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RUDOLPH HABENICHT IS ATHLETIC PRODIGY. Columbia Boy Gains Fresh Honors at Harvard-Several Offers Made Him. Columbia State. Rudolph Habenicht is a "born" gymnast and athlete. Judging from the high order of his work at the Harvard Summer School of Physical Culture recently, this Columbia boy will soon develop into a "pienom." "Rudy," as he is known at New berry college, where he has held the position of phyisacl instructor for the past session. took his first year's 1work It th:e IA:1rv::rd physical culture school for physical directors this sum mer. The final exhibition took place last week. Four 'h undred and fifty athletic instructors. representing 38 k f nirt in the drills. There were two "fancy" exhibitions given, which required unusual skill. Four of the best men of the entire squad were selected for each of the two events. Rudolph Habenicht was selected for both events, being the only instructor who took part in both exhibitions, and one of the seven "best out of 450 men. Among the others who took part in the two special exhibitions were physical directors of Pennsyl vania, Tufts and other coileges of equal note. The men were veterans, being above 30 years of age and more than several years as instructors, wgile the Columbia boy is only 19. And then this was his first year at the Harvard school. It has also been learned that since attending Harvard the young Colum bian has been offered the position of physical instructor in four leading schools, each institution having an at teidance of more than 600. Habenicht got his training here at the Y. M. C. A. and at his own private gymnasium at his home on Taylor street. He has been practically his own tutor. Those who attebded the exhibitions given by the local Young Men's Christian association in the Columbia theatre a few years back will no doubt recall the skilful exhibi tions of this athlete. His fancy bag punching is said to have never been equalled in this part of the country, while his horizontal bar and tumbling * work is of the very highest order. Through and through he is an "Al" gymnasium man. He attracted con siderable attention at Newberry col lege, where he was instructor while a student there. Habenicht is a very modest young man, and no doubt if he knew this article were going to be wirtten about him he- would say: "Please don't." He never sees anything remarkable about his skilful work, and generally says that "anybody can do it if he tries." Habenicht is a fine specimen of the effects of physical culture He has absolute 'control of his muscles, and those who have seen the young man in action declare that Chicago Sandow has "nothing on" the local boy. Mr. Habenicht will in all probabil ity remain at Harvard the next ses sionf, taking an academic course in addition to his studies in physiea[ culture. WOUND NBBDLE I NBCK. -Entered Hand and Traveled Through Body in Ten Weeks. Philadelphia Inquirer. Ten weeks after Ms Maggi. Shields, 35 years old, ran: a large needle into her hand while washing se me clothes, and after h. hand had swehen to such proportimi that four -doetors told her that ampuittation was ~inevitable, the needle wvas removed from the woman's neck by Dr. Jonn ~H. McCreary, of 116 North Fiftieth' -street. Dr. MeCreary considei the case to ~be one of the most unique of its kind in the history of medical d.nce. De -spite the fact that the neadk gradu ally worked itself up through her arm and body to the neck, where it was found, an abscess formed on Miss Shield's hand which was so serious that the hand at one time was swollen to three times its natural size. The accident happened in the early part of June. Miss Shields was rub bing the clothes vigorously against the washboard in~ a tub. Suddenly she felt a piercing pain and dropped the washing, crying, "I have run a needle into my hand!" The wound bled very little, but while Miss Shields was on her way to a doctor to have the needle removed her hand commenced to swell. When the doctor probed for the needle he could not find it. He told Miss Shields, she says, that she had made a mistake-that she had stuck her band with the needle, but that it was not in her body. 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