Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-09-09
LABOR DAY PICNICS
Outing Of Unions Attracted About
400 Persons
Red Mems League Program Varied by
Speaking by Prominent citlzens-Har-
riss Team Won Tug Of War;

rlSS ! cam won Jug " war
The first outing of the labor unions
OF the town. which was held at Central
Park Monday. was a decided success ana
as a result the unions will hold pcl'c
annually hereafter. Nearly foo members
of the organizations with their families
went to the park on the trains through
out the day and many more drove down
in carriages The day was spent in true
picnic fashion with plenty of sports Tor
old ana young, a bountful picnic dinner
under the trees at noon and dancing IN
the pavilion throughout the afternoon
and evening The threatening weather
in the morning kept many away, but 1t
did not dampcn the spirits of the crowd.
and even the heavy shower i'm the late
afternoon was treated as big joke by
the majority.
Soon after the arrival of the first train
in the morning the sports were started
and after an interesting series of athletic
contests in which the boys We'd with
their fathers and Outdid them for the
most part a game Of bail was played
between teams composed of married mon
and single men. The married men had
60 draft Herbert G. Piper as a pitcher
and he did valiant service. striking out
about every other man. His record in
cludcd striking out spike Davis three
times i'm succession. which was good
their supporters shout with enthusiasm.
The game resulted i'm a victory for the
single men. 50 being the official score.
Neither side scored until the third inning
when bob" Trendell got a base hit and
Harry Dowley brought him in with a hot
three ba gger Mr.. Dowley reached the
home plate in a badly winded condition
In the next inning Nicholas Baker
reached home after a bit of phenomenal
playing and L. Dowley and Lee made
the round in the following inning. BY
that time all hands were 50 hungry that
the game was given up. The biggest
feature of it was the grandstand act
pulled of by Bert Ware. He hunted
along the first base line and when the
ball was about to be thrown over his
head to first base he raised his hat just
at the right time to catch the ball in it,
The decision that he was safe was greet
ed with wild enthusiasm by the married
men. The winning team was Davis IS, l..
Dowley IT. Lee Oh Johnson 3b, T. Clunt
c, j. Clune p. Baker eff. DOuCette ID
Sullivan RI. The married mems team
was Trendell Oh II. Dowley C, Ware II
fafrinea Of, Sexton $ Blanchard 3b
Piper p, Manning If. Miner IF. Thoma.
Perry was umpire
In the sports which preceded the bal
game the organ makers defeated tn,
painters and carpenters in a strenuous
tug-of-wa The organ makers team
was Iltbt up VI JbilIl Lung, L. IL sNltiAtl
w. A. Belden, A. l.. Ellis j F. Kierce
Guy Russell fred Rano, Nicholas Baker
Burdett Whidden and Harry Dowlcy
The painters and carpenters union
team was made up of John Washkas
George Baldwin, Bert Ware, Z \. WY
man. William bakers Fred Chambor,air
Frank LAfrnea, George Holden an
Harry Sweetland. In the 10O-yard das
Thomas Manning, n. j. Baker and JON
Long finished in the order given, tn
official time being II seconds. The sac
race for boys was won by Gerald Win
chester, Harry Smith coming in seconC
Ernest Johnson and Alfred Ryan wo
the three legged race. with Harry Smit
and Gerald Winchester a close SECOND
Roy Miner arrived from canoe tri
down the river just in time to win III
standing broad jump from Frank Lafrir
ca and Pelham. the mark being eigf
feet nine inches.
A large number Of the picnicers intcnC
ed to board he train reaching Brattl,
boro at $50, but the train was delaye
by a wreck near Greenfield and they Il
not reach home until after ococ
Many remained for the evening dance ar
came up on later train
Maple Grove farm, the home Of VI
and Mrs. w. A. Harris. was q. gay pla
Monday, when the recently orginaz,
Red Mems league held its first picni
The new organization showed what tn,
outing and they will not have to adve
tise very widely to get a bigger GROW
next time. The threatening weather
the morning kept some away, but it "
estimated that from 200 to 300 were the
during the day. The first tally-ho lo
went up about o'clock in the morni
and other delegations came on lat
trips and by private conveyance throug
out the morning Young and old anus
themselves with games until noon VIII
bountiful dinner was served by t
league. The afternoon was taken
largely with the sports, among the me
entertaining being the nail driving co
test for women. The tug of war betwe
teams captained by II. L. Clark a
Capt II. f. Harris, Is men on a siC
was won by Captain Harriss tea
Early in the afternoon j. G.. Staffol
Frank F. Barber, Judge +. w GibsC
John Calvin and Oscar T. Ware arriv
in automobiles and spoke briefly. Lat
in the day DR.. f. r. Lynch and Attorn
A. p. Carpenter arrived and spoke brit
ly. The rain in the late afternoon 7
stop to the dancing outdoor and M
of the people went home somewf
earlier than they had intended on
count of the downpour.