The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-06
SPORTING EVENTS ARE
HELD AT WANDEMERE

UniOnism owned Wandamere yester-
day. Craftsmen Of all branches direct
ed their course toward the resort
soon as the parade had been finished
and few Of them left until IL o'clock,
at the conclusion Of the dancing con-
test and the Motordrome races. The
resort had been chosen for the annual
outing Of union men of Salt Lake. and
men and their families swarmed
through the gates all afternoon. Many
Of them ate basket lunches there last
evening, taking a short rest between
sporting events, which had marked the
afternoon and continued through the
evening.
While no stop-watches were kept
during the races, IL is alleged that not
a few worlds records were shattered,
especially when the women and chill
dren grabbed their skirts and kicked
gravel around as they raced for the
prizes. NJ T. Campbell chairman Of
the sports committee. had all of the
details under his charge. and he and
his corps Of assistants were the bust
est men in the world during the after
noon, getting contestants together on
time and getting things under way to
| avoid delays. Everything went through
| with clock-like regularity and men
! with megaphones brought the spec
/ tators together TO see the sights. The
/ assistants OF Mr.. Campbell were w
/ g. Johnston. a. Maurer and G. A. Ken
| nedy.
! But in spite OF the hustle TO get
! into contests or to get where things
I
| happiness on all sides and the thrOng
| tollied and laughed through the after
noon and evening There was not a
| hitch throughout the program except
/ for the fact that someone. either a waR
/ or the lowest OF criminals. stole a case
OF two dozen eggs and broke up the
| ladies' egg race. There had been a
/ good deal OF jolly bantering going on
among the women in regard to the
various abilities in egg races. but IL
was all spoiled when IL was found
"a har frrrfH nmI
| thing OF a search was made. but IL did
no good, and this race was cancelled.
Two Real Features.
There were two real features dur
| ing the afternoon. One was the base
| ball game and the other was the tug
O'war. In the baseball game. the Of
fetal scorer complained OF cramped
! fingers before the game was over. but
! when the smoke had cleared away de-
| clared the bricklayers to have won
| from the plumbers by a score OF p
to Z. Dick Ridges and IT. Johnson were
the battery for the bricklayers, and
| were given good support. Art Bur
rows and Jim Davis covered the points
/ for the plumbers. but they could not
stop the smuggling bricklayers in their
fight for victory.
In the tug-o'-war between the struc-
tural iron workers and carpenters. ten
men competed on each side. nine men
and captain. The teams were rather
evenly divided. but Il was not long
before the carpenters weakened and
came over TO. the side OF the iron work
ers. Both OF these contests were held
! in the MotordrOme and a fairly large
audience witnessed the sport. cheering
the good plays and laughing at the
/ bungles.
/ An exhibition Of broad-swordsmau
ship was given on the ok. between
| Duncan G. Ross and Private Fra nix IL
] Toppan Of X company, Fifteenth in
I fantry. Ross. with worlds title be-
hind him. went up against the crack
| swordsman from the regiment at Fort
Douglas. and a beautiful exhibition was
! shown. The match was declared to be
draw. but Toppan more than held
| his own. The veteran was hard set
and once lost his temper. blazing away
at his younger and more agile oppo-
nent like mad man. One stroke ,.ut
Toppan's hand and many who had seer
the stroke thought few OF the finger,
. had been severed by the stroke. Blu
! the gauntlet saved the soldier from
2 an ugly wound.
NJ T Campbell. chairman OF thu
sports committee, was the most Dop-
p ular man at Wandamere yesterday. II,
/ carried the checks. Campbell ISSUED
/ checks to the winners Of each event
and the holders took them to the build
, ing trades secretary to get theii
money. Children were the only one'
! who did not get paid in money, bu