Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-07-11
SUCCESS DESPITE BAD WEATHER
Storms Kept Many Away But All
Who Did Come Had Good Time

Ladysmith's three-day celebration and
homecoming somewhat, and kept
many away who would otherwise
have attended, all who did come
were amply repaid and found plenty
to amuse them while here. Every
thing considered the program WIS
carried out very successfully.
While the most of the carnival
mer," the crowd seemed to be aware
of the fact and they We're given
slim attendance. The pG rfOrming dogs
were good and this show would no
doubt have made more money had
it not been Overpriced. The King
KOiZ company, an Independent aggre
CATION, gave perhaps the best show
of the bunch, but was poorly located
and barely cleared expenses. What
was without doubt the best show of
the celebration, and the best patron
lied by the way, was that put on by
NJ G. Martin at the Unique theater.
The crowds would stand and listen
to the 'barkers' in front of the
carnival shows and when they fin
ished their 'spiel" would rush up
to the home show to spend their
money, getting value received
which they wouldn't have got in most
of the others. All through the cele-
bration the carnival shows expert
enced difficulty in getting much of
crowd into their tents.
The carnival company brought with
them a goodly number of gambling
devices, which were played by the
suckers all day long. Many easy
marks spent nearly all the money
they had for the celebration on these
film flams, leaving but little for
things they would get some value
from
The redeeming feature for the
carnival company was the free at
fractions which were good The aero
batic work, including the stunts of
the Hay-rack Rubes,' were Of unu-
sual merit and would win applause
anywhere. The musical act was good
and the high dive was an interest
ing feature. The balloon ascension
proved a fizzle. No attempt was
made to make an ascension except
on the Fourth. After the crowd had
waited around for two or three hours
that evening an attempt was made
to get into the air, but after rails
ing a few feet, not enough to get
the parachute off the ground, the
balloon settled back and turned over,
releasing the gas, and the ''ascen-
sion was over.
The Fourth was the big day for
attendance, although a good many
people We're in town celebrating on
Saturday. Some were here for the
three days, but they were few
In the baseball games, Ladysmith
won two out of the three. The local
nine won the Thursday game with
Glen Flora by score of Is to 8, as
stated in our last issue.
Fridays game with Bruce was an
exciting contest all the way through.
Hayes was on the mound for Lady
smith and pitched fine game, that
with any kind of support would have
won. His support was very ragged
at times, and those times came as
often, it seemed, as occasions arose
when support was needed. The final
score was 8 to s, but Ladysmith had
the lead the greater part of the
game and apparently had the game
ION ice up to the fatal seventh in,
ming, when Bruce piled up five scores
on Ladysmith errors
The game with Amacoy Saturday
proved an easy victory for Lady
smith, although the boys from the
lake neishborhood put up a plucky
fight Vail through the game. The score
was 10 to 5.
The races and contests the Fourth
were much enjoyed by the hundreds
that witnessed them. The prizes were
won as follows:
Pie-e eating COntcst--Geo. McBain
1st; Willie Smith, End; Raymond
Petan 3rd; Elmer Robbins, 4th
Bun-eating Contest-Geo McBain,
1st; Willie Zdankevic. 2nd Willie
Smith, 3rd; Charles Dell, 4th
Girls race-Helen Kadlec, 1st;
Alice Dunahee, End; Bertha Walluks,
3rd
Boys foot race-CeCil Jordan, 1st;
Frank Feist. End; Guy Mcdonald 3rd.
Free-for-all, 100-yd. foot race
Frank E. Hunt, 1st; Lawrence Tay-
lor, 2hd; Clayton Lindsay, 3rd
Sackt race-George Sanders. 1st;
Elmer $Robbins, End; Robert Smith,
srd.
Tub face-Gerald Maloney, 1st;
Willie Godcher, End.