The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-24
EIGHT GOOD ATHLETES
WILL ENTER THE GAMES
Independent Turnverein VIII
Send a Team TO St. Louis
Worlds Fair.
THOSE WHO WILL ENTER
Best Track, Field and Apparatus
Athletics Have Been Chosen
for the Team.

The independent Turnverein OF this city
will send a team Of eight men TO con-
test in the events open 20 members of
Turner societies in the Olympic games
which viii be held at 81. Louis during the
world fair this year Teams from all
the prominent Turner societies in the world
will be present at the Olympic games.
sketch of those who will so follows:
Joseph Barry is twenty-three years OF
age and has been member OF the Inde-
pendent Turnverein tor four years. He
will enter the apparatus events I'm the con-
tests open only for Turner's and will also
enter the ten events Of which the winner
will be declared the worlds champion.
William Benz is nineteen years of age.
/and has been a member OF the Socialer
Turnverein for two years. He viii enter
the shot-put, hammer throw, standing and
broad jump and general apparatus work.
Franc Schaefer is one OF the old MEM
bers OF the Independent Turner's. He is
now thirty years Of age and has been a
member of the Turnverein for ten years.
Schaefer will enter the apparatus work
and can be depended upon TO make a good
showing.
Louis Bauer will enter the standing and
broad jumps and the sprint runs. lie is
twenty-three years Of age and has been
member Of the Turnverein for fifteen years.
Frank Abel will enter the broad jump.
shot-put and IO0-yard dash in the field
events. His best work on the apparatus 10
done OH the horizontal bar and the horses.
Charles Woerner is twenty-five years OF
age and has been a member OF the lnde-
pendents for seventeen years. He will not
enter the field events and is devoting his
entire time To perfecting himself on ap-
paratus work
Charles Hupke will enter the field events
and Will do work the apparatus
Hupke is twenty-one years Of age and has
been a member but two years. He should
win hOnors in the long distance runs and
in the standing and broad jumps.
Fred Uhl will enter the events for the
worlds championship. Uhl Is twenty years
Of age and has been a member OF the local
TurnVerein for two years. He Is one OF
the best men I'm field events among the
| Turner's and will win hOnors I'm the APP
/ paratus work after he devotes little more
| time TO indoor work.
! Following are the events and conditions
| of the Turner's international, individual
and team contests, and the all-round cham
/ pionship events:
! July /, 2 Turner's International. Indi-
vidual and Team Contest-Parallel bar.
horse, horizontal bar, running 100 yards,
! putting sixteen-pound shot, running broad
| jump.
This contest is open only for Turner's.
Societies and clubs OF that order are eligible
! TO enter teams. The contest Will be for
Il teams or SIX, representing some one So
| ciety or club. and will be under the rules
1 governing the North American Gymnastic
! Union. Three trials will be allowed In each
/ event. except the 100 yards.
Handsome gold medals will be given 10
/ the winner In each event. silver to second
! and bronze to third. Suitable team trophies
! will be presented TO the society or club
/ whose team finishes first. second or third.
An entrance fee of 80 cents per man will be
| charged.
Entries close with James +. Sullivan,
chief of the department or physical culture,
Universal Exposition, st. Louis, Mo-. June
4. 1904. The right to reject any entry Is re-
| served.
July 4. All-round Championship-Rules OF
/ the Amateur Athletic Union TO govern and
| open TO amateurs OF the world: One-hun-
/ dred-yard run, putting sixteen-pound shot.
running high jump. Sso-yard walk. throw
| ing the sixteen-pound hammer. pole vault
! for height, 12O-yard hurdle, throwing the
/ fifty-six-pound weight, running broad jump,
Entries close June IL, 1904. with James z.
! Sullivan, chief of the department Of phys
| ical Culture. Universal Exposition, St
Louis Mo. An entrance fee OF 81 per man
! will be charged and fee must accompany
the entry. The right TO reject any entry Is
| reserved.
The rule in force for the all-around cham
! pionship is as follows: In scoring man re-
| each of the ten events. In each event the
worlds best amateur record Is taken as a
maximum for which 1000 points are al
| lowed. Then a standard or limit Is estab-
| lished and the performa nces equal or worse
| than the standards score nothing. For per
| formances between the maximum and the
i. limit points are allowed according TO a
4 graded scale. Extra points are also allowed
| beyond the 1000 limit when record Is
| broken.
! A gold medal emblematic of the champion
| ship of the United states VIII be given to the
winner. silver TO the second and bronze TO
the third.