The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-24
ATHLETES WON APPLAUSE.
Y. VI. C. A. Boys Midwinter Exhibit
tion Before a Large Audience.

tion Before a Large Audience.
The Young Mems Christian Association
gave its mid-winter gymnastc exhibition
last night before an audience which crowd
ed every available inch of the hall, and
which a conservative estimate numbered
about 800 Besides those who succeeded
in getting into the hail, there were a num-
Der of small and adventurous youngsters
who climbed on the roof and took in the
show through the sky-hght.
The exhibition began at $50 o'clock with
a grand march, in which eighty-five men
and boys members of the senior and
junior classes, took part This march has
never been given in previous exhibitions,
and is as pleasing as it is new. Under the
skillful leadership of Mr.. J. c. Blake, phys
zeal director, the continuously moving
line took the form of a Maltese cross,
star and a cross which was followed by
the mystic maze. a beautiful, and as its
name would indicate, intricate figure,
which the spectators heartily applaude1.
The junior class followed with a dunn
bell drill in which the young athletes, as
they always do, won the warmest admir-
alton and applause. The wand drill by the
senior class was an exceptionally grace
full performance and showed by it's per-
lection the time and care that had been
devoted to il by the class.
Messrs. House. Bridges, and Elton IN
table acts were a feature Of the evening.
The work of these popular athletes is al
WAYS gilt edged and would be credltabie
even for professionals They won favor
from the first and kept II throughout tne
entire evening, their acts being by Tar me
most graceful and interesting part of the
performance.
NIessrs. Rousseau and HoherSstein gave
an excellent illustration of physician
strength and muscular control by ieals
with a hundred-pound dumb-oeil, Wnch
they handled as easily and as gracelul4y
as though il had been less than half that
neiebs The act was concluded by Mr..
Rousseau living on the mat and supporting
not only the dumb-bell at arms length'
hut also Two men who sat on II, the en-
lire weight Of the lift being nearly, II not
quite, $50 pounds. 49,,
Ia the work on the flying rings WHICH
followed interesting acts were performed
by Messrs. IIohenstein, Rousseau aho
LINES. also by Messrs. Lowell and Blake:
In the former act Mr.. Rousseau mao
shown his strength; In this he displayed
his grace and agility, and proved himself
a well-rounded athlete in every sense
Work on the parallel bars was the mex
nurnter of the programme. In this work.
which is to develop muscular control,
strength and judgment Messrs. Hoheh-
stein Rousseau, House, Lynes and Bake
took part Messrs. House and Blake car
red off the honors with number OF dit-
ficult feats, but Rousseau and Hohenstein
also did some excellent work and were
heartily apDlauded
The horizontal bar was the next piece
Of apparatus that was used. Courage
judgment muscular control and grace are
supposed to be it's attributes and they
were all represented in the clever work
of the performers. AS in their former
work the honors were taken by Messrs.
Blake and House with Mr. Rousseau a
close second in merit and popular favor.
After short acts on the German horse by
Mcssrs. Blake and Lynes. Messrs. kid
Lowell, and "Sharkey' Bridges gave an