EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, August
4, 1955 Vol. C762
LOCAL
NEWS
HOTDOG EATING CONTEST ADDS TO
SUMMER FUN
East Farewell- The summer fun continued with the first annual
East Farewell Hotdog Eating Contest on Saturday. The contest was sponsored by the Civic
Association and local restaurants, the Lost Oasis and Hemminge’s. The contest was the idea of Charles Wentz,
owner of the
Lost Oasis. Having read about other contests
in New York City and Chicago he felt there was an opportunity for the town to
get a little publicity and have a “lot of fun.” The contest had nine entrants, two rounds,
over 200 hotdogs and one winner, Bernie
Wilson. Wilson, a 23 year old
resident, finished off a total of 35 hotdogs.
He gobbled down 17 in the first round and put away 18 more in the
second. Second place went to Patrick
McCoy, 21, from Fort Lee with 30 hotdogs, 15 and 15. Third place was grabbed by Allen Heart, 19,
East Farewell, with 28 dogs, 15 and 13.
Heart recently graduated from Central High School and played center on
the school’s league winning football team.
“I never tried
anything like this before,” Wilson said after the contest, “my gal, Sue, sort
of dared me I to do it. I thought it
would be fun and it was, I don’t know if I will ever do that again. It was a lot of dogs but they were free and
they tasted pretty good.”
“This was a
great event,” laughed Charles Wenz, one of the organizers, “I think this may
become an annual event. We had reporters
here from Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburg and Cleveland. Nathan’s from New York City helped sponsor
the event and supplied the hot dogs at a substantially reduced price. The town
got some great free publicity, not that we need anymore business, but it is
always good to stay in the news.”
The contest
took place at the Lakefront Plaza and was attended by about 500 cheering
fans. The Town Council set up a stage
with a long table for the contestants and members of the High School Pep Squad
were servers. The first round was an
elimination round and lasted five minutes.
While the first round totals were tabulated the popular local band, JJ
Black and his Jacks, played raucous blue grass and country hits much to the
crowds delight. The second round was
made up of the top four first round finishers and lasted five minutes. Wilson attacked the dogs with a machine-like
rhythm and was able to set himself apart from the competition early on. After winning the first round he was able to
get up during the break and do a little two-step with his date. The crowd loved it. He then sat down and ate 18 more dogs to win
the contest to the cheers of the crowd.
Wilson won a trophy that was, appropriately, a giant hotdog on a
bun. The trophy was created by local
artist Monica Shippensport and was fabricated at the Iron Works. After the contest most of the fans went over
to the ball park for the Travelers game and ate some hotdogs themselves.
Hotdog Eating
Contest on Lakefront Plaza
SPORTS
TRAVELERS BACK ON TRACK WITH BIG WIN
EAST FAREWELL- The Travelers got back on the winning track with
a decisive win against the South Port Hawks on Saturday, 8-2. After losing both games on the past road trip
and the loss at home the once red hot Travelers suddenly went ice cold. They couldn’t score runs and they couldn’t
keep runs from being scored. On Saturday
everything changed. They appear to have
returned to their sizzling swagger with a convincing win over a very strong South Port
The show
started in the first inning when, after a three up- three down top of the first,
the Travelers came up to bat and lead off batter, Ralph Francis, belted the first
pitch for a double. He was followed by
Dale Dunham who singled and drove in Francis.
Hawks pitcher, Joe Little, then walked Bobby Watson bringing up the
always exciting Johnny Cloos. Cloos took
Little deep into a 3-2 count and fouled off three straight fastballs. Little then hung a curve ball over the plate
and Cloos did not let it pass. He
clobbered the ball out of the park.
Giving credit where credit is due Little was able to regain his
composure and strike out the next two batters.
Arty Archibald hit a single but was left stranded when Billy Green hit
into a fielders choice.
Travelers’
pitcher, Danny Lane, went six innings without allowing a hit and only two
walks. It wasn’t until the seventh that
the Hawks were able to generate any offense.
After a lead off walk to Singer, Hawks star slugger, Jerome Fowler,
matched Cloos’ first inning smash with a drive that left the park. That ended the Hawks attempt to match the
Travelers super heated offense. By the
seventh the Travelers had added to their run total and were sitting on a five
run lead. The Travelers added one more
run in the eighth to top off their scoring fest.
Defense was
also solid on the Travelers. Aside from
Lane’s strong pitching shortstop, Dale Dunham, made several super stops and a
bare handed grab to keep the Hawks off the base path. The overpowering show was especially sweet
because the Hawks are currently in second place in the league standings. They were challenging the Travelers for first
place before Saturday but have now dropped back to two games behind. If the Travelers
keep up their superb play they will most certainly make the distance even
further.
NATIONAL NEWS
MOSCOW LAUNCHES SPACE RACE – McCARTHY
ACCUSES IKE – CARMEN MIRANDA DIES
Moscow says that Soviet Russia intends
to beat the United States in launching the earth’s first unmanned satellite.
Prof. Leonid Sednov, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, told reporters
in a news conference the Soviet Union aims to
get its satellite whirling in space within 18 months.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy accuses President
Eisenhower of offering ‘friendship to tyrants and murders” at the recent Big
Four meeting in Geneva
Educational station WQED, Pittsburgh -
the station that spawned the Dr. Spock TV show, has another talent going to NBC-TV. He’s Fred
Rogers.
“Children’s
Corner” - said to be fantasy mixed with facts
and fun, begins August 20 on Saturdays 10:30am .
The show features a tiger puppet that only speaks French.
Passing - Carmen Miranda (41) at her home in Beverly Hills, a victim of a heart attack. The tiny actress, famed
for her fruit salad hats, platform shoes and swinging hips had just completed
the filming of a television comedy with Jimmy Durante. Then she and her husband
entertained guests at home, until early morning. She was fixing her face for
the night when she toppled over. She was born Maria de Carmen Miranda de Cunha
in Lisbon, Portugal and will be buried in Rio de Janeiro.
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