gave a
good exhibition of high kicking. Lively
tumbling by Homer Wilson, q. l.. Reed
and Fred Cairns followed n pyramids
by the members of the CLUB closed the en-
tertainment.
II is hoped the club will be induced Ia
repeat the entertainment in a few weeks
that then Butte will demonstrate its APP.
probation of the work done by the club,