Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-08
PASADENA
J. II. BRADwAY. ACT.
Home phone eesS. Sunset s1eo.
HOLIDAY CELEBRATED
BY ORGANIZED LABOR
SPEECHES DELIVERED AND
PRIZES AWARDED
Athletics at Tournament Park Occupy
the Afternoon and Days Pro-
ceedings Are Brought to
End with Ball

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA. Sept. 7.-Organized Ia
bor held the floor here, as elsewhere, W
day and did not cease its celeprdtimol mT !
until nearly. midnight, Wheh tne os'i
at Woodman hall closed. =,
The davis speechmaking occurred al
Library park in the morning, wnen At-
torney Fred Spring of Los Angeles, Tor.
merly a union carpenter, delivered az
address on "Organized Labor ana LIS
Purposes" -
Rev. S. g. Durham, pastor OF the
Universalist church of this city, gave q
forcible talk on What / Think or the
Present Industrial SITUATION, Mnicl
evoked much applause. Mayor Eariey
formally gave the city over TO the union
men and their families in a cordial ad-
dress of welcome.
At the morning exercises the 1olloW-
ing prizes were given out:
Oldest union man in point of age
William r. Cherry, S5, first; L. T. Rog-
ers. II, second.
Man showing Oldest union card
Frank Diener, twenty-seven years,
first; William r. Cherry, twenty-five
years, second.
Largest family on grounds-William
M. Townsend, six, first; p. g. Gair, six,
second; Frank Holtz, five, third.
Union man and wife longest married
MIR. and Mrs. S. M. Cook, thirty-four
years, first; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Diener.
thirty-three years, second; Mr.. and
Mrs. q. G. Morris, twenty-five years,
third.
The Boys Zouaye drill team, led by
Captain Herbert Pickering, gave an ex-
hibition of fancy formations.
At Tournament park in the afternoon
5000 people watched the athletic events,
which resulted as follows:
Fifty-yard dash for boys under sixteen
Leland Newly, first; VIII Carr, second; John
Aiken, third; Albert Work, fourth.
Fifty-yard dash for girls under fourteen
Jeanette Wiley, frst; Edith Ward. second
Helen Pollard, third; Louise eiikes fourth,
Burro chariot race-Both heats won by
Carey Peck Barney Kane second; time ga a.
100-yard dash, union men under thirty
six-E. ID. Fisher, hrst; Ray Benedict. sec
ond; Charles Snyder, third; Charles Gels
vein, fourth.
Fifty-yard dash for married women-Mrs
r. ID. Cover, first; Mrs. Evelyn Foye. seoondi
Mrs w. F. Borden. third; Mrs Nelson
Running broad jump for union men-R
Phillips, frst; f. r. Foster. second; Charles
walker third winning jump 1874.
Fifty-yard dash for girls from fourteen tc
twenty-Edith Wylie, first; Olive soesy. sec
ond Ethel Gerry. third; Florence Meech
fourth; Helen Pollard, nth.
10O-yard dash for boys of fifteen to twenty
Leo A. Davis frst Floyd woodward. SEQ
ond; John Tedford. third.
Three-legged race for union men--F. r.
Foster and H. e. Kloeckner, first; B. IL. Orr
and Charles Snyder, second; ]. E. Collier
and G. r. Seeley. third.
Ladies' baseball throwing contest-lva
Holden, hrst Bessie Pierson, second; Olive
soesy, third; Mrs. J. W, May, fourth
Half mile relay race, each team composed
of four men from local union-Won by
plumbers, with Ray Benedict, Roy Lamb,
Ed Beal and Ed Hitler; inside. electrical
workers second, with Ernest Merganthaler.
Harold Gloeckner, Ed Delanty and Ed
Burnham.
Fifty-yard sack race--Albert Work, hrst;
Roy Dell, second; Noble Starr, third.
ty-six-J w. White, frst r. Phillips. sec
ond; L. D. McNitt, third; G. M. Smith,
fourth.
Fifty-yard dash for men Weighing over
2oe-B. f. Delanty, first; H. Rubo. second;
p. s. Bassett. third.
Ladies' nail driving contest-Mrs. Kirby
first; Mrs Long, second; Mrs. Dreary, third
Miss Blake. fourth; Mrs. L. p. Morse, ntth
Twelve-pound shot put for union men
Ray Benedict, first; j. A. Barbieri, second
Charles Geiswein. third. Winning put 81
feet.
Obstacle race-Edward Doolittle, nrst
John Aiken, second; Frank Main, third
Standing high kick for union mem. A
Barbieri. first; ]. H. Simpson, second; c.
Teague, third. Winning kick 7:b.
Shoe race for boys under fourteen-Antrin
de Garno, first; Vernon Faybrick, second
Jack Pines third.
Standing broad jump for union men-E
d. Hitler. nrst; j. e. Merganthaler, second
Charles Walker. third.