The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-11
THE TURNER'S BIG DAY.


The WhssllHE society CslsbTAtsS it, Aad
AHHiTsTsary Ia Great shape At Wheel
ing Park.
Yesterday the Wheeling Turnverein
celebrated the iorty,second anniversary
OF its foundation with a tOts and aIh'
lstic exhibition at Wheeling park. Tho
members have made great arrange
ments for this occasion. and it was in
every detail ~ fine success as the
most Sanguine could hope, The wealth.
or could not have been improved II
made 10 order. Early in the forenoon Il
large number OF visitors arrived from
SIeubOnVille, and delegations also came
from the South Side, Pittsburgh, and
other places Tara Teacher Fritz Koch
was in the Pittsburgh party, and Turn
Speaker Max Gescheider accompanied
the StsubenYilie delegation, with which
also came number OF ladies, Mes.TS.
". SchRmbra and Joseph Weisgerber
mot the visitors at tue trains and they
were escorted TO their stopping places.
At 1880 p. M. the home and visiting
Turner's met at the Turn hall, whore a
parade was formed, fdd bY tha Opera
House band and headed by the active
Wheeling members in their neat gray
uniforms. In the rear were several OF
the old Turner's in carriages. The line
OF march wac by Tenth and Main streets
to Twelfth, to Market, TO Sixteenth aud
to the Elm Grove station, where cars
were taken to the park.
There very large crowd OF people
spent the day and evening, not return.
ing until a. special train " midnight.
Dancing aud social Rnusenents con-
aumed most of the day, bat at 4 p. m.
there wero athletic contests for prizes,
the committee Of Judges in charge con.
sisting OF +. Koch, Di Pittsburgh, and
y. Neubauer, OF Steubenvllle.
Tho contests were decided as foIIows:
First group-First prize, win Loben.
stein, an umbrella from NJ. ]. Mead
den; second, Ed Brandiass. athletic
ahoes, from Alexander; third, Ed Was,
a box Of cigars from MUM & Brandfass |;
fourth, II. Kraft, gold cuff buttons, from
the |. q. Dillon, Wheat & Hancher Go. /;
fifth, l. Weich, OF sseHbeaVilte, a box o!
cigars, from viii Welty.
Second group-First prize, L. WEIGH,
Steubenyiile, umbrella, from Joseph
Winnisdorfer; second, Will Lobenstein,
shirt stud. from r. +. schubart; third,
Ed Brandfass. shaving set, from Martin
Rugaber; fourth, George Wilhelm, hat
from Dinger Bros; fifth, K. Kraft,
pocket knife, from I. A. Hoge.
On points OF two groups combined,
sixth prize, George Leo, Steubonylle,
tiuo belt from the Hub; seventh. Chris.
Schrambra, box OF cigars from Hugo L.
Loos; eighth. Harry Burke, foot ball
from Garlic Bros. ninth, Louis Bartons,
briar pipe from Brandiass & Case i;
tenth, Frank straupp, set Of books from
I. Stanton; eleventh, Joe kurtz, box Of
toilet soap from Louis Noll; twelfth,
Leo Sullivan, belt from W. Burke; thir.
teenth, Phil Schrambra, umbrella from
the Racket fourteenth, II. Friedericks,
bottle Of wine from p. Welty & Go. (;
fifteenth, David Aaron, meerschRum
pipe from BrandiaSs & Case; sixteenth,
Charles Miller, silk suspenders from @.
Z. Schambra d Son.
Some OF the records made were aa fol.
lows:
r. Kraft, pole vsulting, s feet inch:
Will Lobonstein, putting 50 pound
shot, 20 feet 8 inches.
R. Kraft, high jump, feet Q inches
viii Lobenstein, hundred yard dash,
II seconds.
Ed Btandfass. long high jump, 10 feet
by feet high. The running broad
lump was II feet inches.
PFof. Koch gave n very fine exhibition
OF pole vaulting, making record Of 8
feet inches.
Tho day was one OF the most success.
tu! in the history Of the Turnverein,
aud the exhibitions were much admired.