Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Y. M. C. A. CIRCUS.

The society circus given by the Y.
M. G. A. was a decided novelty and
success and large crowd enjoyed
themselves watching the performance.
The side show and the program in the
gymnasium were both done up in cir
Gus style and some of the tumbling
and bar work was equal to that done
in a large circus.
The side show was the first atIr.c-
tion and was open from seven till
eight. The various human and in
human curiosities were cleveriy intro
duced by Mr.. Ingraham. A wild man.,
a dog faced boy, bearded lady were
a few of the wonders that were ex-
hibited
: The big show opened with parade
OF the performers, led by the ring
master, Mark Scholfield. The parade
was followed by the clowns In an auto
mobile especially purchased for the
occasion. The little fellows from the
Junior B class were the first to appear
and they did their wand drill in good
style. The Bungie Brothers, led by
Nutter did some tumbling that showed
ability and practice The high driy-
ing was especially good
sThe Junior A class was next on the
program and their drill, the Dumbbell
Bombafoment was cleyerly executed.
The classic posing by Filbert Empey
and Charles Jedamus was splendid
feature of the entertainment and after
a humber of classic poses, some of the
holds used in wrestling were illus
trated. Mr.. Poten explained the holds
to the audience.
Following this three things were
presented at once, fencing bout be-
tween George Silverthorn and Elmer
Young; wrestling match with Law
renee Johnson and Stewart Mcconnell
for the principals, and boxing match
between Carl Davis and Will Hughes.
The interest centered in the wrestling
and after three rounds the match was
declared a draw.
The Jumping Jack squad repeated
its dance that was given at the ex-
hibition ard was so good that it
was forced to give an encore. The
horizontal bar work by Nutter, Nor
man, Young and Nitsche was some Of
the best athletic work of the evening.
Ali the acts fhowed training and skill.
A start was made in baseball game
between Taylor's Nationals aid In
graham Americans, but owing to a
.poo,' decision of the umpire's the game
br.ke up in q r-g.st, in which the um-
pire became the ssat and door mat for
all the excited fans.
The basket ball game on roller skates
was the bit cf the evening. The ga e
betwee. The Y. NJ c. A. team and
five high school boys. The Y. NJ. G..
A. won 1878. The men did surpris-
ingly well and the score was large
considering the difficulties under
which the men worked.
The hippodrome races ended the
circus and as one of the drivers fell
out of his chariot the race was not
finished.
Between acts of the basket ball game
the Senior class did some parallel bar
and pyramid work.
The clowns had large number OF
stunts that kept the crowd amused.
The clowns were Robert Anderson,
Tom Mcconnell and Charlie Sipes.
San SuSie's full band furnished good
music for the drills and the way they
rendered the MERRY Widow made
quite hit.
A islge part of the training OF the
performers was done by Mr.. Norman
and TO him is due the large part OF
the credit for the success OF the circus
The wrestlers>and posers were trained
by Mr.. Poten.