Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-01


fssals by the HAgh sehoaa. She made
baskets out Of half 0t her thFows.
while the High sehool did aoa saeceea
In making a paint 0a fouls, Miss
BealAh Hartman played "a excellent
game. securing six field throws. o.
twelve poaats for her team Ma@s
Sehasfer made three successive soai
throws In the lasI half of the game
and Miss Mary coOrs made a basket
from the field. All the yoang ladies
PLAYED well but many Uf them. on sc~
count of the positions they played.
had uo opportunity to try for gnal"
With a little practice In team ~"Fk.
the Normal girls ~tii be able 10 p'as
the High school very even game
whaes Defeat Reds
Two teams Of yonns men from IN"
Y. M G A.. calling themselves the
Reds aud the Whites. played fast
game of basket hall at the conclusion
af the main contest, TIL. game was
an Interesting one. as eontest. but
IL wOs a poor exhibition of the sport
The members of the tg0 teams rot
reckless In their rivalry aud did
everything but tackle each other. They
wreslled like bears. used the straight
arm In their rushes and knocked each
other down and the umpire was only
able 10 call them on the most fragrant
Of fouls. The majority of the young
men are exceptionally good players
but are careless In their manner Of
playing and II they expect to get
games with out OF town teams and
care TO win. they will have TO pursue
different tactics. The final score Was
II TO ~ in favor Of the whites.
The Shows
Spieler II, II. Larkin. dressed In a
George Washington costume and wear,
ing a diamond as large as tumbler.
stated In stentorian tones that he had
the best show on earth. and his state
ments we're not disputed. II was
Happy Hooligan Home. all for seven
cents. and II was well worth the price
of admission II was beyond descrip'
ton and all that can be- said Is that
Mr.. and Mrs. Hooligan fought over
biscuit and that II was a money.
winner Mrs. Larkin. Frank Sasoya
and Amos Clemons were associated
with the former In the venture
The fortune telling department also
took In a big share of the ma2uma.
Miss Margaret Harrison presided
over this mysterious feature OF the
big show. and what she told them
isn't 10 be repeated II may come true,
but, You ought to have seen the
prize fight Thomas Upset and Cor,
nelia Murray were thu promoters OF
the ''mill." and II was the greatest
sporting event that has been pulled
off in the southwest this year All
the sports were there and II was
voted big success. II happened
though that the fighters were only
No"uGh bul NuFy put u
game scrap. Besides the main attrac-
ton there were two red bats and a
barn yard swallow OH exhibition. The
bats were not such wonderful curiost
ties, being merely brick bats, and the
barnyard swallow was glass con
tanning a teaspoonful of milk. The
.Aa x1r1f xx,sfh thiu chou
Morton Howell and Charles Purcell.
Lawrence d. Clark captured the
first medal as a snake charmer. He
fearIessIy wrapped gaudily painted in,
ner bicycle tubes and garden hose
about him without the culver of an
eyelash. His performance was invari-
ably greeted with applause.
Wilson Hawkinson had charge OF
the fish pond, where one could get
anything by fishing for 1t worth from
one cent up to two cents, and 1t only
cost you seven cents throw. This
scheme of catching suckers was
money maker.
The dancing skeleton was there
with the goods. and Boney Stats. the
entertainer. would mind like dog.
He would shake his old bones until
he ratified land no one asked for
their money back. If they did, they
didn't get it. Miss Garnett Van Pet.
ten owned this show and the hangers.
on were Clarence Williams, Jacob
Taylor and Will Fugate
The "What-is-it" was big drawing
card 1t Is supposed to have been a
boy in a bear skin but nobody knows
1t looked like bear but what was
it. Fred Taylor, Orrin Blood and
Maurice Biehl were the promoters.
The artist In the photograph gal
iery was Harry Winso and Miss Mary
Holt. They took in the cash before
anyone was allowed TO pose. The
photographs were striking likeness
s. and resembied pencil sketches.
but the cashier informed the patrons
that II was new style of French