The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-04
Turner's ANNUAL OJT|N5
1T TOOK 5000 PEOPLE TO RUS
SELL REACH YEsTER-
DAY
ST. PAUL HAD A MAJORITY
Turnvereins lOf This City Distin-
guished Themselves in the Pro-
Gramme, To0-There Were
No Accidents.


The third annual joint picnic of the
turnvereins of the5 Twin Cities, which
was held at Russell Beach yesterday,
took to the beach for the opening of
the summer season nearly 5000 guests,
and it was estimated by General Pas
| senger Agent c. E. Stone that at least
1,800 of these were from st. Paul. Mr..
| Stone gave his personal attention to both
the arrival and departure of the guests
and with general Passenger Agent c. S.
Fee, of the Northern Pacific, was in
| attendance on the grounds all day, and
returned with the last train, which left
the beach shortly after 9 p. m.
The affair, which was the third of a
series, and the second held at Russell
Beach, proved to be one of the most
successful financially. The general com
mittee of arrangements, which was
made up from the different vereins, was
presided over by William Mueller, of the
st. Paul Turnverein and the two COM
mittees from the West st. Paul and the
st. Paul Turnverein were:
For West St. Paul, George Ehlers,
Henry Geise Jr., Otto Hammabacher,
Joseph Bre1aisch. Julius Perlt, Ernest
lIadlich Fred Kuettner and Henry Had
Itch
For the st. Paul Verein-Alfred Krank,
William Mueller, George Hcenk, H. J.
Radbruch, Carl Theiers, Herman
Schlichting and Prof C. J. Hermann.
An excellent programme of field and
athletic sports had been. prepared for the
occasion, and We're given under he di-
rection of Prof. Fred Kuettner. of the
West St. Paul Verein.
The first event on the programme was
Standing high jump" with twenty two
entries for this event. Only five of them
jumped feet 8, and were tied, so that
honOrs were given to all
The pole vault resulted in tie by three
out of ten, who vaulted 10 feet inches
Ernest Hadlich, Herman Snow and 2. ed
Kuettner
An interesting feature was The parallel
bar exercise which is to be given by all
classes at the coming national funniest.
rms was given by the class of the West
st Paul turnverein.
Inc prize for putting the shot" was
won by Ernest Hadlich, with a record af
so feet . inches. Herman Snow was sec
ond, "a feet inches, and jules Noel third
with 81 feet 6 inches
The fencing class of the St Paul turn
Eereln gave an exhibition in fancy fenc-
ing.
The closing event of the day was =
challenge contest of a game of ssbattIe
pali between the West St Paul ye-ejn
ana the 81. Paul Verein, which was wsn
by the latter byga score of 2 to
NO accidents or other unpleasant inci-
dents occurred during the day and cvsrinr
70 70 mar fri the pleasure of the guests. The
S2s 81. Peul turner's requested that tha'r
thanks be extended t1rO,fo4, ~ -
of the G bfe to. General Pas engsr
agent G; e. Stone, of the ST. Pau e D1l-
lttn railroad, for 'ffs personal attention
ana courteous treatment of them ard
= (aelr guests during the day, and also 70
teneral Passenger Agent c. S. Fee, Of
tie Northern Pacific. 1t required tbraa
special trains Of ten coaches each to "a r,.,,
me guests frcm1st. Paul home, the ls5t
.1t gEliVlflg mere about II p, m. without acct
cent During the days exercises Frank
< oerg1 assisted Prof. Kuettner as masftr
OF ceremonies. The music for the occa-
sion was furnished by Seiberts fur hand
OF twenty-five pieces. who also frrnisba1
music for the dancing in the pavilion