The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-13
HERMAN WoERNER.

ton of the Verein Eintracht come next.
Until the meeting of the Eintracht on
| Tuesday evening it was not decided just
how many men would represent that
society. 1t was then decided to make a
team of twenty-six men, and all arrange
ments have now been completed for them.
Everything promises now that the
Kreis funniest will be the most imposing
event among the turner's that has ever
been held on the coast. The interest
which it has excited extends from the
queen city of the south, where the enjoy
ment will begin and eliminate, to Wash
ington on the north and inland as Jar as
Montana. There will be representatives
from California, Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana and New Mexico, and competition IN
the games which are set down on the pro-
gramme promises to be keen.
The Efntracht Turner's have been pre-
pairing themselves for weeks past under
the direction of Instructor II. G. f. Stahl
for the affair, and Mr.. Stahl has strong
hopes of his men carrying Off some of the
best prizes.
"Our delegation will be a strong one, :"
said Mr.. Stahl yesterday, land l am
proud of it. The majority of its members
are young men, and this will be the first
time that they have participated in fes-
tival like this. While there are one or two
specialists among them who do certain
work, they are as a body all-round ath-
letes, and that consider the main thing
in such contests as they will go through at
the Kreis funniest"
Mr.. Stahl has been the instructor at the
Eintracht for eight years, and is proud of
the fact that in the National festival in
Milwaukee two years ago his pupils car
ried off the first prize for wrestling and
five other prizes for all-around gymnastic
exercises.
81 consider" continued Mr.. Stahl, "the
delegation which will go down to Los
Angeles the strongest team of all-around
athletes that has been gotten together in
this City. AS | have said, they are all
young men and the majority belong 10 a
new class which has been taught here in
the past year. They will go south strong
in the purpose of carrying off some of the
premium prizes.
1--WE will leave this City on special
20, and will be accompanied by the turn
ers from San Jose, Sacramento and Stock
ton as well as the members of the Mission
Verein. We will take part in all the
events which are set down on the pro-
gramme."
All the training which the members have
gone through has been under the direction
Of Instructor stahl, and Leaders Herman
Woerner and Herman Haustein. They
WILL of course, accompany the team Of
the society in its southwark journey.
Those who will make up the Eintracht
delegation are as follows:
H. C. F. Stahl. Herman Woerner, Herman
Haustein, ]. Mertens, George Dahmke, Gustav
Hotaf, William Horstmyer, George Lam, Louis
Peck, Richard Wagner, John Veteaux, Fred
Becker, John Pless, G. Volkeman, Charles
Schulz, H. Kenzi, Henry Conrad, George Graf
Charles Gasmann, George Steffens, Charles
Krause, Philip Knack, Fred Pindon. r. Scott
w. Fehlenrelcher, Casper Ellenberger.
The turner section of the Verein Elm
tracht was organized in 1877, and it now
has the largest school of active members
among the local turner's societies. 1t also
has in connection with it ladies' and junior
classes in which Instructor Stahl takes es-
pecial pride.