The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-27
Take Five Hours Off and Forget Business Wcr-
 ries Entirely
VARIOUS CONTESTS
 GREATLY ENJOYED
Sol Jacobs Team Tried to~Put Some thing Over Oscar Turner's Bunch in the Tug of War-Got
 Found Out
All the boys were there. And = Its always fair weather
 When good fellows get together. .

All the boys were there. And
 Its always fair weather
 When good fellows get together
 With the perfect abandon of 6-year-old kids. the busy business men of Birming- ham cut five whole hours off their busi- ness day and forgot there ever was such thing as .the office or "the store"
 They went to Bayview some 5oo or 500 strong. They sang songs. They ate bar becue. They jumped They played ball. They told stories. They turkey trotted on the pine needles. They went boat riding. They pitched horse shoes. They drank many things that were there to drink Some of them took a swim Others took boat ride.
 And at 4:30 they all came home feeling fine Thirty minutes later they were lost like magic among the office buildings and stores, every man bac kat his job, working just like he had played-for all that there was in him.
 Was Remarkable Outing
 The whole outing was remarkable for it's informaity and "go" From the mo- ment they left till they got back they kept things moving. Fully, 800 strong and probably more they lined up behind Nap pi's band at 10:45 and marched to the special train waiting at the Louisville and Nashville sheds. Cold soft drinks were distributed through the train going out and Bayview was announced by the
 conductors at even 12 o'clock. And by that time there were some conductors. Out of the 300 men there were about 495 who were acting as conductors and call ing off the stations-anything from kala- mazoo to St Petersburg.
 The big steam launch immediately went into action and from then until the crowd left at o'clock took parties for ride across the lake and back. The main crowd immediately began the games. w. D. Nesbit acted as starter Harry Jones was master of ceremonies and everybody who wanted to. ran the thing to suit himself.
 Results of Contests
 J. c. Hodges won the standing high jump for which Harry Jones offered a handsome pocket knife.
 Thornton Estes won the running high jump for which he received a safety razor offered by the Birmingham Arms and Cycle company.
 Douglas Mcqueen won the standing broad jump for which he received an electric iron offered by the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company.
 Frank Hammond won the running broad jump for which J. Blach & Sons offered a pair of letter scales.
 Sol Jacobs and his team of 2S men won over Oscar Turner and his team of the same number in the tug-of-war, receiv- ing a box of cigars from the R. D. Bur nett Cigar company.
 After the jumping had been con- clu6ed the whole crowd suddenly held their noses in the air, for a peculiar odor had arisen from across the hol- low Then they broke to a man and ran for the tables The barbecue had been served.
 The barbecue annihilated. the singing and story telling began. Nobody sang or spoke voluntarily. A self-appointed committee kept an orator or a soloist rounded up and as fast as one man closed another was hoisted onto the table, which was being used for plat form. Frederick Gunster delighted the crowd with one or two vocal solos. Sam Blake sang And the Green Grass Grew All Around" and the crowd yelled itself hoarse
 Only Murphy Escaped
 Among the orators were John E. SHelDy, beH lnelS IT, N beck, OOi Jd- cobs, Oscar Turner. Harry Jones. John Sibley, Walter Blackman, Bob Murphy and others. Bob Murphy stood for few moments with his finger in the corner of his mouth trying to think of something to say, then turned and gave leap frog imitation in the di- rection of the outer edges of the crowd He was the only man captured by the speaking squad who got away without a speech.
 Nappis band then led the way to a cleared spot and the tug of war was staged. Oscar Turner and his team pulled for a few moments but couldn't budge the posing side. Oscar went on a reconnoitering expedition and found the end of the rope tied to a 12-inch white oak tree.
 No use printing what he said but anyhow the tree was released from the embrace of the rope and then when the final test came Sol Jacobs and his huskies were a little too much for they slowly dragged the other crowd in direction which they tried not to go. It broke up in a row. both sides claiming the cigars. The Bayview po- lice reserves rushed to the scene in answer to riot call and seeing that things might get too interesting the crowd broke for the train. yelled to the engineer and started for home. AS the spec1al pulieG Into the city Nappi's band went through the entire train and played "There'1l be Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" Fol- lowing the band the crowd pulled off coats and marched up Twentieth street and down to the Chamber of Com merce. At the station before starting they gave three. cheers for the Ten nesee Coal Iron and Railroad company and the Chamber of Commerce. At the chamber building they marched around in circle with the band in the middle till the whole line arrived. Then they gave cheers for Nappi and his band, for President Paschall Shook of the chamber and for the Chamber. of Com merce