The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-09-07
Naples Wins
In Labor Day
Tournament
Captures Big Baseball Purse
With Libby Taking
Second Place.
LARGE CROWD ENJOYS
SPORTS PROGRAM

to be tremendous success. Fine
crowds turned out for the celebra
ton, the weather was good and thu
day set aside to honor America.
workers was well spent so far a.
this community was concerned.
Saturday evening the Libby Jun.
ior baseball club played the Eu.
reka Juniors and the game ended
with the Libby group leading with
a score of 10 to |. Many of the
Eureka regulars were unable to at
tend the game and SO it was not of
flcal but more of holiday play
off.
A dance at Cedar Creek that ev-
ening started the festivities rolling
IN great shape.
Sunday morning Libby and Sand
point played ball and Libby won
with a score of 8 to |. In the af-
ternoon Naples and Couer d'Alene
played a good game which ended
with Naples in the lead by score
of 4 to q Monday afternoon the two
losing teams played and Occur
d Aiene came out on top, the score
being 10 to 0 in a Timing game
Libby was the loser in the afternoon
game when Naples trounced them
II to 7, thus winning the tourna-
ment and the big money. Naples
got the $500 purse, Libby $50
Cour d 'Alene $40 and Standpoint $40
Monday morning at $50 o'clock
the sports program held the atten-
ton of the crowd The first event
was the so yard race for boys. Jim
Madison won first place and Rob-
ert Brlnton came in second. Follow
ing are the winners of the differ
ent events.
Girls race, ages eight to ten
Charlotte Rally and Louise Beasley.
Boys race, ages II to l5-Ben
Vaughn and Robert Vinion.
Girls race-Doris Miller and
Joyce McRell.
Boys race, ages 6 and under.
Harold Gompf, Jim Brinton and
Phil Barr.
Boys bicycle races-Bill Seims.
Clinton Dennis.
Girls Bicycle race-Maxine Bur
lingham and Lorry Vaughn.
In the sack races the following
captured prizes: Russell Miller, Ed
ward Ferguson, George Earle, Jun
Tor Warrington, Bill Martin, Bill
Vaughn, Clinton Dennis and Bobbie
Fuller.
The fat mans race was called off
because of lack Of entrants. No
one present seemed to think them
selves fat enough to enter.
Young mans race = Dale Clark
and Brad Phillips.
AS usual the creased pig event
played large part in the excite
ment of the day. Approximately
81 entrants tried to catch the elusive
pigs the prizes finally going to Ben
Vaughn, Dewey Madison and Mil
ton Slauson.
Competition in the log saving was
unusually keen Eight pairs of saw
yers tried their luck and Hank
Smith and Brady Brown finally
came out first cutting the log in IS
seconds. Second place went to the
Decker Mccain combination when
they cut it in 4212 seconds.
Walter Swanson proved himself
when he went through Is inch log
IN two minutes and SO seconds. Hank
Smith was second in this event His
time was three minutes and 81 sec
onds.
Left Erickson, Helena, youngest
member of the supreme court of
Montana, was the main speaker of
the day. Mr.. Erickson gave a short
talk but which was to the point.
He spoke first Of the present war
in Europe and said tha4 al atoaieaa eff.
feet the laboring class in that prices
would be raised, thus causing pres
ent wages to have less buying DOW.
er. He said mo sacrifice is too great
If we can keep out of the war and
communities such as this can do a
great deal toward that end by fight
ing against our entrance every mo-
ment." He stated that the world
IN general and especially the United
States has nothing to gain by a war
he asked that we, as citizens, re-
slst to the utmost any attempt to
get us into the struggle.
Mr.. Erickson advised the Amer
lean people to stick to their bust
ness in this country and exert ev-
cry effort to preserve our democ-
racy.
In speaking of Labor Day he said
that it is celebrated throughout the
United States with a great deal of
happiness 1t is celebrated thusly
in order to pay tribute to labor, the
greatest class of people in the
world. He said, when labor ceases
then civilization ceases"
Mr.. Erickson said that he was
proud of the labor group in this
section Of the state because they
have developed fine and intelli-
gent organization here
Following Mr.. Erickson's talk
Perry S. Melton, editor of the Flat
head Labor Journal in Kalispell,
gave short speech. Mr.. Melton had
distributed copies of his paper to
those present previous TO his talk.
At one o'clock the Libby Fire De-