Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-30
AERIAL STUNTS
PRECEDE CAME
AT R0URKE ARK
Fl. Omaha Team All Ready to
Mix With Warriors from
st. Paul Aviation
School. ~

e"'e a. NouiNc park To-Day Win
. st. Paul Aviators, and in anticipa-
ton OF a sure display of athletic
superiority and proves, Fort Oma-
ha men, to the number of 1900, last
. night paraded through the principal
streets of Omaha with their crack
. band necessarily playing. A con-
cert was then given on the court
house square, with interludes of new
wells" A similar parade will be
held this noon for the final wind
up for the game.
For further assurance of an event
tul day. the government weather
bureau at Chicago forecasts fair
/. weather in this locality. Hence the
cleaning of the snow from the field
yesterday by the boys.
There will be aerial stunts before
. and during the game. Major van
: Nostrand, executive officer of Fort
Omaha who il directing the big
army program, announced Friday
night chat permission for the stunt
!, lying had been given.
: Ten parachutes will be prepared
! and placed in line for a race, with a
! fat man hanging on the rear end
: OF each, and then let go certain
distance. The man holding on the
longest and carried\the farthest will
I be the winner.
Thre. Planes in Action.
: There will be three planes in ac-
!, fion. The flyers who will perform
! are Lieutenants Max Mills, Joseph
I M. Shimmon and/ Franklin w.
! Gledhill. The Aviators will make
4 their first appearance at 2:30 o'clock,
I. when they will drop foot balls on
! the gridiron in mimic bombardment.
!. The acrobatic flying will be put on
: between the halves In addition to
the individual stunt flying, Lieuten-
!. ants Gledhill and Shimmon will
! carry on a sham duel in the air.
: A free balloon flight will take
place at 2:20 O'Clock, the balloonists
z starting from the center of the foot
ball field. They will rise to 10000
6 feet. Those who will make the
3 flight are: Major Clarence Maran-
! vile, Captain Charles Mccullough,
|, Lieutenahts, D. A. Horning and
]. George d. Kingsland and Mr.. r. l..
] Medhurst, chief clerk atFort Oma-
4 ha. Lieutenant Kingsiand will be the
I pilot.
! St. Paul Team at Fontenelle.
y The St. Paul team will arrive in
= Omaha this morning and will make
Z their headquarters at the Fohteneile
/, hotel. Latest reports indicate that
\ the mechanics are in the best of
: shape for the fray and ready to
{ smear "red" all over Omaha.
: The strongest confidence of vic
; tory exists on the part of Lieutenant
Z John G. Mckay, Fort Omaha coach.
: and Lieutenant NJ. S. Halliday,
s coach of the visiting team. DR.. Joe
3 Reilly of the Kansas City athletic
I club will be referee.
= Some of the stars that will bat
tie at Rourke park this afternoon
y are Warner. former varsit, end on
Michigan; Shepard, star from OAR
mouth; Marshall, who figured on
4 the Brown eleven that crumbled
Harvard and Yale; and Chicken.
= captain, who is regarded as one of
the fastest "semi-pros" in foot ball
= Guttorser and Schumacher are two
= boys built close to the ground and
mot easily budged therefrom. Will
liams figures in every game, either
: smashing interferences or making
the tackle.
Game Starts Early.
The game is called for '2::30 sharp
The lineup is: