The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
Wrestlers, Runners and Swim
mers Test Their Strength
and Endurance.
SAN FRANCISCANS FAR IN THE
LEAD
With Music and the Dance the Merry
Germans Conclude a Day of
Pleasure.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Aug. 1o.-A iol-
| lier and at the same time more earnest
crowd than spent the day under the trees
and on the athletic field out at the Russell
tract, under the friendly shadow of Tripe
HILL never attended a funniest of the
Pacific Coast Bezirk. The great part OF
the crowd that was on pleasure bent had
| it to the fill, for there were dancing and
driving and refreshments. Occasionally
the gymnastic leaders and the many Turn
ers competing in various classes and con-
tests would take a few minutes away from
physical exercises, and with glass in hand
sing a chorus in the shade in the hearty
manner peculiar to the funniest, and then
go back to work and athletics again.
The programme was varied to-day in
| another particular, for tomorrow the
| scene changes from Tripe Hill to the beach
and this was the last day at the hill. Many
friendly groups had their pictures taken
under the trees or on the hillside, and
local photographer had about all he could
do all day.
Tripe Hill is a Santa Cruz landmark of
some renown. When they look upon it
| the people recall a noted battle of State
troops which took place there number Of
years ago with loud shouts, great dis
play of courage and several hundred
rounds of blank cartridges.
| The days exercises opened with an early
morning parade to the grounds. Presi-
| dent Waltz and The band led the way. IL
this mornings parade the ladies were con-
! spicuous for their absence. They were in
all probability saving themselves for the
| ball in the carnival pavilion tonight.
| The band gave a forenoon concert on the
grounds, and the Turner's had things pretty
much their own way and plenty of room
in which to exercise, for the spectators
/ from town did not begin to arrive until
after the noon hour.
| The field exercises consisted of pole
jumping, distance jumping. hop step and
| jump, distance high jumping, footracing,
wrestling, rope climbing, lifting heavy
| weights, throwing 16-pound shots, Indian
club-swinging and fencing. The fencing
took place on the dancing platform and
| Its canopy was waving boughs. The day
was delightful. There was not enough
breeze to dispel the heat.
The fencing made q very picturesque
scene with its framework of trees and
spectators. and the competitors handled
the foils with skill and vigor that sug-
gested duel. The fencers moved up and
down a line of resin with graceful agility.
They were frequently applauded. The
ladies evinced a marked interest in the
fencing. II. NJ. Alpen OF San Francisco
Turn Verein won first prize in the foil
and saber fencing. John Hoops OF the
San Francisco Turn Verein was second in
the foil fencing and Edward Saalbach of
! - O. m rur
prize in the saDer contest.
| The Indian club-swinging took place on
the dancing platform, the swinging of the
clubs being timed TO music by the band.
| H. NJ Alpen of San Francisco Turn Verein
was the first to appear. prettier or
ore perfect exhibition of this graceful
exercise has seldom, if ever, been seen OF
the professional stage. Mr.. Alpen swung
the clubs for i've minutes and when he
retired amid the greatest applause nobody
would appear against him. He had it all
his own way and of course took first pri ze.
| Other contests that attracted very
large crowd were the wrestling matches.
! The gladiators struggled on floor of tan
bark. which they declared made an ad-
mirable bed on which to wrestle. The
principal contest was between Fl. Hide
brand, 178 pounds. and T. Baumgartner,
1852 pounds. 1t was catch-as-catch-can,
and was sufficiently close and lively to
cause considerable excitement. Finally
Hiidebrand ended the twenty-minute bout
by getting a half Nelson and turning
Baumgartner over, with both shoulders
down.
The 300 yards swimming match was
postponed until this afternoon on account
| OF the coldness of the water and the fog.
Some of the swimmers said they were
AFRAID they might run ashore, like the
steamer St. Paul at Monterey, on the other
side of the bay. The match took place in
the afternoon at the beach. Of the half
dozen entries. Gus Palanca OF the San
Francisco Vorwarts came in first. and Will
liam Kaiser of the same society was a
good second. There were about 1000 spec
tators on the beach. Many viewed the
match in bathing suits from the surf and
from the raft lying some hundreds Of
yards out in the deep blue sea.
The 10O-yard run at the foot of the hill
developed some good time, considering
the fact that the course was an uneven
wagon road across a stubole-feld. The
course ran ACROSS the range of the rife
shooting, which was discontinued for the
time being. F. Hoffman made the best
time, IL 1-5 seconds, and w. Bart took
second prize with IL 2-5 seconds to his
credit.
The stragglers who remained on the
| grounds after everybody else had left wit
messed great wrestling contest. 1t was