The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-03-14
INDOOR ArHLrrrcs.
!. The Football Club Entertains az Large
ar Number Of It's Friends. ;

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The frst indoor athletic and gymnas-
tic entertainment by the Astoria Foot
ball club was given last evening, and
about 400 ladies' and gentlemen unani-
mously pronounced It grand success
Long before 8 o'clock all the seats
around the hall were occupied, while at
the lower end, near the door, a great
number stood up. The program opened
with q dumb-bell drill by class. 1t
was very creditable and warmly ap-
plauded.
Then came the event Of the evening,
the obstacle race, which kept the audi
ence in roars OF laughter for several
minutes Swinging gates about seven
feet high, over which the runners had
to climb; swinging barrels, through
which they crawled; two huge sails.
between which they had to find their
way as best they could. and couple
Of big salmon nets and other obstacles
created no end of amusement as the
contestants made their way twice
around the hall The event was won by
]. Ruffner, with c. Stone good sec
ond.
The twenty-ive-yard dash was very
exciting and interesting, and all the
heats were we'll contested.
The first was won cleverly by d. Nc
Lean, the second by P. P. sovey, Dick
Carruthers captured the third, and Ed.
Hansen the fourth. In this heat Nell
Crosby twice ran dead heat with Han
sen, and was only defeated after hurt
ing his ankle. In the final Mclean ran
Off with the honors.
The running high jump proved inter-
esting, and was easily won by Prof
Wright, who cleared the bar at five
feet two inches.
Next came an exhibition Of vaulting
over the horse by class of eight, In
which some very graceful work was
done.
In the mile race w. E. Tallant proved
an easy winner, with Sovey (225 YARDS
good second.
e. w. Smith and b. r. Allen, two
light-weights, gave an exhibition OF the
manly art, and kept the audience highly
amused throughout.
The horizontal bar performance was
warmly applauded Prof. Spencer and
his class doing some very clever work.
Hon. c. w. Fulton then made short
address, In the course of which he gave
brief history of the club since Its in
ception, telling how 1t was organized
with membership of fifteen. which in
creased the second year to nearly fifty.
The speaker also referred to the dis
posal Of the money made by the club,
some of which went to the Public Ii
brary, some to charitable purposes and
the balance back to the merchants in
the city. Mr.. Fulton also showed the
benefits Of the gymnasium, and referred
to the customs of the ancients In maxi
Ing both sexes participants in various
exercises calculated to strengthen the
body and 80 prepare 1t for a sounder
mental development. The speakers re-
marks were In his usual felicitous vein
and he was warmly applauded at the
conclusion.
w. Il. Tallant and Prof Spencer gave
very clever and lively set-to with the
gloves, and delighted everyone present,
few of the ladies' having never before
seen any exhibition of the sort
The walking match was won by
Frank Gum after an exciting contest,
and the tug-of-war was captured by the
team captained by Prof. Spencer, after
hard pull extending for a period of
seven minutes.
The Indian club swinging also proved
an enjoyable feature, and was followed
by the relay race between two teams OF
six men each. This event was close
throughout, and the teams could not
have been more evenly matched.
The entertainment concluded with a.
SHORTY game Of basket ball, which was
declared draw on account of the late
ness Of the hour, and an accident to
one OF the baskets.
Altogether the affair proceeded with
out hitch, and at no stage did the
program drag In the slightest. Prof.
Spencer having all his classes In readi-
ness for the different events as each
was announced,