Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-03
TURNER'S YET HARD 1T WORN
German Athletes Push Their Competition
Despite Wind and Rain.
ROPE CLIMBING RECORD IS BROKEN
Eyser of Denver Does F~ifty-Four Feet
Amid the Cheer~ Of the spectn-
t~or@-other Good work
Exhibited.

The rain and wind interferei consiierahly
tith the competition in class exercises o.
the Turner'S a. the NiniOn street grounds
during thu morning contests Of the saturday
program and il vas necessary 10 run FOR
shelter 10 he canvas covered sheds rather
oftsa. one enthusiastic rope climber vas
caught about thirty feet from the ground In
6 hard sh5uer and drenohed 10 the skin
Beginning promptly at : q N. the class
ocmpssltlon continued Until some time after
The noon hour. TEelve classes we're en-
seres as follows: Hanover. eight men. H
Roth. instructor. Herman. eight. z 2. Rip
stein. Instructor; Fremont. eleven. Prof
Kos,isn. instructor. La Sale. eight WI
Ian Wolf. Instructor. Holstein. eight. Emil
Roam. instructor; LeaTenwoTih. ten. va
liam wsschter. instructor. Kansas City.
eight. Fred Burger. instructor. West Den
yer. eight. Max Strauss. Instructor.
Omaha. twelve. W. @. Refer. instruc-
tor; Asrysville. twelve. Kari Haenni.
instructor; Topeka twenty-fouT. Otto Wen
d~eiourg. Instructor Davenport. twelve. Her
man Slender. instructor. The competition
was in exercises on parallel bars. wand eE-
ercises. high jumping and rope climbing.
Omaha and West Denver made the best
showing il Nand and parallel bar exercises
Next to them came Msrysyille and Topeka
Kansas City followed. The high jumping and
rope climbing were not finished at Il O'Clock,
bit ID TO that hour Mzrysville seemed
tc have the best Of It in the high jump and
West Denver in the rope climbing The best
individual Jumps were made by Charles
Seit7 cf Denver and Michael Herbolshsimer
OF yarysville. Kan. both clearing at Eve
feet two inches In TIE rope climbing the
Rocky Mountain boys from Denver we're a
surprise. one of them. George Eyser. break
ing the record, and going up ffty-tour feet
This is two feet better than what had
previously stood as the record, namely.
nfty-tEo feet. elimbed by George kountz OF
St Lotus al the national funniest al MI
Eaukee in 1855
Esse- has mis- left foot of al the ankle,
hut th.s docs no; hamper hIm in the least,
seemingly. As he climbed 10 the top OF the
ffty-loot rope. with the wind swsying his
brty. cheers went UP from all over the
grounds Allowing for his body the measure
from his legs TO the ground vas then forty
FIVE feet six inches 1t was therefore nee
esssry for him 10 come dozn and clint
again as far as his strength would let him.
Then be got UP eight feet six inches more.
Adding the two together gives him his
total q hity-tour feet The other members
OF the West Denver team. which is &
cracker-iack. made the following: George
Kaufman. SIS. Frank Fiaia. 3D.: william
Reit, -. Ferd Helms. y; John SehosnEeis
2s:s: William J. MeuseT, %. and A5Oiph Oft
il. y.
For these class contests the judges were
Profs. Curt Toll OF Indianapolis. Herman
Helm Of Chicago. Otto Boetiger Of ST Louis
and Jacob Schmitt OF Denver.
The twelve teams were rather oddly H.
viied into four groups, Herman, Hanover
Fremont and LsSalle constituting one group
Holstsin. Leayen~oTIh Kansas City, Wsst
Denver and Omaha the second. MarySyilIe
and Topeka the third and Davenport {
group all by Itself. The prizes Will be Is
follows: LzSalle. first: Fremont. second;
Hanover. third. West Denver. first Kansa:
City, second; Omaha, third Topeka, first.
M4rysyille. second Davenport. first Il
the group Of five. LesvspWoTth came next K
Omaha in the general summing up O
points.
Points for the Teams
4 popularity about the distribution o
prizes at e funniest is that the race is no
always 20 the swift nor the battle TO IN
strong" but a great many things are takei
into consideration besides intrinsic aIhleti
merit Points are awarded for mileage AM
attendance For the reason, therefore. Iha
Topeka had \ team twenty-four strong
while Marysyille had twelve. Topeka va
gieyn the first prize, though NarysTille bea