The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-02

Rev. Mueller made trip to the
cities Monday.
THE Power of Home Influence" will
be the subject at the Congregation
church next Sunday evening.
From Frlday's oaIis
The Y. Nj. {. IL. was certainly q
busy place all day yesterday. Long
before nine o'clock the hour scheduled
Tor the cross country run, members
and the people of the city had gathered
in front of the building to see the
boys off and watch the finish. Sharp
at nine the four runners, who had still
enough courage left for an attempt at
the five miles or more, started off.
They were quite evenly matched as
was shown by the finish The
finish also showed what training
does. The last man in had been train
ing but few days and was not in as
good condition as the others. The first
two men were very close and it was a
dash between them for the tape. w.
A. Sanborn touched first, followed lust
a half seOnd later by l.. L. Trotter.
S. w. Barnes was about three quart
ers of a block back and Raymond Hill,
fourth man, came in one minute later.
The time was thirty-seven minutes and
fifteen seconds for the best man.
The bowling alleys were in constant
use all of the day. Some good scores
were made. John Larson carried off
the high score of the day, tumbing
over i'll all 2O3 pins.
Six men took part in the checker
contests in the afternoon, Mr.. w. ID.
Keith carrying off the bigger share of
the games. In all some ninety games
were played in the contest.
At Cue Rogue, Arthur Weed carried
off the honors. Six men participated
and by process of elimination, Weed
was the last man in.
The relay by the juniors in the aft
ernoon was witnessed by almost as
many as saw the run in the morning
Twelve boys took part in this run.
One team was composed of Mcrrol
kmble, Phil Works, II. Schmidt, Ed.
Hart, +. Cowgirl and f. Pepper. The
other team of l.. Charland, C. Lang, i.
Schirrschmidt, liver Bedwell, L. Kimble
and j. Kelly. The latter team won
by Il very close margin. Time 90
minutes and ID seconds.
AT $50 the ladies of the auxiliary
served the dinner to the "Away from
Home young men. Sixtyfor in all
sat down to the dinner. The BOYS
had veritable feast and enjoyed every
minute. The menu consisted of turkey,
mashed potatoes, celery, olives, pickles,
Jelly, bread and butter, pump
Kin pie, cheese, coffee, apples and bananas.
The following ladies assisted: Mrs. W.
ID. Willard in charge, Mrs. Balm, Mrs
Schippel, Mrs. Mcconnell, Mrs. Cow
gill, Mrs. Brehm. The following ladies
did the serving: Misses Mabel Thomas,
Alice Thomas, Carrie Brewster, Grace
Brewster, Cray, Rodman, Schippel,
Walker, Osborn, Evans and Mrs. r. S.
Willard. Messrs. w. ID. Willard, and
f.. c. Brehm assisted the ladies. A
very short program followed. The sec
rotary spoke of the custom in many
Of the cities of serving such dinner,
gave the men present an opportunity
to express their appreciation to the
adde's and called attention to Il pic
-ure which had just been added to
hose in the building, entitled Break
ng Home Ties" Mr.. Roy Fleischbein
cad the presidents Thanksgiving proc
and Judge Lorin Cray talked |
20 the boys for few minutes OH
character forming. The latter was es-.
,ecially appropriate for the occasion
IND was valued by the boys as was
by the intense and prolonged |
applause.
AT eight o'clock the program i'll the |
gymnasium began. A class drill was
.he first, demonstrating what the as
ISOLATION physical department seeks
20 do twice week for the young men.
This was followed by volIey ball
game iii which some ten men partic
,ated. Then came on the event of the
,vening, basket ball game between I
he agricultural college boys, and the
ocal association team. This was in
ercsting from the word play. While
he visitors were bigger men, the local
Joys had them guessing about sixty
seconds out of every minute. The first
lalf closed with the locals in the lead
mt this was lost before the game
losed The final score was 81 to
Il in favor of the visitors. This was
he first game for the local men and
onsidering that they had had but
title practice a good showing was :,
made.
rom tuesdays Daily.
Another deplorable accident happened
N the street car track last evening, re.