Show 99 9 1 I He Started It AllI All I II I I 4 j f g y 1 I I I 1 i Folks meet the first worlds world's champion tr tree tre e sitter sitter- year Ten old Jimmie Clemons above won the title and also 1367 1367 prize m money ney contributed con contributed contributed con con- by friends a and anCl iJ neighbors in Racine Wis wh whon n he stuck it t out for 34 hours and 13 13 minutes minute in his back yard The Chicago endurance fliers gave him the idea Above is Jimmie in his leafy perch a and nOd left I Jimmies Jimmie's refueling crew hoisting soda pop and sandwiches to him by mea means s of f the which was borrowed for the purpose I Tree Sitting Held Imitative Not Proof of Darwin Darwin's s 's T le Theories ries Endurance Fliers Blamed Fad Spreads ads From FraIn Wisconsin to Texas Boy Past Hour Mark Wont Won't Come Down yn Not Even for Saturday Bath CHICAGO July 16 United Press Why Press Why boys boys and and girls too too climb climb tr trees es and just sit there i instead stead of playing baseball or going swi swimming ming these summer days was wa explained today by Professor H. H C. C C Coffman psychologist at Northwestern Northwest Northwest- em ern university ity as a desire to emulate the famous Northwest Northwest-I Hunt Hunter r brothers and Shipwreck K Kelly The lure of fame that drove John and ind Kenneth Hunter to fly their m monoplane for hours and Kelly to perch a atop op fla flagpoles ol iI induced u t s Q S of of b boys ys and nd girls s. s to fo lea leave ve Jh their r J HoIeS I s d to sit for hours hours' and nd even ven days in m inthe inthe the bOUg bought of bf midwestern trees for a mythical title that has no national s sanction and certainly none in parental circles I Three factors factors' Professor Coffman Coffman Coff Coff- man said in describing th the tho PSYChOlogical psychological psychological psycho psycho- COt 1 logical reasons for the youthful crazeS craze are responsible First Intensity in intensity In- In then and third imitation The first Is 15 caused by the large number of ot marathons Professor or Coffman said The Hunt Hunter Huntr r brothers broke the airplane record A dance marathon has been going on more moro than 2000 hours and shows no sign of ot stopping Alvin Kelly nelly has hag been atop an Atlantic City flagpole for tor 25 days The interest naturally incites the boys bos Second l these marathons have havo come almost at once which In Inspires Inspires In- In spires boys bos to endurance nce feats teats and sitting in trees is about as high in inthe tho the air as they can get When one bo boy starts others Continued on page 4 tree Sitting Sifting 1 Is Ii IiI I Held H IdI Imitative it liy I Continued ed fr from m ii page 1 Imitate each one ne trying t to be a 8 aleader aleader leader r the tho professor sor concluded Tho The idea behind all ill the tree sit sitting tt ting g the professor said ald i fa Imitations i and l not ot 1 Instinctive iLs as m many n p patents parents re t. t concluded when their children took to tre trees s like Uke monkeys s It was vaa less than two weeks ago that Jimmy demons of of WR began the true sitting craze when he started In fun to sit It for fora a few V hours bours vas vas 8 el encouraged by his hili playmates and remained rip ip p a aday day duy ay and a half to become the original tree sitting Hitting champion Today the tho endurance fad had spread from irom Michigan n to Texas In Inthe Inthe the tho east boys boya Were taking to the trees tres in several cities clUes and bicycle ele riding marath marathons nR were going on In at nt least three places In Chicago a a. boy was riding a n. bicycle round and round a with block with the promise he lie would continue continua until the bicycle w wears out Three small children started A swinging contest here but lt gave It top up after a n. few hours SCORES ALSO ALS tRYING TRYING The Tue claim of ot Jack Richards 14 Kansas ansas City that he had been tree sitting longer than anybody else elso was hot not disputed but in scores score core of ot trees there were boys and nd girls IrIs who Were not many ninny hours behind him Jack passed ed the tile hour mark muk today and received the worlds world's tribUto tribute trib trib- uto ute when news reel cameramen visited him Trouble developed over that however because the cameramen camera camera- men forgot Jacks Jack the tho b joys boys ys who pass pus up lP food tood to him and the bo boys s 's went vent on strike c but returned re re returned returned re- re turned soon eoon loon J Jack ck has lots lota of ot competition corn com petition in his home town and several sev sev- eral boys bos and one girl are only afew afew a afew few hours houis behind him At Dallas Tex Tax a year old tree sitter A A. A Ross Roes Sonny Frank Jr climbed into a n. three-foot three high tree eat sat fot for a a. while then f tell fell lI out His mother said saM she abe was sorry he came d down wn because while he was in lU the tree she ehe knew where to find him He He- wasn't hurt hurtin in tho the fall David Hogan of ot Minneapolis ha had 1 settled his ground troubles trouble today tollay md acl withdrew his announcement he Would come colne down Saturday Up Up more than hours David was told he lie must come down n at nl the end of the week for a a. bath His playmates settled that que question with Davids David's mother by sending lending him him a a. bucket of ot water and promising to todo todo todo do so 80 regularly regular In Chicago at least a a. L dozen sitters sitters sit- sit had gained newspaper no atten- atten atten atten- tion St eral of ot th them nl have havo made elaborate arrangements to sta stay up all all' summer and comfortably Be ee- ee tIed led In houses built bunt among the treetops |