San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-27
College Circus Feats

| College Circus Feats
I NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 81
The eyes OF all collegians who love
athletics are turned toward the
gymnastic meeting today between
Yale and Princeton gymnasts. The
event, the first Of its kind between
these colleges, will come Off in the
Yale gymnasium, the finest in the
world. The program includes tif-
teen events. The reason why such
an exhibition has never before been
held is that the Yale gym" is only
two years old and has not been in
smooth running order before. There
will be no competitions this year in
the strict sense of the term, but
Captain Buist, of the Yale team,
says that this exhibition will with
out doubt result in the liveliest sort
OF gymnastic competitions next
year. More than usual interest in
the event is being taken by the
Yale men, as they wish to give the
splendid gym" send-off worthy
OF its mag nificent equipment. To
appear inferior to Princeton on this
occasion would fill Yale's hearts
with deep.dyed grief. The fact that
the different exercises are non
competitive will be seen by glance
at the program, which is as follows
l. The double horizontal bars
Princeton and Yale.
2. Balancing trapeze - Prince
ton.
3. Side-horse-Yale.
4. Rings-Princeton and Yale.
3. Flying trapeZe-Princeton.
6. Balancing ladder-Princeton.
7. Parallel bars-Yale.
s. Observation-Disclosures.
9. Club swinging-Yale.
10. Double trapeZe-Princeton.
ii. Tumbling and pyramids
Yale and Princeton.
By this it will be seen that |
Princeton takes part in eight |
events to Yale's six, and that the |
Tigers are called on for the most |
difficult feats.
The captain Of the Yale team is
George l.. Buist, of Charleston, S.
c., of the class of '96. He is a quiet,
well built young man of much de-
termination. Not only is he him
self a gymnast Of premier excel
lence, but he also has the faculty of
drilling team till it works like a
machine. Mr.. Buist is an all-round
athlete, and will undoubtedly make
a fine Individual showing at the
exhibition.
One of his best men is Andrew
j. Gilmour, who halls from New
York state. This young mans
specialties are the horizontal bars
and tumbling. For this he is built
as if to order His figure is slender
but wiry, which gives to his move
ments lightness and grace. He is
neither tall nor short, but that
happy medium from which most
great gymnasts come. Mr.. Gill
mour belongs to the class of '95, and
since his entrance has been a de-
votee OF gymnastics. No college
athletic event of miscellaneous
character has been considered
complete without some contribu-
ton from the New Yorker. Other
cracks asso ciated with Gilmour in
defending the reputation OF Yale
will be p. ID. Mills, Of 'Y7, R. Nit
chell, Jr., Of '95, F. II. Anderson, of
'9S, Lehlbach, of '9S, and Lomis,
of '96.
The Princeton team goes in for
clancy gymnastics" leaving out
the simpler performances like the
horse, club-swinging, etc. It's
work is in the nature of an anna
teur circus, as many acts are in
cluded in its program which are
done in smaller circuses. Some Of
these are the double trapeze, two
platform flying trapeze, balancing
trapeze and ladder, Leschelle, and
double and triple horizontal bars.
Mr.. Hendrickson's specialties are
acrobatics in general, and especial
ly "three high work." which he
does in company with Instructor
Goldie and A. l.. Wheeler. The
double trapeze, double horizontal
bars and flying rings are among
the exercises which fall to the team
captain, Mr.. MacColl, and in which
he stands first. He is one of the
most muscular men in the college,
and his work is always applauded
a prominent feature OF the
Princeton exhibitions is always
the balancing of F. NJ. Paul, es-
pecially his ladder balancing with
the ladder standing on his trapeze.
The tumbling includes tWisters, !
rows OF tliphaps, etc. The hori-
zontal bar work includes back
aWays and frontaWays, between