The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-01-03
FUN and FROLIC
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At !. N. c. A.
NEW YEARS DAY UsHERED IN
WITH AFTERNOON AND EVE
MING or SPORTS - COCK
FIGHT" PROVED TO BE REAL
SCREAM" THROUGHOUT.

From 8 o'clock New Years day un-
til IL in the. evening there were great
"doinEs" at The X. M. C. A. Wrestling
and boxing matches, aquatlcs, races
and good hospitality on the part OF
the members contributed to make the
open house a most pleasing way to
begin the years work.
In the afternoon the teams in the
high school Bible classes played two
games Of basketball. Following this
the aquatic races were held in the
swimming tank The boys classes
competed and made some very fast
time. A large crowd witnessed this
feature and there was an altogether
exciting time. The results of the
aquatic sports was as follows:
Fancy dive, Will Eddy, first: Hines
and Bragg, tied for second; one lar
swim, Ss feet. w. Berner first, Hines
second, 10 seconds. Two-lap swim
W.. Eddy. first. w. Berner, second, Is
seconds. Under. water swim, III. Gross
first; Hines second, Dive for dis
| lance, Fl. Bragg, first, ID. Brown Sec
ond, ~ feet inches.
In the evening the programme was
continued in the gymnasium before a
very large crowd. It began with an
exhibition of the leads" and guards
in boxing and the four young men
showed up well after several lessons
in the boxing class. Following this
Spike Adams and Young Kosslck OF
Moorhead engaged in a three-round
boxing match. Both of these young
men are members OF the boxing class
and by their training put on a good
exhibition Of the manly art" After
this the wrestling class had the floor
and in the match between Ole Refs,
the wrestling instructor, and Richard
Ries, some of the principal holds of
the art were shown. 1t is hoped that
the exhibition by the boxing and
wrestling classes win induce more to
join these two excellent classes.
The most interesting feature OF the
| programme was the mile run. Guy
Cook took first in the time OF 5:12h
lowering the record by 81 seconds
Hugh Miller made a close second with
Jones third. The race was close and
exciting and considering that it takes
thirty-three laps to the mile. the time
is very fast. a., 49,,
IL the mile race was exciting, the
cock fight between four boys, dressed
as West Indians was about the most
laughable stunt ever put on in the
gymnasium. Two boys sat straddle q
bar and tried to knock the other from
place with an inflated bag. The con-
test was declared a draw between Guy
Rusk and Archie Melchoir. Eugene
Lewis and Walter Crothers were the
other West Indians. " 81
The results of the others events are
as follows: SAD d. ssgg n,
Fifteen yard dash-Affller firsr. Oil
yer second, Cook third. Time 1t
seconds
Sixteen pound shot put - r. Refs
first, Cook second, s. Stroup third rs
feet, inches. - 49,. 80
Standing broad jump-4I.s Miller first
Sizes second, Stroup thirds o feet 8
inches. t 49, ~
Running high jump - oliver first,
Ries second, Jones third; feet.
After the events in the gymnasium
all repaired upstairs to the calendar
exhibit About S35 was taken in.
1hSt0 are q soou many. e4CeltenL CHI
endaFs left and another sale will be
held this week. "f@
During the evening the wom-
ems committee served coffee and cake.
Everything contributed to make the
day and evening most enjoyable and
pleasant. The social and gymnastic
features proved successful in every
way. All had a royal good time and
everyone went away feeling that the
Fargo Y. M. G. A. is doing a great
work In the city.