Royal Airs Win Second Straight At Park Ridge
By Jim Ward
DCN July 11, 1962

Park Ridge, Ill., June 16 - The Royal Airs won their second straight contest here today, defeating the Madison Scouts at a competition sponsored by the Cavaliers.

Madison won three captions, but dropped five points to the Big Blue in drums to lose the contest. The Scouts put on a tremendous show and received a standing ovation as they left the field after the decision had been strongly booed.

This booing seems rather ridiculous as the crowd did not know where the Scouts had lost the contest. If there is one caption in which the average fan is ignorant that caption is drums. Had the Scouts been only 1.5 behind the Royal Airs in drums, they still would have been defeated. Until one has examined the score sheets and the breakdowns, he should not be in too much of a hurry to condemn the judges.

It seems to me that the Royal Airs won the contest legitimately and were the undeserving recipients of some rather harsh treatment by the fans in the form of booing their win. Either the Royal Airs deserved the win or something is wrong with our judging system.

Norwood was back in drums also and lost to the Scouts in the other three captions, but came in a reasonably close third. The spread would have been much greater between the Imperials and Madison if it were not for the drum scores.

Skokie was much improved over a week earlier when they finished seven points behind Norwood.

The scores:
1. Royal Airs .................. 79.75
2. Scouts ....................... 76.00
3. Imperials .................. 72.60
4. Vanguards ................ 69.30
5. Cougars .................... 60.10
6. Scarlet Knights ......... 45.15