The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-09
ENGINEERS AT PLAY.
Stationary Brand PicRicked Yester-
day at MinnetOnI<a.

Yesterday was the day for the annual
outing and picnic of the members of
st. Paul Branch No. Z, National Asso-
citation of Stationary Engineers, and
their lady friends. Last year the eel
ebration not only proved a success, but
also the fact that the stationary en-
gineers were both able and capable Of
taking care of and entertaining their
friends in a royal manner. YeSter-
days celebration was no exception to
the rule and the friends of st. Paul
NO. turned out in large numbers and
two special trains of the Great North
ern railroad, made up Of twenty-five
coaches, was necessary to carry the
large picnic parties to the grounds at
Spring Park. The party, according to
the conductors report, numbered 1,700
and the Lord and weather were both
on the side of the st. Paul association,
for the day proved a thorough and
perfect enc throughout for an Ideal
picnic and this the engieers always
have. II. NJ Germaine and Il. F. S.
Hays were the arrangement commit
tee and proved themselves old-timers
at the business, for the reason that no
hitch or anything occurred during the
day to mar the pleasure and excellent
programme arrangd by. them, which
was made up as follows: Sail around
the lake for two hours and return to
Spring Park at l p. M, fat mems quar-
ter OF a mile race at 2 D. M, ladies'
half-mile bicycle race at 2:30 p. m.
= quarter mile sack race by those under
$50 pounds at 3 p. M, men only; base
ball game Give innings) between Sc
lected team from ST. Paul No. and
Minneapolis Association 2, N. A. S. e.,
prize SIS, for the winners, at $3.50 p. m.
Dancing completed the rest of the pro-
gramme, which continued until $50
p. m. 49,. -e---. --.s
= II.
Northern railroad, made up of nine
coaches each, to carry the engineers
and their friends to the Park. On the
arrival of the two specials at Wayzata
the party was taken for a ride about
the lake and arrived at Spring Park
promptly l p. M, when the days pro-
gra-a1ne was commenced after short
interval for lunch.
M Germaine, n. C. Woldue, julius
Kellar, Ed Miller and Frank Knapp
were the entries for the fat mems
quarter-mile race, and the prize, one
box of cigars, was won by H. M. Ger
maine in a walk. There were several
entries for the womens half-mile BIZ
cycle race, the prize for which was a
handsome fan. This was Won by Mrs
Childs. The Quarter-mile sack race,
which was one Of the features, was won
by Steve Buss, who left all of his COM
petitors far in the rear. The base ball
game proved one of the features and
interesting events of the picnic. The
game was for 500 cash prize, and the
contestants were two teams made up
from the st. Paul and Minneapolis
branches of the N. A. S. E. The ST.
Paul team was made up as follows:
j. G. Robinson, captain; William Car
roll, Harry Graham, Thomas Fearing,
M. H. Clark, Fred Robinson, William
Childs, Frank Knapp, George Clark
nd hn
neapolis consisted of E. T. Steele, cap
tain, and Messrs. Kenning, Sage, Kuntz,
Roberts, Hawthorne, Reichert, Moore
and Miller. N. C. Woldue, of Mime
apolis, and Tony, Jansen, of st. Paul,
acted as umpires, and both proved
themselves adopts at the business. The
game lasted for five innings and re-
suited in a score of 9 to 40 in favor of
st. Paul The features of the game
were the pitching of Graham for st.
Paul and the catching of Hawthorne
for Minneapolis. Both of these gentle
men, though practical engineers, prov
ing themselves experts. Minneapolis
through it's captain, Mr.. Steele, tried
several times to have the game break
up in a row, but st. Paul would not
stand 1t and the game was finally won
as above on it's merits.
Mrs. John G. Robinson won a hand
some bottle of perfume as a prize for
the best lady Waltzer, which was gen
erously donated by the Dearborn Drug
company, of Chicago, for the occasion.
st. Paul No. Z and it's arrangement
committee have every reason to feri
proud of it's success of yesterday, and
next years event is already looked for
ward to with pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hamm, Tony
Jensen, Martin F'iest, chief engineer of
the city board Of water works; John F..
Mccarthy, W. H. Baker, and E. H
Edgar, of the Dearborn Drug company,
of Chicago, were among the special
guests accompanied the engieers