The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-21
U. OF P. ATHLETES.
Give o splendid Exhibit on In the Froth-
ingham Thcatcr.

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College men who were at the Froth-
insham last evening recognized the fact
that it was Pennsylvania's night. The
red and blue colors everywhere through
the theater predominated. There were
red and blue costumes worn by the attn
letes, and the decorations on the stage
and about the boxes were also or the
university colors. There were also pres
ent everywhere the banners and stream
ers of the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation contesting organizations labeled
Join the Blues" and Join the Reds
Society was we'll represented in the
audience and thereby showed Its appre-
citation of the college boys and the
Scranton Bicycle club for whose bene-
fit the performance was given. Nicely
illustrated programmes containing pic
lures of the base ball, foot ball and ath-
letic teams of the university were dis
tributed. The gymnastic team consist
ed of twenty lone men, and their work
included nearly every branch of indoor
athletics. Three Scranton boys were
among them, two of them. ]. Myles Glib
bons and Charles Gelbert as perform
ers, and Horace Gibbons, who ofllciated
as referee in the boxing and wrestling
bouts.
A horizontal bar exhibition by the
team was the first number on the pro-
gramme. In the midst of it and while
Rodman Butler was executing the kip
one Of the rods fastened to the stage
suddenly became relaxed, and Buffers
best acrobatic efforts were required to
land him on his feet. It was fixed and
later while another Of the team was at
tempting the giant swing the plates in
the floor again gave way and the per-
formers knowledge Of lofty tumbling
once more served him well.
]. Myles Gibbons appeared in an ex-
hibition of club swinging and juggling.
His juggling act was exceptionally
good, and later on he handled the base
balls in good style. His forte. how
ever, was shown to be trick bicycle rid
ing. He performed the greater num-
Der Of the feats of the professional.
probably not with as much dash and
brilliancy. but with equally as much
confidence.
Charles Gelbert boxed two rounds
with J.. VI. Rauch just to show the un-
Initiated some Of the maneuvers of the
manly art OF self-defense.
The other events in the gymnastic
line were wrestling parallel bars. fenc-
ing. tumbling. flying rings. pyramids
and Roman ladder.
a special feature of the show was the
high jumping by Norman n. Leslie.
He began jumping with the bar at five
feet and raised IL inch by inch until a
height Of six feet was attained. At ev-
cry trial he cleared the stick nicely, not
making a single miss in about twelve
jumps. He appeared to be In excellent
form last night. and judging from the
ease with which he got over the six
foot mark the indoor record might have
been beaten had he continued to try
further.
The Touthill family of seven inter-
spersed the athletic numbers with
some good guitar and mandolin music.
A youth clad In flaming red and with
the words Join the Reds" emblazoned
across his back circulated among the
audience and succeeded in well adver-
tis;ng the membership contest of the
Young Mems Christian association.
At the Bicycle club house after the
show the Pennsylvania college men
were the guests of the club.