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ILLINOIS FARM SPORTS FESTIVAL 



PLANS for the seventh annual Illinois 

 Farm Sports Festival Aug. 29 and 30 

 at the University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 are moving ahead rapidly. 



More details of the program were 

 worked out at a meeting of the Festival 

 state committee June 3 at the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association offices, Chicago. 



The list of events drawn up by the 

 committee will provide the greatest par- 

 ticipation possible for all folks from 

 ages 7 to 70. 



Added to this year's program are Rural 

 Youth Softball for both boys and girls, 

 men's volley ball, and ping pong and 

 knot tying for women. 



Another program addition is a physical 

 fitness event for 4-H club members. 

 Some 25 counties are carrying on such 

 competition at the present time as part 

 of their 4-H programs. 



Eliminated from the 1946 program are 

 horse pulling, bait casting, clock-golf and 

 badminton. 



Deadline set for entries at the lAA 

 office, 608 South Dearborn St., Chicago 5, 

 Aug. 17 for Softball teams and Aug. 26 

 for other entries. Eligibility lists of 

 Softball ■ players must be postmarked not 

 later than midnight, Aug. 23. A $5 

 entry fee for all Softball teams entered 

 must be forwarded not later than Aug. 

 17. Entry blanks are being made avail- 

 able at County Farm Bureau and Home 

 Bureau offices. 



Other details of the Softball division 

 include: adoption of official 1946 soft- 



ball playing rules; to compete in Rural 

 Youth Softball play, players must have 

 attended at least two regular Rural Youth 

 meetings during the year. 



Program of Events . 



In main, here is the program of events 

 for the 1946 Festival: 



Softball — adult county league, all 

 county division, Farm Bureau members 

 over 35 years old, boys' 4-H division, 

 boys' Rural Youth division, girls' 4-H 

 division, girls' Rural Youth division. 



Track — two divisions for boys 15 

 years and under, and 16 and older: 50 

 yard dash, 100 yard dash, high jump, 

 broad jump, and \'2 mile relay. Two 

 divisions for girls, 1 5 years and under and 

 16 and older: 75 yard dash, high jump, 

 and broad jump. 



Archery — men, individual; women, 

 individual. 



Horseshoes — men singles and men 

 doubles; tug o' war, eight-man team; trap 

 and skeet shoots, men individual and team 

 (5). Rifle shoot, men, individual; men, 

 team, (5) ; women, team, (5) and wo- 

 men, individual. 



Bowling — men, individual ; men, team 

 (5) ; women, team (3) and women, 

 individual. 



Women's events — dart throwing, 

 ping-pong, chair quoits, clock golf, shuf- 

 fle board, knot tying, and horseshoes. 



Music and folk dance contest — family 

 singing, choral group, song leader, square 

 dance, folk dance, novelty dance band. 



square dance band and square dance 

 caller. 



Music specialties and novelties. 



Special events — woodchopping, in- 

 dividual; hog calling. 



Swimming — boys' divisions: 15 

 years and under and 16 years and older, 

 50 yard and low board diving. Girls' 

 two divisions: 15 years and under and 

 16 years and older, 50 yard swim and 

 low board diving. 



Checkers — individual ; volley ball for 

 men, and 4-H physical fitness event. 



Men's wrestling — two divisions: one 

 for those 17 and under as of July 1, 1946, 

 and one for those 18 and over as of 

 July 1, 1946. 



General eligibility rules for participa- 

 tion in the Festival are that all contestants 

 must be from Farm Bureau or Home 

 Bureau families, or 4-H club or Rural 

 Youth members, and at least one-half of 

 the participants in square dance, folk 

 dance, choral groups, square dance bands 

 and novelty bands, must be from Farm 

 Bureau or Home Bureau families or 4-H 

 or Rural Youth members. 



In the folk festival, each county may 

 make one entry in each division or sub- 

 division. It is also recommended that 

 counties hold folk festivals in which 

 selections are made for the State Festival. 



Next meeting of the state committee for 

 the Festival is schedule for 10 a.m. day- 

 light saving time, July 29 at the Student 

 Union building, Urbana. 



Roy P. Johnson, lAA director of special 

 services, is secretary of the Festival. 



JUNE. 1946 



