The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-19
CHAMPION GYMNASTs.
Honors Accumulated by the Anchor
A. q. of This CITY.

MA = 80 ~
The athletes Of the Anchor Athletic
Club, of this city, with headquarters at
Henkel's Casino, played a very prominent
part in the performances at the Knfcker-
booker Athletic Club last night, where
the annual gyrnnestic championships of
the Amalteur Athletic Union We're held.
TheAnchors entered a strong team, headed
Captain Charles Berndt, whose skillful
work won him two championships, and i'm
creased the honors that has come to the
Athletes of this city during the past year.
Berndt won the first prize in the con-
test in the horizontal bar, also the cham
pionship ON the flying rings, held SO Ions
by Robert Stoll. B. Sanford of the New
Jersey A. c., of Bayonne, was second on
the rings and followed this by winning
the prize in the rope climbing, with G..
Hoffman, of the Anchor A. c., winner of
the second medal. There were many of the
best athletes Of this part of the country,
and a big attendance. The results in the
several competitions we're
Horizontal bar-Won by Charles BerIldt,
Anchor A. c.. 50 points; John BALI. New
York Turn Verein. 51H. second; e. Under
man, Camden Turn Verein, 491s, third, F.
Hartel, New York Turn Verein, As, fourth;
John Bissinger, New York Turn yereln.
verein, 46s4, sixth; p. Reuss, Knicker-
booker A. G.. 80, seventh.
Parallel bars-Won by Otto Steffen, New
York Turn Verein, with A lilo points out
OF a possible As; Charles Berndt, Anchor
Al. c.. 43 rs points. second; H. Schwarz,
Brooklyn 3. d. Turn Verein, AZ BIO points.
third.
Flying rings-MFon- by Charles Berndt
New Jersey A. Ct, 80 40 points, second
A. B. De Young, Knickerbocker A. G.. S5s
points, third.
a. G, with "a no points out Of 9 posssihlea
IS; P. r. e. Steier, Pastime A. g. 70 l-lo
points, second; George Steier, Pastime a.
c. Il 3-5 points third; Philip Boulo,
fN side herseaW 70 BY + FIJI Hsrte { New
York Turn verein, with a points; r.
Linderman. Camden Turn yerein, IS sic
points, second John Bissinger, New York
Camden Turn Verein, with 3S points; John
Bissinger. New York Turn Vereia, 3iA
points, second; q Hartef, New York Turn
Rope climbing twenty-five feet-Won
Seconds; q. HOFFMAN, Anchor A. G., sec
N Sha, iims Turn verein, third, after a tie
with Edward Kurnath, Anchor A. &C.,
time, g. seconds.
Club swinging-Won by F. Metz, Jrs,
Newark Turn Verein, with 81 $40 points;
Henry Lang, New York Turn verefn, sec
ond, with 20 $40 points; Joseph D. Harris,
Pastime A. c., third, with 10 2-5 points.
All-round championships tie between
e.. Linderman, Camden Turn Verein, u
f. Hartel, New York Turn Verein, with
1854 3-5 points; John Bissinger, New York
Turn Verein, third, with 161 15-10o; Otto
steffens New York Turn yerein, fourth,
Verein fifth. with 157 15 points.
Olympic Field CIubss Election.
A meeting Of the Olympic Field Club
was held last night at the residence of
the President, Mr.. George Mccullough.
No. 72S Pavonia avenue. The meeting
was called for the purpose of e~lectins
officers. Mr.. Mccullough was elected
President over Herbert Eabry by one
vote al exciting meeting held last
were:-yice President. George Coward;
Secretary, Harry Hopper; Treasurer,
Charles Myers. Mr.. Henry Cornish was
appointed manslger of the baseball team.
A. committee. consisting of Thomas Row
lands, William Corbett and Bert Jewell
was appointed to arrange for a set of
summer games to be held at the Olympie's
track on West Side avenue on July 4.
Games ofPool.
Last night Master Tommy Hughes as
tonished q large number of spectators
by the mastery manner in Which he
cleared the table in the exhibition of pool
playing at Hennessy,s pool parior on Bay
Street. His partner was Oar Delaney,
who, although a strong player was no
James Mature and Frank Mead will
play a pool match Of 1875 points tomorrow
night for s25 at Girard's pool room n
Commgnapaw avenue.
al tournament for a trophy cue has
been arranged at the MunItor pool room,
in which there will be a dozen players.
The opening games will be played Mon
day evening.
At Newark last night Dolan, formerly
Of this city, defeated A. Lanes of Prince
nament by 125 to 81. In the next games
Lanes was beaten by Piper, 125 to ia.
New York Won the emp.
The final game of polo for the cham
pionship cup, between the New York and
Brooklyn Polo Clubs, was played last
evening at the Clermont Rink, in Brook
lyn. and ended in a bad defeat for the
home team. The New oYrks drove four
failed to Gag q single goal. A. Long