WEIRD STUNTS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1930, Page 5

WEIRD STUNTS

YANKS "ENDURANCE’’ MAD. July 25) American youth appeans to have '-jf gone mad over various kinds of odd jfi endurance contests. ) ! This ’ mild insanity is expressed in tree-sitting con- )) tests, .bicycle marathons, - flagpole sit- '.j) ters,; scooter and- kite-flying contests, l>esidc»s endurance dances of every kind. _ ./ \ • i Tlie Hackesnack boys’ bicycle endurance team has finished 265 hours Ibehind the handle bars, and is still -. going strong. Hundreds of boys are sitting in trees. One lad had a , companion / handcuff him to a tree to see how y long he could remain there. The plague is sweeping the country and; ) getting lots of Attentipn ;in.,the newspapers, one of which suggests that the ) only competition remaining"!* a par- ,) ©in,s’ ehdilrunce spunking'contest. * Some of the tree-sitters-have an-

nounced their intention of staying aloft until school reopens in September.

Two Chicago girls see-sawed . Foi&lS): 7 hours, and claim a world’s record for “teetertottering:” The eight children of Alderman Jans, of. Evanston, who worked in relay and, kept the back-*; yard swing in motion for two days, claim the world’s record.

Bill Kearney sat in a bough of a cotton-wood tree;, in Kansas City for 165 hours, and only came down when his mother declined to “refuel” with food and water. - .

Oscar Fox,' 15, who was tree-sitting at Fort Worth (Texas), fell asleep, crashed and suffered two- broken ribs.

At Loganpoint (Indiana) 'Buck Saw- •) yer perched for 72 hours and then begun selling advertising space until ):) the bill-board now hides the branch- >£• es. •',?