Sports Festival Hits 

 ^eiv Higli In Interest 



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iJl m.in smiled .inJ so tliil i.'OO 

 \JJ tann atliktes and their lO.Odi) 

 t'ricniis wlio look part in and atteniliJ 

 tlic tliiril annual Illinois I'arm niircaii 

 Sports I'cslival on tilt University of II- 

 lin()i> tampiis, Septemlxr 2 and i. 



Hipli li_i;hl of tile two d i\ liinlc^t uas 

 the proizrain in Memorial Stadium I'ri 

 ilay nit'lit that ilrew an estimateil .';.(X)(t 

 auilienie. Ihe irowd tilled the west 

 stand except for a strip at ea. h end .wi^S 

 the bakony. 



The perlormance ot hlueribhon si.|iMre 

 dangers, folk dancers, iniisit anil dram.itii 

 contest winnjrs, novelty and sijuare 

 dance banils. the state chorus that saiiL' 

 ■ Harvest ( aravans.' radio talent from 

 WLS, WMHO. and WDZ, community 

 sinqini;, all topped otf with a thrillini; 

 wrestiini; bout between RufFy Silverstein. 

 Illinois .state champion, and the Arabian 

 strontiman, Cieorsjus Mansors. surpassed 

 all previous festival entertainment. 



'I here \\ .isn't a dull moment in the 

 three-hour show which opened with 

 music by the Hoone ( ounty larm Hu 

 reaii band, liarl ( . Smith. lAA jsresi 

 dent, and Assistant Dean Hudelson of 

 the U. of I. Aij college welcomed the 

 visitors and praised the festival for its 

 contribution to community life anti hap 

 piness in rural Illinois. Cieori;e li. Met/ 

 ^er, lAA (ield setretary. presided as 

 sistcd by D. li. Lindstrom. U. of I rural 

 .sociologist, and Cieo. ( . Hie'-'ar of W'l.S. 

 v^■ho hail charge of the I'olk I'estiv.il 

 events. 



liililors and photo,L;rapliers for III!- 

 mat;a/ine. Successful I-armint;, I'arm 

 Journ.il, as well as from Prairie l-'armer 

 -ind the lAA RIXORD were on hand lo 

 record the event. Movins; picture shots 

 were made of the I-"cstival for the loni- 

 in^' lAA .sounil picture. 



Out to reiaWure district participation 

 and competition honors they won a year 

 .iijo were Chamnaiun, DeKalb and Boone 

 counties. Of the three, only Boone was 

 ilisappointed when Henry county copped 

 the Distri.t 111 trophy with 7_'0 points. 

 To DeKalb in District II went lyJ^i 

 point.s, the greatest number won by any 

 county. Second in the state and first in 

 District I was ( liampaiyn county with 

 ISy*) points. Third in the state was 

 Vermilion with I s6() points. 



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B,iscli,ill laiis. too. were happv. I'hcv 

 s.iw se\en tirht uamcs between the six 

 ilivisional winners in the I'arm Bureaii 

 Baseball I.eai;uc. In the final tiame 

 Pitilier l.amont of DeKalb shut out 

 W'oodlord ~() lo win the championship. 



The tournament curtain-raiser I'riilay 

 morning' was a thriller in wliiih Will 

 nosed out ( arroll in a pitcher's iluel. 

 Store s to J. .Nil Lean defeated Bond ~ 

 to 'i in the tirsi round. DeKalb came 

 111 on .1 b\c .'lui pl.ivini: behind their 

 first .trinu pitJier. I'osjlesonu. dropped 

 Will " to '>. W'oodlord. also on a bve. 

 won li.uuiily o\er McLean 6 to 1. The 

 teams that dr.iw b\es have a deiideil ^^X 

 vantaLie in tourn.iment baseball and senti- 

 ment was expressed for a new mtthod 

 of m.itihint; teams next year. 



The losers playtil and Will handed 

 Ml Le.in a second defeat, 6 to J. ( arroll 

 lame b.ick to defeat Bond 1 I to i. Will 

 torteited the consolation sjame to ( ar 

 roll DeKalb took the titje. 



Most of the spectators at the I'"esti\al 

 trr.iviiatcd to Illinois I'ield and saw one 

 of these uames and several held to their 

 bleacher .seats for all of them. Durint; 

 the 1 I years of the Illinois I'arm Bureau 

 Baseball I.eaizuc interest has waxed and 

 waned but I'arm Bureau teams are always 

 popul.ir in the counties that support 

 tlicm. 



It was the sustained interest m the 

 I'arm Bure.ui Baseball League thai led to 

 the Inst Illinois I .irm Sports I'estival. 



DeKalb coimty s teams won three ol 

 the fixe soltb.ill tournaments in which 

 \\(i teams j->la\cd. They won the Adult 

 Count v I.eai^ue play by deleatini; Kan- 

 kakee I to 1. The title in the division 

 for I'arm Bureau members 3'' went to a 

 spry team of DeKalb oldsters when they 

 won from Vermilion, f i to 10. 



DeKalb county s yirls team retained 

 their title by deleatini; Peoria's team 'i 

 to I with a final put-out at the plate as 

 what would h.ive been the tyini; run 

 came in from third 



Mclean boys l-H ( lub team defeated 

 DeKalb 1 to I in the finals. Henry won 

 the All-C'ounty division championship. '^ 

 to I, o\er Peoria. 



The Illinois horse pullini; record was 

 raised from 36-^ pounds to 3(i')() pounds 

 when the Worlds champion team ot 



^rade Belgians from Cederdcll Farms, 

 Kendall county, pulled the load -T'j 

 feet. Runners-up in the contest, a team 

 of roan Belgians owned by Willard 

 Rhoads of Sprinutield, pulled 36's() 

 pounds two feet. About 1000 persons 

 saw the new record made. 



The womenfolks had tun galore vieinu 

 for honors in five special contests. Much 

 of their fun was with homemade ecjuip- 

 ment. Iliev volleyed tennis balls with 

 hand hewn paddles in paddle tennis. 

 They shoved heavy ylass furniture coast- 

 ers with mop-sticks in shuffleboard. 

 With h.'.nd-turned rope rinys and a kitch- 

 en chair they played chair cjiioits. (lock 

 uolf A as played with miniature croc|uet 

 sets. And the homemakers tossed steel- 

 tippcd cl.irls at a homemade tariiet in that 

 contest. 



Ihe festival was a credit to the bit: 

 committee of .some 200 representatives 

 from the lAA, (ounty larm Bureau and 

 Home Bureau, Univ. of III. and other 

 sponsorint: ^'roups who made it possible. 



The outcome of all events is as fol- 

 lows: 



HASIJJ.AI I, iU tf.irns rn tourn.itin-n!. 1\ in I.imkucI 

 DcK.ilb (tmniv Suie Champit)ns 



(16 teams) 



I^tK.ilb ( ountv winner 



Kounc) I: I.aS.illc *s. r li.tmrai^n e : l.ivnmvt.in 

 I'. (i.ml.iT.I :: Pi lit ^, Ml lean .': K.ink.iktc <. 

 Vi-rniili..n I. DuP.im- 8, Oirlc I: DcKilli Iv 

 M.irsh.ill-PLitn.liM I; T.i/cwc-11 II. Sanujni..n ^. 

 St, Cla.r 1. MaJiM.n 0. 



Kound It: l,i\ miist.m ~. L.tSallc >: Kankakee ~. 

 Piiti i: n.K.ilb r. DuPatc 1: T.i/t-«ill :. St. 

 ( Liir 1. 



Kdund III: Ki.ikakci' I.. I.umtMi.n 1: IXKalli 

 V l.i,',»ill ;. 



Hi.uncI IV: DiKall- I. Kankakee I 



( iinMit.ttion (f.inie: Iivint-st.in H. T.i/cwill I. 



All-(.ounty Diviiiion (.^6 teams) 



lkfir\ (iitintv winner 



Round I: Imnuiiis ^. Adams 1; Ta/cwell 8. 

 I ltini:liani i. Peuria ,■*. Verniiluin 0; Macn IT. 

 s.ineani.in ~ : Shclbv * f 'hafiipaitrn ^ : Mimrne f*. 

 s|all-v i. I.iviniNlon In. Cliristian S: lavper _'. 

 M, lean .■>; LaSalle It. Bureau ~; F.i-d S. Ideir I . 

 l-i.id V MendeiMiM I: Knox ". Mer.et d ; Ran.l.ilnli 

 li.rteit t,i Hniwn; I.ee ". DeKalb ^ : W'anen forfeit 

 to Madison' Henrv ^. (arroll t: St. Clair, i, 

 Ka:u n; Millenrv .•■ I . Pike 1. 



K.iund II: Iroiiuois ". Ta/e»ell ^. Penria v 

 .Ma. on :: licincMon f'. Munme ■■ . Lasalle ", 

 lasper I; l-ord ». Kn.ix S: tee I. Brown 1: Hentc 

 •I. MaJiv.in I: St. (lair II. M. Henrv I. 



Round III: Peona 111. Iroiiuois li : I.aSallc ■>. 

 l.iwn-ston ~: r.ir.l ^. lee 1: Ilenrv ^. St Clair .^. 



Round IV: Pemia I. laSalle I : Ilenrc 8, 



r.ir.l I. 



Round V: Henrv ^, l><-..tia t 

 Cains.ilation : I.aSaMe won .in l..ffeit fr.im I'.tf.i 

 I'arm Hureau members ^S years and over (12 teams) 



PeKalb (^i.iirtt\ winner 

 Round I: ( [i.ulipaiyn M. I'.ir.I 2: \*ermil-on 11 

 l.icn st-.n I: Kank.ikee P. Ir.iquois 1: fjeKalb I, 

 LaSalle V 



Peoria .5 rii.unp.iicn ?; V'e'mi'ion 

 Kankakee '). Warren S: DeKalb 



Round II: 



.\'. Sani^amon 

 I-. .M. lean :. 



Round III: 

 K.i-ik.kee 1. 

 Round IV: 

 ( onsol.ition : 



Wrinilii.n 1 i 



DeKalb 



I'JeKalb I I. Vermili.m 10 

 Kankakee foifeit to Feoti.i, 

 Hovs l-H ( luh (it teams) 

 M. lean (-itintv winner 

 Round I: Slielbv 1". (.lav 1; McLean -1. fliam 

 paiyn .i ; De>X'itt forfeit t.i f^I.irk ; Peona ■). Sanua- 

 nion ^ : Kankakee s. Vermilion 1 ; C^hristian for- 

 feit to Douclas ; Moultrie forfeit to Iroquois; Ltv 

 incston i;. Woodford I: Wanen :^. Ma.'iMm s. 

 DeKalb '). Will ' : DuPatc 9. Kcn.lall >. : Mat 

 shall Putnam 5. Seliuvler i; LaSallc •). Greene 5 

 Hureau forfeit to .Maeoupin ; Kn.ix IP, Oule ? . 

 Heniv 10, .S(. Clair 6. 



(T/int lo p.lK 



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V'-* . 

 CONTESTS 

 pulled — no I 

 calling contel 



La 



MUSICAL AE 

 Family sang 



SKILL — 

 county, 1 

 AND AGI 

 DeKalb jc 

 Peoria, la: 





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