The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
HAVE A HOLIDAY
ST. PAUL LETTER CARRIERS, WITH
TWELVE HUNDRED FRIENDS,
GO TO PRESCOTT
MUSIC, DANCING AND SPORTS
Mail Men Tackle WiscOnsins on the
Diamond and Meet Defeat
Women Participate in
the Games.

Every letter carrier in St Paul took
day off yesterday and enjoyed it. The
entire staff Of men who distribute Uncle
Sans mail in this city journeyed to
Prescott, Wis, accompanied by some
| 1900 friends, mostly wives, sisters and
sweethearts. The streets of Prescott
were handsomely decorated in honor of
thu occasion, some of the storekeepers
going to considerable expense in design
ing artistic emblems welcoming the let
| ter carriers on their annual excursion.
The prettily situated picnic grounds were
crowded all the afternoon, sports being
provided for all. from elderly married
women to little girls of less than three
summers. For those who preferred dane
| ing the Postoffice band. and that of the
town, played alternately until the last
train left, and the dancing pavilion was
a favorite rendezvous for a goodly num-
Der of the young people all the time.
Some Of the older men preferred the
shady silence of a sheltered bank on the
lake, and many we'll filed baskets OF
bass testified to the angling prowess of
number of st. Paul letter carriers. There
was fun in plenty. With perfect weather
and perfect arrangements, it is hard to
see how the outing could have passed
off more successfully than 1T did.
USED FOURTEEN CARS.
An advance party Of several hundred
went out to the grounds in the morning,
and it was followed in the afternoon by
the main body, about LEO strong. IL
! took fourteen heavily loaded cars to ac-'
commOdate those wishing to go on the
second train, which pulled out of the
depot at 1:45. On arriving at Prescott
the town band and a large number OF
citizens were in waiting at the station,
and the entire party was escorted TO the
picnic grounds, the town and the post
| office bands being the vanguard. At the
grounds few minutes were spent in
listening to the two bands play alter
nately, and then there was a general
exodus to the ball grounds, where the
Prescott and carriers teams were to
meet for twenty-four pint bottles of
! champagne.
POSTMEN LOSE THE GAME.
| In order that the town might be
worthily represented on the diamond,
Prescott secured six good ball players
| from Hastings, and these, with the home
men, succeeded in vanquishing the st.
Paul men in a five-inning game by to
8. There was long delay in starting,
due principally to the fact that no mask
had been included in the parapherna-
liza brought by the players The recetv-
ing ends of the batteries refused to pro
coed without one, and small boy was
sent back to town to get the one be-
longing to the local team. He arrived
in about half an hour with a satisfactory
1Ild~oA, anu the SdIIS was dI OIICG SIoII
ed The teams lined up: Prescott-El-
lictt, If; Sandison, eff; Carish, 2b; Mes
bltt, lib; Staff, SIS; Ritches, p; La Gran
der, Sb; Hetherington. IF. Letter Car
risrs--Perlman, p; Poucher 2b; MeFfick,
c; O'Regan, So; Sweezfe, IF; Thompson
III; thinner, cf; Church, If; Fuller, 3b.
The visitors went to bat first and were
retired in one, two, three order, to the
their half the Prescott sluggeES got one
run; in the second the visitors eVened
the score. III the Prescott half of the
second the mail men went to pieces,
| flies were dropped. thrown balls mufFed
at every opportunity, and when the third
man was at last called out four runs
had been made. St. Paul made two in
| the third, aided largely by good three
base hits by Merrick and Thompson.
Two men were unfortunately thrown out
at the plate or the result would have
made, although the umpire gave the
| po3tofffce players the worst of two ap-
pdrently easy decisions. So the wine
went to the Prescott men.
WOMEN ON THE SPRINT -. .-
The ball game over, all hands went
back to the picnic grounds, and long
| programme of sports was commenced.
| In these Thompson, of the postofffce
| contingent, distinguished himself, carry
ing eff two of the principal prizes The
| first number on the list, the potato race
| for married women, was perhaps the
most exciting event of the afternoon,
| all the contestants having friends who
fancicd their chances, and were willing
to wager small sums on the outcome.
Mrs. ]. j. Brown proved the winner,
} after the race had been run off twice.
| she would have won on the first attempt,
but was fouled. Mrs. James Quinn was a.
close second. but a fall spoiled whatever
! chances she had of winning. Mrs George
| Leslie, who was the favOrite in the open
ing betting. came in third. Summaries:
Potato Race, for Married Women-MrS.
j. ]. Brown first, Mrs. James Quinn sec
ond, Mrs. George Leslie third.
| Sack Race, OPEN. Brennan first, R.
| Staff second, A. Lee third.
Girls Running race-Ruth Swanson
first, Rose Monaghan second, Mabel
Whalen third.
| Boys Running Race-E. ]. Brown
first, w. Conley second, J. Flanagan
| Ball Throwing, Open-A. Thompson
frst, B. R. Neacham second, P. j.
Hundred Yards open-A. Thompson
first, J. F. Hines second, H. Larson third
| Walking Match, Open to Carriers-J.
Brennan first, Frank Holden second, H.
| Clarke third
Tug of War-The letter carriers beat
| Prescott team after the pull had been in
progress for about q minute. The Pres
| colt men were the heavier, but the SUI
| peTior condition of the carriers team
| told, and the pull came to an abrupt ter
nination, the home team coITapsfng
| Ladies walking match-Miss Annie
! Skon, won.
! Aquatic Events
! Double boat race-P. vonbfllon and W.
| Anipper, Prescott, won; T. J. Rock and
| James Quinn, second; J. E. Johnson and
| Will Sweezie, third.
Single boat race-J. T. Cullen won: w.
Knipper, Prescott, second; James Quinn,
third.
Swimming race-Won by Arthur Lee;
l. ]. Brown, Prescott, second; C. N.
| Lacy. third
An Of the officers in charge of the
picnic worked hard, and the success of
! the outing is largely due to the united
| way in which all worked for a common
! end. J. A Hogan, general chairman of
the picnic committee; A. L Rick, secre-
! tary and George Gauthier, chairman of
! the sports committee. are entitled to es-
peciaf credit for the completeness and
| thoroughness of the arrangements en-
! trusted to them.