Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-01
TURNFEST IN FULL SWINE
German Athletes Well Started on Their
Great Transmississippi Gathering.
CLASS COMPETITION COMMENCES TODAY
rreliminnrics Cleared Away yester-
day BEFORE the Drill mt the Ex-
position Grounds-Somc OF the
Glasses In Attendance.

Yesterdays exercises at the exposition
grounds marked the formal opening OF the
Transmississippi funniest. During the
earlier part of the day many delegates had
reached the city. There were the active
turner's, the Bears or the senior turner's, and
the women turner's.
Among some the parties who arrived dur
ing the morning were; Twelve active anu
six woman turner's from ~Lcavenworth, Kan;
twelve active turner's, Davenport. Ia;
twenty-seven active and twenty woman
turner's, Topeka, Kan; twelve active turn
ers, Fremnot, Neb. ten active turner's, Hol-
stein, Ia. eight active turner's, La Sale,
ILL.,; twelve active and sixteen woman
turner's, Maryville, Mo. ten active turner's.
Hanover. Kan; sixteen active and sixteen
woman turner's, Kansas City, and indi-
vidual contestants from Portsmouth, Cedar
Rapids, Des Moines and st. Louis. In all
about 200 active turner's, seventy Bears and
fifty woman turner's arrived during the
morning. The active turner's are making
their headquarters at Garfield hotel, Six
tocnth and Howard streets, and the head
quarters OF the woman turner's are at Thir-
teenth and William streets. Others came
later, until there is n very good attendance
here.
The morning was spent in a general re-
ception of the turner's at Turner hall, 1918
Harvey street, and the whole affair was one
jolly reunion. AS fast as the visiting dele
cations arrived in town they were met by
some of the local entertainment committee
and escorted to Turner hall, and after in
Productions had been made and refreshments
served the visitors were taken to their re-
spective quarters.
From ~ to / o'clock a splendid dinner
was served to the visitors at Turner's park,
and from l to 3 there was a consultation
among the men who will act as judges OF
the turner athletic contests.
After dinner had been completed a meet.
ing Of judges of athletic events was held Il
determine upon the method of awarding
prizes. In the team contests it was agree
that the average should be taken of eacl
team in the following events and the meri
graded accordingly: Rope climbing, weigh
lifting, club swinging. putting the shot, ia
tigh jump, and hop, step and jump.
A mass rehearsal drill followed in whicl
teams from the following clubs went through
the Turner's manual for the first time to
gether: Denver, Colo, Cedar Rapids, Bur
lington. Ia, Topeka, L~eavenworth, Kan.
Herman, Plattsmouth, Fremont, Neb., Kan
sas City, St. Louis, Mo, Peoria, H., La
Sale, Wis. Although the different team
were unfamiliar with each other, so perfec
was their preparation in the drill mama
that there was no hitch in the evolution
and the director considered them fully pre-
pared for an exhibition drill. The athlete
then took cars for the exposition round
where the drill was scheduled at 4 o'clock.
The attractions of the exposition ground
kept the large body of Turner's there durin
the evening and on that account the wei
coming exercises at Turner hall were post
poned until this morning at 8 o'clock. A
that hour a welcoming address will be give
by Mayor Moores in behalf of the city, b
President Philip Andres in behalf of tn
Missouri Valley Turnbezirk and by DR.. +
S. Lucke, chairman of the central commit
tee. The usual good music was present las
evening under Director Schunke and tn
occasion was converted into an infornlt
dance.