The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-10
TURNERFEST AT END.
WINNERS IN THE CONTESTS ARE
CROWNED WITH LAUREL.
Heavy Rain Interferes With the Last
Days Sports-Managemen Highly
Praised for Effective Arrange
ments-The Meeting the Most Sue
cessful Ever Held In This Country
Names of the Prize Winners.

ST. LOUIS, May s.-The twenty-seventh
national festival OF the North American
Gymnastic Union today closed most
successful meeting of four days and prizes
were awarded 10 the winners. Like those
given by King George of Greece TO sue
cessful competitors In the Olympic games
at Athens last year, they consisted OF iau-
rel wreaths. Each wreath was tied with
a white satin ribbon. inscribed with the
words. Invent seventh Bund Festival.
St. Louis Mo-. May 3, 1884,. A diploma
accompanied each wreath. The awards
were made tonight at Liederkranz hall in
the presence of an immense crowd of the
disciples of jain.
Jupiter Piuvius reigned supreme at the
fair grounds today, but in spite OF the
showers that he poured down there We're
. 600 men, women and children out to see
the sights. Ii had been expected to make
this the banner day. but the wet weather
caused a curtailment of the programme.
The mass exercises had TO be abandoned,
but the competitors in field sports. groups
/ and q were able to finish. The only
event completed was the ioo-yard class
races In these races 81 classes out of
several hundred were unable to run their
men because of wet grounds. In every
other respect the festival has been sue
cess.
George Brosius. principal of the normal
scaoci of the Turner's OF Milwaukee. who
has attended every fest since 1857. either
as an active Turner or in the capacity OF
an official, Is very profuse In praise OF
everything.
To Hugo Munich and William A. Sthrer.
president and secretary, respectively. as
well as the other members OF the central
committee. and Henry Braun. president OF
the National Bund. Is due praise for their
management of the great quadrennial fes-
tivaI.
Many of the Turner's will return 10 their
homes tomorrow but others will remain
over Monday and Tuesday and visit points
OF interest about ST. Louis.
The work Of computing the results OF the
many contests was done under the man.
agement Of Mr.. Guenther. of Allegheny.
Pa. with a corps OF ten men. They were
kept busy night and day from the begin
ming of the contests until late this even
ing The results in the different contests
follow:
Group /, In class competition, LIS classes
competing--Diyision A, Philadelphia Turn
veIeln. won first prize; Division r. Denver
Turnverein. first: Division g, Holyoke.
Mass, TurnveTsin. first Division y.
Group 2 In class competition, ten classes
conpeting-central Turnverein, Platts-
burg, first Group 3. ten classes contest
lng-Sf Louis Turnverein FIRST.
Individual contests, sfarpshooiing. nine
teen men compeung-W. +. Roessler. 81.
Louis, first
club swinging. fifteen competing-Fred
Nelz Newark. ~. j., first
wrestling catch-as-catch-can. heavy
weight. fourteen c6mpeting-F. q. E1nsuer
Aurora Turnverein, Chicago first. Mid
dieweight. fourteen competing-H. w. Abb
ecken. Concordia Turnyerein, St Louis,
FIRST Lightweight. twelve competing
Theodor Kopptin. South ST. Louis. first.
Individual work apparatus and infield
sports. 100 contestants-George Vervalin.
Denver Turnyereln. first.
Fencing with foils. thirty-three Compel
ing-A. Zeger. Chicago. T @. v. first
Fencing with broadswords ten compet-
ing-F Trunt. Chicago T. O., first.
Individual contest in high jumping. put
ting up the eighfy-ponnd weight ana hop,
step and Jump-Chris Wedei. Buffalo. first.