New Britain herald., 1916-09-05
LABOR DAY GAMES
 PLEASE BIG CROWD
i,5OO People Gathered at St.
 Mary'S Fairgrounds Yesterday

Perfect weather. an immense
 gathering of people and a program
 Eecond to mono of its kind ever held M&n this city, were the salient features
 of the Labor Day celebration at St. @B @ NIary's backgrounds yesterday. It was |ff8ss cSt1mated that over 1,500 persons
 Were in attendance and happy, we'll
 pleased crowd 1t seemed to be, ap- | preciating all that had been done to
 make the holiday one that will be re-
 rnembered for many years by the
 aembers of St. Mary's parish and
 t hose from other churches assem bled.
 It was with surprise that those who @Swere present at the grounds yesterday N ooked upon the progress that has
 been made in the few months that the
 grounds have been conducted. His
 face beam1ng with smiles, Father MWinters received congratulations Snany times during the day from his #parishtoners. To Director Pilz also #praise is due for the excellent showing @nlade by the athletes yesterday, also S@for the smooth manner in which the Mvarfed program arranged was carried 8oLt.
 The Morning Games. 5 The festivities opened at 10 a. m. S with 8 flag raising and salute The #Sirls' tennis championship was then #Llayed, Helen McCue defeating Mar Sgaret Harmon, 6-2, 6-1, 60. The Gold #Medal baseball league championship
 N as next decided, the Tigers winning 8first place and the Spartans second 1afo "a MColonials, score to 1 and the Spar Mtans won from the Vine street team, M9 to s. In the Juvenile league, the & Eagles carried off the pennant, win #ning from the Cubs, 8 to '. The girls # basketball championship was won by M MCaptain Helen Lynch's team from M Captain Helen Deery's team, score #to 1. Captain William Kenney's M Meggregation took Captain Henry M Dolan's pets inot camp in the boys N basketball championship, score to 8. N This concluded the morning program. M Now Who's Champion? Shortly after 12 o'clock the trolley M cars began to carry heavy loads to H the grounds and at l: 80 when the first M Cf the track events was held 1t was @ estimated that nearly 300 persons 8 were looking on. The first number N carded was the 50 yards dash in the @ juvenile class and brought together M formidable lot of boys who will no @ doubt be heard from in years to M come. The center of interest featured N on Med" Delaney, son of Postmaster @ William F. Delaney, who has been hailed as the fastest little fellow on S his legs and feet in this or several other cities at his weight. Ned" has
 
 pIaygrounds, and Saturday he tried his hand at the sprint game at St. 8 Marys grounds It was the usual result, he won his heat which entitled him to complete in the final dash yesterday. And complete he did, that S is before the gun was fired, for after that the other "fellows'' were doing $ the competing, trying to see who would win second place. Edward @~~i4n1nediately set out at the crack of A the gun to show his competitors the # color of the heels Of his shoes and in N this he succeeded admirably. His latest victory surely entities Ned to procaiim himself the juvenile cham pion of his home city, and probably of some other fellows city if the op- portunity presents itself. Second in this event was, H. Butler; third Will liam Lyons.
 Other events resulted as follows: 50-yard dash, juvenile-First, Ned Delaney, 1-5; second, H. Butler; third, William Lyons.
 6O-yard dash, junior boys-First I zeitlin, 4-5; second, Henry Dolan; tEird Joseph Campbell
 75 yard dash, senior-First, F Beloin, sec; second, M. Walsh third, OBrien.
 5o-yard dash, juvenile girls First Helen Lynch, s sec: second
 Margaret scheyd; third, Margaret
 Kerin.
 6o-yard dash, junior girls-First
 Helen McAleer 8 1-5 sec; second
 Kathryn Hoar; third, Helen McCue
 5o-yard hurdles, juvenilc-First
 William Lyon, 1-5 sec; second Charles Riley; third, Paul Lahar. 6o-yard hurdles, junior-First, Joe Campbell, s 4-5 sec; second, Henry Dolan; third, T. zeitlin.
 75-yard hurdles-First, F. Beloin 10 sec; second, M. Walsh; third, J Metro.
 r 5O-yard hurdles girls, juvenile First, Margaret Scheyd, sec.; sec opd, Helen Lynch; third, Margare Kerin.
 60-yard hurdles, girls, junior
 First, Helen McAleer, g 1-5' sec.
 yecond, Helen Long; third, Heller
 McCue.
 Field ball relay-Won by Capta.r
 william Kenney's team from Cap
 lain Helen McCue's team.
 Final medley team race, boys
 O,Brien's team, first, time, 24 g.
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