The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
RAILROAD NEWS
Santa Fe ShOpmen's Annual
Picnic Is History.
Was a Decided Success in Every
Particular.
1000 PEOPLE ATTEND.
Larger Than Amy of the Preced-
ing Excursions.
st. Joe People Proved to Be
Royal Entertainers.
1000 PEOPLE ATTEND.

The annual Santa Fe shipments pic
mic. which was held at Lake Contrary.
in St Joe, Saturday. was a success
through and through. That is the best
that can be said of any picnic. The
shipments picnic was similar to other
affairs of the same kind in many re-
spects, but 1t is doubtful whether there
was ever as large a picnic held in THIS
vicinity which was as successful III
every detail as that of the shopmeh-
Everyone enjoyed themselves thor7
oughly. and deDlorable incidents were
few and far between. In fact, every
one had a good time. but no one got
EaV.
The excursion which was run to 81.
Joe and return was just as successIul
as the picnic. and spoke well Tor the
conscientious work of the members Oh
the ARRANGEMENT and general commit
tees. The srst train pulled out OF the
santa. Fee depot on schedule time. when
was o'clock This section. which was
composed Of thirteen cars, was loaded
To the guards and carried the majority
Of the picnickers. All of the early
birds" went on this section, as did most
of the members of the committees.
Some committeeman were left behind,
however. to look after the remaining
trains.
1t had been decided to run three sec
tons of the excursion. but on account
of the lack of cars this plan was given
up Consequently the usual number OF
people were left behind and were
obliged to give I'D the trip and return
to their homes. Those who really
wanted to go, however, could nave
made the trip on the regular st. Joe
train, which leaves here at $40 a. m
AS soon as 1t was discovered that on
account Of the lack Of cars the run
ming of a third section was an impos-
sibility the conductor of the regular
train was instructed to honor excursion
tickets. > few took advantage of this
train. but not many.
ARRIVAL AT ST. JOE.
On arriving at St. Joe the majority of
the eXcursionists boarded the electric
cars and went Immediately to the lake
Everything came off according to the
programme. AT 1890 sharp the MEM
bers of the Santa Fe Reds and the All
Stars, two Santa Fe shop teams, en-
tered the baseball field. which is stu
ated in the quarterstretch of the race
track. just across from the grand
stand. A large crowd OF baseball en-
thusiasts filled the Erandstand. The
game was good one. The score, which
was y to in favor of the All Stars.
would naturally lead one to believe
that the game was one-sided. but such
was not the case. The teams were
about evenly matched and played with
a good deal of ginger. The Reds were
playing in hard luck, however, and only
got three runs while the All Stars got
twelve, thereby winning the SIS prize
which was offered to the winning team.
This was not all. The helder's glove
which was offered 10 the man making
the first three-base hit went to menu
Der of the All Stars. Paul Pzetseky,
who works in the tank gang in the
erection shop and who played center
field for the Stars. was the fortunate
man.
After the ball game had been played
the picnickers went to dinner and after
that the rest OF the programme was
given. Many contestants were entered
in the running races. which were ex-
citing The running of Walter Tasker.
q machinist apprentice, was the prin-
cipal feature of the races. Tasker is
Splinter. He has attended all of the
excursions held heretofore and has won
one or more races at every one of them.
The following gives the winners of the
races;
100 yard apprentices foot race
Walter Tasker. first; Fred Isaacson,
second; McDade, third.
100 yard foot race-F'red Austin, first;
Walter TasICer. second.
100 yard carpenters foot race-Milxe
Schomield. first; Blivens. second.
so ward foot race. open to ladies of
shop employes-Miss Claretta Coughlin
first; Miss Kate Etzel, second.
so ward married ladies' foot race
Mrs Charles Cross, first.
Three other events were down on the
programme but were called off They
We're the old mems foot race. the stand
ing broad jump without weights, and
the standing high jump. These were
called off on account of the lack of
time
The following is the list of prizes Of
fered for each event:
Winner of 100 yard foot race-Eirst
prize. one dozen photos: second prize,
box of cigars.
Winner Of apprentices foot race
First prize. IS in hardware. second
prize, novelty knife
Winner of carpenters race-First
prize, block plane; second prize, spiral
screwdriver.
Winner of ladies' 50 yard foot race
Large picture.
Winner of married ladies' so yard foot
race-Gasoline stove.
THE DANCING COMMENCES.
At o'clock in the afternoon the
shopnen and their families gathered in
the pavilion over the lake and the
dancing was commenced. The dance
which decided which couple was the
best lady and gentleman WALTER was
held at 4:30 o'clock. 1t took several
trials to decide this. but the judges