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EPOCH . IN ATHLETICS.*rThousands of' Turners Will Engage in a r. Most Elaborate Tournament.* I *A Attendance if Auored—Arrange*Jzwati Nearly Complctod-Kotei About Some of the Prlncl-... pal Participant*.’ 'drill of «ach;detai)ed precision been tempted^retofore. Carl laidere* fcogene Lnning, irhd lead.on ihe pSamine, are- confident of eaccesa ese maneuvrea. Ifaia drill irill be ilowed by an-exhibition of the Mflwtee women's Tzymnastic attainmei An orchestra 21 discourse appropri: sot while the ladies, in bine bbn and skirts, buskins and shoes, endea' to compete with their brothers and b bands in beauty of movement if not strength. • • It is perhaps snperflot to say. thdt as ah: attraction, of itournament the women are, Cm like, easily first. The other Sunc anils include a* sort of regimental e* lution. The men separate into thi ainBionp and using the arena as parad«;ground will march and-sing successive chorus. Then . comes t hollow square drill, wands and ar waving in time to music. Nightfall . not to interrupt the festival, for elect arcs and calcium lights will make, all Athlectic Park as respleodant as hoc dav. . .Monday morning is to be given up Competitive drills and in the afterno 1,000. daughters of Milwaukee turne: commanded by Hans Rasmussen, w Sing, drill and march.* Thev bavi finished,. 1,200 of tbeir brothers will fi into the .arena and at the word Gustav Schlafli, uphold the prestige their sex in matters athletic. Ti mothers of these children will next 1 drilled. The evening hours are take up by the spectacular features of tl tournament. The wand drill will be r peated, notas a test of strength, but ,: ehow the.. beauty of- niovemei that ..has .’made -‘it so faxnou This over, . “Rollv . ’Round tlFlag/7 with “Old Gldrv” waving fro every direction is to:be sung, by tlr Reports which are now coming in show that the committees which have in chaige the arrangements for the Awenty-sixth Turnfest of the- North -American Turnerbund, to be held at Shooting and Athletic parks July 21 to 2G,have not been too sanguine regarding the prospective attendance.' It. will be a veritable athletic army that will encamp in Milwaukee on Friday, Julr 21, and there will , be 3,o00 lnen’ingray flannel shirts, black rubber pumps and gray slouch bat?, who will 'move hands,Turners,- spectators arid. the outsi id.* 1 *CEOJICTE BROSICS.arms, shoulders and legs with automaticuutforinity at the signal of one flag-bearer. Kvery state in the Union willhn i il.'. »»**be represented, and the Wisconsin me-iii| T v U Vtropolis be invaded bv over 25.000 Visitors, eager to witness this most unique and gigantic carnival of brawn and muscle;; At this time there is every justification-for the prediction that the com-ll.n A . ___* T1 1. It. , - -inc tournament will ioirn an epoch in athletics. :throug and. taken upby all the bar bn the groundwJ. A human pvnin .will dose the programme of tbe nig Milwaukee's most skillful gymnasts ! to form it and in effectiveness of u ncuver it will be imposing. The lov strata will be formed by fourteen m and the athletes in the upper storThough the 'programme has already been published a review of the principal feutureB will be interesting to all and especially profitable to the. manv who will pay specuil attention to the most elaborate tuiirrumjeut of* drills and evolutions ever attempted in this country. On Friday, the 21st, the Turners, who comprise 350 societies scattered through the United-Stales, with a total membership of *0,000, will arrive irom nJJ directions. They will be jnet at the depots by a .committee and a detachment of the local societies. After having been taken to headquarters to .get theit- badges and tickets the active Turn era will - repair to the quarters which have been provided at Athletic Park. The remainder of this dnv is to be spent in arranging ihe camp,with in-. teriudcB for Turner Christian Eacifs jubilee march, rendered by- a .special orchestra of -members, • and for thetableau gotten up bv Turn Teacher EroHiusand stvledbund. In the evening there will be the formal reception at the.Exposition, when.Gov. Peck and-Mayor Ivoch willBBXNO KLElIf.are to wave lanterns and flags. The lt;scent is -to be instantaneously acco phshed by a movement known ‘as t 4 grand jump.” /Tuesday morning there will be swi miug contests and in the afternoon t active Turners will practice for the € hi bit ion to be given on the. World's F\ grounds. The Turnfest will be end with a grand ball . at the Expoeiti-■luesday night. ' * ■*Wednesday morning the entire aggi gatiou will proceed on special trains Chicago. The stockyard grounds at ti exposition have been selected for a other series of drills, that the Worlc hair city may witness what the Milwakeeans-have enjoyed. “Home agaiitil flt;. ' WOMEN IN.TCCJTER DKKSE.deliver ad dresses of welcome, to wbich there will bq responses bv Dr. Henrv Brown, president of the. Turnerbund, and Judge Emil Wallbcr, who is chairman of the executive committee.- ’i he next day, Saturday, will -witness1 . 4 the opening of the tournament. The . strictest' .military discipline will be maintained and at . 5 : o'clock in-the momiug .the bugle call .will arouse cvcrv . tented gluuiberer.Between fl and t- will come breakfast..; Later, at a given signal, the athletes will form into . columns, inarch into the areuu, sixteen or thirty-two in a line, and range themselves m a hollow square, A generalwilli ^ ~ Y 1 ^ VI MyV^lV tilinspection of physique** and bearing wil ensue, for it is not ii-1ended to have,- the liardeat work on this davv The men / wili split into -bandfi; and march and drill at the command of their respective leaders. The morning. only is to be thus passed. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon there will be a procession : through the citvl The entire route of : the parade will be in festival attire. The parade ended, some 4,000 bovs and girls from the . citv76 public and privater* i .t 11 *4*. A _ _ ▲ I. _ . 1 t . 1 * io * . ^— — . • * r ^ r**schools will, under the leadership of Turner Carl Brunk, march and drillfor hours. The children have been practicing for months, and in their picturesque athletic costume are expectedwill be the next move and until fc years more have passed no tournamecomesagain^...One of the incentive9 to indlvldt excellence in this gigantic affair will the prizes w hich, of little value intri sicaily, Ure of great importance thron the personal eminence they confc Marks will he given by the command* the highest number attainable by a si gie Turner, in the coming carnival bei yu. That the - various societies ha1each a favorite for- cbampionehip hoors goes without saying. . A laui wreath with which the*victorispublic crowned is the highest prize. Ben: Klein at present weara the distin tl0n\ “O Je a York Turner ar considexe(fa wonderful all-around ma He has carried off pme after prize * fi -a ione time althouen quite a young ma The -New Yorkers are sure he will i crowned again at Milwaukee. Youi .Turner Getz, of Chicago, is also a sta and his friends, too, feel persuaded thhe will win the laurels that nowencirc the young New Yorker’s brow. Goti am, moreover, has another Candida for the championship, Carl Bave whose achievements in the most diflcult line of gymnastic efforts ha\ brought him fame throughout Turne: dom. His horizontal bar work and po! jumps have broken many an amateirecord. * -Philadelphia will be very'creditablrepresented at Milwaukee. The dty Turnersi however, devote their attei Ubnmoreto drill and collectiveworl in which the members not only makan imposing display * but. carrv o»*« trnti on t li u * A — _ .... - * »THE pBIOXXAL WA*T DHHi.to bp one of the carnivaTs trlmaphs. In the evening the ‘Testhahe7, in the Exporition will be the acene of individual tests of endurance and. dexterity. Tl •w\rill also be musical and literary exercises.: ••.Sunday wiD be the day of dajB. In wand drill comes off and Athletic Park is expected to contain* countless throng intent upon the 2,o00 men who, holding a nickel plated rodt four feei long, will go through every eon* ceivable movement of which the htnnan form is AthleticaUy capable with Alw_ fof clockwork,- ;Ii «to command soiarge a body ofofflag dgxiala «b^ ferainged. Never has a^ynmaaSc?-T... ' J■fX-ty well in evidence. The Far Wes send its hundreds.’ . V: The participants. in the afikir w: cornse, be Turners, but the drills attracted so much attention iha rangementa have been made to ac modate hnmber? of specially in quests. ; Dr. Sai^ent, of. the Hai gvmnaanm, ynU attend as critic as viewer.The hnited singers*: bog -have been given i aplace, and*. voices • Vrill accompany V many^ ol drills. : Prdf^ Gebrge oana has end command, and liisataff are^BnSyiVthe1taken caro that, however muherot Tmtms, thBip^Aali tfo:havediaij■ 'V., - »*:■ T' ^ •--i.t
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Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jul 15, 1893
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