Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1920 — TURNER PROGRAM DECIDED HIT [ARTICLE]

TURNER PROGRAM DECIDED HIT

Each year the Turner club event, given by the students of St. Joseph college, is becoming more popular. The annual program, which was staged Wednesday evening to a capacity audience in the college auditorium, was certainly an exhibition of real skill and each member of the club displayed thorough training. The entertainment consisted of various difficult stunts on horizontal and parallel bars, vaulting Horse and ladders, also slack-wire walking. A number of clowns interspersed the program with comedy. The mock prize fight between Jack Dempsey and the French champion, Carpentier, was especially good, and the audienpe was pleased to see Jack win out in the third round. The college band furnished music throughout the entire evening, giving a real circus tinge to the affair. Father Albin Sheidler, athletic director at the college, deserves great credit for introducing this branch of gymnastics and for makw ing this unique and entertaining program an annual event at St. Joseph’s. 'Many people from Rensselaer and surrounding towns were present Wednesday night. The Remington band attended in a body. Those who the first performance will hA e an opportunity of witnessing it Sunday evening, when the entire programi will be repeated.