Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-06
WOMAN HURLS BASEBALL
.1G2 FEET; WINS EVENT
Laborite'S Wife Drives Ten Nails
in Thirty-Three Seconds
at Celebration

day celebration in this city yesterday
seemed successful in every particular
from the starting of the parade at
o'clock in the morning to the time of
the final dance last night. Four hun
dred union men were in line in the
parade, headed by the Crown city
band. and the three floats in line were
we'll received by hundreds Of spectators
along the sidewalks.
The Woman's Union Label league,
gowned in white and riding on float
decorated in purple and white, the
league colors, carried off first honors.
The brick masons' float with men
engaged in constructing a brick foun-
dation received favorable mention
as did also the carpenters float, with
a partially finished bungalow and men
engaged in laying a roof.
The prize for the union turning out
the largest percentage of its member
shin was won by the electrical work.
ers' union with a full attendance. The
plasterers and lathers unions were
tied for second place, each with 10
per cent turnout.
THE Numbers union with its mem
bers garbed in white duck trousers,
blue chambray shirts and gray felt
hats. carried off first prize for the
union making the best appearance In
the parade. The plasterers' union was
second and the inside electrical work
ers third.
BASEBALL RESULTS
The plumbers won the baseball game
at Carmelita. Fairgrounds in the fore
noon, defeating the plasterers In
seven-inning game by a score OF 10 z.
V. Gray and Dingerich formed the bat
terry for the plumbers, while sheely
and p. Davidson held down the pox
for the plasterers. Gray struck out
ten men and passed one. Sheely struck
out eight and passed four.
Safe hits were made for the plumb
ers bv Dingerich, Meskill, V. Gray, Z.
Gray and Carson. Meskill Is credlteu
with one error. The scores were made
bv Dingerich one, Meskill two, V. Gray
two, Benedict one, Benner one, carson
one.
For the plasterers safe hits were
made by Sheely, F. Skelley, Frank
Ward. Griffith and Hartshorn. Errors
are checked up against F. Skelley ana
Griffith. The scores were made by
Frank Ward and e. Skelley.
Following is the score by innings:
128 6 7 H q
Plumbers =. ......,...2 Ks !
Plasterers =. ........O 0 0 o / IA
SPORTS AT PARK
The motorcycle races and minor
sports at Tournament park, beginning
at . o'clock in the afternoon, were wit
messed by almost 5000 people and the
numbers were pulled off without delay;
Entries in the various events ranged
from five in one of the motorcycIe
races to thirty-one in the mems foot
race. The women kept pace with the
spirit of the day by entering to the
number of twenty-one in the natl-drlV-
ing contest and tWenty-three IN the
notwithstanding contest.
The prizes donated by Pasadena
merchants for the various, sports were
the most elaborate ever presented TO
the winners in a local Labor day cele-
bration, ranging in value from 81
to $50
The feature of the afternoon sports
was the motorcycle races. Five events
were pulled off without serious mis-
hap. In the ten-mile race Raymond
Austin fell on the south turn in the
seventh lap, but he was uninjured and
able to enter the next race. In the last
event Dave Kinney and Charles Tobey
were neck and neck during the last
seven laps. Following are the results:
Three miles for stock machines. three
and a half horsepower and under six start
ers-Burl Williams first: time minutes Il
seconds. Dave Kinney second Charles
Tobey third,
rive miles for stripped stock machines
single cylinder four horsepower or under
seven starters-Raymond Austin first; time
T minutes As 4-5 seconds. Dave Kinney
second, Sal Palmateer third.
six miles for twin cylinder machines. six
horsepower or under. five starters-Dave
Kinney first; time minutes 40 1-5 seconds
Raymond Austin second. Burl Williamson
third.
Ten miles for all machines, ports banded
seven horsepower or under. five starters
Dave Kinney first: time IA minutes "a sec
onds. K. Verrill second. Charles Tobey
Twenty-fve miles free for all, eight start
ers-Kinney first: time 33 minutes 80 sec
onds; Charles Tobey second. Sal Palmateer
MINOR SPORTS RESULTS
Fifty-yard foot race for boys under Il; Il
entries, three prizes-RObert Kahl first,
time 5 seconds Earl Wilbur second. Glen
Smith third,
Fifty yard foot race for girls under "A; Is
entries; five -prizes-VIola RitchaTd. hrsti
time s second. Edna Toms second. Minnie
Gamsgager third: Lottie Graver fourth,
Olive Plerson fifth.
Womens nail driving contest for union
mems wives. p entries. ten prlzes-Mrs
G. r. SeeIey first. ten nails in 80 secondsi
Mrs A. R. Myers second, Mrs. Frank Dreary
third, Mrs. A Long fourth. Mrs J. T. Flynn
fifth, Mrs j. c. Merrill sixth. Mrs. e. +
Nickerson seventh. Mrs. c. Il, Hemple
eighth, Mrs. NJ. Fitch ninth. Mrs. A. W.
Creller tenth
tries six prizes-E. D. Fisher of Timers
union, first time 1l1s seconds. Harold
Shut, Carpenters union. second; S. II. Hart,
AIachinists' union, third; oscar Beells, Lath-
ers' union. fourth; T. A. Merrill Plumbers
union, NTH; Raymond Coon, Pressman's
union, sixth
50-yard foot race for women. eleven en-
tries five prizesz-Mrs. G. Corron, first; time
. AS seconds. Miss Winnie Horn second,
Mrs. A. Uhl third. Mrs. Bertha Horn
fourth Mrs. H. L. Griffith fifth.
Shoe race, boys under ! years, IL entries,
three prizes-Howard Emert first; Earl
Passage second Henry Mahan third
Half mile relay race for teams of four
men from a union. six entries two prizes
Inside Electrictl workers union. H. E.
IIIoeckner. Carl Longstrath. c. p, Rice and