Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-03
CROWDS WATCH SPORTS
AND PARADE AT PASADENA

went to Los Angeles and the beaches and
to the mountain resorts but the great
crowd of working people Joined in cele-
bration of Labor day here. After the |
draft horse contest and awarding of |
prizes this morning the grand parade took
place. followed by an address by Stanley |
B. Wilson at Library park. In the after
noon a crowd, estimated at from 5000 to
1000 people, gathered at Tournament park |
on East California street to witness the |
sports and races.
The parade marched in three divisions |
First there were the grand marshal and |
aides and mounted police. They were |
followed by the mayor, members of the |
city council board of city commissioners, |
officers Of the Building Trades councils |
and officers of the Women's Union Labor
league, all in carriages.
In the second division were the Brick
Layers union, Sheet Metal Workers
union, Painters union, Lathers' union,
Carpenters union, Plumbers union, Typo
graphical union, Electrical Linemen's
union Wood Workers union, Inside Elec-
trical Workers union, In the order named,
preceded by band. The union teams
were dressed in uniforms.
The work horse section under the direc-
tion of James McAney of the Pasadena
Humane society and preceded by another
section of the Crown City band, formed
the third division.
After marching through the principal
streets of the city the parade disbanded
at Library park, where G. w. Dean, presi-
dent of the Labor Day association, pre-"
sided at the speaking. Mayor Farley
made brief address of encouragement to
the laboring man. after which Stanley B.
Wilson late candidate of the Public Own
ership party for the mayoralty of Los
Angeles, was introduced as the orator of
the day. He spoke for more than half an
hour upon the good accomplished for the
laboring man by the organization of labor
| unions.
Sports In Park
Tournament park was the scene of the
sporting department of the days pro-
gram after all had repaired to their
| homes for luncheon. Extra cars were put
| into service to the park by the Pacific
| Electric people, and yet all cars were
| jammed with people up to o'clock, when
| the program began. The early part OF the
| day was hot and oppressive, but by the
| time the contests were fully on clouds
had overcast the sky and the afternoon
was IDEAL
There were twenty-three events sched-
uled in which prizes were offered from
| two to five in each event. Following is a
| list of the prize winners:
| First event. 5O-yard dash by boys under
| 10 years OF age, w. OGnb WOH thO III
prize, a neck scarf given by George A.
| Clark; II. s. Keller, second, ball bat
given by A. l.. Ryder; Roy Dell, third,
souvenir plate given by the Pasadena
| Grocery company.
| In the second event, 50-yard dash for
girls, the prize winners were Eva Shut.
| Florence Meach and Jennie Wyllie In the
order named. The girls proved to be good
sprinters.
| There were five prizes in the women's
nail driving contest, which were won by
| Mrs Granger, Mrs. Leeds, Mrs. Merrill,
| Mrs Hicks and Mrs. Estes in the order
| named The prizes were hardly suffi-
cient compensation for the mashed fingers
l. class of sixteen Modern Woodmen of
| America, which won first prize at the
log rolling contest at Whittier recently,
gave an exhibition dril, which was one
of the prettiest features of the exercises
in Tournament park.
Three prizes for 10O-yard dash were won
by G. Hawkins, H. Shut and c. Bye, In
J the order named. The contestants were
young men between 16 and 21 years.
: In the 50-yard dash for young women,
IA to 20 years, Blanche Moscholder, E. E.
Gerry and Florence Gamptzer were the
winners.
Fat Men Race
II G. B. johnson won first prize in the race
by union fat men Weighing over zoo
pounds. c. c. Culbertson was second and
r. s. Sylvester won the sack of flour.
Percy Vantzeafner crossed the home
plate first in the one-mile bicycle race.
One of the interesting events was the
5O-yard dash by married women. Mrs. j..
4 Boston Mrs. G. Daskam, r. l.. Wilson
and D. A. McLain were the winners of the
| four prizes.
Men over 21 years old made 10O-yard
dash, the four winners being s. Hawkins
| IN 7 ,t.<r ,n1
BY far the funniest contest of the day
was the shoe race for boys under 16 years
| of age A dozen boys took off their
shoes and staked them at the goal. Then
all made dash for the stock to get on
pair of shoes and get back to the starting
point Wylie Dent, Hesper Williamson
and Vernon Fabrick proved most success
| full in the shuttle.
For the largest union family on the
grounds the following were winners of
| the seven prizes: ]. ]. Hicks, eight
members in his family; e. E. Graves, A.
| Bye, D. Ward, r. Meach, w. H. Chase
and G. R. Webb.
William Rose, painter, who Joined the
union thirty-five years ago. took first
Eprize as member showing oldest union
card. William Yerworth, a printer in the
| office of the Pasadena Star, won second
prize in this class. Amos Bye, aged So,
took first prize as Oldest union man on
the ground The youngest union member
was Raymond Justin. The boy won a
silk necktie.
| Boys ran a leap frog race for box
Of candy. The winning team was under
the captaincy of Charles Sydnor.
Run In Heats
Three heats were run in the motorcycle
race, which was the most exciting con-
| test of the day. In the first Edward
Loudencloss was an easy winner. w. G.
| Coloins won in the second and in the
| final contest AL Wenger took first prize,
making the three miles in seconds 2S2-5
minutes. Loudencloss was close second,
and William Risden was third. l.. H.
| Wilson was timekeeper and George
Thompson referee
In a relay race of union teams the
plumbers won.
Saving off a pine frame piece was a
unique contest in which five prizes were
awarded in the following order named:
r. A. Sylvester, ]. N. Lancaster. e. Rapp.
C. M. Smith and r. Phillips.
In so yard dash for men over 35 years
old G. e. Culbertson C. M. Smith and
w. H. Chase won the three prizes.
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