The record-union., 1897-05-09
NATIONAL FUNNIEST.
ANOTHER IMMENSE CROWD VIEW
THE EVENTS.
Rain Interferes With the forming
Programme-Alleged Crook
edneSS.

ST. LOUIS, May S.-Fifty thousand
people viewed to-day's events in the
National Turnfest at the fair grounds.
Rain interfered with the morning pro-
gramme.
A scandal connected with yesterdays
far high jumping. which was to have
been concluded to-day, but not, grew
out of the finding of an alleged attempt
at crookedness in the placing of the
appliances. Just after the New York
Turn Verein had completed it's jumping,
and had made the best score. the teach
er of the Philadelphia Turngemeinde
called the attention of the judges to the
fact that the apparatus had been moved
back half a foot by whom it was un-
known. meeting of the judges was
held. and it was decided to give the
New Workers the alternative of jumping
over again or accepting a reduction of
half a point in their marking The New
Workers also held a meeting to-day
and decided that they would stand by
the record made yesterday They pre-
pared protest, and have submitted it
TO the judges, demanding that if they
are compelled to jump over again or
have to submit to a reduction all the
other societies which performed on the
same apparatus should be treated the
same way.
Individual competition for the all
around prizes, consisting of three exer-
cises on the horse, horizontal and paral-
lei bars, We're held indoors There were
about 100 entries.
A ring was pitched in one of the
largest buildings in the grounds for the
fencing contests. 1t is expected that
A. Zeger of the Chicago Turngemeinde
will capture first prize.
In the wrestling contests there were
forty three entries. Eizner of the Au-
rora Turn Verein (Chicago) won first
prize for heavy weight wrestling in
four straight bouts. l.. F. Ebers of the
North St. Louis Turn Verein and Will
lam Simpson of Davenport tied for the
second place, the former winning the
deciding fall.
In the lightweight the results were:
Theo Koppen, South ST. Louis, first;
Charles Widen. Southwark Turnve-
rein. Philadelphia, second; Adam Bick-
el. Concordia Turn Verein. St Louis.
third
Awards in the contests for literary
and mental work We're made tonight.
DIR. George Richter of St Louis won the
first literary prize with w Ahrens of
Chicago second. George Schweppendeck
of Brooklyn received honorable men
ton. Ernest Gechner of st. Louis was
given first prize for recitations. and
Max Doersinger of Cleveland received
second
Ten thousand children of the schools
of St. Louis gave a beautiful drill ex-
hibition. Afterward 200 seniors gave
an exhibition of dumbell exercises.
Then came mass exercises by the ac-
tives, 1,3O0 strong. After the compile
tion of their movements the Turner'S
gathered in body in front of the
grand stand and sang in English Co
umbia, 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 Turn Verein. first: Alfred
Sscmidt, Harlem Turn Verein, Chicago.
second; s. c. Geiger, South st. Louis
third Time-2:56 1-5.
Five-mile open, Felix Cast first. S.
| C. Geiger second, George Kuehn, North
| ST. Louis, third. Time-16:35 80.