South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-31
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ONE BIG SUCCESS
Two Hundred and Fifty-tWO
South Bend Business Men
Enjoy Themselves at Chris
tiana Lake.

The outing OF me or Com
merce at Christiana lake Wednesday
was a big success. Fifty-eight autos
.arried 252 members and their friends
10 the Michigan resort. a splendid
chicken dinner was served at the tav-
ern and the afternoon given up 20
sports and ~funmaking.
Leaving South Bend by way OF
Michigan st. and Vistula av. the pro-
cessiOn. followed by ElbeIs band. made
an easy run through Mishawaka 70
Elkhart where the main th~oroughfare
was traversed. Elkhart was reached
at 1920 and the streets were lined
with people Tue TO the fact that the
Hagenbeck-Wallace circus was in
town and they we're waiting for the
parade. 1t gave the SOUTH Bdltd
Chamber Of Commerce a fine chance
for their display and favorable com
ments were heard on all sides.
Proceeding north from Elkhart the
outing autoists drove directly TO
Christiana lake and the cars were
parked in the shady grove near the
tavern. A pleasant hour was passed
resting under the trees until dinner
was served. The hotel had only ar
ranged TO accommodate about zoo, as
the responses TO the committee did
not indicate that more than that num-
Der would attend. so that il was nee
J essary for a number of the guests to
wait until the second table before they
could be served and it was a depleted
larder left in the hotel when the last
hungry visitor had been served.
Sports Begin.
After dinner the days sports start
ed with the fat mems race with tiie
following results and prizes:
Fred A. LOughman, first, raincoat,
Adler Bros: w. A. McInerny, second,
pair OF white shoes, Beitner Sons; J..
Mccullough, third. Frenc clock, G..
X. Clauer. Also ran: Hon. Marvin
Campbell. A. NJ. Russell. Fred w.
Keller. George A Robertson Fred
Christman and James II. LOughman.
The distance was 200 feet and the
time estimated at from five seconds TO
five minutes
The 1OO-yard dash resulted: Clark
Carson, first, aluminium cooking set;
G.. r. Meyer & Son; NJ. Hamilton, sec
Ond, Stetson hat, Meyer Livingston
Sons; VIII Cass, third, Chinese pad
lock. A. Zeltner. Time u sec
onds.
Clark Carson won the baseball
throwing contest. heaving the sphere
over 200 feet and winning a McCray
refrigerator from George WheelOck q
Co: John Farnamun was second.
Swiss music box. EIbel Bros, 5. A.
Walker, third, umbrella, J. 2. Colby.
There We're half a dozen other will
ing throwers but most of them threw
up in the trees or hit the hotel which
seemed TO be very much in the way.
The peanut race was a mad scram-
BILE 10 convey ten peanuts from one
line 10 another a short distance away,
carrying one nut at a time. J.. j.
Dare won this, getting a sweater out
fit from Saml SpirO x Co., Or. j. A.
S~tOeckley, second. bottle of toilet
water. Lewis LandOn & Co.; +. i.
Austin. third. choice CONNECTIONS. J. 3.
Weber. Dr. Glenn Shidler had a good
chance of winning until F.. A Miller
began replenishing his pile as fast as
he carried them away until he finally
had 10 resort 90 carrying them in his
hat. Carl J. Anderson also made a
flying start but fell down and dropped
out of the race.
In the candidates sack race Don
aid DrummOnd won easily, securing a
suit of clothes donate by the Riden-
our Apron company. j. +. McCul-
Tough was second. prize. smoking set,
a. NJ. Russell; J. =. Swygart, third.
three months subscription (back
! numbers) OF the Tribune; Louis NJ.
y Hammerschmidt. fourth. Colgate
toilet preparations. r. L. Milton.
The standing broad jump was holly
contested and resulted: +. NJ. Norris,
first. library chair, c. a. Dolph * Son;
Herbert Warner. second, marble bust,
Nelson l.. Jones; r. r. Sharp. hat. a.
r. Mayerfeld. The winner Jumped
. fl. 9 in.
The high Jump was won by Clark
Carson. first. height 4 II. S in, prize,
material fc- suit OF clothes R%enfranz
jr.: Claude Nicely, second, French
COnfeCtion. J.. =. Weber.
Witwer Best at HOrseshOes.
The horseshoe pitching contest was
won by r. G.. Witwer and Charles
Lontz, prize. box Of cigars, J. J.. VOL
pert.
The rapid dressing contest which
required each man 10 .ace a short
distance. put on some article Of wo-
mems apparel and return TO the
starting point was a laughable event
II was won by RollO Bunch, prize
double oven gas range Northern Indi-
ana Gas and Electric Co; Ira Ciral
ski. second. box OF groceries. National
Grocer Co.: r. A. Bryan, third, box OF
handkerchief. Robertson Bros. Co
Dr. StoeCkley. fourth. porch swing, y
H. Heller; Nelson Jones, NTH, fshins
on1ft. Chard x Tompsett. Jones
claims he would have won had not
some one grabbed the bundle he had
selected and the one he got was toe
hard TO button up the back.
4 story telling contest between Or
Charles Stoltz n Ralph Seely result
ed in "a walk-away for the latter who
after putting on the soft pedal, deliv'
cred one Of his inimitable dialec'
anecdotes He received "a salt anC
pepper set FOR his effort.
Led hv the band the crowd pro.
ceeded TO the spot where one of th'
big sporting events OF the Afternoon
was TO be held. Many tickets haC
been sold and interest was at a higf
pitch. Fred l.. Dennis was in charg,
assisted by Nelson Jones. Frank Frey.
ermuth. III. Krieghhaum and Or. T.
r. Carson one OF the combatants
however. showed a yellow streak an
laid down So the event had 10 b.
sailed on.
Too Late for Ball Game.
The other contests and the baseball
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