The Mankato free press., 1922-06-30
PARADE IS OPENER
AFFAIRS ON STREET
SPORTS AND PAsTIMES FILL
OUT MORNING
BOXING IN THE EVENING
Wrestling and Fireworks To End
Perfect Day; Races and
Everything.


10 A. NJ. on that day with a spec
stacular parade, in which every bus
mess house will be expected to
take a prominent part.
The committees having the pro-
gram of the day in charge held a
meeting this forenoon at the Civic
and Comm cree association rooms
and mapped out a tentative pro-
gram. Fuller details of this will
be published later on
W. E. Lloyd of the program com
mittee suggested that each firm in
the city delegate at least one OF its
members to look after representing
the concern in the parade. Mr..
Lloyd togther with the other mem
bers of the parade committee, con-
sisting of Louis Salet, chairman,
Colonel W. S. Fulton, George p.
LAWN, DR.. Roy n. Anderson, Mrs.
C. z. Wise, Mrs. c. H. Nerbovig,
and Miss Clara Stahl canvassed the
city this afternoon in an effort to
carry out that program.
The merchants OF the city will be
asked to decorate their places OF
the decorations committee will see
that streets are properly decorated
with flags
The. committee on street con-
tents, consisting of NJ. D. Fritz, J.
Nick Blough and G. A. White re-
ported a complete program OF
street srorts which will take about
an hour or hour and half to pull
on.
Atsthe suggestion of NJ. F. Sulli-
van the appropriation for the purse
creased from $3.50 to $275. James
Vile and the newly appointed Man
l1ato baseball team will be the at
traction on! that day.
Fireworks, according to the
statement OF George Atchison are
all ready to shoot, and will be in
all probability the grandest display
ever shown at the fair grounds.
VIII Have Running Race
The appropriation for races was
increased $50 this morning in order
to put on pony running race, J. ID.
Macbeth, chairman of the race
COMMITTEES, promised this morning
that there would not be a dull mo-
ment on the program. Between the
heats of the harness races the
bucking broncho and fancy riding by
Everett Weaver and half mile pony
nee, best two out of three will be
sled of.
-he committee on boxing and
ting reported that some very
esting events will be pulled on
here are Eve events on the pro-
=, which will be pulled on in
ont of the grand stand at the
anhato Fair Grounds commencing
$50 P. NJ.
NJ. F. Sullivan will confer with
chief of Police Landmark in re-
gard to policing the grounds.
J. j. F1achsenhar will see aid IN
selling and taking of tickets.
]. H Macbeth has promised that
of elevated platform on which to
pull of the boxing and wrestling
bouts. The arrangements last year
were not satisfactory to J. E. Rey-
= nolds, who had charge of the f1gh,
program.
The tentative program as out
lined by the committees this morn
ing was as follows:
Will Open With Parade
Street events eleven o'clock A
M They will consist of a fifty
dash; a ffty yard wagon race;
twenty-five yard sack race; TWEEN
lty yard Eddje kar race; twenty
tfyefy tennis ball pushing race
lmtytydrd relay race and doll car
Eparade. A special prize will be
lhmgTup in these events for coun
Try hoys and girls exclusively. The
event~wiH be a fifty yard dash fol
country boys, and girls sixteen, in
which. no children from the city viii
be allowed to take part
Immediately following the pro-
gram Of street sports, Armour &
Co. tof this city viii turn loose from
theItop, of a building a dozen white
ieghprn chickens. The lucky boy
or gfrk catching them can have the
bird for his own.
The gates at Mankato fair
grounds will be thrown open at II
A N. SO as to give people who wish
to eat their dinners there an op-
portunity to do so.
Harness races with special run
ming races and fancy riding be-
tween heats win Commence at 1:3t
p. NJ. at Mankato fair grounds.
Baseball between Janesville and
Mankato VIII be called at three
Boxing and wrestling in front Of
the grand stand, $50 P. M. and
this win start promptly at that hour
declared Mr. Reynolds today.
Fireworks P. M.
Dancing afternoon and evening on
the GROUNDS.
General admission for adults af-
ternoon, fifty cents children under
twelve, free; over twelve. twenty
FIVE cents: autos twenty nve cents
grand stand. twenty-five cents
blcechers fifteen cents. Night
prices, adults twenty five cents
children. under twelve, free: over
twelve fifteen cents: autos, twenty
FIVE cents; grandstand twenty i've
cents: bleechers, fifteen cents.
The next meeting of the fourth
OF July committees will be held al
rine o'clock Friday morning at the
Civic and Commerce rooms, where
every committeeman is expected To
report promptly, for it will be prac-
tically the last meeting before the
celebration
The committeeman present al
this mornings meeting were: Roy
Allison, Christ Steiner. NJ F. Sui
livan. E. W. willard, William
Schultz, W E. Lloyd, J. F. Cook
NJ. E . Madison George .Atchison
John Fl. Macbeth, J. ]. F1achsenhar
William Quimby. Frank Franciscus
J. Mex. Blough and w. e. Olson.
Evening of Thrills
What are going to prove most
interestinE events will start at $3.50
j. NJ in front Of the grand stand
Erwin Fowler of Napletou will
meet "Poots' Lorentz of Manka.c
u four rounds af snapry boxing