New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-06-24
THE GREAT KREISTURNFEST.
Nearly One Hundred New Ulm People
Attend the Festival in St. Paul.

Friday afternoon seventy.tive people
stood on the platform at the depot, wait
ing to leave for ST.. Paul to participate
in the pleasures of the great North
western Turner festival. Young men
and ladies, and old men and women
were there in equal numbers, all bent
upon having three days of pleasure, and
from the accounts in the daily papers
they were not disappointed. Others
followed on Saturday, and in all there
were nearly hundred people who were
drawn from New Ulm to the Capitol
city. The active Turner's who entered
the competitive exercises for honors
and prizes were VIM. E. Koch. Oscar
Setter, Robert Brandt, Fritz Heers,
Emil Wicherski, Albert Pfaender, Lor.
enz Merkle and Franz Sitzel. The
ladies' class was composed of Lulu
Fischer, Clara Rehfeld, Frida Schuetz,
Ida Koch, Ida Hauenstein, Emma Hum.
mel, Emily Baarsch and Emma Schmidt.
| NOTES.
The New Ulm boys will have an in
teresting tale to tell of their first nights
experiences IN st. Paul.
1t is the general admission among
the New Ulm people, that great credit
is due 10 the German population of St.
Paul and the V Volkszeitung staff of that
city for their efforts to make it pleasant
for the visitors.
Col. Pfaender presided at the Turn
tagsatzung which named the place for
| holding the mex: Turnfest four years
hence. Little trouble was experienced
in settling this matter and the next
NEE ing will be held 1T Davenport in
1895.
While ii was not to be expected that
the New Ulm boys would stand much
of a show in competition with such
prac1iced athletes as came from Chica-
90 and Milwaukee. still they did re-
markably we'll and are entitled to CON-
plimentary mention.
In putting the shot the best record
! was made by a Minneapolis man
Adolph Stammwitz, of the West Mime
apolis Turnverein. His record was %
feet inches. The shot weighed thirty
five pounds. A Chicago man threw it
within six inches of this mark.
The best record made in jumping was
10 feet inches. Emil Goetz, of Suete-
side Turnverein of Chicago made this
in bis first jump, but sprained two of
his toes. He made two other attempts
in this mained condition, but was una
BILE to do as we'll again. Had it not been
for this accident he says he would have
done much better, ior his record is 2l,
feet 6 inches.
Editor Strasser of the Post was one of
the judges in the singing competition.
The Pioneer Press records the fact as
follows: The singing competition was
one Of the features of the evening, and
each choir which took part was com.
PEELED to respond to encores a number
of times. The judges were Professors
Kruger and Lagone of St. Paul and
Prof. Strauss of New Ulm.
The grandest event of the festival,
says the Pioneer Press, was the calls.
thenic drill in which 500 active Turner's
participated. The men. with soldier
like bearing, marched onto the squares
in columns of fours. There were foul
of these which doubled in two columns
of eights and faced the grand stand.
| When in position for the exercises they
formed one solid square of gray uni
| formed men. The exercises were con-
Quoted to the music of Seibert's orchest-
ra, and there was almost perfect unison
in the performance. A regiment of men
| moved with the action of one, and there
were very few mistakes made to mar
the general effect. All were pleased
with the exhibition and pronounced 1t
one of the best ever given on the fair
grounds. AS the last wand came to
position the Turner's burst forth in a
grand festival song entitled, . Brause
du Freiheitssang,' sung TO the tune of
! Americas national anthem. Here is
the song:
Brause, du Freheitssang,
Brause vie Wogendrang
Aus Felsenbrust.
Feig' bebt der Knechte Schwarm,
! Uns schlaeght das Herr SO warm
Uns zueckt der Juenglngsarm
i 4 Voll Thatenl1st.
! Freiheit, In ms erwacht,
i Ist define Geistermacht
t He'll dieser Stundl
GInehend fuer Wissenschaft,
i Blu -hend in Jngendkralt,
I'll Sci nnsere Juengerschaft
i Fin Brnlerbund.
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