The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-26
TURNER'S JOYOUS OUTING.
State funniest Held Amid Ideal Com
ditiOns nj Lake Park

Yesterday was a gala day for the turn
vereins of the Twin Cities, as we'll as the
New Ulm Turnverein, who with dele
gates from other Vereins in the state
held their annual funniest at Tonka bay,
Lake Park, Minnetonka. Three special
trains carried the two ST. Paul societies,
with more than a thousand of their
friends. to the lake, and the New Ulm
verein, with 400 Of their friends, came
down on a special train of seven coaches.
The day was devoted to a programme
of exercises which was conducted under
the direction of Prof. c. ]. Hermann, of
the st. Paul turnverein, who was the
master of ceremonies Fourteen active
turner's, fourteen ladies, and eleven boys
juniors ages fourteen to eighteen,
from New Ulm, participated in the exer-
cises directed by Prof. ]. Schneider. The
programme of exercises for which prizes
were offered proved an interesting one.
The judges of events selected were Her
man Schlichting, of st. Paul; Charles
HEIRS, of New Ulm, and Rudolph List.
of West Minneapolis. The prizes for
class exercises were won by Turnverein
st. Paul, first, diploma, wreath and rib
bon; West st. Paul turnyerein second,
diploma and ribbon; New Ulm turnverein
third, diploma. Prizes for Individual ap-
paratus work were captured by Herman
Schno, West st. Paul verein, first ].
1JdHSeuecheTJ Sl. AnCnOny Ve1eln, Min
neapolis, second, and Max Eye, Of the
New Ulm verein, third. The prizes for
the high jump were awarded as follows:
First, William Mueller, st. Paul verein
feet inches: second, H. Schno, West
st. Paul verein, 5 feet inches: third,
Hermann Mueller, st. Paul verein, feet
In the hop, step and jump contest the
honors for st. T'aul were won by Herman
Schno, first 80 feet 31a inches; William
Mueller second, IS feet inches: II. AL
berstadt third, SO feet 10 inches. The pole
vaulting contest proved a very spirited
contest, the first prize being captured by
William Mueller, with vault Of feet
inches; Ernest Hadlich, of the West
st. Paul Verein, and William Koch of
New Uln. were tied for second place,
with a vault of feet inches: Herman
Schno vaulted feet inches and won
third prize.
Putting the shot was another inter-
esting contest, a siXteen-pound ball be-
ing used for this. Each man was
obliged to throw two balls, one with
the right and one with the left arm.
the distance covered by each being meas
ured and half of the total figured for
deciding total. The first prize was won
by Alfred Krank, Of st. Paul His rec
ord with the right arm was 81 feet Az
inches, and 26 feet 8h inches with the
left making a record of 20 feet 6
inches. H. Schno and Ernest Hadlich,
both of st. Paul, were tied for second
place with throw of % feet, and L. A.
Erlanson and William Mueller, also Of
st. Paul, were tied for the third prize
with a distance of "a feet inches.
Diplomas were awarded two classes of
young ladies from the West St. Paul
Turnverein and the New Ulm Turn
verein for an excellent exhibition of club
swinging. The exercises closed with an
Iron wand drill" participated in by
f1fty-four turner's from the different
turnvereins of the state, directed by
Prof. c. ]. Hermann This event was
the feature. of the days exercises Dur
ing the afternoon the singing section of
the West st. Paul Turnverein, directed
by Prof. William Stoll, rendered the
following vocal chorus: German Hun
ter's Song" lode to the Woods and
the valley of My Home" The Mime
apolis Tribune band of twenty-five
pieces furnished the music for the dane
ing and field exercises. The funniest OF
yesterday was said to be the most sue
cessful Of any ever held In the state