The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-08
PARK FULL
OF PEOPLE
Great Turnout for Labor Day
Celebration
HELDIN BARRE YESTERDAY
Intereity Park and Vicinity Resembled
It's Condition in Old Northern League
Days, When Barre Central Labor
Union Held It's Field Day.

tontrary 10 ms frequent custom IN
past years, the weather man furnished
an ideal day yesterday for the Labor
Day celebration aeld at Intercity park
under the auspices of the Central Labor
Union Of Barre and vicinity, and the
occasion was grand success from begin
ming to end. The attendance was
record breaker. there being over $500
people at the park during the afternoon.
The crowd was slow in coming, and il
was not until two in the afternoon that
It reached its height. There were hard.
~ 800 people present when the sports
first started, shortly after eleven o'clock,
an hour later than they were scheduled
to begin. by noon, however, double
headers over the electric road began TO
come from botn Barre and Montpelier
with all the people that could possibly
be crowded onto them, and when the
base ball game was called there was an
attendance that filed the grand stand and
bleaehers and overfiowed into the field in
manner that made the park look like
it did In the palmiest days Of the old
Northern league.
Much interest was taken by the crowd
in the sports in which were entered the
best athletes to be found in and around
Barre. Refreshmenf booths were pro-
vided on the grounds to supply the
wants Of the hungry, and there were
diversions Of quoits, target shooting and
throwing at rack of dolls, which at
tracted large number Of the younger
people. Gilbertson's union orchestra Of
eight pieces gave very enjoyable con.
cert during the afternoon in the grand
stand.
!. The Sports and Winners
Tie full list Of sports with the excep
tion OF the tug f-war, potato race and
sack race, was run off according TO sched-
ule. The tug of-war and potatoes and
sack races did not fill and were there
fore cancelled. The sports, with the list
of winners, follows;
Putting l6-pound shot, Mcleod first,
81 feet Y inch; MeAuley second, Scott |
third.
Throwing light hammer, Scott first,
los feet inch; Mcleod second, Rid
del third.
Running high jump, Mcleod first, five
feet five inches; Phillips, second; Mcln
tyre third.
Hop, step and jump, Phillips first. Al
feet 2 inches; Mcleod second; Mcintyre
third.
l00.yard dash, Phillips first, liz Sec
onds; Wright second; Carswell.
Boys handiacp race, II years and un-
der, Tom Thomas first; John Gordon
Arthur Lascor third.
Girls handicap race, Mildred Peer first,
Kate Stewart second, Alfredo Ducharme
third.
Apprentice race. j. Stewart first, j.
Good second; q. Thompson third
Half-mle race, Phillips first; Riddell
second; Pirie third,
Throwing base ball, Philo Bruce first;
Henry Carbo second; Paul Scampini
third.
Rifle shooting competition, Alex. Rid
icll first; Clarence Nourse second; Z.
Brunele third
Quoits, William Craig first; James
smith second; John Gibb third.
Fat mems race, Dennis Dinecn first;
David Taylor second.
Married ladies' race, Mrs. James Peer
irst; Mrs. David Taylor second; Mrs,
Peter Brown third.
A suit of clothes for guessing the num- .
,er OF union labels in sealed bottle was
gone by o. d. Lease, who guessed 2ll,
while there were 2i4 labels in the bottle.
rhe guessing competition on the length
# wire was won by Timothy Dineen
howed 1t to be 20 feet 21a inches.
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