Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-10
GROCERS VISIT
PLAYA DEL REY
MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND
ATTEND PICNIC
EVERYBODY TRIES FOR PRIZES
AND MANY GET THEM
Burlesque Baseball Game Causes Inn
mense Merriment and Unhappy
Umpire Has the Time
of His Life

The retail grocers of Los Angeles
flocked to Playa del Rey yesterday IL
numbers, the occasion being the sew
enth annual picnic of the association
over 5000 members, with their families
and friends, took part in the restlVltles
| which consumed the entire day anc
continued long into the. night, ending
with a grand ball in the auditorium.
A typical country store was rlggeo
I'D in the south end of the pavilion, and
enough groceries were sold therefrom
to pay the expenses Of the entire out
ing.
A ball game between the Euclids and
the Grocers Clerks in the morning was
won by the former by a score of to l.
The feature of the day was the bur-
lesque ball game between the statesmen
and the retail grocers. The game was
won by the latter at most any old
score, say IS to 80 cents. The sales
mems team was certainly got up to
represent as nearly as possible the line
of goods which the players carried.
Arant of the Western wholesale
Grocery company represented Cream of
of Wheat; Burman of Stetson- Barrett
represented old Holland spices; Payne
of the Capitol mills, rugged as a cow
boy, stood for Flap Jack flour; Qu1n
Anderson of Stetson- Barrett looked like
Old Holland coffee; Wheeler of Haas,
Baruch & Co. was dressed like the old
woman on the label of Old Dutch
Cleanser packages; Riley of Barkley
Bros. posed as a gladiator in his eff
forts to simulate Ben Hur coffee; Nc
Coy of Newmark Bros. was clad in a
medley of soap wrappers, and Good
win for the Globe mills, and Tucker
of Bishop & Co. completed the team.
The principal features of the game
were the earnest efforts of the players
to bat every inning, whether it was
their turn or not, and the scraps over
decisions. The melees centered princi-
pally around the umpire, Gene Wilson
of the Kahn-Beck company. If some
life insurance solicitor will tackle Gene
right away before he gets over his
scare he will write him up for almost
any amount. At one stage of the game
it looked as if he was about to cash in
and quit.
In an argument over a particularly
hasty decision the Flap Jack man
chased Gene all over the field and took
several shots at him with an ugly-look-
ing revolver. Only his dexterity in
lodging and his wild yells of fright
saved him from following the occupa-
ton of corpse for the rest of his life.
Long List of Awards
A large list of prizes donated by To-
cal firms was competed for In the af-
ternoon. The results were as follows:
Grocers selling most tickets-First prize, bar
rel herring, donated by Norden Produce COM
pany, value $13, won by ]. j. Forbes, sold S75
second prize, one So hat, donated by Mullet &
Bluett by A. L. Colby. sold 500
Grocers' wives race-First prize silver hand
bag, donated by Loeb Fleishman & Co.; sec
ond prize rocker, donated by Overell F'urni-
tUre company; third prize, ladies' back comb.
donated by Vile de Paris. Mines. Il. r.
Fatit, first; E. r. Hickey. second; A. L. Col
by third.
Ladies' free for all race-First prize, 800
order on any piano. donated by the Fitzgerald
Music company; second prize, one ladies' hand
bag, donated by Vile de Paris. Ma yFord,
first; Mrs ], Dolker, second; Mrs. F. r.
Hickey, third.
Fat ladies' race-First prize. one 'salome"
bust, value s5, donated by Pacific Croclery
ana Tinware company, won by Mrs. Dolker;
second, one 10-pound pail Of lard, donated by
Hauser Packing company, won by Mrs. Hick-
ey; third sack of "A1'' -four, donated by
the Globe mills, by Mrs. Davis
Young ladies' race, over Is years-Ffrst prize,
one 5-pound box fine candy, donated by Golden
Gate Yeast company; second prize one 20
ounce bottle fancy perfume donated by J. o.
Colwell. Ida Miller, first; Irma Luer, second.
Girls race, under Is years-First prize, one
20-ounce bottle fancy perfume, donated by j.
o, Colwen; second prize, two bottles violet
perfume, donated by Star Speciality company;
third prize, one bottle violet perfume, donated
by Star Speciality company; fourth prize, one
bottle violet perfume, donated by Star Spe-
Miller, second; Mary Judson third.
Grocery clerks wives race-First prize,
ladies' sweater, a. donated by the William H.
HoeRee company; second prize, one 10-pound