El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-13
Grocers and Butchers Pull
Off a Big Time For Their
Guests at Washington
Park Wednesday.

dix W 6uu6Sudy.
There was something doing and
plenty of it all day Wednesday at the
first annual picnic Of the wholesale
and retail butchers and grocers Of Ell
PasO. held at Washington park. The
crowds started to the park early in
the morning and remained late at night
and mad one continuous round OF fun
The butchers and grOcers, who were
hosts Of the occasion TO all their
friends. provided everything in the re-
freshment line from sandwiches to soda
pop and beer, to say nothing Of cigars.
The main interest of the day cen
tered in the track sports. the baseball
game and the band concert. These
were. Of course held in the baseball
park
Catching Creased Pig.
The opening event was a whole cir
Gus in itself. it was the ancient and
humorous sport Of catching a creased
pig Mr. POrker, very fat as 10 build,
very nimble OF hoof, and exceedingly
slippery OF feel. from the generous
coating OF lard which covered him, was
released from the crate in which he
was hauled into the arena on a dray,
and, once free, gave a merry chase 10
the so or more boys who pursued MIN.
sufficiently long for the lard on Mr..
Porker TO communicate iself TO the
hands and clothing Of about every boy
on the field. Finally Drew Tankers-
ley made a heroic sweep, clUtched Mr.
Porker around his elusive body and
both rolled on the earth, but the boy
held the pig, in spite OF the lard. The
prize for catching the pOrker was the
pOrlzer itself.
butchers have Race.
The next event was the butchers
race Of 100 yards 1t was won by
James Mengelt. of the san Antonio
and Z. cigars Frank Baca, Of Ma
tiOns's market came second
johnny Loretz. of the Loretz-Pe
company, won the so yard dash for the
city statesmen, with d. C. Huntzlngers
Of Schustcr Commission company
very close second The prize was Q
box Of J. and j.. cigars
IN the delivery boys race Of 100
Yards Clayton Ritz. of the j. B. Wat
son company. won. R E. Worley. Of the
Cleveland store, was second, and Rob
ert Wallen. OF the Bee Hive store,
third A box Of the same brand cigars
was also the prize for this event
Wins Half Nile Event.
The half mile race. free for all, was
one Of the most exciting Of the day
The prize. a IS gold piece. was won
by Frank Black, OF the J. A Dick CO.
About Is contestants entered and but
two finished GreEOriO LeyVa took the Z
lead in the race and kept II half way
round the track. but he couldn't stand I
the pace and gradually B. D. Brown. .
Franz Ross and Frank Black worked I
ahca the last stretch Frank Black /
by ---tra squirt worked ahead Of
Ross and won by several feet
Paul Mcqueen won the 100 yard dash, /
free for all for boys under 10, wen /
George Leighton second The prize was !
z silver dollar
A e-irIs' race Of 50 yards follow ed, /
which was won by Mabel Goodwin me
prize was two pound poN OF canoy.
While the winner finished several feet
in advance Of the rest. the other girls
were running so closely that no second
could be determined
The Fat Mems Race.
The entries for the fat mems race
were P Kern, c. Schucks and Juan
Gomez. each guaranteed to not be IN
thrills. Juan Gomez winning the 50
yard sprint in the record time OF i
seconds. Charles Schucks crossed the /
line second and 2. Kern came IN at the
finish The reward for this strenu-
ositv in the heat was q box Of cigars
The tug Of war between the retail
ers and wholesalers finally ended IN a
victory for the retailers, who divided
the prize OF the box Of cigars between
them.
The first try. the retailers started
pulling a second in advance Of the
signal and pulled the wholesalers OF
their feet At the second try the rope
broke square in the middle and landed !
the ten contestants on each side /
smack in the dust. In the third try
the rope broke again The fourth
time was a tug of war in earnest with
the retailers finally pulling the whole
salers off
This finished the program Of sports /
J. 3. Paden was master Of cereT 0nies !
and J. B. Thew judge Of the IA s.
Music and Baseball
Just before the baseball game be- /
gan the 4th cavalry band arrived and |
was greeted with vOciferous applause /
The band took its position on the +
grandstand and played lively selec- {
tons all through the game.
The iineups Of the two teams follow: I
Wholesalers team-SCott White, IT., I
1b: John Loretz and Art Hunt. zb; F. |
Charles Grant. IF; r 3. oliver, CT; 4
George Anderson, If; Art Hunt and I
Johnny LOretz- D.; G. Depeder. C; Jones, (
SIS. ). G. Kayser popularity known as 4
'ToOts," was manager Of the team, 4
with Donald c. Huntzinger. captain.
Retailers team. p. Thew, 1b; Cal 4
Goodman, Oh; Brown Pascual, 3b; Ben \
Franklin. IT, j. Reed, IF; Marion PO- /
mar, cf; Win Bourland. Lester Lane. C; |
pepper the soldier ball player, was 4
umpire for balls. and Bill Taylor UNI /
pire for bases. The game ran only 1
five innings and was a victory for the /
retailers.
Score by innings: u !
wholesalers 5000 ..-..-O 1 l. (
Retailers ....--. ..-.....O 0 S Oil /
Popular Concert.
After the ball game everybody had /