Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-23
ANNUAL GYM. EXHIBITION.


to be given by the members of the
different gymnasium classes of the
local Y M. C. A. in the fine big gym. at
the tomorrow night, commencing at
eight O'Clock sharp.
The program will open with a twisted
wand drill by the boys of the junior A
class and these boys have been train
ing faithfully for the past eight weeks
to make their work success. The
drill will be followed by class squad
work on the buck horse, rings and
mats. then all the boys will run off
some games new and old illustrative of
the good times the boys have in the
gymnasium under strong dicipIine.
After the junior a class is through
the junior Bs will have the floor and
the class will give percussion dumb
bell drill which will be fine exhibition
of rhythmical calesthenics. The leaders
of the class will then line up and give
an exhibition of intermediate gym
nastics on the gymnastic horse. The
leaders have put in lot of hard work
on their apparatus drill and will make
fine showing.
The next number of the program will
be short basket ball game between
two picked teams representing the two
employed young mems clubs which
two of the Y leaders have been training
for the past two months. One, the
Franklin club, which has been meeting
twice a week in the Franklin school
gymnasium and the other, the Lincoln
club, meeting in the lincoln school.
This will be very interesting game.
As soon as the game is over DR..
Joseph F. Smith will give very in
structive, practical demonstration on
the gym. floor of Artificial Respira-
tom for drowning accidents. All
present young and old will be keenly
interested in this lecture.
The next number will be something
entirely new in the local gymnasium
work gymnastic dance, given by ten
young men Human Jumping Jacks.'
Gymnastic dancing has become very
popular throughout the country in Y.
M. c. A. gymnasiums as form of
healthy and invigorating exercise and
it will be well illustrated by the jump
ing jacks tomorrow night.
One of the most interesting and in
fact exciting events of the whole even
ing's entertainment tomorrow night,
will be the one quarter mile relay race
between the four teams representing
the four basket ball teams of the Inter-
mediate class basket ball league. 1t
will be run off Immediately after the
gymnastic dancing exhibition. The
teams entered and their running colors
are:
Gophers, blue-Boyce, Hyman, ELAN
son and Montgomery.
Squirrels, reds-Guy Ramsdale
Bartlett, James and Mccullough.
Badgers, green-Piper, Glen Rams
dale, Johnson, Pearson.
Beavers, orange-Bentz, Thielke,
MCCULLOUGH and Lambert.
Last, but not least, will be the work of
the Senior class on the horizontal bar
Fifteen gymnasts will run through a
squad drill, then build some pyramids
after which the advanced squad will
give an exhibition of advanced gym
nastics. The squad has been in train
ing for the last couple of months and
will be ready to make fine exhibition
| of their work tomorrow night.
During the evening, between the diff
ferent numbers of the program, special
ties will be furnished by several clever
clowns. The feature of their work will
be the marble twins in original roller
skating stunts during intermission.
Mickey" 'Sweedy" and "Soapy,"
three mischievous clowns, will make
merriment for all present and no one
wants to miss seeing "Skinpole Bean"
the tallest woman in the world.
One hundred and ten athletes and
gymnasts will take part.
The doors will open at 7:30. Program
will commence at 500 sharp.