25,000 attended the first afternoon show, among them Vice President Charles G. Audience members could hear the air-to-ground radio communication via the stadium's state-of-the-art loudspeaker system, and watch the planes respond to the ground command and perform stunts. The highlight of the day shows was a radio-dispatched arrangement of warplanes flying over the stadium. There were two shows a day, airplane fights in the afternoon, searchlights and antiaircraft-mimicking fireworks in the evening. From May 22–25, the 65th Reserves and its superior outfit, the Army's Sixth Corps, sponsored the first of numerous military pageants held at Soldier Field.The tournament included both adult and juvenile competitions. On May 9, Soldier Field hosted the South Parks Marble Championship.In late 1924 the South Park commissioners erected an ice rink in Soldier Field.October 10 (the 53rd anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire) another dedication of the stadium was held.In December, Soldier Field hosted a state amateur horseshoe pitching tournament sponsored by the Ogden Park Horseshoe Pitching Club and Chicago Playground Council.That season Baker set a Northwestern Wildcats team record of seven field goals in a single season, a team record that was unbroken until the 1960s. Northwestern's Ralph "Moon" Baker (a member of the College Football Hall of Fame) would later say that this game, during which he kicked two field goals (one 34 and the other 36 yards) against the 1924 Notre Dame team that featured the " Four Horsemen", was his greatest thrill. This was the first football game between two major colleges to be held at Soldier Field.
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