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ARD.ctimsg roe-team-dead moke, e and look-rought 1 a.fire, led in lives, icoinajtraDe.Mrs.msou*iclkek,rtmao,2:20 found wnera Capu onipa-.ptain, ;e and *n he The i mailed to e was dy of0 p roost ishe aty. AJd re-witb-owner1 who •tigers, er the houiaa vea at fay ;oaunt, r. He » held.ig the bunks I. He » whowhose z Irish r way out 17 was am day by a s 1 lust it, but \v the umped? l olil-lt;kvk.fromto ibe1, \vl:n* com* ?n had lip ho e, aud• was 3 w bovV Whonought ill ami 's side Lit ho ; crew. lUt cut s. etc., inly aEND OF TEE TUBNFEST.Rain Interfered with the Last Day’s Work—Milwaukeeans Capture Frizes.SL Louis, Mo.f May 10.—The twenty-seventh national festival of the North American Gymnastic union, br Turner-bund, yesterday dosed a most successful meeting of four days, and prfres were awarded to the victors. Like those given bv King George of Greece, to the successful competitors in the Olympian games at Athens last year, they consisted of lanrel wreaths. The awards were made last night at Liederkranz hail, in the presence of an immense crowd of the disciples of Jabn. Rain prevailed at the fair grounds, but in spite of showers there were 25,000 men. women and children out to see the sights.It had been expected to make this.the banner day of the festival, but the net weather caused a curtailment of the programme.The results in the different contests were aB follows:Group 1. la class competition, 115 classes competing—Division A. Philadelphia Tnm-vercin. won first prize; division B, Denver Turnvereln, first; division C, Ho yoke I Mass.) TorcverelD. first; division D, 1 latta-rnoutb (XebJ Turoverelu; first.Group 2, in class competition, ten classes competing—Central Turnvereln of Flatts-burg first. .Group 3. In society competition, ten classes contesting—South St. Louis Tnraverelnindividual contests, ebaroahootln*. nineteen men competing—W. t. Roeesler, St. Louis Turnvereln, first.Club swinging, flfteec competitors—fcrea Metz. Newark, IS. J., first.Wrestling. catch-as-catch-can, J,€aTy’ weight, fourteen competitors—F. G. Eisner, Auroru Turnvereln. Chicago, first.Middle-weight, fourteen competitors—H. W. A bee ken, Concordia Turnvereln, St. Louis, first. • ,Light-weights, twelve contestants—Theodore Kopplu, South St/Louis, first.Uidivldnal work on apparatus and Infield sports, 100 centestants—George Vervalln, Denver, first.Fencing with foils, thirty-three competitors—A. Zeger. Chicago Tnrnverem, first.Fencing with broadswords, ten competitors—*'. Tarot. Chicago, Turagemelude, first.Swimming, distance 15S0 feet, fourteen compel I tore—John T. Tnylor, Central Tum-vereln of Plttsbmg, first. Time. 9:8MIndividual contests la high jumping, putting up the eighty-pound weight and liop-8iep-aud-iump--Cbrlst Wegel, Boffalo, first.Milwaukee will be able to show mure prizes than any city represented at the Turnfest. While they were not very successful in team turning, they earned off the best-prizes in individual competitions and field sports. Four out of ibq five prizes for exercises on the horse, parallel and horizontal bars went to Hobart Herman. George Eberlich, E. George of the VorwiKTts. and Al. Schiller orNbe Turuvereiu Milwaukee, and prizes uenL won in every other individual competition bv Milwaukee men.The Milwaukee Turners will leave for home Tuesday evening.In addition to the awards made by the twenty-seventh national Turnfest given out last night are the following;For apparatus wot* alone—First, Robert Herman. Milwaukee! second, George Erlich. Milwaukee; third, George Vervalln, Denver Tnmverein.First group of athletic sports comprising pole vault log. climbing, rapt* and broad jumping, lOU contestants—First, Albert Grnebcr, Denver Vorwaerts; second. George Vervallu. Denver; third, Henry W. Hess, New York Turnvereln.Now that the festival is over the Turners will be given an opportunity to visit M-encs of interest around St. Louis. Today they went to Jefferson barracks, wliere there were drills by the United Suites troops given for their entertainment. Tomorrow a trip to Meramec Highlands is contemplated, the time to be spent in dancing, rowing and swimming.SVIGoIislintgalweqni£anltoprcBr;Duonlpatcos3amSLHgu«theOUJiCOSwhofIJaialsThGl:da’catth*inotlCO!do:cesthlt;riuwitb«QtrrrCldaEahaMTVwim«trioc-. rdoswInneorduinihawiiahth£oifthdrananhodeacath
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Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, May 15, 1897
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