Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-26
The Wizard Spends Busy Day
at Olympic Park With His
CO=WOrkers.
ISCHWOEBEL IS THE STAR

Drawing the torrid weather condi-
tons. some 900 employees of the Edi-
son companies gathered yesterday at
Olympic Park and enjoyed the third
annual field day. Everyone in the
Edison employ was there taking ad-
vantage of the holiday. The games
started at 1890 in the morning, but
it was not until early in the after
noon that Thomas A. Edison cast
aside his wizards cloak to be present.
Mr.. Edison had busy day. He made
his entrance to the grandstand,
a box to the tune of Hail to the
Chief" He had no sooner seated him
self, than he was called upon to
Judge a horse trotting race between
william Jennings Bryan, the bay
gelding, driven by C. H. Wilson, gen
eral manager of the Edison works,
and woodrow Wilson, the black flyer,
behind which was William Maxwell,
the company's second vice. president,
in which the namesake of the Presi-
dent ran away from his opponent IN
two straight heats. After that west
Oranges most prominent citizen was
hustled to the baseball diamond
where he tossed the first ball in the
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Main Office and Bronx Studio teams.
II was some time before he was able
to sit beside Mrs. Edison in the box
draped with the national colors and
the Edison insignia. Mrs. Edison took
a keen interest of the affairs OF the
day.
Conspicuous in the big crowd We're
the actors and actresses connected
with the Bronx studio, whose races
are a familiar feature of the Edison
movie" films.
Leonard Schwoebel, of the main
office staff, captured all-arouno
honors. and the accompanying cup
donated by c. H. Wilson, general
manager. with a total Of Is points
schwoebel took first place in the go
yard dash and hop, step and jump
events and was placed second in the
standing broad jump. R. G, Garfield!
winner of last years all-around
honors, pulled q tendon and was
forced to withdraw.
The feature event of the day was
the Grand Prix Edison, the Ss0-yard
relay. A special cup, donated by the
Wizard" himself, was at stake. The
main office team, composed of Eddie
Hill. the old Newark Academy and
Cornell athlete; II. Spaeth, L.
| Schwoebel and e. Riker, captured the
first prize by a comfortable margin
And then there was the 65-yard
dash for girls. Eight of the fair sex
faced the barrier. Anna Byrnes, of the
main Office. broke the tape first, with
Elsie Macleod and Julia kothe, OF
the Bronx studio. close behind in the
order named Miss Macleod, who Is
enc of the movie favorites, looked
a likely winner half way from the
tape. where Miss Byrnes overlook her
and led her home.
The running high jump in which a
new record of feet inches was
esta blished, was the most keenly con-
tested event of the day. ]. S. Brown
and John Flanagan had a duel righl
up to the record height, where Brown
cleared, and Flanagan did not, the
event going to Brown. Eddie Hi
was third. The displaced record was
5 feet l inch, made last year by R
G. Garfield.
The heat played havoc in the one
mile run. On the second lap just il
front of the grandstand, two runner:
fell to the ground, One of these, II
L. Duryea, of the storage battery de
partment, was so badly prostratet
| that it was only after an hour O.
resuscitative treatment that he re
vived. W. Shorter won the event IL
| 5 minutes, II Us seconds.
According to announcement, thu
time for the 120-yard hurdles was Il
seconds fat, the equal of the college