Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1938 — Page 44

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Husker Regains Title

. Times Acme Photo. Ted Balko. of Redwood Falls, Minn., husked 22.24 bushels of corn in the 80 minutes allotted at the National Corn Husking Contest held at Sioux Falls, S. D., yesterday to win the 1938 championship. Balko was the champion in the 1934 contest, also. 2 ® =» x =

Minnesota Husking Champion Lured by Offer to Turn Pro

DELL RAPIDS, S. D, Nov. 4 (U, P.).—Ted Balko of Minnesota, twice national cornhusking champion, tried to decide today whether he should turn professional. The 33-year-old farmer won a $100 prize and a silver trophy here yesterday when he husked 22.24 bushels in 80 minutes, more than three

bushels less than the 25.78 bushels that won the national title for him!

st Fairmont, M:nn., mn 1934. The world’s record of 41.52 bushels ® was set in 1935 by Elmer Carlson of, Edmund Puetz, Indiana, 16.22.

Iowa. Richard Anderson, South Dakota,

Mr. Balko said the ears here were ig gq. pretty smail, but that the wet corn “no. wooo South Dakota, 19.28.

didn’t bother him much. He has an offer of another $100 Henry Peterson, Iowa, 13.50. to husk in a seed company con-| Robert Hart, Ohio, 16.18. test 'at Ft, Locge, Ia, where the Howard Green, Ohio, 18.39. first prize is $500 and the second, Dick Post, Wisconsin, 21.33. prize $250. Entering that contest| Omer Koopman, Wisconsin, 1749, Sourd make him a professional’and, Coll Vining, Kansas, 19.14. bar him from future contests. Orville Peterson, Kansas. 18.92. : John W. Harris, Missouri. 16.21. 100,000 on Hand A. H. Harms, Missouri, 17.42.

A crowd of 100,000 watched him id Yeager, Pennsylvania,

win yesterday. | : sla In second place was Irvin Bau- | RO a man, Illinois, with a score of 21.74 - an

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bushels. Harold Larson of Iowa

Ginished third, with 21.65. OF HIGHEST

The contest began at 11:45 a. m.. (Indianapolis Time), and was fin- EXCELLENCE ished at 1:05 p. m.. but more than 2 two hours was required to determine Because our lowest priced the winner. : services are of high standIt was necessary for the judges ards tho!: desiring elaboto check the quantity of every con- rate funerals know they will testant’'s corn, to determine whether receive full value. : it had been husked clean, and to § : deduct gleanings made by men who 174; C SOL Sollked each entrant through the Tr ye rr TIT JULES LEE eld. | En eT Eo TON T How others Ranked | | | IEONRIS EMR Other contestanls and their scores: : . |TRY A WANT AD IN THE TIMES. Villas Jacks, Indiana. 20.79. THEY BRING QUICK RESULTS.

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