Smooth, poised control of every movement won for Rudniasky of the Russian Regiment first honours in the first class of the Fifth Annual International Apparatus Gymnastics Championship at Sokol on Friday night, the competition having been postponed from last year owing to hostilities. Sokol"s' little gymnasium at 888 Weihaiwei Road was "packed fo the rafters" with enthusiastic spectators who loudly applauded the difficult feats and the pluck of Volger of the Foreign Y.M.C.A. who carried on despite a severe fall from the parallel bars.
The whole competition was divi ed into three classes with five competitors competing individually in each, In the first class, the winner was closely pressed by Romani who accomplished more difficult feats but lecked the poise of Rudniasky. The gymnasts performed on parallel bars, a high horizontal bar and rings. The results were as follows.
Ist Class—1, Rudniasky (RR); 2. Romani (Sokol); 3, Tuchkoy (Sokol)
2nd Class—t1, Rumiantseff (Sokol); 2, Riagroy (Sokol); 3, Lejenin (R. R.)
3ra Classi, Chuhlantseff (Sokol); 2. Hill (Foreign " 3, Galichenko R.
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