Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
ILLINOIS FOLK
GATHER BY SEA
$500 NATIVES OF "SUcKER"
STATE AT PLAYA DEL REY
OLD TIMERS GET TOGETHER AND
ALL HAVE GOOD TIME
Even Sailors from the ST. Louis Play
Ball with d viii and Manage
II Finish with Tie
Score
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PLAYA DEL REY, Sept. 9-More
than $500 Illinois natives gathered at
this place today and participated in
the autumn harvest home of the Illt-
nois Association of Southern Califor-
MIA Booths with registers were 10
Gated around the porch of the pavilion
for the former inhabitants of the Varl-
Gus counties of the state, Cook, Peoria
and Hancock seemingly taking the lead
in the number of names put down.
On the strand "Chuck" Logan OF
Morrison and the Burke brothers of
Sterling were prominent, as was W. w.
Haskell, another resident of Whiteside
county. cap" Lasho from down
Philo. way" and A. w. Brode of Ur-
bana, with w. c. Noble and George L.
Stewart of the university town got to-
gether and discussed old times IN
Champaign f. A. Morrison and j. 5.
Dusy of Cass sat in at the impromptu
luncheon.
Danville the home of "Uncle Joe"
Cannon, was well represented, register
ing more than any other one town out
side of Chicago and Peoria. f. M. wall
ter and Ralph M. Parker of Vermlll1on
were noticed percolating around ana
getting acquainted. LeffingweH OF De
catur and Ben Dyke and the whole
Dyke family of Clay were on deck early
and stayed late.
S. w. Champion of Lacon and o. S.
Daniels of Sparland were prominent
Marshall county residents present.
John H. Lane of Pulaski and II. II.
Roster of Effingham compared notes
on the promanade. r. S. Hunsacker
and the Wyatt West family of Carthage
were prominent in the Hancock county
rolls.
Watermelon Feast Held
Part of the day was devoted to ad-
dresses and songs in the Auditorium,
ending with a grand watermelon feast
in which all participated. There prob
ably were more shining faces during
the half hour following the melon dis
tribution than has been gathered to-
gether this year. The general remark
at the close was: "Wipe off your chin"
The address of the day was delivered
by Frank Fay Pratt, whose references
to the old home state brought forth
round after round of applause. The
strains of old familiar "Kankakee'
were taken up by the audience and
repeated over and over, as was the
chorus song of Illinois.
A number of songs by a colored
quartet and Spanish dances by Viola
and Earnest Yorba completed the pro-
gram in the pavilion, which was fol-
lowed by an extensive program of
sports. The events resulted as follows:
75-yard dash for boys under ID won by
Carl Palm; 50-yard dash for fat men,
won by R. G. Doyle; sack race, won by
Myer Meyer and Carl Palm; 50-yard
dash for girls under 16, won by Rose
Kohler, Isabella Palm second; 75-yard
dash for young ladies, won by Jessica
Parks, jeanette Nelson second; 50-yard
dash for married women, won by Mrs.
Koster Mrs. Deidrich second; 100-yard
dash for young men, won by Alfred
Carter, W. ]. Long second; potato race
won by Myer Meyer. Virgil De Lapp
second; senior boat race, won by H. c.
Parker, t. Haines second.
A baseball game between the Market
National bank team and the Thistles
resulted in victory for the latter, score
s to 2.
Considerable amusement was af-
forded in the afternoon by the game be-
tween the Thistles and the team from
the cruiser st. Louis. The umpire was
the main attraction and, aside from
an occasional correct decision, turned
the game into a guessing contest, the
question being what will he do next?'
or who's got the ball?"
The game was called at the close of
the seventh inning in order to allow
the naval boys to get back to their
vessel in time to take liberty this
evening The score was four to four
with eight hits to the credit of each
team.
All in all, the outing was a complete
success and was enjoyed to the ut
most and many persons returned home
greatly refreshed by days "neigh-
boring" with old time friends and new
acquaintance.
The members of the executive COM
mittee who contributed largely to the
days enjoyment were: M. D. Hurley,
chairman; w. N. Kelly. C. E. Snively,
A. B. Case, F. w. Blair, w. e. M.
Cole, C. D. Magee, w. T. Osterholt, b.
L. Brown, DR.. w. c. B. Jaynes, f. w.
Stith, F. H. Mousern, Geo. B. Easton,
Jos. X. Korinek. w. W. Dennis, w. e.
Norton, David M. Belt, q. w. st.
Pierre, ]. S. Hendrickson, R. H.
Morse, ]. C. Cartwright, M. L. DECKER
man, w. w. Haskell, w. D. Bridges,
DR.. D. d. Nice. ]. E. Cooksey.