TABLE 2. RECORD OF HORSESHOE PITCHING BY TEAMS AT FARM FESTIVAL 



the state championship he had an indoor 

 court on which he could practice every 

 day. 



Blair Nunamaker, world's champion 

 1929 to 1933, also recommends practice. 



but he says, "Never play too long at one 

 time. I suggest a half hour a couple 

 of times a day." Nunamaker advises 

 that players concentrate in their throws 

 and "always follow through on their 

 delivery." 



MESSRS. DREW AND PATRICK 

 Their record: 56 per cent ringers. 



and farm adviser in Christian County. "I 

 am sure had it not been for the fact that 

 John C. Watson, I.A.A. statistician, gave 

 his well-qualified support in compiling fig- 

 ures, there would have been a number of 

 casualties. An extra cordon of police were 

 necessary to hold back the ever-pressing 

 crowds." 



INTERESTING NOTES 



"No rowdyism whatever was apparent to 



officers stationed at the stadium and near 

 the campus during the first Illinois Farm 

 Sports Festival,"' said Roy Argo, Cham- 

 paign's chief of police. "The traffic was 

 very heavy, but drivers were careful and 

 not even a scratched fender was reported at 

 the station." 



Leslie Scranton, Adams county's chief 

 baseball hurler, who contributed heavily to 

 his team's victory . in District V, has been 

 signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, to play 

 with their Springfield, Mo., team next year. 

 He was at Bloomington trying out when 

 his team opened its losing tussle with Will. 



polis, 85 percent of butter sold is Prairie 

 Farms. Gougler questions whether another 

 county can report as good a record. 



Vermilion County's champ tug-o-war team 



weighed 1920 pounds, an average of 240 

 lbs. per man according to George Lenhart, 

 Farm Bureau president. 



While General Chairman, George Thiem, 



was handing out trophies to winners of vari- 

 ous events late Friday afternoon, the checker 

 tournament was still going full tilt in the 

 Gym annex. It is reported that the boys 

 played far into the night with Carson G. 

 Metcalf of Greene county emerging the vic- 

 tor. 



"It was my impression that checkers was 



one of the great American sports. 1 found 

 from talking to the players that it is a 

 religion," says C. S. Love, checker chairman 



Approximately 120 limestone samples were 



tested recently under the supervision of J. R. 

 Bent, temporarily retained by the lAA. The 

 samples were taken from 75 sources of 

 supply and cover the entire state. 



Although it rained continuously for sev- 

 eral days before the Festival, the sun broke 

 through the clouds Thursday afternoon and 

 beamed down on the big crowds Friday and 

 Saturday. 



Bob Hohenstein, Will County catcher, was 



the only man injured in baseball during the 

 State tournament. He was hit on the head 

 with a pitched ball and knocked out. Sev- 

 eral minutes later he rose to his feet smil- 

 ing and resumed play. 



Prairie Farms Butter scores high in Ef- 

 fingham County, reports F. A. Gougler, man- 

 ager of Illinois Producers Creameries. Of 

 all butter used in Effingham County, 60 per- 

 cent is Prairie Farms. In Effingham, every 

 store is handling it. In Montrose, 90 per- 

 cent of all sales is Prairie Farms. In Teuto- 



OCTOBER, 1936 , 



R. Drew Livingston 



Otto Whitler Macoupin 



Truman Standard Fulton 



Harry Scranton - — Adams 



Harry Torbert — DeWitt 



H. Patrick — Livingston 



Ed. W, Doubet Peoria 



E. Huisinga . Piatt 



Gilbert Collins Kendall 



M. Huisinga Piatt 



Floyd Torbert DeWitt. , - 



Melvin Scranton _ Adams 



Herman Standard FuUoa 



Clarence Whitler Macoupin 



Dean Stevenson Henderson 



Fred Burrus Henderson 



Carl Strubhar . _ Ford 



Arch Sharpe Ford 



E. E. Houghton Peoria 



Leonard Greer — Vermilion 



A. Danker Kankakee 



Cletus Wax Kankakee 



Leon LeMair Hancock 



Wallace Watts _- LaSalle 



Joe Kukuck Kankakee 



Milton Hem .v. Kendall 



W. R. Bilderback Hancock 



Harold Peach _ Lee 



Leslie Larkin Lee 



Herbert Roseling _ _ LaSalle 



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