The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-13

of brcomsticks and odds and ends of lum-
Der. Terry O'Brien's mother made two
pairs of boxing gloves for the use of men,
bers who wished to become expert in the
art of self-defencc. \ pole for vaulting
was bought of a local dealer.
To encourage interest in gymnastic ex-
ercises the boys decided to hold an indoor
athletic meet about two weeks after the
apparatus he'd been finished In order to
/ make the meet mere interesting the vari-
Gus events were declared open" to any
boy under 10, whether or not member of
the Perseverance Club. Four Riverview
boys entered the meet-Teddy Ensign,
Frank Carson, Roy Rogers, and Jack Hen
derson The Golden Knights agreed to
/ play the deciding game in the basketball
! series, each team having scored victory
The Knights also entered competitors in
several of the athletic events.
During the two weeks preceding the meet
the boys trained faithfully and worked
hard in the gym" On Monday and
Thursday afternoons an hour was devoted
to regular class work on the apparatus
! and in chest weight and wand exercises.
under the leadership of Walter Gladwin,
who had been trained in the junior class
of neighboring Y NJ. c. A.
FIFTY cents admission was charged to
the meet, and as the boys had a good
attendance they cleared 500 over all ex-
pehses Mayor Barclay acted as referee.
ana Two other citizens performed The
duties of judges. A member of a metro
politan athletic club acted as speciaI
judge of the parallel and horizontal bar
contests and kept record of the points
scored by each contestant in the matter
OF form, difficulty of feats performed and
general showing.
The first event held was the pole vault.
After a number. of trials the field mar
rowed down 10 Wilbur Wheatley. Row
Rogers and Robert Van Wort, of the Col
den knights Finally Robert could not
get over the cord al six feet in three
trials, and was consequently out. Row
Rogers won the event at feet inches.
3 inches
Fritz Baumbach easily distanced his
competitors in the parallel bar exhibition.
Hex Ilckner winning second In the stand
ing high jump Tom Barry cleared feet
3. with Robert Van WORT second. at
feet Z.
One of the most interesting events was
'hS is'uuei cliInD lsacn contestant would
stand in turn at the foot of the rope lad
der. with hands clutching the lowest
rung. awaiting the signal TO start. At
the word Co" he would climb hand over
hand to the top. strike the beam with his
hand and and descend. His time from
hoor to roof was taken by split second
stopwatch. Walter Gladwin won his time
being Is seconds. Charley Oimsted fin
ished second, In Q seconds
al
one expected Fritz Baumbach to win, was
taken by Jack Henderson. Fritz and Rex
tied for second place. In the running high
jump Teddy Ensign and Frank Carson
looked at first like winners, but they
were at last declared out on their third
trials. Reuben Sayles. Harry Hanford,
Tom Barry, and Wilbur WheatIey had got
ten over at feet s. and they were left to
fight ii out for first place. Rube finally
made siz. but the others could not better
their figures, and therefore divided the
point. First place counted two points
and second place one
The point winners were awarded hand
some ribbons, with the date and event
stamped in gold. A blue ribbon signified
first place and red one second. When
the competitors had tied the ribbon was
cut in sections vertically and each boy
kept his share for a souvenir.
The next event was friendly boxing
match between Tom Barry and Terry
O'Brien. The exhibition was clever and
scientific. and the boys were heartily ap-
plauded at the close of the bout Two of
the Golden Knights then gave an exhibit
tion OF wrestling, and the winner was
matched with George Graham, the Perse-
yerance champion. George got the deci
sion over his opponent, although the lat
ter was a much more powerful lad. Fol-
lowing the wrestling match was class
drill in calisthenic wand exercise by the
members of the Perseverance Club. This