Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-17
JUBILEE PROGRAM
Main Address at Y. M. c. A. Gel.
ebration by Chicago Gen.
eral Secretary.
THURSDAY EVENING is DATE
Sunday Meeting, for Men Only in
Charge of First President
Frank Nader.

The program for the Y. NJ c. A.
anniversary jubilee. TO be celebrated
Thursday evening. has been completed
with the exception of a speaker to de-
liver the main address. 1t is expect
ed that L. w. Messer. the general sec
rotary of the Chicago league of asso-
Citations. will make the address.
The burning of the mortgage will be
in charge of President H. B. Hayden.
and Treasurer h. K. Walker The
Sunday afternoon meeting, which will
be continuation of the jubilee exer-
cises, will be for men only. and will
be in charge of the first president of
the association. Frank Nader, now of
Davenport. Short talks are TO be
made by men prominently connected
with the early history of the associa-
ton. There viii be special music for
both meetings.
Close of Gymnasium season.
Saturday evening at the Y. NJ c.
a. the gymnasium work of the junior
department closed with an indoor meet
day juniors ami the night class. The
meet was won easily by the day class.
the score standing "a TO II The night
juniors were handicapped in various
ways, and their representatives were
unfortunate in several events. In the
potato relay race one of the night team
fouled. and a whole lap was lost as a
result, before a new contestant could
replace the fOuled runner. According
to the amateur rules the whole team
would have been disqualified, but
special agreement had been made that
the fOuled man could be replaced and
only one contestant disqualified
Results of the Events.
The records of the various events
was as follows:
Medicine ball put-WiH Weber. d
first; Fay Taylor, d, second; Joe
Smith, n. third; distance, 3S feet.
20-yard dash-(final for II heats)-
Weber, d. first; Harry Knox. ID, sec
ond; Smith, \, third; time. , 40 sec
onds.
Standing broad jump-Webber. ID.
first; Will Beecher, y, second; Smith,
y. third; distance, : feet 512 inches.
High dive-Richard Lift. d. first;
Beecher. n; second; Charles Bleuer,
d, third; height 4 feet 1O15 inches.
Hop step and jump-Liitt, ID, first;
Bleuer, n. second; Beecher, n, third:
distance q feet. ~ inches.
Spring board high jump-Liitt, ID,
first; Stewart Marquis. d. second; H.
Schroeder, \, third; height, feet
| Schroeder and Beecher tied for third,
Schroeder winning with feet IL in
ches Marquis made feet Az inches.
Ropeclimb. IS feet-Webber, d
first; Bleuer. n. second; Lift. d,
third; time, As seconds.
Potato Relay Race.
The potato relay race was won by
the day class team. composed of Lift,
Weber. Knox, Marquis. Kelly,
Weiss, Gritzka and Larkin. The night
class team was composed of Bleuer.
Smith, Schroeder. Sage. C. RObb,
Beecher, Leins and King. Each mem
ger of the winning team was credited
with l point.
The individual medal was won by
VIII Weber. with a total of p points,
with Richard Lift second, with II
points. The medal is of bronze. and
bears the insignia of the international
committee of the association. Each of
the winners was presented with ribbon
prizes.
The record of points by the contest.
ants was as follows: Day class, Web.
Der. 21: Liittt, II; Knox, 5; Marquis,
i: Taylor, 3 Kelly, Weiss. Gritzka and
Larkin, /; total, 81.
Night class-Beecher, Z; Bleuer, Z;
Smith 9 Schroeder, /; total, II.