The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-07
AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR.
Large Attendance at the 4. =. c. Spring
Indoor Games.

lsAfEf AtASnuAnNt AT Alt - r - oItAub
Indoor Games.
Fully six hundred people assembled at
the Astoria Football Club gymnasium
last evening to witness the spring indoor
games Many ladies were present. and
displayed considerable enthusiasm. The
FIRST event was drill by seventeen mem
bcrs OF the junior class. under the di-
roc,ion OF Professor Kellogg The drill
was very neat and was vociferously np-
plnuded.
In the half-miie race there we're six
sthrter-D. KenEie. II. Carruthers, a.
Dnlgity. W. Crosby. X. Casscll. and r.
Gibson. Kinxie and carruthcrs dropped
out after having run but few laps.
Dalgity's "bluT" was the feature OF the
race. He made an excellent spurt In the
sixth lap and captured the lead. The
next time around he dropped out. The
other three contcstantS-Crosby. Cassell
and Gibson. held positions in the order
named from the fourth lap until the
finish. there being but few feet be-
tween them when they crossed the line.
Then. under Professor kelloeg's super
vision. six members OF the junior class
gave an exhibition In pyramid building.
which merited and received quite an ova-
tion. The first heat of the i0-yard dash
was won by d. Mclean; the second by
Andrew Dnlgity. and the third by Ted
Lewis. In the tnRl. Mclean and Lewis
run a dead heat. and Lewis won In the
try-out. Professor kellogg ami Master
Charlie Stockton gave an exhibition In
tumbling. wherein both showed their
ability to good advantage. Their efforts
were heartily applauded.
Professor TyndRll the London mystic,
then performed two feats in telepathy.
He requested that n committee OF four
be appointed. two to bllndtold him and
two to hide the objects. Accordingly.
Messrs. A. Bartholomew, f. W. Tallant.
Walter Robb and f. @, Rogers did the
grand" Professor Tyndall gave a pin
to two committeeman and then retired to
the reception room. The committee
pinned the trinket on President Clyde
Fulton's coat and that gentleman hied
himself away TO an obscure corner OF
the room. Then the professor appeared.
with heavy black bandage over his
eyes. and, holding the hand OF Mr.. Bar
tholomew. went directly toward Mr.. Full
ton, and placed his hand on the pin. The
next feat was that OF finding a secreted
Faster egg. which the committee had
plNNtu NlNNlH tue COn1ueN OF MT.
William Rarker's overcoat pocket. The
mystic again came from the reception
room. and. TO the Amusement OF all, went
to Mr.. Barker. where he found the egg
Both feRts brought down the house. and
II would have been difficult TO find
skeptic.
Following Professor Tyndalls wonder
full feat was a three-round boxing con-
test between VIII Eigner and Jack Car
ter which was quite lively and very In
teresting. The next number was run
ming broad and high jump. entered for
which were Robert Gibson, Dick Car
ruthers Andrew Dalgity. and George
Oher. the latter the youngest contestant
Dalgity was the first to drop out. fol-
lowed by Carruthers. Then Gibson went
down, and Ohler cleared the tape, win
ming amid round of muchly-deserved
applause, His jump was feet s inches
high and s feet 6 inches broad.
Following was n tug-of-war between
members OF the crew of the British ship
Yarana and team from the A. F. C.
The latter won In ~ minutes, In the
quarter-mile race there were five starters
-Giardina, Gibson, Lewis, Eigner and
Crosby Lewis won. with Eigner second
and Gibson third. The forty-yard race
ever six hurdles came next. d. Mclean
won the first heat, ohler and Kinzie
falling; Eigner captured the second
heat. In the final Eigner won by a |
scratch. The last event was the obstacle
race for juniors. There were three en-
tries, Bert Allen. Charlie Stockton and
Ted Cherry. They finished In the order
named, n short distance apart.
The entertainment was decided sue
cess, and It was much to the regret
OF nil that Presidant EuItnn aaid s-nod
night. The installation OF officers of the
A. +. c. will occur Wednesday evening, |
and 1t is requested that all members be |
present