South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-19
sink BATTLESHIPS
AS LAST FEATURE
Of AERIAL CIRCUS
Merchants Are Enthusiastic in
Praise of Show That Brought
Out ThouSandS-Take Hats
Off to Weather Man.

With a beautiful slide for life from
the water tower and a terrific can
nonade that sent two battIeships TO
: the bottom OF St. Joseph river accom-
panied by another wonderful display
Of fireworks, the Aerial circus went
into history. That il was a pronOunc-
ID success was the verdict Of those in
emerge. The management was entire
= pleased with the way every part Of
the program was carried out and eX-
pressed itself so after the circus.
The flights and stunts" Of Micky
Mcclure OF the Lincoln Beachy school
more than pleased the managers and
the biz crowd at MUessel field was
heard 10 say on all sides that it was
satisfied Next TO MCGUIRE the fire
works display OF the evening was the
most highly appreciated and brought
big crowds 10 Howard park. The
crowd Thursday night was thought TO
rave been a monster, but that Of Fri
day night was believed to have out
numbered II by several thousand. The
incoming interurbans and steam
trains all day brought in big loads of
visitors from the outside while the
country roads were dotted all the day
with cars.
Weatssc- Was Ideal
The weather was one thing the
managers OF the circus took their
hats off TO. and pronounced it TO have
been ideally perfect for all the
stunts" The two balloons did not
live Up to expectations. The race be-
tween the two gas bags failed to ma
terialize on each occasion, for at the
moment Of starting the race. one OF
the men suddenly let go before hardly
off the ground No explanation Of
it could be given. That Of yesterday
almost proved serious, the balloOnist
taking a tumble of about twenty feet
and landing on his head He was UNI
conscious and taken to the county
Jail near by where he was revived aft
er a time. No bones were found
broken.
During all the programs and be-
tween each number the bands kept
things livened mp, and gave a short
concert each evening
one of the things the management
was appreciative OF was handling Of
the big crowds by the police. Despite
the thrOngS I'm the street and the hun
dreds OF autos not a mishap was re-
ported. The crossing police managed
the crowds without trouble. The
same was also true of the big crowd
on AIuesseI field. At no time did il
encroach on the enclosure allowed
for the aviator 10 land and gave him
plenty of room 10 make his dips and
landings.
Aviator Thrills Crowd.
Mickey Mcclure. THE Wild Irish
Rose of the air" Lincoln Beachey fly
er. lived mp 20 his name in his final
appearance yesterday, afternoon on
Muesse1 field.
Like "a plumnet he fell from the
sky. engine shut off, propeller tearing
like mad, and as the crowd gasped
and then expected to see him hit the
earth, a delicate touch of his wrist
turned the planes upward and like
gull he scared once more to the
heavens. Mcclure was barely 1900
feet in the air when he took his per-
pendiCular dive 10 earth.
He took especial delight in flirting
with MuesseIS brewery and the tele-
graph lines skirting the New Jersey
railway tracks. Once he missed the
wires by a bare foot as he skinned
gracefully over them. Then he soar
ed and ducked towards the field again
and this time the crowd did for q
minute look for trouble. Two women
running across got i'm the path of the
aviator and like a flash he dtved to-
wards them. ON. on he went until it
seemed he was about to smash the
women to the ground in his mad rush
when again he righted his planes sky
ward and gaily flOated into the sun,
missing the women il seemed by
inches
Corkscrew dips. spiral drops, SEEM