Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-10
EMPLOYEES HAVE IN
JOYFUL OUTING
'P. n. N. A. A. ENJOY TWENTY SEC,
oND ANNUAL EVENT IN
LEIGHToN's GROVE.
CONTESTS PLEASE
Races, Games and Other Stunts Keep
Large Crowd In Best Of Spirits;
Woman Hurt by Foul
S' Battcd Ball.

Woman Hurt by Foul
' Battcd Bali.
! Several hundred employees of John
Morrell e. Coy their families and
friends, enjoyed the twenty-second an.
nual outing of the P. H. M. A. A. at
Leighton's Grove, south of the city,
Tuesday. The event which has been
carried out for years was never better
than the outing held yesterday, accord
ing t. the men who have been employ
ed at the plant for number of years.
Music. games, races, wrestling. etc.
kept the crowd in the best Of spirits
from early morning until late in the
evening.
The large grove situated some little
distance from the end of the Ward
street car line provided ample room
for the outing. and the large shade
trees made nice cool place for those
who carried their lunches to sit and
eat. A stand for the band was erected
in the grove and Professor Dayton,
assisted by twenty-four musicians.
played during the morning and after
/
could be purchased were distributed
around the grounds and large barrels
of ice water were pl>ced under the
trees. 4
The games and races were staged in
an open place In the field that provid-
ed natural amphitheatre. 1t was
an old fashioned picnic carried out In
an up.to-date manner.
Early in the morning the band visit.
ed the different sections of the city
on the street car and people left town
for the grove quite early. bringing
with them large baskets of eatables
which were spread under the trees on
the grounds. Those visiting the grove
on leaving the Ward street car were
taken in buses and automobiles
! Stunts Please Crowd.
! A more enthusiastic crowd never at
tended an outing in Ottumwa. AS soon
as contest was announced the en-
tire crowd would surge to where it
was going to be staged and in an order
ly manner view the matches and ap-
plaud the contestants literally,
i Girls Make Hit.
Girls baseball teams from the can.
ming and trimming rooms staged con-
test in the morning which was won
nv the trimming room girls, 10 to 9.
The girls were attired in white and
black baseball suits and played a
creditable game. The members of the
winning team were leila Jennings h.:
Ruby Stickler. 2b.: Nora Stiles, 3b.;
Sadie Smith, CT; Laura Muldoon, IT,;
Clare Irwin, r.; Ruth Appleby D..
Cora Gladstone, S., and Phil Null
doom, c.
Mosher VS.. Mckinney.
I In the game Of baseball in which
the willow was yielded quite freely.
Mosher's gang of fence busting ball
players defeated McKinney's men, II
to 8. 1t was some game and the spec,
tators seemed greatly concerned as
to the outcome Of the battle.
John Denotes pork house boys while
showing much strength could not take
the mighty beef house boys under w,
, r. Mullins off their feet in the tug OF
war. the latter team winning. The
men had had no practice in tug OF
war. but showed great deal of ability
in keeping the rope in their territory
J. Have Wrestling Match.
/ J. w. harrington and Earl Courtney
both 15 pounds, staged a wrestling
match which was won by the former
; In two falls Of minute and thirty
!, seconds and ten minutes. Harrington
seemed much stronger than Courtne,
and to gain the last fall he wore his
opponent out, Following the match
Charles Kremer, Of Burlington, who
Is we'll known throughout the state
|, as a wrestler, showed the crowd diff
ferent holds and how to break them
, using for his partner harrington.
' Call or Races.
:. Elmer Redman took first In the
wheel barrow blind fold race and J
, Peck took second Both men hit the
stake but Redman was awarded frs
prize as he arrived at the stake first
On account Of the lateness of the hour
, the potato, bean, egg, ETC., races were
called off,
. sox Defeated Browns.
The big feature of the afternoon wa:
the overwhelming defeat handed the
.. Ottumwa Browns by the Blue Sox, thu
latter running up score of 10 to
Mr.. Lentz, who occupied the mound
for the Browns, was easy for the Sox
who smote his offerings to all part!
3 of the field. Rhoades on the othe
hand. had plenty of stuff on the bal
and held the Browns to four hits.
The lineup of the team follows
, Blue Sox--Orman, IT,; Walker, c.
r Wise, h.: Mcdonald, S.; Dunning
: CT; Headman, 2b.; Wertz, 3D.; Galpin
!. r.; Rhodes, p.; Burton, ri. Browns
> Thompson, h.; Lentz, p, IT,; Osborne
CT: Franklin, 3b.; Bell, c.; Gooch, SIS.
Louis 2b.; vinson, p, 2b.; Mays, rf,, C.
Hutchinson, RI.
Woman Is Injured.
} A foul batted ball in the Browns
, Blue Sox game struck Mrs. Belgar'
while she was watching the game. TIL
ball was hit hard and the woman wa
!, struck in the side. rendering her In
. conscious for several minutes. Sew
oral Ofhor neoplo ware hit nv fO,i ls