Show SPORTING PROGRAM AKES FUN disturbance staged by commercial club pleases patrons gate receipts light while the gate receipts of the commercial clubs big sporting event at the high school gymnasium last evening were not quite as heavy as they were for the willard johnson affair over in cuba a few days ago it is more than likely that the local doings produced more real laughter one thing is certain every patron was satisfied no one called for his money back the commercial club basket ball team probably have as much fun with their opponents the high school boys as they expected to but they had the satisfaction af R having their laugh first the score was to something in favor of the school boys the wess jillard john jackson boxing contest was all its promoters had hoped it to be both principals were in the pink of condition county superintendent earl thompson impersonated the big black gorilla to perfection both in personal appearance pe arance and in science prof 0 H peterson principal of the public schools who acted the part of the big kansan was there with the goods cashier dan jensen of the state bank of sevier gave splendid satisfaction as referee space and time does not permit of a detailed description of the disturbance by rounds in a general way the first and second rounds were fast and furious both men being perfectly cool and apparently confident at the end of the second however they were not so cool the pre loosened up the shoe shae polish on supt bupt thompsons Thomp sons face and small black rivulets ran down over his body giving him more tile the appearance of a zebra than the impersonator of a black prize fighter nothing further of any particular consequence happened until the twenty si sixth th and final round when the referee announced that a knockout was expected to happen any time it happened and the excitement was over the real interesting feature of the indoor baseball game was the umpire the dignified manner in which atty H N hayes presided over the game and the fairness of his decisions won for him an enviable reputation it was a fine game but it was discovered at what was supposed to have been the ninth inning that no score keeper had been appointed and that there was no way of knowing exactly who won the game will probably be played over next wednesday night |