Twalva-yaor-old Dolerai Ma- 

 ple, Macoupin, win* woman'* 

 thuffleboord finglai wMi aas*. 



Mrs. Ledio Allan makas soma 

 amargency rapoirs on skirt of 

 Diana Selbel, McHenry county. 



fronds H a i a n , Champaign, 

 makas a bullseye and wins 

 men's singles event in archary. 



Ueyd Morceet, Georgia Cook, 

 Bond, win ping pong doubles, 

 praise of Bernice Engelking. 







Ninth Annual Sports Festival 

 sponsored by lAA, County 

 farm and Home Bureaus, 

 WLS-Prairie Farmer, U. of I. 

 Extension, and others, hits a 

 new high in participation 

 and attendance. 



On the top floor of the Huff gym 

 table tennis enthusiasts slugged away 

 for the ping pong championship while 

 nearby shutfleboard players were en- 

 grossed in their matches. Over in the 

 armory sharpshooters banged away in 

 the rifle shoot all day Thursday. Bowl- 

 ers tossed the ball at the hardwood pins 

 all day Thursday, and Friday morning 

 too. The heat was oppressive but 

 bowling gets in your blood and neither 

 heat nor cold can stop a rabid kegler. 



All over the campus as far as the eye 

 could see there were ball games, from 

 the 4-H girls class to men over 35, 

 stretching from the stadium south of 



the campus to Illinois field more than a 

 mile to the north. 



There were so many good music and 

 dancing acts in the folk festival that it 

 is difficult to single out any that stood 

 far above the rest. The best were rated 

 "A" and all were the cream of district 

 festivals in which more than 2,000 en- 

 trants participated. 



The stifling heat contmued through 

 the evening programs on Thursday. 

 Over at Huff gymnasium, the young- 

 sters who like modern dancing swel- 

 tered in the 95-degree heat but the 

 floor was jammed with dancers just the 

 same. At the women's building old- 

 sters and youngsters scraped, bowed, 

 and do-si-doed to the notes of the fid- 

 dler and the calling of Duke Regnier. 



It was a lot more comfortable out on 

 the lawn under the stars in front oi 

 the University auditorium where sev- 

 eral thousand spectators watched the 

 best of the folk festival contestants 

 present their talent. Another feature 



on this program was the singing of 

 three numbers by the Illinois 4-H Club 

 Chorus. 



The wilting heat seemed to have lit- 

 tle effect on the contestants because 

 bright and early the next morning the 

 campus was agam swarming with com- 

 petitors eager to put the finishing 

 touches on their opponents. 



Because the Sports Festival conflicted 

 with the Grand American Trap Shoot, 

 the Sports Festival trap shoot was held 

 Aug. 6 at the Champaign Gun Club. 

 The contest drew about 500 entries for 

 the trap and skeet events. 



The trap shoot became an exciting 

 duel between last year's champion 

 James Holderman, Grundy, and Ntarion 

 Partlow, Clark. Tied at the end of 

 their shoot, Partlow won on the shoot- 

 off before a large crowd. Partlow also 

 headed the Clark county quintet which 

 won team honors. In the skect shoot, 

 Wilford Tendick. Logan placed first. 

 Team winner was Kankakee. 



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Champion henashoa pltchar Winners of the short dashes 

 was tori Bomka, Sangamon, ware: Gale McDode and Backy 



last year's winner. 



Ayres, Champaign. 



Boys broad fump winner 



was Don Anderson, Buraov. 



He jumped 17 11". 



Mrs. Roscee Smith, Kane, who wen 



honors In several doubles avonta, 



tosses darts. 



OCTOBER, 1948 



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