The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-30
Indiana Harbor and East
Chicago Has Day Off and
Flock to Michigan City on
Steamer Pere Marquette
Yesterday.
Especial to THE TIMES. }

Indiana Harbor. Ind, Aug. 3o.-The
finland steel mill picnic at Michigan
City yesterday was the largest thing
OF its kind ever pulled off from Indiana
Harbor. The big Pere Marquette. the
largest passenger boat the lake,
steamed into the Indiana Harbor slip
early Monday morning and tied up at
the blast furnace dock to be in readi-
ness for the crowd which began to ar
rive at o'clock. They came singly,
in pairs and in groups, so that by 1870
between 5000 and $500 people were on
board, all eager for the lines to be cast
off and the trip to the picnic grounds
started. This was done about 7:45 amid
shouts from the picnickers, the waving
of banners and the band playing. The
trip across the lake was slow, it be-
ing 1890 when the big boat arrived
outside of the Michigan City harbor.
where there was another delay while
the boat was being turned around in
order to be backed into the harbor.
Finally at 1880 the boat was unloaded
and the large crowd scattered over
Washington park. selecting desirable
locations to eat their lunches.
At 1880 the games were started and
these occupied the whole afternoon,
until it was time to again board the
boat for the return trip.
One of the remarkable features of
the outing yesterday was the entire abb
sence of even the semblance of rowdy-
ism, and when the size of the crowd is
taken in consideration too much cred
1t cannot be given the owners and of
ffcers of the mill for the able way in
which they managed their first picnic.
No liquors were permitted to be sold
on the boat. going and coming. and
there were none on the grounds. There
never was a sunday school picnic Civ
en- that was more innocent of unpleas-
ant incidents than yesterdays affair.
Messrs. e. ]. Block and Superintend-
ent John w. Lees were prominent in
the management of all the athletic
events while nobody could complain of
the decisions of the judges. Messrs ].
Fenton. John Calvin and II. L. Dudolf
Tom Campbell and j. V. Peterka were
busy as bees keeping the crowds back
from the race course in the running
event. and Ed. O'Donnell had as much
funs as a 1O-year- old boy the Fourth
of July, every time he fred his re-
volver to start a race. Some jealous
people had a few remarks to make
about the soft snap the judges had in
the ladies' races, because 1t was the
duty of Mr.. Calvin to catch the win-
ner after she crossed the tape Mr.
Fenton was to grab No. and Mr.. Du-
dolf was to take care of the third lady
in. However, these gentlemen per-
formed their offices with the utmosf
gallantry and perfect satisfaction t
all. In the fourth event, a 50-yard
dash for women, Mrs. c. P. Ritz ane
Mrs H. A Fredenhagen were tied and
in the run off Mrs. Ritz won. In the
25-yard fat women's race the contest
ants to weigh in at not less than III
pounds. none of the ladies presen
were willing to admit that muci
averdupois, so the committee was com
PEELED to cut the limit down to Is,
pounds and then they got quite
large entry list. Tom Campbell wa.
Dragging around before the fat men,
race that he had that event safei!
sewed UP in his pocket, but Dave Keep
pie fooled him, and in f1nel squirt a