The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-11
FIELD DAY BRINGS OUT
P|T|FU[[Y SMALL CROWD

The field day given under the
auspices of the Associated Charities
Saturday, at the Indiana Harbor base
ball park. was characterized by the
smallest crowd that has ever attended
this annual event since the organiza-
ton was formed
Less than nifty persons visited the
park and the little band of devoted
workers who gave OF their time and
labor to make the event success are
discouraged and disguised with the
lack of public spirit displayed A
number OF them spoke freely this
morning regarding the matter declar-
ing 1t nothing short of shameful, and
! a real disgrace to the city that a bet
ter crowd did not turn out.
Why said one of the members of
the committee who managed the affair,
1--WE did not take in enough money 20
cover our expenses and the value of
the prizes given to the winners of the
contests. We may have cleared $50,
! II it can be called clearing that
amount when you consider that we
gave the equivalent Of that in prizes
True the prizes cost our committee
nothing. but how much better. had we
known what ffasco the event was to
be, had the business men to whose
generosity we were indebted for the
prizes, merely donated their equivo-
lent in cash. 1t would have saved all
the labor expended on the event and
we would have realized just as much
1t seems a strange thing that II a
member of a lodge is in trouble every
brother in that lodge will put his hand
into his pocket and give freely for hi.
relief. while the same men approaches
for general charity cannot find 1t In
their hearts to give five cents.
Even the members OF the organiza-
ton under whose auspices the event
was given, many of them, failed &c
lend the light of their countenance &c
the affair. and for my part an
through with the Associated Charities
II there is not enough public spirit
and confidence in East Chicago and
Indiana Harbor to support the organi-
zation, or TO give it the semblance 81
| an approach to support, I see no rea-
son in continuing its existence. The
lack of support offered is an insult te
the committee and the organiza ton
The program arranged for the event
was one worthy of good support aside
from the worthy object for which thu
event stood. There were baseball
games, volley ball. clown and aero
baltic stunts and athletic events OF al
kinds and prizes offered for all.
| The main event of the occasion, wa.
of course the baseball game between
the business men and the professions
men OF the twin cities. The game wa,
won after seven innings by the pro.
fessional men by a score of seven tt
four. The business men who were
lcaptained by w. A. Fuzzy. who also
pitched. were handicapped by the alb.
scence of Messrs. A @. Lundquist and
H. C. Rutledge. two OF their star plav.
ers, to be present.
| DIR. Frank Stephens of the Profes
SIGNALS proved the stumbling block tc
the business men. in tthe pitchers box
Doc pitched some ball and coupled
with this SO dazzling a spectacle did HI
present in his spotless white ducks
that 1t was all but impossible for the
game to proceed when he was in the
box. Doc got a bad spot on his trous
ers before the game was through. bu
this served only to accentuate ths