The herald., 1897-05-09
Attracts a Crowd of Fifty
Thousand
ONE SMALL KICK IS COMING
WHICH MAY MAKE JUMPERS
JUMP AGAIN
Awards Made in Contests for Literary
and Mental Work-Ten Thou
sand Children Drill

Associated Press Special Wire.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May s.-Fifty thous-
and people viewed today's events in the
National Turnfest at the fair grounds.
Rain intereferred with the morning pro-
gram.
A scandal connected with yesterday S
far and high jumping, which was to
have been concluded today but was not,
grew out of the finding of an alleged
attempt at crookedness in the placing
of the appliances. Just after the New
York Turnverein had completed its
the teacher of the Philadelphia Turn
gemeinde called the attention OF the
judges to the fact that the apparatus
had been moved back half foot, by
who was unknown. A meeting of the
judges was held and it was decided to
give the New Workers the alternative of
jumping over again or accepting re-
duction of half point in their marking.
The New Workers also held a meeting
today and decided that they would stand
by the record made yesterday They
prepared a protest and have submitted
it to the judges, demanding that if they
are compelled to jump over again or
have to submit to reduction all the
other societies which performed on the
same apparatus should be treated the
same way.
Individual competition for the all
round prizes, consisting Of three exer-
cises on the horse, horizontal and par
allel bars were held indoor. There
were about one hundred entries. A ring
was pitched in one of the largest build
ings in the grounds for the fencing con-
tests. 1t is expected that A. Zeger of the
Chicago Turngemeinde will capture the
first prize.
In the wrestling contests there were
forty-three entries. Eizner of the
Aurora Turnverein (Chicago) won first
prize for heavyweight. wrestling in four
straight bouts. L. F. Ebers of North
st. Louis Turnverein, and William
Simpson of Davenport, tied for the sec
ond place, the former winning the de-
Gliding fall.
In the lightweight the results were:
Theodore Koppen, South st. Louis, first;
Charles Widen, Southwark Turnverein.
Philadelphia, second; Adam Bickel,
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Awards in the contest for literary and
mental work were made tonight. DR..
George Richter of ST. Louis won the
first literary prize, with w. Ahrens of
Chicago, second. George Schweppen-
deck of Brooklyn received honorable
mention. Ernest Gechner of st. Louis
was given first prize for rectations and
Max Doersiner OF Cleveland received
second.
Ter thousand children of the schools
of St. Louis gave a beautiful drill ex-
hibitior.
Afterward 200 seniors gave an exhi-
bition of dumb bell exercises.
Then came mass exercises by the ac-
tives, 1900 strong. After the completion
of their movements the Turner's gather
ed in a body in front of the grand stand
and sang in English columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean," AT this the crowd
cheered wildly.
The following were the results Of the
final heats in the bicycle races:
Mile, open-Felix Cast, North st.
Louis Turnverein, first; Alfred Schmidt,
Harlem Turnverein, Chicago, second;
S. C. Geiger, South st. Louis, third.
Time, 2:56 1-5.
Five mile. open-Felix Cast, fret: S.
G. Geiger, second; George Kuehn, North
St. Louis, third. Time, 1926 3-5.