The San Francisco call., 1910-10-09
CHILDREN GAMBOL
ON new GROUNDS
Southside Park Is Officially
Opened and Dedicated by
Commission

The official opening and dedication
Of the Southside, one of the best
equipped. artistically laid out and best
arranged municipal Fairgrounds in the
country, took place yesterday after
noon in the presence of a large crowd.
The grounds at Seventh and Harri-
son streets were filed with many
youngsters in athletic garb ready to
take part in the many scheduled events
after the brief literary portion of the
program was ended
The bleachers and the grandstand
were filed with happy youngsters. The
center and front of the stand was oc-
cupied, after Mayor Mccarthy was es-
corted to a seat reserved for him, by
President H. j. Mccoy of the play
grounds commission, Directors John A.
Hammersmith, Mrs. Lowell White and
Mrs. A. L. Hayward, S. Simpkfn, Mrs.
Willard. Hatch, w. Hatch, George E.
Dickey of the Oakland Fairgrounds
board, George A. Schlitter, general di-
rector Of grounds; Ray Daughter. as
sistant director, and ]. E. Williamson,
constructing superintendent.
The Columbia Park band played the
Star Spangled Banner" as the mayor
was escorted to the grandstand by
President Mccoy and Director Ham
mersmith.
CONGRATULATE CITY
President Mccoy congratulated the
city on what it had done in providing
the most beautiful playground in
America. He concluded:
Our children are our greatest
values, our largest assets, and what
can be dbne for their pleasure,
comfort and moral protection IS
the greatest question that can en-
gage the thought and attention OF
any intelligent community. What
we say here today may not be long
remembered, but the things we do
this afternoon will be remembered
and appreciated so long as our city
is blest with children. We meet
these growing men and growing
women in the formative period OF
future. 1t was Milton who said,
The boy shows the man as the
morning shows the day.
AS chairman of the playground
commission it is my very pleasant
duty TO declare this play
open to the children of this loca
tion It is your playground. chill
dren. We shall expect you to care
for it, to be proud of it, and to
see that the best department is al
ways maintained.
MAYOR CoMMENDs WORK
The mayor spoke briefly and said
in part after addressing himself to
the chairman and "above all, the chill
dren of the south side"
All that can be said has already
been said by the president of the
commission, but ] will add that
TO the people of this section of the
city, and particularly the little
children more than any others, be-
long these beautiful grounds and
feel that they will take such
pride in them that they viii guard
them with jealous care. l congrat-
uIate the commission, and so will
the citizens, for what they have
provided for the boys and girls of
this city The use of these grounds
will develop them into good,
healthy citizens as physical cul-
ture will make them superior men
and women. The commission will
do all they can TO continue in the
work in which they are engaged
and it will have my hearty support
and it is to be hoped that every
stone it was who said that thing
too long deferred is wrong. This
matter of providing. Fairgrounds
for children was too long deferred,
but now that the movement has
been started, that which is given
to you little ones, is given with
free and willing hand. The proper
development of the children of
today, who tomorrow will become
the men and women of our state.
means much to the city, the state
ana the ndllOu. anu L lOpS tie
Omnipotent will spare tne members
of this commission many years of
life to enable them TO continue in
the work in which they are so
devotedly engaged.
CHILDREN ENJOY SPORT
The opening event of sports was the
game of baseball between the girls of
the Southside club and those Of the
north side. The first ball was pitched
by the mayor. The score was IS to 1,
the victors being the south siders.
The boys of the south and north side
also played a game.
The other events were scalisthenics by
two classes of girls, and wand drill
by boys under the direction of Prof.
H c. F. Stahl. Then followed meet
under the direction of N. Williams, F.
Smith, ]. Weber and c. Wolff, with the
following results:
50 yard dash-Falkenstein, swanstrom, Lee.
No time
22o Jacobson, Simon. Krippler. Time,
40 yards Smith, Mcneil, tombstone. Tine,
$50 yards-Kemmerle, Goldstone, Bersin.
Time. 2:3s1a.
Broad jump-GIynn Smith, swanstrom. Dis
tance II feet 2 inches.
High jump--Johnstone, Swanstrom, Dawson.