Evening journal., 1911-06-26
TRACTION MEN
ARRANGE SPORTS

The Employers Relief Association of
the Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac-
tion Company and the Southern Penn
sylvania Traction Compay, whose Of
ficers are, president, A. G. Jack; sec
retary, NJ j. McDOnough, and treasur-
er, c. J. Pyle, have arranged for their
first annual outing and field day at
ShellpOt Park on Friday next The gem
eral committee composed Of. chairman,
w. H. Hitchcock; secretary, H. II.
Geiger; treasurer, c. H. Ryan, and
sergeant-at-arms, A Wheaton, has an
lnounced the following judges:
o. I Crosby, j. II. Pardee, f. J. Hen
sci, ID. l.. OFT. William Long. w. A.
Heindle, j. G. Baueat, A. g. Jack, c. f.
Yost, W. T. Spring, c. H. Ryan, A.
Dannenhauer, j. f. Hallman.
The amusement committee is, c. H.
Oldham, chairman; F. s. Battles, vice
chairman; c. A. Green, F. w. sam
worth, w r. Denny, c. Hubbard, Nj. E.
Turbush, W. S. Yohn, H. Mattson, j.
c. Manson, A. l.. Dorman, j. F. Taylor,
c. c. Schafer, ID. p. Crawford, T. f.
Donohoe, J. E. Berndt, G. L. Hance,
H. W. Palmer, c. E. Yost, M. l.. Lefty,
of this city; p. Tourett, H Snead, w.
Mowers, II. H. Miller, A Wheaton and
b. Cavanaugh, Of the Delaware county
division
NJ. J. McDonough is chairman of the
Law and Order Committee which is
composed of J. NJ. Harkins, H. p. Pot
ter. w. f. Star w. P. Windish, R. A.
Smith, T. A. Dougherty, P. H. Jones,
J. c. Pyle, L. Zebley, G. H. Hall, w. H.
Colt. H. H. Geiger, T. c. Hogue, of this
city; ]. A. Cross, E. Wright, Of Ches-
ter. and Joseph Dinyon of Delaware
County Division.
The printing committee is compos-
ed of T. f. Donohue, c. n. Ryan, T.
c. Hogue.
The program arranged opens at IL
o'clock with a baseball game in charge
of which A. G. Jack, B. Cavanaugh
and Il. A. Donohue are the committee.
This game will be between teams rep
resenting the Wilmington and Chester
Divisions. In the afternoon the team
of the Delaware County Division will
cross bats with the winner of the
morning game.
The second event will be shooting
contest open to all at IL o'clock. This
is in charge of P. Tourett and W. H.
Hitchcock and there are twelve prizes
to be awarded in this event. The
third event will be a match shoot,
teams of the three divisions at 1
o'clock and there will be three prizes
in this.
At 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon,
there will be a free-for-all Marathon.
The chairman of the committee is T.
A. Donohue. The start will be from
in front of the City Hall to the first
toll-gate on the Philadelphia pike.
There will also be a footrace for
girls under II years of age, and F.
Battles is chairman of this event. A
footrace for boys under II years of
age will also be run, and that will be
followed by race for members only.
II. r. Watterson is chairman of this
event as we'll as the race for girls be-
tween the ages Of IL and 16 years of
age. A. Wheaton is chairman of the
race for boys between the ages of II
and 16 years and the spoon and egg
race for women. This last will be
an open event, and among the prizes
are hat pins.
The eleventh event on the card will
be the girls race open to all employees
of the traction company. w. R. Den
ny is chairman of this committee,
while w. P. Yohn is in charge Of the
ball-throwing contest for women.
At AIS o'clock the mems race, in
charge of w. R. Denny, will be held
and this will be followed by that for
women, J. o. Manson being chairman
The tug of war in charge of NJ. E
Turbush. will be next in order. This
battle will be between teams of six
men each. The last athletic event will
be the broad jump open to all and
five prizes have been arranged for this
event
In the evening there will he prize
dancing after which an award will
be made of a railroaders' watch
While there are scores of prizes to
be awarded there are in addition nu-
merous special prizes.