The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-08-04
THRILLS FEATURED
filters PROGRAM
HARRY PROCTOR CAUSED
FOLK TO HOLD BREATH
AUTUIPOl2 SOME GAME
Then There Were Motorcycle
Races; Parachute Jump
and Everything.

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4 good clean show was given the
public of Mankato and vicinity yes
:erday afternoon at the Mankato
.air grounds by the Federated Filters
If Minneapolis who were billed for
IN aerial circus, auto polo and mo-
:orcycle races. A crowd of not less
han fifteen hundred persons and
vaTiously estimated from that fig
are to two thousand was gathered
inside the enclosure when the per-
:ormance opened aod fully half that
number was clustered on the hill
sides overlooking the grounds.
The features of the afternoon
we're the aerial acrobatics OF Harry
Proctor, who did a stand on plane
complete and perfect loop by
Lieutenant Vernon Omlie and a.
side car motorcycle race for ladies
which had three starters with the
Gopher Motorcycle club from Min
neapolis. The race was a hot one
and the handling and riding of the
women drivers was remarkably
good. The auto polo contests were
all that the advertising promised
and ended in tie when all four
ears had been put out OF commits
sion by a number of collisions and
TOUR spills, including one smash
when two cars went head on into
The grand stand. The crowd had
when the radius rods on a yellow
ear huckled and the vehicle became
manageable and ran Wild around
The track
The motorcycle races were holly
contested, but the Mankato entry.
Henry Zimmerman, had not the ex-
perience to compete with the pro-
sional speedrs and was left in fourt
fessional speeders and was left in
fourth place in the race he enter
ed. One Of the bright spots in the
card was the bicycle race for boys
in which seven Mankato youths
started.
Planes Fly In Formation.
The beginning of the aerial circus
came near the close when three
planes came out of the east, flying
in military formation and after some
maneuers, each went a separate way
doing all the stunts in the book.
Proctor, on the Ornlie piloted ship,
did his stuff in a workmanlike man
ner and completed his stunts with
an excellent parachute jump. He
landed Just a short distance outside
of the fair ground enclosure but
had a battle with the prevailing
winds to land anywhere In that VI
cinity.
The show was entirely satisfac-.
tory to the big crowd and there
were no complaints of any kind
heard from anyone.
The first race on the card was
started promptly at three o'clock.
- was a two mile motorcycle race
and was won by James Strout OF
the Fliers with his team mates, Art
Spain and Art Peterson in second
and third and fourth went to IL.
zimmerman of this city. Time OF
the two miles was announced as
two minutes and twenty six seconds.
During the next event, a point OF
auto polo, a small amount OF rain
fell but it was just enough to lay
the dust on the track and after the
shower, the track was in better con-
dition for its having rained.
The third event was i've mile
race for side car riders and went
in the fast time Of seven minutes
and five seconds. Baker with
Henderson and Kleinegger with a
Harley Davidson were one-two
with only few feet between and
Weston took third place. The start
ers wire all members OF the Min
neapolis contingent who attended
the show with about twenty cycles
and forty people.
Face For Three Miiee.
Srout won the three mile motor
cycle race and was followed in or
der by Art SPAWN, Art Peterson and
Mr.. johnson, as he was announced,
all members of the company. 1t was
a race featured by some hard sprint
ing and daredevil riding and several
times on the turns spill seemed
imminent Time, three minutes and
thirty three seconds.
The five mile race was won by
SPAWN with Peterson and Johnson
in second and third positions. The
time was FIVE minutes and fifty sec.
onds. II was another good race with
all the finishing riders. members OF
the company.
Women's Sidecar Race.
Mrs. Weston Of Minneapolis won
the side car race with her husband
riding the car and she proved to be
an exceptionally fine rider. The
second place winner was announced
as Ruth Smell and she finished in
that position only after hard chase
and q final victory over Mrs. WHIT
ing who took third. There We're
but three starters and all from Min
neapolis. ,
was for a half mile and prizes to
be given the winners. First was
won by Raymond Olson who was
closely followed by Russell Morris.
Remaining places went to King
Richards, NJ. Force, Otto Koehne,
William Busch and John F1iesen.
Time for the half was announced
as one minute and forty seconds.
The first two to finish were promis-
ed a ride in the Federated planes
and other prizes included acces-
series for the boys bicycles from
the Leon Little, Mahowald and A.
Zimmerman shops.
The show goes from Mankato to
Lacrosse, Wis, where it plays it's
next date on Sunday next. The per
Torrance was of a high grade and
IS deserving of good attendanca4in
their succeeding stands.
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