Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-01
WOODMEN HOLD
PICNIC AT BEACH
WOMEN'S BASEBALL GAME Is
FEATURE OF DAY
VARIETY OF ATHLETIC SPORTS
ENGAGED IN BY ALL
Young and Old, Slim and Otherwise
Contest for Useful Prizes offered.
Original Sklt Intro
duced
Especial to The Herald.l

PLAYA DEL KEY, July 31.-Mem-
bers of Pacific camp, Modern Woodmen
of America of Los Angeles, together
with their friends to the number of $780,
held their annual picnic at this beach
today, engaging in variety Of inter
esting sports and enjoying a general
good time.
A basket luncheon at the pavilion at
noon was participated in, after which
came the large program of sports, in
which many women took part, adding
much to the enjoyment of the spec
tators as we'll as providing themselves
with many useful articles, won as
prizes.
Prizes Awarded
The large list of special prizes were
awarded as follows:
100-yard dash boys under Is years
old-Arthur Smith, first; Dan Hogan,
second; time, 1112 seconds.
5O-yard dash, girls under Is years old
Emily Littleton, first; Catherine
Hunt second; time, III seconds.
Fat mans race, so yards-J. w. Ros-
so, first; time, 9A seconds. -
Fat woman's race, so yards-Mrs.
johnson, first; time, 11& seconds.
50-yard dash, for women of Pacific
camp families-Mrs Hart, first; Mrs.
Hunter, second; time, S& seconds.
100-yard dash, for members-C. r
Ramsey, first; Joe Ramsey, second;
time, II seconds.
Woow chopping contest, members of
Pacific campo. F. Dickey, time 23A
seconds.
Fifty-yard dash for unmarried women
over Is years of age-Miss Hart, first;
Miss Foster, second.
Nail driving contest for women-Mfs.
Johnson, first; Mrs. Hunniwell, second.
Time, 16% seconds for five tenpenny
nails.
Potato race for boys-Merrill Forden.
Time 40 seconds
200-yard relay race for women-Won
by team of four under Mrs. Hart.
Wood saving contest-Mrs. Johnson
won in IA seconds.
Women Play Baseball
After the races came the hurricane of
the afternoon, the womanS baseball
game. Two teams under the leadership
of Mrs. Wyatt and Mrs. Hart contested
for the $40 prize that was offered, the
former team annexing the money. Joe
Ramsey may never recover He was
umpire. After five innings OF stirring
work the poor man was tenderly gath
cred in by his friends and taken to the
shade of the pavilion, where he was fed
cold water for an hour, when his rela-
tives took him in charge and carried
him off home. AS he disappeared he
| was heard to murmur, "Never again!'
The way the women badgered that
| poor umpire was awful. Cries of mo
fair" IT didn't mean to strike at that
one" "Why, you horrid thing, my hair
fell down and l wasn't out" kept him
at his wits end.
The Lineup
The teams lined up as follows:
THE PRETTY THE BEAUTIFUL
| WOMEN WOMEN
Mrs. Hart .,......................... Mrs GlVens
stopper
''thrower"
"the one on that bag over there
Mrs Mclean. ..............M Miss Middleheld
''the one who stays at that other one
Mrs. Jones OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES MIS- EdhseIl
'the one on that last base
Mrs. Myers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Mrs. Foster
'the one just behind the thrower"
'A''' f'u''''' left ball chaser
Mrs. Newcomer ............... Mrs Kinneouskey
center ball chaser
Mrs Hammell Observation-Disclosures. Miss Hart
right ball chaser"
After the excitement of the ball game
had worn off sufficiently For the con-
testants to identify their hairpins, puffs
and other trophies of war gathered
from the field a contest between two
pairs of twins, one boys and the other
giIls. occupied the time. A beautiful
cup presented by DR.. Jones was the
prize and the judges were unable to
make a decision, when Neighbor Jones
came to their rescue and stated that he
would duplicate the prize so that there
would be no hard feelings.
Original skit Produced
After supper the crowd gathered in
the pavilion and were entertained by
an original skit produced by number
of the members of Pacific camp. The
cast was as follows:
Uncle joe the oldest negro on the plantation
............................ chester BLACKBURN
Col. Judson .....,,..,........,'.' ALBERT Nallace
Cindy-Black Nanny '.....-.,..... Geo. Hayes
Caesar-Piccaninny ..,.....,.. EdWard Williams
Rastus troublesome darky Edward Coffin
Pianist and operate Vocalist
Edwin c. Hopkins
Scene-Unce Joe's home-His birthday. (Al
gather for a good time).
SPECIALTIES
'When I Think OF You. Edward Williams
''Doan' You Cry, My Honey" ".......Geo Hayes
Yodle ...........,..'.''''''''''.. EuMlh Coihn
"Old Black joe .,..,...... Chester Blackburn
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