The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-09-09
BIG P~LEASANTVILLE
DAY AT LENAPE PARK
P. A. & VI. A. AWARD PRIZES IN
VARIOUS EVENTS AND GREAT
TIME HAD GENERALLY.


Pleasantville was deserted on Mon
day, the principal portion of our pop
ulation going to Mays Landing to par
ticipate in the Field Day program of
the Pleasantville Athletic & Musical
Association. The day was ideal, and
the enjoyment supreme.
Clark Adams won the Klaxton horn
by making the run by automobile in
exactly the time secretly established.
Many fine prizes were awarded the
winners of various events. The base
ball games between the married and
single women and the married and
single men being great cards of the
day.
The mems ball game resulted in a
score of 26 to 6 in favor of the sim
giles.
While the single ladies won easily
over the marrieds by a score of IA to
7, an uproar of laughter greeting this
game from start to finish. Miss AL
thea Davis, captain of the team, prov
ed her worth with four home runs and
a number of two and three baggers.
Eight men of the Suburban Section
gang under leadership of Gid Adams
easily o the tug of war against
eight other picnickers by pulling the
opponent half way to the center of
Mays Landing before being stopped in
two straight heats, a box of cigars
being their award.
The second tug of wal team was
won by Captain Gallagher's huskies,
a box of cigars being also the prize.
The rs yard dash was captured as
follows:
First heat-Wilbur Adams.
Second heat-T. B. Wootton.
Final won by T. B. Wootton, prize a
silk shirt.
Base relay race won by Wilbur Ad-
ans, Gallagher, Conway and Block
against Wootton, Lancaster, Vice and
Sanders. Prize box cigars.
Second relay race won by Shrill,
Toney, Caste and Aarons against
Howard, Smith, Block and Lake.
Zippler won the obstacle race hav-
ing been adept at climbing the barrels,
boxes, w~heelbarrows and so on, a silk
umbrella being the prize. Conway,
Block and Zippler were in the qualifi-
cation of the finals, necessitating un-
offs of Zippler with Conway and Block
nosing Block out by a small margin.
Boys obstacle race was won by
Smith, prize a baseball.
Girls obstacle won by Miss Ennis,
prize, fountain pen.
Potato race was won by Conway,
pipe, cigar holders and cigarette hold
err being the prize.
Boys potato race won by Lake,
prize baseball.
Girls potato race won by Miss
Schwartz, large cake.
Whip race won by Zippler, prize a
medal.
Boys whip race by Toney, prize a
baseball.
Wheelbarrow race, two out of three,
by Zippler on third heat against Woot-
ton, prize twenty pound ham.
Ladies' wheelbarrow race won by
Mrs. Schwartz, box candy.
Three legged rae by Zippler and
Wootton against Adams and Gala
CHER, prize a box of cigars.
Second three legged race fash and
Block, won over Smith and Bennett,
prize cigars.
Ham tree novelty vas won by Mar
tin Ripley, after many unsuccessful
attempts up the greasy pole by him
self and others. This proved n of
the most humorous events of the day.
Duck race-First catch by Sanders
and second and third catches by Rip
ley, prize to the latter, a medal.
One hundred yards swimming race
by Filbert, who beat Zippler by an
arms length. Prize thermos bottle.
The dance in the evening: First
prize by Mr.. and Mrs. Lancaster, $3.50
pair of shoes and camera being the
award. Second prize won by Harry
Van Saun and Miss Kitty Hand, box
of cigars and large cake.