St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
PICNIC OF PRINTERS.
THE MINHEAP0LES TYPOS TAKE A
SUNDAY Off.
THEIR DAY AT SPRING PARK.
A Large Crowd and the Day
Passed in Games and Contests
The Winners of the Prizes
A Ball-Throwing Match and q
Waiting Contest.


number of about 800, spent yesterday at
Spring Park. The day was an ideal one,
for an outing, and the typos made the
most of it. No beer or intoxicating
liquors were sold. The early trains
brought out those who came with the
babies and the lunch basket to enjoy a.
quiet day under the green trees and
among cool breeZes. President Ham
mond and family were among the first
arrivals; E. f. Stevens, secretary of the
trades assembly, also came on the first
train, and did yeoman service all day as
judge of the sporting contests. The
sports were started abont 10 i'll the
morning by base ball game between
picked nine from the news and Job
printers. The respective teams had APP
parently been training some for the
event, for they put up a very interest
ing game, and the spectators became so
interested that they forgot all about
their lunches until after noon.
The following were the printers
picked for each team:
News Printers Job Printers
DAILY, CT. Taylor, CT.
Gregg, Sd. Schmidt 3b.
Hoffman, 2b. Palmer 2b.
Humphy, c. Minor, C.
ABBOTT, SIS. Crawley. SIS.
Clark, lb. Ballinton, ID.
Schmidt, rf Conroy, If
Clifford. If. George, II.
RalSton, p. McLelland, D.
The score stood:
News Printers. ...........3 0 80
The newspaper printers, of course,
took the result as an evidence of their
superiority to their craft in the job
offices, though some of the other con-
tests seemed to prove the job printers
not all behind in athletic ability. The
winning ball team received an order for
three cases of beer.
The committee on sports were NJ. K.
Cody, E. E. Stevens and Gene Painter
They received many compliments for
their promptitude in carrying out the
long programme of sports which had
been arranged.
In the press feeders race D. Crowley
took the first prize, steel knife and
press folder. Barney Malone came in
second and was rewarded with a 81.
bath ticket.
All the races but one were barred to
any except those holding union card.
The half-mile race was open TO all, and
1t proved one of the most interesting on
j. Raine, ID. Crowley, Charles Brown,
r. Malone, e. W. McClelland, r. F.
Bader and Otto Bachus. Most of them
wore as little clothing as possible and
that of the highest weight, so
their appearance provoked con-
siderable amusement. The course
was once and a half around the
grounds. By the time they had gone
once around ali had dropped out but
two. Charles Brown was easily the
winner, b ing nearly 100 yards ahead of
j. RaiDe at the finish. The first prize
was $40 cash aud the second a meal
ticket.
For the 1OO-yard dash, Balts, Bal
lantine, Gilchrist, Duncan and Crowley
entered. Ballantine got good start,
and had no difficulty in capturing the
first prize. a pair Of trousers valued at
SO. Gilchrist and Crowley were such
close seconds that they ran the course
again. GilchriSt came in ahead, and
s. grocery coupon book was his prize.
The ladies were rather shy of enter
ing for the 100-yard race set apart for
them, but Gertie Palmer, Mrs. NJ. d. 1
Brown, Ila Smith and Oracle Jenkins
finally started. LA Smith was little
miss in short skirts and easily came in
first. A hammock was her prize. Miss
Gertie Palmer took the pair of shoes
given as the second prize.
The afternoon train brought several
hundred additional, and dancing divided
the attention with the sports for the
remainder of the day.
E. E. Stevens. Joe Murphy and ]. F.
HOuck amused the crowd immensely by
entering for the fat mems race. Stew
ems came under the line first and will
hereafter smoke meerSchaum pipe.
Joe Murphy was cOnSoled with a new
hat
The ladies' ballthrowing contest
aroused some apprehension in the
minds of the spectators as to where
would be the safest place to stand dur
ing the contest. A good many thought
1T would be we'll to stand directly in
front of of the ladies and, thus avoid all
danger of being hit. The number of
ladies entered showed their confidence
in their own ability. They were:
Gertie Palmer, Mrs. NJ. B. Brown, Mrs.
S. E. Smith, Mrs. E. Smith, Mrs. Max
well, Oracle Jenkins and Mrs. F. Max
well. Oracle Jenkins astonished the
crowd by throwing the ball outside the
line of the grounds, and received con
siderable applause and the first prize.
an ornamented cake; Gertie Palmer
was next best and took large bottle of
perfume.
". j. Moran. Reuben Blue. E. l..
Holmes, Carl Nelson, DIR. Bemish, A.
Moore. Jack Frost, b. Malone and o.
Christianson wore gunny sacks and
tried to run hundred yards. Most of
them lay on the ground along the course
at the end OF the race. A. Moore was
first and carried off s. laundry ticket:
Reuben Blue was second and will wear
a fancy vest as reward
In the 75-yard cOmp1s tors race. c. C. |
Stewart. OF st. Paul, V "a first and A.
Chemist second. lie pr. yes We're a
compOsitor's 0utft-ruIe case, stick,
bodkin and tweezers. The second prize
was twelve composing rules and one
makeup.
For the tug of war the newspaper
compositors were represented by West
man, Whitney, Hoffman, Dumphy.