The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-24
Annual Event of Topeka Shop
Men at Kansas City.
Three TrainIoads of RafIroaders
and Their Friends.
ATTENDANCE WAS 5000.
Result of Ball Game and Other
Contests.
Picnickers We're Well Pleased
With Their Excursion.

Santa Fe shop men, their wives and
families, sweethearts and relatives, num-
boring nearly 5000 people in all, went to
Kansas City Saturday, spent the day in
and around that city, and in the cool of
the evening, after a heavy rainstorm,
came home. 1t was a 16-hour day for
some of the excursionists. The first crowd
registered in as early a. m and the
last work card was not turned in until
after midnight
The third section Of the special train
was out of Topeka by in the morning
and before 10 nearly all the exeursionists
had been landed at Fifteenth street and
Asque avenue, Kansas City Thence they
were taken by electric cars to Paramount
park where the picnic was to be held
In the forenoon many of the people went
into the city and spent the time. returning
to the park in the afternoon. But the reg
ular programme was carried out and be-
fore dinner all the athletic events of the
day had been finished.
The first was a base ban game be-
tween the metal and iron workers Both
impromptu manner. but that did not de-
tract from the interest of the game Not
WlthsJandlng the 1act rhaI a numpef OF
horses pasturing on the hill opposite the
grounds kept. UP an lncessant rallery at
the material that might be developed into
a good team, were only the necessary
pains taken Inc game lasted nye innings
and was won by the iron workers by a
score Of to 3. The prize was SO, and the
follows. Iron workers-Thornpson and
Ben Dustin; wood workers, Jessop and
Marks. Umpire-Daniel Lane. For indi-
vidual playing Baughman, Bert Bresett,
Jessop and Marks scored the same num-
Der OF points the top nOtcherS drew Slips
of paper for the prize, and Bresett was
the lucky man. He received 81 pair of
After the base ball game came the
sprinting matches The 100 yard dash was
shaffe i1''' ana q 81 cross Jessop. Who
works in the car sheds. won and received
The entries in the 100 yard race for ap-
prentiees only were Walter Tasker, Geo
Bradshaw, Eric Wahlgren, Conrad Hell
ser and Earl Petrie. Tasker, a machine
shop man, finished in the lead. The prize
was a combination square and pair Of
K. k Wallace, Conrad Heiser, w. R.
standing broad jump contest. wallace,
who also works in the machine shops,
took the prize, a So pair Of shoes.
In the standing high jump. participated
in by Archie Baughman. JessOp and Wal
lace, Jessop was the winner, and as a re-
suit will wear new 50 silk shirt
The last event before dinner was tug
of-war. the wood workers being pitted
against the iron workers After the loss
of several acres of epiderInis the part
Of the inside men and a breal-away
twice the fellows came to terms and de-
cided to distribute the prize money Of $40
among the ten men who represented both
After dinner the folks who had gone up
town in the morning were beginning to
return to the park and when SWesarln-
gems orchestra Of Topeka opened the
ball at the ring pavilion, more than 20
in the Waiting contest
The judges chosen for this contest were
Mrs J. A SWearingen of Kansas City:
G. H. Watson, brakeman, and @. Big
ham, a boilermaker, both of Argentine.
The preliminary resulted in narrowing
the number of couples down to three.
These We're Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dustin,
Ophas Bane and Miss Iettie Beaster and
Fred Austin and Miss Grace Hammond
The work of all was deserving of special
mention, but after some difficulty the
judges gave Mr. and Mrs. Dustin first
place The prize a the lady was a s. fan
and to the gentleman s. dancing pumps
The rewards of 50 parasOl and a 50
umbrella for prize cake walking We're
given Miss Agnes Hannigan and Mr.. Fred
Austin Miss Hannigan lives at 241 Law
renee street. Topeka and Austin works in
the boiler shop
One thing especially worth mentioning
was the fact that no accident or trouble
of any kind occurred, but instead all
passed of smoothly. 1t is to be said to
the credit OF the committee that they
ranged the programme in such way as
made it the most interesting and the least
tiresome. The shop people who attended
the picnic are indebted greatly to them
for all the work necessary in preparing
for the picnic. The general committee on
the other hand feels itself under deep OBJ
legations for the treatment which the ex-
cursionists received at the hands of the
Santa Fe company. The equipment was
sufficient and satisfactory and the trains
were run on schedule that made the
trip both WAYS aGTeeaO BILE.