St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-10
AMATEUR ATHLETES,
The Arcade the Scene Of EX-
citing and Interesting
Struggles,
On the Occasion of the Y. NJ.
G. AS Fifth Annual
Meeting.
Contestants Cheered on by
Crowds OF Their Excited
Partisans.
Several Stirring Contests Of
Muscular Skill and
PrOWesS.

The gymnastic and athletic exhibition
at the Lowry Arcade last night was eX-
cellent in general and thrilling in
several of it's features. The occasion
is the fifth annual exhibition under the
auspices of the Y. NJ. G. A, and last
night was the opening. Notwithstand-
itg the fact that the weather during the
day was exceedingly disagreeable from
rain, a good crowd witnessed the
exhibition and gave vent to en-
thusiasm in vigorous applause and
at times cheers. The enthusiasm
was greatest during the wrestling
match and the contests between some
of the tug of war teams. The Hamlme
university boys were out in force as
spectators to encourage their fellows in
the contests, and were gratitied and
elated to see their mates exhibit the
fruits of good training and carry off
several hard-earned trophies. They
showed their encouragement and ap
probation in the eXuberance of spirits
peculiar 10 the college boys, and added
much to the enthusiasm of the audience
by their demonstrations.
The wrestling was between LuteS
and Cook, of Duluth, GrecORoman,
TWO III three. TWO points down. The
men were nearly evenly matched. Lutes
was a shade the heavier and stronger.
but Cook seemed the quicker. Both
men worked hard throughout the con-
test and lost no time in needless finesse
LuteS won the first fall after spirited
contest. The second fall was won by
Cook in less than three minutes. LuteS
won the third fall after long struggle,
in which he twice came near be-
ing placed upon his back. The rs
Coleman, WiSnon, Watering. Mcclure,
Egan, Chamberlain, Maxwell, Ernst,
Alden and Cleveland. harry NJ. Cole
man. of Hamline, won the race in eight
and a half seconds with r. WiSnore a
good second. After the race the Ham
line boys rushed to Coleman and
cheered, while several picked him up
and carried him around the room over
their heads.
The three-legged race was an inter
esting feature. The teams were COM
posed of Ernst and Maxwell, Sheldon
and Ward, Alden and Winter, Doughty
and Cleveland. Three of the teams fell
down in the first race. The race was
run over resulting in victory for Ernst
and Maxwell.
and they provoked much enthusiasm.
The first of these contests was between
the Y. NJ. g. A. lightweightS and q
team of printers. The former was com
posed of OleSOn as anchor; Miller, Wiss
and Starke. In the printers team were
Schroeer as anchor; Table, OleSen and
Crawford. At the drop the Y. N. G. A.
boys had one inch the advantage
and increased the lead to five
inches at the end of the five minutes.
The second tug was between Hamline
university boys and Company e, \. q.
S. NJ. The Hamline team was composed
of Wallace, as anchor; A. II. TaSker
w. II. Robinson and II. Tillerington.
The Company E team was made up Of
ID. J. Emerson, as anchor: II. Book, w.
Lineweary and L. Spear. Hamline won
the drop by one inch and gathered in
the rope until the finish, when they had
eleven and half inches the best of the
guards. The third tug-of-war was
between the Y. NJ. &. A. seniors
ond Company Ii. These teams were
made up as follows: Y. NJ. 9. A. SEN
ior, }. A. Selleck, anchor; w. Thomp-
son, 3; l.. Mahon, 2; A. ID. Adams, /.
Company Ii: p. j. Parsons. anchor;
W. Magin. 8; c. Grey, 2; c. Christian
son, l. The contest was close one,
oIu was iulIC CAC.ttlS. liz QlOp NdS
even and the rope was evenly divided
until the end of the second minute. At
the end OF the third minute Company III
had half inch the advantage. At the
end of the fourth minute the contest
was again even. The Y. NJ. G. A. boys
made lurch and won the contest by
one and a quarter inches. The result
caused loud cheering. The fourth con-
test was between the following teams:
Y. M. c. A. junior, S. Helme, anchor;
G. Linde, 3; ID. Irskin 2; ID. Cham
berlain, l. Minneapolis A. A. e.,
T. j. Murphy; G. Graigie, 3;
George Rollins, 2: A. W. Shaw, 1.
The Y. NJ. c. A. boys won the drop by
four inches and increased their advan-
tage to thirteen inches at the end of four
minutes and finished with eleven
inches advantage. The fifth tug was
between the Hamline university light
weights and team of n. q. S. NJ. light
weights. The Hamline boys won the
drop by an inch and finished with four
Inches of rope to their credit. The
sixth tug was exciting to high degree.
1t was between the Y. NJ. c. A. seniors
and the Y. NJ. c. a. Juniors.
The young fellows made a most
remarkable effort and crowned them
selves with glory in a slight defeat of
one-fourth of an inch. They pulled
until their eyes stood out and perspira-
ton streamed from their faces, but they
were overmatched in weight. The drop
was even and the contest was even at
the end of the first minute. At the end
OF the second minute the announce
ment that the juniors had one-half inch
the best of the rope was received with
cheers that shook the building. At the
end of the third minute the seniors had
one-fourth of an inch the best of the
rope and held it till the end The six
contests left the Hamlipe University
team and the Y. NJ. G. A. seniors as the
contestants for the medal, and the con-
test between these two teams tonight
will be witnessed with great interest
Among the other features of the even
Ing were dumb-beil drills, gymnasium