The Washington times., 1908-07-19
Close Competition in Initial
Games of Columbia
f .Turn-Verein.
HIGH SCHOOL MAN
MUCH IN EVIDENCE
Gymnastic Contests Feature of
Afternoon-Stelzner Wins
Parallel Bar Event.

In spite of a few tiresome delays the
hIst annual outdoor athletic meet Of
The Columbia Turn-Verein, OF Wash
tngton, held yesterday at Brightwood.
Driving Park. was a decided success.
No records fell. but the competition was
elose and the events exciting.
- Bill Thrall. the former Tech High
School athlete, who has been winning
events at recent big meets. was much
In evidence yesterday. He captured
the pole vault in easy style and The
i0O-yard dash. White also did well un-
der the colors of the D. c. n. G. He
won the high jump and captured third
in the pole vault. completing the second
best performance
The relay, between Mt. Pleasant
Athletic Club, a newcOmber in the field
Of sports. but composed Of veteran
high-school runners; Gurley Athletic
Club. and the Columbia Turn-VercIn
teams was a feature.
Turner'S Left in Ruck
The German aggregation was dis
tanced in the first string and was not
factor Brame and Bryant tocK up
The running at the start, and the first
named finished with an advantage Of
about eight yards
Hildebrand. the next Gurley runner.
could not overcome the lead and gave
way to King about five yards behind
the second Mt. Pleasant runner. King
third man for Gurley, made up the
distance. and finished with an advant-
Ese Of about five yards. which Smith
son incr~ ased to twenty before the
Finish.
The spectacular gymnastic events
were well contested and won express
sions of appreciation from the specta-
2 tors. Steiner and Martens were the
stars in these events. Steiner won
the parallel bar event. with margin OF
4Dne-tweltth Of a point over Kellnian.
while Martens, the little Baltimorear.
won the horizontal bar by a large
margin. Steiner did creditable work
In this even. and finished second.
/. The Summaries:
ICO-yard dash (triaI heats)-FirsS heat
+ Won by H. C. Royce, Y. NJ. c A.:
second, Reginald Rutherford, Washing
ton 7. NJ. c. A. Time, 10 80 seconds.
Second heat-Won by c. Z. Smithson,
-Gurley Athletic Club; second. W. G..
ThraH. washington Grove a A Time,
10 50 seconds.
Running high jump-Won by william
b White. d. c. y. CT; second, c. W.
owen. washington Grove A. A; third.
II. A Wingat, Mt. Pleasant A A.
Height, feet AS inches.
1OO-yard dash (finals)-WOn by w. G.
ThraH Washington Grove A. A; sec
ond, H. G. Royce, Y. VI. c. A; third,
c. E. Smithson, Gurley A. c. Time
10 2-5 SECONDS.
Parallel bar-Won by r. II. Steiner,
y. NJ c. A, 4 1-3 points; second, Karl
KoIlmar, c. T. u, ~ points; third,
Herman Schmidt. c. T. u, Is points
r. Pole vault-Won by W. G.. ThraH
Washington Grove a. A; second, G. w
owen. washington Grove A A; third,
". B. White, D. G. y. G.
--- Putting 16-pound shot-Won by T. II.
Sheridan, Y. NJ c. A, SIS feet. 4 inches
second. Henry Pieper, German T. v
s. feet: third, 3. G. SpTansy, Technical
High School, 81 feet inches.
Hop. step and jump-Won by William
S. Boettinger, Baltimore A c, Al feet
- inches; second. C A King' Gurley
a. c, Al feet 9lz inches; third. F. 2.
Schlosser, A. a. D. c. \. G., 40 feet
inches.
- One-mile relay-Won by Gurley A. c.
-FBrame. Hildebrand, King. Smithson)j
second, Mt. Pleasant a c.; third, Ger
man Turn Verein. Time, minutes and
q seconds
Horizontal bar-Won by MllliaHl Mar
tens. Baltimore German Turn Nerein
Z Sc points; second. r. II. Steiner, Y.
A II. c. A, 1885 points. third. +. J
kadan, \. J. B., 4 1886 points