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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
5
A collection of quips and curios describing fashion humor and oddities. Notes reference women’s dress, gambling urges, a careless driver, a magician’s roadside trick, and a Chicago store band director. An amiable miscellany with light social observations and a nod to the night air.
Thomson Melon Tossers swept both games on Melon Day at the focal diamond. Morning 5 to 2 over Carroll County Farm Burgau iads. Afternoon near-miss over Morrison after Brown delivered a ninth inning hit to spark the Thomsonites. Large crowd, lively play by play, and a boxed score list for both games.
Freeport won the Rock Falls softball tournament title by a 7 to 6 rally over Prophetstown after Prophetstown led into the ninth inning. Fulton took third place by forfeit from Clinton, while Rock Falls lost to the home team 7 to an unspecified score.
The Piney Woods Mississippi colored baseball team will face an all star squad at Thomson on September 15. The event features players from Marcell County and beyond with music acts and entertainment after the game. Admission is 25 cents for locals and 110 cents for adults.
Chadwick All Stars defeated Polo 11 to 5 on Thursday evening after Polo led 4-2 through two innings. Traum pitched six innings with 11 strikeouts, four walks and five hits allowed. Zugschwerdt closed out with one inning, striking out three. Brosum started for Polo.
Rockford's Kitty-Snyders overwhelmed Chadwick All Stars 91 to 6 on Friday night. Elmer Workman pitched for Rockford until the eighth. Meiz fanned seven for Kitty-Snyders while allowing eight hits. Chadwick was scoreless until the fourth, finally tallying five before the mercy rule.
Sports events of Melon Day at Thomson featured races and games directed by Herbert St. Ores and Herbert Rawlins. Winners received cash prizes from 50 cents to four dollars. notable victors included Albert Meyser, Robert Scudder, Arla Brown, Ivis Martindale, and Paul Smith plus Paul Carpenter in various foot races and horseshoe contests.
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