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WILMETTE LIFE April 12, 1929 Sports and Other Wilmette Recreation Board News with proper play facilities at the ](~ast possible cost. To this end the foltowing cooperative enterprises have been undertaken. The School board has joined the Thousands added to the total num- tion board this week. A league of six Park board in purchasing property adteams will meet on ·Monday evenings jacent to schools and is now buying her of participants benefited by rec- at Howard school gymnasium. Three ten to twenty acres for school sites reation activities conducted by the Wit- games will be played each Monday with the idea in view of. meeting the :nette Playground and Recreation board evening. Schedules for the series of recreation needs for the future. each successive year alone has proved games will be: Last summer the School board not that the organization is a vital agency All games played at Howard gym- only furnished abqut ten grounds for nasium. Play starts at 7 :30 o'clock. playground purposes but paid their in the community and overwhelmingly · April 8 caretakers to maintain the properties rewarded the efforts and ·foresight of a 7:30 p. m.-Horsefeathers vs O'Kays ~ while the Park board supervised the group of less than .a dozen men .whose Gym. class vs Wildcats; 8 :11)-Roughg rounds. influence brought tt about. T hts was neeks vs Xyz· h April 15 The School board has passed resoluthe consensus o f f our spea k ers a t t e 7 :30 p. m.-Roughnecks vs Gym. class ; tions giving the Park board certain annual -spring banquet of the Play- O'Kays vs Wildcats; 8 :15 p. m.- Horse- rights . over portions of the school ground and Recreation board at the feathers vs XYZ. properties in order that the Park board 22 Howard gymnasium last evening. April may have a legal right to install swim7 :30 p. m.-Horsefeathers vs Wildcats ; "The Third Milestone" was the s1 o- Gym: class vs XYZ; 8 :30 p. m.-O'Kays ming pools, tennis courts and similar gao of the banquet, commemorating vs Roughnecks. facilities in neighborhoods which the close, on May 1, of the third year April 29 could not be taken care of were it of organized community recreation in · 7 : 30 p. m.--WIIdcats vs Roughnecks; not for this action on the part of the · d' h f k XYZ vs O'Kays : 8 :30 p, m.-Gym. class Wtlmette. Hea m~ t e 1 tst o spea - V8 Horsefeathers. School board. ers was Village President Earl E. May 6 ·T he School board allows the Park Orner, who appointed the original com7:30 p. m.-Wildcats vs XYZ; Horse- board to use its· gymnasiums for ath8 :ao p. m.- Jetic purposes, its auditoriums whenmittee to investigate and effect a perfeathers vs vs Roufhnecks: . . k f 1Gym. class 0 Kays. 0 ·. Teams whose ogponents do not appear ever requested, and its athletic equipmanent orgamzahon to ta e care public recreation for the village. The : within 15 minutes after the game is ment including bleachers, seating about member~ of this committee and the · scheduled may call a forfeit. 5,000 people. In turn the Park board ~ h -J. Skidmore, assistant in charge members of the first board were onor of women's activities. has furnished football fields, baseball guests at the banquet last evening. diamonds, basketball courts, tennis Representing this first board which courts and golf courses free of charge inaugurated the work in the village · to members or the high school teams. was Enoch Steen, who, speaking on be· · In the past the Park board has purhalf of his fellow members, told of the chased eight or ten sites either ad"First Milestone" and the difficulties . joining or across the street from experienced in establishing the work In the followmg paragraphs appears school sites. The board elected to do here. He also paid tribute to the ex- an interesting story reprinted from · this because of the fact that the school pansion and growth of this work dur- the Playground Magazine, the nation- site is usuaily the center of the popuing the succeeding two years. The at organ of the Playground and Rec- lation of the district and the School group of original board C\Dd committee reation Board of America. board was saved in many instances Its chief interest lies in the fact the expense of purchasing additional members who were present at the banquet included Herbert B. Mulford. J. C. that when the Wilmette Playground property. After school hours the Park Gapen, James B. Hoffman, Enoch and Recreation board was organized board uses these properties . with no Steen, Mrs. Jay R. Brown, Robert three years a~o with the school board expense except that of supervision. Stoddard, Ira L. Reynolds, and John and recreation board uniting in conSteffen'-'· Henry Fowler was also a ducting the recreational work and member of this board but could not be school physical training program un- Northwestern Places New present at the banquet. der the same organization head, such Net Squad in Competition J. R. Harper, superintendent of a merger was practically unheard of Northwestern's tennis team faces the schools. spoke of the co-operation of at the time. It was unheard . of in the coming spring season with the loss . the Board of Education with the Rec- state of Illinois. .. of last year's four veterans. Coach reation board in carrying out the proSince then other communities have Arthur Nethercot plans to groom sev·ram of recreation. This system, he seen the !ight and taken steps to elim- eral of last season's second string playsaid, was the most economical and inate the great economic waste sus- ers together with some promising most efficient one that could be carried tained in conducting recreation pro- freshmen for his 1929 squad. A meet out in a community of this ·size. grams by two or three boards in the with Loyq_la university at Evanston, same city. · Dallas is the first city of April 23, witt open the season. H. A. LaRoy, chairman of the present its size to do away with the added exFrom last year's varsity the fotlowboard, spoke of the accomplishments pense of the overlapping programs ing men are back seeking postion5r : of the board during its third year of and conducts its recreational program Ed. Martin, Art Rooney, Herb Weld existence and stressed the fact that not with all boards cooperating in furnish- and Rus Bergherm. These players only were larger groups of people being ing facilities. saw some service last season. The reached each year but the program it- School and Park Board Cooperation regulars are Nord, Philips, Hoehn and self was becoming increasingly more The School board and Park board Sherrill. varied. He '-'Poke of some of the pro- of Dallas, Texas, are closely united in Coach Nethercot expects some first posed additions to the program of ac- their desire to see that the children class performances from a number of tivities which the board hopes to pro- of the city are adequately supplied sophomores including Bert Reil, ..\1 mote during the ensuing year. John ]. Perrin and Cliff Nelson. These three Moran, representing the members of won numerals as freshmen last year. the Recreation council, read a list of headed by Bal Robinson, star member Others trying out for the team are recommendations and additions to the of the State bank team. athletic rules which will be effective Gold balls were awarded by Pre'sident Don Nelson, John . Curtiss and AI during the summer and fall reason. Orner to the following members of Bagge. Daniel M. Davis, director of recrea- winning teams : Men's Basketball league. Presbyterian Marble Experts Ready tion, introduced the ·speakers and was first team winners. Balls to : Frank Reychairman of the banquet. In his intro- nolds, captain : Frank Arnold, Ed HiJl, for Annual T oumament ductory remarks he recounted the Charles Lauer, Fred Quayle, Ted Stone, Many of the young marble enthusigrowth of activities during the past Herbert Weld and Ralph Whitsett. asts of the village are signed up for HorseWomen's Basketball league. year, stressing particularly the growth feathers, winners. Makes fourth succes- the third annual marble tournament in women's work which was an added sive championship they've won. Have won which is to be held at 9 o'clock Saturevery league conducted in women's sports feature during the year. by the Playground and Recreation board. day morning, April 20, at the Village In addition to the talks a varied pro- Balls to: Elizabeth Nelson, captain ; Mrs. Green. This tournament is open to gram of entertainment was provided Norman D. Betts, Gladys Fehlen, Alma Grammar school boys and is confor the guests. Dr. C. B. Blake, ac- Jones, Gertrude Koerper, Rosaline Mllls, ducted by the Wilmette Playground U:uther, and Elizabeth Ryerson. companied by ]. Walter Nelson, led the Roberta Men's volley ball. Baptist team win- and Recreation board. sinf;ing. Miss Mildred Stone of Chi- ners. Balls to : Earl McDow, Frank Every day one may see marble cago was the soloist of the evening. Guthridge, George Williams, Earl Carl- players practicing on the school eon, AI Gruhn, W. 0. Haas and Arthur Following the dinner four members of Youngberg. grounds, calling "ven ebbs" and "ven the Wilmette Aero club gave a demonRidge Electric Baseball team winners dubs." More than twenty entries have stration of model airplane flying which of Indoor league. Balls to : James already been received. Registration was followed '"by a basketball game be- Schaefgen, Andrew Thalman, Jack Brewer, may be made with Glen W. GatherHotrman, Ed Schlldgen, Donald tween the Presbyterians, winners of Jacob Hartnett, Bernard Thalman and Nick coal, staff assistant in ch~rge of the the 1928-29 league, and an all-star team Spies. tournament or with Dudley C. Stone. 0 Beain Volley Ball Play Show Development for Women Participants of Activities in Volley ball games for wom~n were Recreation Field started by the Playground and Recrea- Hold Roller Skate Meet for Children .Saturday M ·orning Entries are stilt being received for the third annual roUer skating meet to be held by the Playground and Recreation board at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at Third street and Laurel avenue. Entries may be made up to the time of the beginning of the meet, Dudley C. Stone, staff assistant in charge of the tournament, announces. Interest in the meet ha·5 reached a higher point among the children than any previous meet and it is expected that the number of participants will exceed that of last year when more than a hundred children competed. First and second grade children will be included in this year's competition and a great number of the entries being received are from the young group. Contestants will race in four groups, A, B, C, and D. Group A includes children under 8 years of age; Group B, children under 10 years of age; Group C, children under 12 years of age; and Group D, children under 14 years of age. A new race has been added to this year's program, a novelty bac~ard race wherein the skater must skate the full course backward. The meet will be open to the public and no admission will be charged. The program follows : Follow Wilmette in A dopt:ng a un:fied Recreation Program t 2. 3. 50 50 50 yard dash yard dash 9:10 o't!lock-Ciass A Girls Class A Boys 4. 5. 6. yard dash One-legged race Double race Class B Girls yard dash 7. One-legged race 8. Double race 50 9. 10. 11. Class B Boys yard dash One-legged race Double race 100 100 10 o't'lock-Cia ss C Girls 12. 13. 14. yard dash One-legged race Double race Double race Ba~kward race Class C Boys 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 10:30 o'clork-Class D Girls 100 yard dash Class D Boys yard dash One-legged race 20. Backward race 100 Fourteen Candidates Out to Win N. U. Golf Berths Fourteen candidates for Northwestern university's golf team have answered the first call for pra·ctice issued by Coach Leon Kranz. This is the largest number of varsity aspirants in the history of the sport at Northwestern and indicates an increasing interest in golf as an intercollegiate sport. Four of the candidates are veterans while the remainder are sophomores making their first bid for a varsity position. ] udging from ·the record of a number of the newcomers the varsity men from last year will have a hard time holding their positions. Douglas McKay, a senior and a veteran of three years, is captain of the team. Other players who were on the team in past years are Bill Miller, John Whitaker and Connie Savikus. George Dixon, senior who has never been out for the squad, has reported and is expected to make a strong bid fQr a regular position. Other candidates are Oliver Rogers, Dick Wllarton, Frank Nuckols, H. J. Timerman, Charles Wilson, Roger Odman, Simon Bows and Fred DeCordova. A stiff schedule including seven conference meets has been arranged by Coach Kranz.