Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-10
DULL CARE is BANISHED
BY GROCERS AND CLERKS
Full Day of Pleasure Enjoyed at Playa del Rey
by the Retail Men, Their Families
and Their Friends

was featureless, with no exception. Tier
after tier of happy faces lined the
bleachers, and cheer after cheer arose
from the rooters as they saw their
favorites swat the sphere, some to the
infield and others far out Of the dia-
mond.
Although no sensational hits were
made, Spies of the grocers made a good
two-bagger in the third inning, scoring
two runs
only one run had been made before
the two were scored in the third, this
one being made in the first The gro
GERS played a good game from start
to finish and succeeded in landing first
honors.
At no time of the contest were the
statesmen pushed hard; the only diff
Guilty was that they were not able to
hit b. Bodkin, who did the slab work
for the grocers. Bodkln pitched a hard
ball to hit, the statesmen tanning the air
time and again.
Crowds See Game
The crowds that came early in the
morning streamed over the ball
grounds, leaving the rink and beach al
most deserted.
The grocers won the contest, which
was hard fought from beginning to end,
by the score of to 2. The game started
about 1880 because all the other con-
tests were to follow, none being run off
during the morning The game was
umpired by Eugene Wilson.
At the time of the closing of the picnic
last night 1t was not decided who had
won the prize for grocers selling the
most tickets owing to the fact that some
of the members had not turned in
report.
The first prize for the selling of the
most tickets was a hat, donated by the
Pioneer Roll Paper Co. The one selling
the next best number of tickets will
receive a pair of $500 shoes given by
Blake, Moffitt & Towne. The total
number of prizes given away for this
contest was ten.
Women's Races
After the contest in the ball park the
first prize to be contested for was one
washing machine, donated by r. L.
Craig & Co. for the best time made in a
set distance by married women. Mrs.
May Brydon won the first prize, de-
feating Mrs. John Dalton, who received
second honors and prize. The second
prize was one box of Western Star
soap given by the Los Angeles Soap
company
The young womens race was next
run, the distance being set at the time
of the race.
The first prize was, box of fancy
candy, donated by the Golden Gate
Yeast company; this was won by Miss
Anna Dalton. Miss Anna Mcdonald
won the second prize, which consisted
of two boxes of fancy toilet soap, given
by H. G. Voecl1ell, druggist
The Jost sisters won the next event,
the girls under twelve years of age
race. Miss Irene won first honors and
pair of skates, offered by f. J. Os-
born. Miss Bertrix carried away the
second prize, a box of toilet soap, given
by H. G. Voeckell.
Boys and Men
Boys under the age of twelve were
next to race, l.. Coon and L. Welch
taking first and second prizes, each
winning a pair of tennis slippers
Members of the Association of Retail
Grocers raced next. The prize was a
box of Havana cigars, donated by Dom
nell Mfg. Co. The race was over a
half mile course, Lister Brenner win
ming after a close struggle with other
members, all of whom wanted the good
prize offered
How large a broad jump grocer can
make was the next question decided.
A first prize of twenty-five pounds of
best coffee was donated by e. B. Miller
& Co. The scond prize was one case of
Saratoga chips, given by Frank COM
pany.
o. L. Brown won the first premium
by jumping a little over fifteen feet,
while D. E. Reed took second honors
by making the next best jump.
A $50 cash prize was the next pre-
MUM offered to the clerk who made the
best time in a rowing race, and $40 cash
was the second premium.
p. Soderberg took the first premium,
while D. W. Reed make next best time
and took the second prize.
The last prize offered was a silver
trimmed stein, donated by Loeb, F'leish-
man & Co. for the salesman rowing the
fastest three-quarters mile. The start
was made in perfect order. H. N.
Wetchrell finished first, with Charles
La Dow second.