The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-09-01
GO OVER THE TOP
WITH CELEBRATION
LIVESTOCK FAIR AND GALA DAY
DRAWS LARGE THRONGS
ON TUESDAY
COMBATNt BEES FURNISH EXCITEMENT
Fiandreau Wins Hard Fought Ball
Game from Hetland by Close
Score, 4 to S.

The American Legion and the Boys
and Girls Livestock Clubs went over
the top again Tuesday with their gala
day and livestock show. The weather
was ideal and crowds gathered from
all parts of the county and many came
from neighboring towns Of ~Flandreau.
Arlington and Hetland. The entire
program was carried out without a
hitch and everyone vas satisfied that
they had received their moneys worth.
The credit for the success Of the cele.
bration is largely due to the untiring
efforts of DR.. o. II. Lawrence, post
commander of the American Legion.
II. j. Boyts, county agricultural agent,
and r. A. Turner, who kindly volun'
teered his services and gave Of his
best to make the day a success
Financially the celebration was a
thorough success, which was one Of its
most unusual features, celebrations Of
the kind held in Brookings have ordi.
narily been disappointing from a finan.
cial point of view. The crowd that
passed through the gate was estimated
at nearly w thousand for both after.
noon and evening. The ball game be.
tween Flandreau and Hetland was the
big feature of the day, Flandreau WIN
ming by a narrow margin, 5 to 4. In
the first three innings the game was
played loosely and Flandreau gained
a big lead. Hetland frightened up in
the fourth frame and from then on
both teams played real baseball. There
was much heavy hitting but the field.
ing was of such high quality that scor-
ing was light. Many beautiful catches
were made in the outfeld and the IN.
field staged several clever double plays
and sensational acts. Hetland endeav-
ored to pull off a ninth inning rally
and hopes ran high when n man sue.
ceeded in making the circuit but three
men were down before they could count
a tie. Battery for Hetland was Nc
Clemens and Walseth; for Flandreau,
Glenn and Volkman. r. A. Turner UNI.
pired.
The big thrill of the day came dur.
ing the ball game when a hive Of bees,
who had colonized under the grand
stand, became disturbed and charged
out upon the unsuspecting crowd. A
near riot took place after the first few
bees had placed their stingarees into
innocent bystanders. One chap fought
a duel with a bee and got stung on
the nose. The casualties were ume
Gus and many were highly amusing.
The crowd and the bees were soon
quoted down and all proceeded
smoothly.
j. r. Montgomery of the Central Co
operative Livestock Commission of
South st. Paul, gave a short address
to an audience of farmers in the grand.
stand following the baseball game, ex-
planning the purposes and the func-
tons Of the new cooperative commits
sion composed of $50 Minnesota farm.
ers' associations. THE time has
come" he stated, when farmers must
not only produce but must go a step
farther and carry his products closer
to the J. am here to offer
the shipping associations of South Da-
kota an opportunity to give the coop
erative livestock commission a trial"
In the evening the band concert by
the combined bands of Volga, Bruce
and Bookings, proved to be a pleas
ing aftermath to the busy day. This
was the last band concert of the sea-
o n An exhibition boxing match was
staged by Hartwick and Schultz. The
grand ball in the American Legion
hall wound up the celebration. The
largest crowd in the history of the
hall was present and enjoyed the pop
ular social diversion.