Evening star., 1909-07-13
HAVE A DANDY OUTING
Route Boys of The Star Visit
Luna Park in Force.
| LEMONADE BY THE BARREL
Baskets Full of Sandwiches, With
Ice Cream Aplenty.
ENGAGE IN ATHLETIC EVENTS
Sit for a Photograph, Everybody
Striving for Place in
the Center.
ENGAGE IN ATHLETIC EVENTS
Were they there?

Were they there?
You can just bet they were. Who?
The Star boys. of course; 800 of 'em.
The event was the annual outing to Luna
Park of the boys who each year, day in
and day out, deliver The Star to the
subscribers in this city.
The boys had the time of their lives.
Long before the time set for the start
they began to gather in groups about
The Star building, discussing the various
athletic events in which they were to
take part, and how much ice cream and
cake they expected to consume.
Rush for the Cars.
Promptly at o'clock they started for
the electric railway station at 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, where three
special trains of two cars each were In
position Not waiting for an invitation
to board the trains. the boys rushed pell-
nell for the cars and soon every seat was
taken. Chairman Gault Burns and the
various route agents who assisted him in
entertaining the boys, with Eugene Far
lee, custodian OF prizes for the athletic
events, were forced to either stand or ride
on the platform of the cars
Shortly before the trains started a
photograph was taken. All the boys
wanted to be in the center of the picture,
but after under breath remarks by the
photogra p1er they finally arranged them
selves for the sitting. On the rear
platform of the last train were baskets
of sandwiches, ice cream and cakes, and
barrels of lemonade
On the arrival of the trains at Luna
Park and almost before they came to a
standstill a rush was made for the va
rious amusements, for which each boy
had been given a ticket.
The athletic events were started without
delay, the principal event being a mara
thonette.
Marathonette Race in Order.
Starter Farlee announced that the first
event in the athletic games would be the
marathonette race. Nearly 100 of the
boys scrambled for place on the ten
foot tape. After delay in getting them
arranged the race was started. with fifty
boys on the track. At the word Go
they were off in bunch. In the first
twenty yards there were several mix
ups and before the leaders had covered
one-half of the track more than half of
the boys were out A great many of them
thought that one time around the track
completed the race.
Daniel Mahoney won with Claude Gath
gems close second. John Hyde got
third place.
number of heats were run off in the
|ifty-yard dash because of the large entry
list, and it finally narrowed down until
the final event. Daniel Hyland crossed
the tape in the lead. winning first prize.
Albert Niedamanski was second and Irv-
Another interesting event was the swim
ming match. This was held in the large
pool of the chute the chute The
small boats had previously been removed
king fish, and took first honors. with
Weston Hyde and William Carr finishing
in the order named. At the conclusion of
the race large barrels with imitation
horse heads attached were placed in the
water and the boys enjoyed themselves
until the announcement that dinner
would be served In the pavilion.
Luncheon Is Served.
Three large barrels of lemonade, two
barrels of cake and countless sandwiches
were served. Eight freezers Of ice cream
were later produced Mr. Farlee then an
nounced that the winners Of the various
athletic events would be presented with
their prizes. Daniel Hyland proved the
OF iii first prize in the ffty-yard dash, run e
ming high jump and running broad
jump.
The prizes were base ball, tennis slip
pers, caps. base ball gloves. swimming
suits. mouth organs, penknives and
Foilowing the awarding of the prizes
the boys scattered about the grounds and
en- loved the amusements until time to re-
turn to the city to serve their papers.
Summary Of Athletic Events.
Summary of the athletic events follows:
50-yard dash-Won by Daniel Hyland
second. Albert Niedamanski; third, Irving
Dakins.
Marathonette race-Won by Daniel
Mahoney: second. Claude Gathgens; third,
John Hyde.
Throwing base ball-Won by Milton
Nailor; second. Lester Sonntag: third.
William Stack.
Sack race-Won by William Carr: Sec
ond, Roy Mccarthy; third, Earl Bloomer.
Swimming. race-Won by Rudolph
Beckett; second. Weston Hyde: third,
william Carr.
Hop skip and jump. won by Charles
Miller; second. Lester Sonntag; third,
Daniel Hyland.
Running high jump, won by Daniel
Hyland; second, Clinton Ward: third,
Leonard Campbell.
Three-legged race. won by Walter
keefer and Rudolph Bartlo: second.
William Opitz and William lockwood.
Potato race. won by William Carr:
second. Raymond Funk; third, Leonard
Campbell.
Running broad jump won by Daniel
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