Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-09-04

won by Charlie Larsen, with
Harry Judge second. Their
prizes were, respectively, So
and So A 100 yard race for
boys under 16 years old was
nexc announced. A score or
more entered, the winners be-
ing, first, Emmett Hesrn, prize
SD; second, Clecland Wsrnick,
prize, So A girls race follow
ed, wi h eight entries. Mari.
Davidson won fi,st p~iz.'. So;
second. Mable Mende 1halA,
pr;z., So When the lit lie g;Jls
were asked what they We go
to do with their pr;z money.
they characteristica!ly r'p|ied:
"Buy ice cream soda a,lolls :"
The race that followed UPS de-
scribed as SO pinpin. "rnd it was.
There we're two pciz s offered
for fat men, and in this contest
there could re no loser, IS
there were cnlv tun rr'e,ies,
G. C. Cook and Erick johnson.
Cook came in fist, winning So,
and johnson. who was slightly
behind, carried away the sec
ond prza of 50
An ,ther funny race was then
scheduled It. was the three
leg cnntes. and thee were
thirty h"ys svx nus tn ronteet
over ,he fiftv ward course
The wee was u,nr nv X meth
S;ckh ard K.nr. tn Whitme r
nr 2 SO. wi'h Harlem Pike ard
r Idle Stout SECOND, PR So
tn re- we've on'v frur bows i'm
the sack race IF ~ ir,y vards
l. was won " Harlan Pike,
prizo So, vith lnhrrie Riley
secord. pt re SO Tine Shoe
rsce was q f,ec.ftraI' and
Great d as much l.rphter ard
amusement IA the fat mems
race Fo-tv hovs ni'ed their
shoes on a hesp thirtv wards
from the artinp line. made a
wild 'ush to pick out their wn.
put them on and return to the
starting p int. Clarence With
row, whose white slippers We re
easily found, won the first
prize of So, and James Murphy
came in Tor the second pre- of
So
There were 35 entries in the
half mile foot race. 1t was
run in 2 minutes and % Sec
o de, being won by Ed Shan
ron, who received a SIS prize.
An exciting pony race over the
half mile course was won by
Johnny Murphy, a school boy,
who received SIS Roy Gaver
came in second and was award
ed So The boys half mile BIZ
cycle race was won by Harold
Mcqueen, who received a SO
prize
At this point in the races the
base ball game between the
Boile. makers and Machinists
was called. In a hot nine in
ming game the former won the
score being 6 to 5. The line.
up of the teams was as follows:
i Machinists:
/! ] II Judge, captain, played
left field; Geo. Webster, catch
er;; Geo. Heflsy, pitcher; Geo.
Moss, first base; Chris Christen-
son, second base; Dick Lewis,
third base; El Shannon, short
stop; Dick Jordon, right field;
Ed u !wards, center field.
Boilermakers:
Henry Will, captain and left
field; Jack Eagerson, catcher;
A V. Nordeen, pitcher; Eu-
gene Burgoyne, first base;
Boone Daniels, second base;
Rudy Zackmeister, third base;
"Dude" Kenny, short stop;
John Nelson, center field; Art
Hansen, right field. Ike Sick
Ter was umpire ard while HE
life was not made especially
p easant by the fans, he gave
high satisfaction to both teams
and the game was absolutely
+ ee from the usual squabbling
When the game ended, z E
w .lletts, of Cheyenne, Wyo,
| gave a fine exhibition Of hand
ling a lasso. and later Ed Ed
die, of the same place, rode a
bronco, who cavorted over the
enclosure for a few minutes
and then, refusing to buck
longer made a bee line for the
fence, which he jumped and it
was sometime before the ami
NAL was caught. Eddie jump
ed off in time to keep from be-
ing hurt when the horse COL
III u