The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
Schuetzen Park Thronged With
Merrymakers Till the Sun
Went Down.
AN ALL AROUND SUCCESS
Three Hundred Valuable Prizes for
Fleet Runners. and Sk!llful
Marksmen.

Schuetzen Park who did not take every
ounce of enjoyment out of the seven hours
spent there. The dancing pavilion was in
the best of order, the bowling alley was
especially fitted up for the occasion, and
the race track had been prepared under the
supervision of Captain Fred Schumann.
There was not hitch in the carrying out
of the entire programme and not an acct
dent marred the pleasure of the day.
The following committees looked after
the guests and contributed materially to
the success achieved:
Arrangements-Char Meier, chairman; /
Solomon, E. I. Flieger, ]. E. A. Helms, N Salo-
mon, P. J. McElroy, j. l. Williams, John Lack
mann, Jacob Pape, Fred Kaufman, Peter
Quinn, ]. T. Hurley, ]. ]. Moran, J. b. Maho-
ney, J. H. HarTje, w. Rim, John G. Stammer,
John schulKen, J. q. Florance and Henry Hau-
ser.
Reception. Solomon, chairman; Joseph A.
Stulz, Joseph Robinson, James Riley, ]. Michel
son, n. Solomon, A. Irvine, c. Claussen, James
Florance, Charles Kesternig, Peter Quinn.
Floors Voek, chairman; Henry Hauser,
John Koch, ]. A. HarTje, +. w. Meyer, j. Pc
tiers. Charles H. Duyeneck, Carsten Luhrs. Wal
ter Dyer, Louis Colder, Fred Kaufman.
Games-J. T: Hurley, chairman; William
Ring, P. J. McElroy,, j. L. Williams, Charles
Schlesinger, J. B. Mahoney, Charles Meier, j.
]. Moran, ]. J. Hayes, Charless Mem, A. Nc
Wicker and John Schulken.
man; John Lackman, Henry Kohn, E. I.
Fleizer, NJ. ]: Dempsey, Jacob Pape.
Bowling alley-tohn c. Stammer, chairman;
+. II. Hanles, George schooner, A. Bear, John
Lackmann and Charles Meier.
An unfortunate accident prevented
Chairman Helms of the committee on
shooting gallery from being present. His
horse took fright at an electric car and ran
away with the buggy in which he sat with
his wife. In turning a corner the vehicle
ao,cs1aI nd Jal, do ,,e1,,
and her husband seriously injured. His
place was taken by Henry kohn, who sue
ceeded in bringing the ladies', the whole
salers, and the members target-shooting
to a successful termination.
AS early as 10 A. NJ. the crowds began to
arrive at the park and Captain Schumann
had everything in readiness for them. At
noon over 1900 had passed through the
gates and at 2 P. NJ. there were over 5000
people on the grounds. They continued
arriving by every train until evening, and
a happier, merrier crowd has rarely met
before in place of public amusement.
The morning hours were employed in
dancing and feasting 'under the green
wood tree" President John c. Nobmann
and Secretary z. l. Fleger were here,
there and everywhere, seeing that every
thing was in working order and that every
body was in fair way to enjoy himself or
herself.
AIR J. C. Hurley, president of the
Retail Grocers' Protective Union and
chairman of the committee on games, an
nounced that the races were about to be-
gin. The band paraded on the floor of the
danee-hall, and then. headed by President
Nobmann and ex-President Hurley they
marched to the track. The first race was
for boys between the ages of 8 and II years.
The first prize, the kind of a pocket-knife
that boys dream about, was won by Eu-
gene Lee; the second prize, a harmonica,
was won by Wells Morgan. and the third
prize, bat and ball, by Henry Callahan.
In the second race ten boys between the
ages of II and 15 years lined up to try con-
illusions for a drum, game of baseball and
game of battledoor. The winners were r.
Kinney, w. CIack and j. Malone.
The prizes for girls between the ages of
II and 15years were, writing desk, work
box and fan. The winners were Hattie
Thode, Sophie Schroeder and Sena Outsen.
In the girls race between the ages of 9
and r. Minnie Often won scrapbook,
Isabelle Davis doll, and Lucy Cook a box
of paints.
The young ladies'..race created a great
deal of excitement and considerable amuse-
ment. One of the contestants, Juanita
Smith, appeared in bloomers and ayowed
her intention of winning every race for
which she was eligable. She easily won
first prize, pair of five dollar shoes, while
Fannie Hannah took the second prize, a
handsome silver fruitdish. Lille Nc
Creagh took the third, pair of vases,
In the young mems race Albert Buth
won case OF wine, the first prize; Jack
Bodken a box OF cigars and Frank Wilson
a dozen bottles of Fredericksburg beer.
The race for retail grocers' clerks had to
be run in heats, as there were 1T6 entries.
The prizes were an elegant gold watch, a
fine hat and case of Riesling. George
Bury, Thomas Lennergan, ID. b. Mckay
and George Farrell finished in the order
named. A protest was entered against
Bury on the ground that he was not a
grocers' clerk, and the matter will be set
tied at the meeting OF the union next
Wednesday night.
The race for grocers' porters was won by
G. Mitchell, with G. Sullivan second and
H. Williams third. The prizes were a half
dozen bottles of whisky, a case of Riesling
and box of cigars.
The drummers' race was provocative of
considerable merriment. The men were
not in condition and the time was very
slow. Jose de Soto was an easy winner,
but as he could not produce his credentials
TO show that he was a drummer the
chances are that he will not get the dozen
of champagne that constituted first prize.
The other winners were j. Brady, E.. O.
Nelly, A. G. Jemans and II. Hillman. The
prizes were case OF zinfandel, a box of
cigars and dozen of Pabst beer.
The next race was for married ladies
and Juanita Smith and her "bloomers'
were again entered. The winners and
flour; Mrs, Byrne, box of tea; Mrs.
Belle, a case of Starlight oil; Mrs. Renken,
adoZen of assorted extracts
The fat ladies' race was next on the pro-
gramme, and strange to say the women
made better time than their lean sisters.
Miss Kitty Kelly won a case of Pearline,
Mrs. Boitano a case of champagne cider
and Mrs. Hever a dozen of celery phos-
phate.
The fat mems race was won by P. H.
Farrell, with ii. Roesslar, w. II. Tiegler
and P, j. Kennedy in the place. A protest
has been entered against Farrell because
he only weighs 1876 pounds. The prizes
were case of whisky, MALT a dozen oil
Renz's bitters and box of cigars.
The race for members only was like the
clerks event. The winner was protested
against on the ground that he was not a
member of the union. There were Isl en-.
tries and nine heats were run. AS there
were eight prizes, it only remained to be
cen in what order they came in. Wren
won easily, but it is very doubtful whether
he will get the prize.
The order of the placed men was as fol