You'll Want to Be There! 



Something for the Whole Family at the Sports Festival Sept. 4-5 



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The lanky young pitcher lifts his arm 

 and stretches his body skyward. His arm 

 rotates, his body twists, his foot rises in 

 the air. Then, like a flash, he lets fly a 

 fast one. 



Crack! The sound of ash on leather 

 brings the crowd to its feet. The ball 

 speeds over the lanky twirler's head and 

 into center field for a hit. He's going to 

 try for second. The center fielder scoops 

 the ball up and fires it to second. The 

 runner hits the dirt. "Yer Out!" shouts 

 the umpire. Or maybe he's safe. Better 

 come and see. 



There will be 50 or more such thrill- 

 ing games at the Illinois Farm Sports 

 Festival, Urbana, September 4-5. With 

 nearly a month yet to go before the entry 

 deadline, 48 teams from 24 counties have 

 been entered in thg Softball tournament 

 alone. It'll be a wonderful sight. Forty 

 acres or more of softballers — farm boys 

 practicing team work. They'll learn to 

 work together, too. 



From another part of the University 

 of Illinois campus comes the shout, "Two 

 ringers!" County champion barnyard 

 golfers are displaying their skill while 

 striving for the state championship. They 

 know how to lay 'em around the peg. 

 Many of the state's best horseshoe pitch- 

 ers have been developed at Farm Bureau 

 tournaments. 



You'll see some of the stoutest farm 

 teams in Illinois match strength at the 

 horse-pulling contest to be staged Satur- 

 day morning, the second day of the Festi- 

 val. Prof. E. T.- Bobbins, livestock ex- 

 tension specialist will be there to see that 

 everything goes off all right. 



Yo heave! shouts the leader of a tug 

 o'war team as his squad of eight lays in- 

 to the collar. The team that can dig in, 

 hold its ground and pull together will 

 capture the trophy in this event. 



What's going on over there under the 

 elms? Everybody crowds around. The 

 farm checker champs are at it. Ben BuU- 

 ington of Christian county has challenged 

 any farmer in the state to beat him. Ben 

 has plenty of competition. But let's move 

 along. 



Over yonder the crack of a pistol 

 draws your attention. The track meet is 

 underway. Here they come around the 

 circle in the half-mile relay race. Fast 

 steppers. A leggy lad is doing a high 

 jump. "Good boy, Henry, you made 

 it," shouts an admirer. Inside there's 

 a lot of splashing as swimmers 

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SHIRTSLEEVES WERE IN ORDER AS THE ILLINOIS FARM SPORTS FESTIVAL 

 CommiHee mef at Champaign, July 9. L»ft to right: Harry NevilU, Paul Mathiai. b. 

 C. Secor, 6. E. Metzger, Roy Johnson, F. J. Gingricht, J. E. Man, C: E. YaU, Gaor^a 

 C. Biggar, E. C. Foley, Cap Matt, Edwin Bay, Gaorga Thiem, chairman, and J. E. Harria. 



List of Events 



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5. 



SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT — ex- 

 pect 60 or more teams in adult, 4-H 

 Club and girls' divisions. Pre- 

 liminaries Friday. Final games Sat- 

 urday. 



BASEBALL — 4 district winners 

 play for state Farm Bureau cham- 

 pionship. 



HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT — 

 Entries limited to one doubles and 

 two singles from each county. 

 HORSE-PULLING CONTEST— 170 

 in cash prizes. Two divisions — 3,000 

 pounds and under, and 3,000 pounds 

 and over. Prof. Geo. Dungan in 

 charge. 



TUG O'WAR TOURNAMENT — 

 Eight man limit per team. One inch 

 hay rope. 



TRACK MEET— Young men (16 

 and over) and boys' divisions — ^ 

 mile relay (four on team), 880 yard 

 run, 100 yard dash, high jump, 

 broad jump, shot put, 100 yard swim 

 and 50 yard swim. Girls — 100 yard 

 dash, high jump, broad jump, 100 

 yard and 50 yard swim. 

 MUSICAL AND FOLK DANCE 

 FESTIVAL— George C. Biggar and 

 D. E. Lindstrom in charge, (a) 45- 

 minute free show by WLS entertain- 

 ers (b) Finals in Folk Dance and 

 Quadrille Team Contest — elimina- 

 tions Friday afternoon (c) Finals 



in string or novelty band contest. 



To be held Friday night, Sept. 4. 

 8. HOG-CALLING CONTEST. 

 ;t. (HUSBAND - CALLING AND 



CHICKEN CALLING CONTEST 



FOR WOMEN.) 



10. (SOCK DARNING CONTEST) — 

 Louis Schenck, Home Editor, 

 Prairie Farmer in charge. 



11. (ROLLING-PIN CONTEST FOR 

 WOMEN.) 



12. CHECKERS TOURNAMENT. 



SPECIAL FEATURES 



1. Entertainment by Farm Bureau 

 Bands. 



2. Shetland Pony Prize Drawing Con- 

 test. Farm children age 4-14 inclu- 

 sive. Must register by noon Satur- 

 day. 



;?. Farm family of 4 or more comingr 

 longest distance. Must register by 

 noon Saturday. (Prize — new radio) 



4. Largest farm family. Must register 

 by Saturday 12 o'clock. (Prize — 

 new radio) 



5. Oldest Farm Bureau Member. Must 

 register by Saturday 12 o'clock. 



6. Softball game between Farm Ad- 

 visers and I. A. A. staff (donkeys or 

 goats to be used if available). 



7. Experiment Station Tours Friday, 

 4:00 P. M.: Saturday, 8:00 A. M. 



AUGUST. 1936 



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