With the court of honor smiling thoir approval, lAA Director Otto Steffey, chairman of the 

 Sporti Festival, puckers up to kiss Queen of Sports Evelyn KoskI, 38, of DeKolb county. 



MEET the Queen of Sports, pretty 

 brunette Evelyn Koski of DeKalb, 

 star fireball pitcher of the cham- 

 pionship DeKalb women's softball 

 team. 



Evelyn was crowned Queen of Sports 

 by Doug Mills, University of Illinois di- 

 rector of athletics, during the Friday after- 

 noon ceremonies of the Sports Festival. 



The crowning ceremonies were held 

 in the University of Illinois football sta- 

 dium. 



Preceding the crowning ceremony 

 Evelyn marched into the stadium leading 

 the parade of championship winners. 

 During the crowning Evelyn was flanked 

 by her court of honor, composed of 13 

 women championship winners of Festival 

 sports events. 



Back in DeKalb Evelyn is not only a 

 crack ball player and athlete, she also 

 manages to crowd two other full time 

 careers into a busy life. 



She not only keeps house for her 

 husband, a former captain in the air 

 forces and veteran B-17 pilot of 51 mis- 

 sions, but also manages to find time to 

 be secretary to the general manager of 

 the DeKalb Agricultural Association. 



Evelyn grew up and lived on a farm 

 until her marriage two and one-half years 

 ago. Her father, Harry Mosher of De- 

 Kalb, is a good Farm Bureau booster. 

 He's been a member for 25 years! Evelyn 

 and her husband joined Farm Bureau 

 soon after they were married. 



Evelyn has played an active part in 

 the Rural Youth organization in DeKalb 

 county. She was a member for about 

 five years and at one time served as 

 secretary of the DeKalb County Rural 

 Youth. 



She not only loves sports but she is 

 Sports Festival minded too. For several 

 years she has worked on the DeKalb 

 Countv Sports Festival committee. 



Evelyn is not the only member of her 

 family that likes softball. Her brother. 



Name First 

 Queen of 

 SPORTS 



Bob Mosher, played on the all-county 

 team at the state Sports Festival. A 

 second brother, Jack, played on the sec- 

 ond place DeKalb Rural Youth team. 



Her sister, Dorothy, also appeared at 

 the Sports Festival and was a member of 

 the fifth place bowling team, placed 

 first in shuffle board doubles and first 

 in chair quoits doubles. 



The DeKalb county girls softball team 

 has gone to the state Sports Festival for 

 six years and each year has come home 

 with the championship. 



Evelyn pitched on all of these six 

 championship teams. 



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bert, Edgv; 2nd, Jicli Mtttiagly, Coles: 3rd. Hirrr 

 Wright, Ji., DuPage. 



Cirli — (16 ud older) Diving: Ut, Joan 

 Clemeots, Iroquois 2od, Lora Martin, Cliampaign ; 

 3rd, Carol Neurcutnei. Bureau. 



Girls — (15 and under) Diving: 1st, Mary Ras- 

 musen, DeKalb : 2nd, Noma McGwinn. Coles ; 

 3rd, Donna Davis, Champaign. 



TRACK 



Boys (16 and older) — High Jump: 1st. Robert 

 Lcnhausen, La Salle; 1st. B. Adams (tie), Kane; 

 3rd, Russell Anderson, DeKalb; 3rd, Wendell 

 Bowers (tie), Vermilion. 



Boys (IS and under) — High Jump: 1st, Ben- 

 nett Roadhouse, Greene ; 2nd, Robert Harms, Iro- 

 quois ; 3rd, James Funhouser (tic), Edgai. 



Boys (16 and older) — 50 Yard Dash: lit, 

 Don Shuman, Whiteside: 2ad, Pete Bartram, Qarlc : 

 3rd, Jim Moore, Adams. 



Boys (15 and under) — 50 Yard Dash: 1st, 



iohn Pinegar, Vermilion ; 2nd, Ronald Reigel, 

 lason; 3rd, Jim Moreland, Vermilion. 



Boys (16 and older) — Broad Jump: 1st, Jim 

 Moore, Adams ; 2nd, Don Shuman, Whiteside ; 

 3id. Don Schultz. DeKalb. 



Bioys (15 and under) — Broad Jump: 1st, John 

 Pinegar, Vermilion ; 2nd, Jim Torri, Bureau ; 3rd, 

 Robert Harms. Iroquois. 



Bovs (16 and older) — 100 Yard Dash: Itt. 

 Jim Moore^ Adams ; 2nd, Don Stormer, Vermilion ; 

 3rd. Don (Jhrisman, Vermilion. 



Boys (15 and under) — 100 Yard Dash: 1st, 

 John Pinegar, Vermilion: 2nd, Dick Jury, Wood- 

 ford : 3rd, Ronald Reigel, Mason. 



Boys (16 and older) — Relay: 1st, Whiteside; 

 2nd. Vermilion ; 3rd. Bureau. 



Girls (16 and older) — High Jump: 1st, Velma 

 Ackerman, Tazewell ; 2nd, Alice Rich, Crawford ; 

 2nd. Owen Laufer (tie), Kane. 



Girls (15 and under) — High Jump: 1st, Nancy 

 Twillieer, Bureau ; 2nd, Agness Layden, Vermilion ; 

 3rd. Jean Adam«. Kane. 



Girls (1« and older) — 75 Yard Dash: Ist, 

 Shirley Lyons, DeKalb ; 2nd. Janice Fager. Mason ; 

 3rd. Bernice Ringhouse, Mason. 



Girls (15 and under) — 75 Yard Dash: 1st. 



Winning a blue ribbon in tumbling Is the 

 Wabash county 4-H team, left to right, 

 Clark Esarey, Billy GrofI and LoRoy Scott. 



Charles Fray, Alton, crack shot for a cartridge company, gives demonstration during skeet 

 and trap shoot at Champaign gun club. . i . 



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