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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Jan 1940, p. 50

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Saturday,. 27 reation boardci s pIlaning rLU v the annual ice skating carnival which has not been held for several years. The carnival will. be held Saturday afternoon and evening ýJanuary 27 at the village green ice rinik. The events wiil i nclude races for boys ýand girls of ail ages. First, second, and third'place imedals. wil begiven to. the winners . iail these events., The one-mile open race. first place wmnner will receive a pair of blue streak racing skates; :second and third place winners will ýreceive mèdals. The, evening program will start with a costume and decorated sled Parade. There wiil be. an. exhibition relay and a demnonstration of figure skating. At the conclusion of the events music will be broadcast over the ice for the plea sure of the. skat- ers. The events are open to Wil- mette people only. [ Baskethal Alter a two-weeks lay off due to the Christmas holidays, the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board basketbail league again got under way. o'clock. A small fee is cflarged ro 14, cover the expense of rackets. and Coin birds. whiceh are furnished by the Kçir Wilmette Playground and Recrea- Pet tion board. F -ciel great, i hopes they will take the first place Groucho in their 'nexti game. Tii. Corhuskers won, -31 to: 13, in Il a wild. and woolly gamne with the Ehi Crystal club. da3 "E" L eague The Shamyrocks,. holder of first Place in the "E"I league, took thie Willies, 14 ýto 10. After startirig laie. the Willies had difficulty in finding the basket, and. were i trouble throughout the. game., George Gockel, a guard for the W.W.L. led his team tô a 33 to 10 victory. over the Porkers. Goekel scored seven tlrns to take the high score honors for the game.-- The. Hot Shots trimmed the Flashes, 23 to 12, in a fast and furi- ous game. The Hot Shots mnade up for their lack i height by speed and cleverness. The little fellows were all over the floor and had a lead titrougitout the game.ýý 116"11League The Crosse .and Blackw frtplace in the. "B"1 'Ave hold gue with ýeir 44 to eps therm Flashes, hes took ;ai their sharea scoriglinours witn V.*5LA1.pace mn the tniuus. points apiece. The Toppers came into the win The G.*R.R, took an easy ganie column by defeating the Swishers, fromn the Maroons, 36 to 2. After 24 to 21. Carl Michelson of the leading 16 to 0 at the. haIt, the. Ridge Swishers was high point man with girls went on scoring 20 points I 10 points to his crédit. the second period to two for their op- The team standings for the, week' ponents. Florènice Janaes scored 16 of January il are as follows: points to lead ail thie scorers. . "A" League The. Shooting Stars bowed to Irene Terzakes S.O.S. team, 25 to 4. Irene Three teanis are now .tied for first scored 15 points to lead her team to. place with only two games remain- the cornfortable margin. ing to be played for each team be- Up ger . .. .1 ;h . .4 fman .. 3 îii5 nter's the 2E Wltmafl ..... .3 Pankowski . 1 Wroblewski . 1 Tomczek. 2 Wismiewskf . .0 SINGLE ELIMINATION TOUILNAMENT lie Community.Center. Aduit Single Imination Tourney will open Mon- Y, January 22.- There will ýb. a phy awarded.to the winner. Sign today. His fine passing, shooting1 and fight on the flo or gave the Lyman Drugs a lead which the Tailors couldn't over- come. Paul scored six baskets and made ýone free toss. Bob Clark, for- w ard for the Tailors continued sink- ing goals from the field to lead his team with 10 points. 7he tem anings for Janary 10. are as follows: "A" LEAGUE standings Team W. L. Pet. Moderne Çleaners........ 4 2 .667 Lyman Dri*gs ............ 4 2. .667 Lynam Sinclairs .......... 4 2 .667 Wllmette Tailors .......... 3 3 .500 River Inn ............... 2 4 .333 Fridmnans................i1 5 .167, (January M0 Lynam Sinclairs Moderne Cleaners (22) (19) fg fttp fg fttp Janaes .... .3 O 6 Meter. ....10 2 Schuett .... .2 1 5 Heitman . . .4 3' il .on....0O0 0Meter . 00 Kneis.......2 0 4 Oelerich ... 0 00, Borre ...2 1 5 Kraft...... . 02 Phillips ... . 0 0 0 Iettman, . ..2 0 4 Si'huett ... . 1 O2 Arns....... 0O0O River lIn (20) ftg ft tp Lechner .... .4 1 9 Kirwan .... .0 0() Reinwald . .l O 2 Klein.......0 2 2 Haas... . 3 1-7- Kelly.... fg ft tp Fridmn ý... .3 O0.6 Murray ... . 0 0 Claytori. , 3 0 6 Mundee .. 1 3 Leonard . ...1i 0 2 Campbell ..0 0O01 Lyman Drugs (33) Wilmette Tailors (24) fg fttptg ft tp Ostrom ... .2. 1 5 Scheid... 1 1 5 Howard ... .2 0 4 Clark ...... 4 2 10 Joslin ...2 1 5 Scheibel . . .. 0 00 Jontes..... .6i 13 Rets.......iO02 Soule......2..0O4 Michelson . .3 1 7 Quinl an .....0 00lHahn.......i1O02, For Th ursday, Feb. 15 The. Wilmette Playground and Rec- reation board this week annouriced that Wilmette will have its anmual amateur show Thursday evening, February 15, at the Howard. school auditorium, Seventeenth street and' Spencer avenue. The contest will be open to any. amateur: residing on the-North Shore; Ail types of acts a re éligible to en- ter and both young, and old were, in- vited to. participate., There will b. two sets of prizes aW.arded this year, one for children under 15 years of age and one for adults. Acrobatic acts, tap dancing numr- bers, musical numbers, readings. barn ,dance. groups, and jitterbugs are, expected to sign up, for this amnateur show. Will Be Chairman Miss Dorothy Lamnson will serve as chairrnt of the show ~with Fred Henning in charge of publicity and M4rs. Béssie Bailey will be the mnusi- cal director. Entries may be made by calling, the recreation office, 914 Central ave-, 1nue or by registering. at the com- munity center, Wilmette avenue and Ridge road. Squash Tournament Play Opens Sunday On Shawnee Courts Play will open Sunday, January 21, in the 1940 squash and badmnin- ton handicap tournaments of the Shawnee Country club, it was an- nounced titis week by Charles Genge, Shawnee a t h 1 e t i c chairman. The events which are being arranged, under the direction of Jim Dohert, squash and badminton coach, will include singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. for both men and women players.- Icets. boys Led by littie Don Mcllraith, and and: his 20 points, the Codgers whipped W the B. B. Udel & Sons companÎy five, the 40 to 14. The Codgers, only one and ian Drugs, kept in the race now in the tie for first place. rugs...............7 S .................... 5 .Shots ..............2 ing Stars . . -.... ..... 2 bns .......... ...... O Pet. 1.000 .714 .714 .286 .286 Tean w. Yo Yo's Wildcats........ Ï Cambu........... .. .... 3 Dona ................ 3 Bumbo Deens ...........3 Nitwits....................2 Imps.......... Pe~t. 1.000 .5w0 .500 .500 M.

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