St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-09-19
The committee in charge OF Events
Nos. 7,4S and 3 was. e. NJ Breugh.
r. W. Turner, chairman, e. N.

race.
Event No. s11-Time 2:15 lean
mems race.
The eolnmittee in. charge Of Events
Nos. 10 and II was: George b. ):
Wright, chairman; c. II. Day.. 8fss 81
Event No. .l2-Time, 2:3e; ladies'
barrel race. I Committee. r. |W.sTurn-
err chairman; # Humphrey.
: Event No. I3ATime, 2s45; three
legged race; strapped above ankle
and above knee; first heat, second
heat and final Committee, T. Corr
field, chairman; H.. Dean. ~ =
Event No. 14-Time,s-3; sack race;
sack tied above shoulder Committee.
same as for Event mo. 1 3. 3.
Event No. 15-Time, g.; baseball
game; Office sys.s Factory. Conn
nittee, M. Starr. :~a-s,s -. Il
Event No. 16--Time, 8 :38; putting
the shot. Committee, D. McGuaig. Il.
Event No. 17-Time, 3:45; final
tug of war; Foundry Department vs.
Machine Department; between win.
ners of first pull, tEvent No. 8; decis-s
iona 3e-second hold over the 18foot
line. ..ss,,at,; ssfF iiEe-ets
The following were the winners: n
| : 1Oo-yard- dash, s13 %1-5 seconds; up
to 25eyearsz old, Reginald James. u,
100-yardtsdash, 1894 seconds; &c
to 35 years of .age,4C e. Miles. ,.sss. f,
J., I00-yard dasf;s 36ayears up,sf3 e3s4
seconds, "A. G.. Bocash. -: 81, .,.5=f::
Tug of eswar--F'oundry Department
won over Emery Department.
Tug of war-Finishing department
won over Construction Department:
In the final contest between the
| winners of the morning tug 5of war
| the Finishing Department won over
t tile Foundry Department and stand
/ readytto defend their title as Cham
pions.' e. S.
This contest probably was attended
! with as much interest as any event
! Of the day, E i = = Z,
The .sIitch Up Contest
This contest was "a. close second te
! the Tug of War" in point of inter
est. Five participants made an ex
/ citing chase for the victory The lit
tie chestnut PAGER of Mr. Collins.
with her esearly experience on thu
! track came near winning the even
! for her owner But, Henry j.. Pat
i ricls's beauty bay gelding had, the ad
vantage toward the end and finished
first. It was a neck to neck. victory
however, and the racing mare eeaml
I near giving ''Henry's beauty" de
i feat. -. ,s,~rt- d. 49, s-2s .
The running broad jump was wo1
< by Mr..:Jenne3 in a fine 16foot, 9-inc]
jump ~ i@'+~ .s@- "
The ladies, potato race furnishe
the best mixer" of the4day. .4Pota
toes, ladies, boxes, spoons and all go
thoroughly acquainted. The sepriz
was worthily: won by Miss Mildre
Cade.#~
The hop, skip and jump sbrough
out a close contest. Reginald Jane
won by~sonex inch over Mr.. aJenne
jumping "a distance. of. E33 feet,
inches ~ .s- 4
The 50-yard fat mems race Pre-
duced real elbow grease and. a spri2
for Perley Woods in 10 seconds.
The 50-yard lean mems race re
ducedE the fat mems record to s<8 :
seconds. with less evidence = of Ath
sweat of the brow This was wo
by Mr.. Gallagher. "a f ~
: The ladies' barrel race brought til
) barrel pushed by Miss Fannie Bee
to the front1first but there were se1
eraI close seconds. 49, = -
;; The -three-legged race Shove
! great skill in manipulating two LEI
! that must have been pulled" as ha1
as, the victim of a Jew game. TT
prize winners in this contest wei
Messrs. Smith and Martin. The
earned it,. -t.*4a =
: The sack race was about as anu
. ing as any. Mr. Smith "wobbleC
himself to- victory. ~
Putting the shot called for mu
. Gle. This was provided by severa
: Andrew Dean, however, had the SUI
:, plus necessary to put him in as lea,
. er and the prize went to him.
: The running high jump was sene
. the prettiest events of the day. Mar
s tried 5but fell by the way. as Charl
? 4 Fiske beat the best man and .tht
:, some After going one better ov
: James and Corliss, he went UP ins
a by inch until he covered successful
Z; a height ef-fiye feet. one inch. Maj
& had forgotten that .Charley" he
!. the state championship Pin5 this ella
when in the Academy. They did n
know he habit Tin him. p But ,he il
orally walked up to the pole viii
others raced and were beaten. +,
The baseball fans had the IRE
thing, too," as was evidenced by i
two tie games calling for extra j
nings -. II. \!
Tht morning ball game was play
by two picked teams under the ali
leadership of Skip Carr and Mic
Stenson. = Z
The lineup was as follows: :
Carr's Team-LaCasse y2b; Lyme
S.: Jones, If; Carr. lib; sDemers, 8
Wright, IF; Durham, eff; c. Hawlt
!! p; and sR. *Hawley, C ;S'cz :
Stenson,s5 Team-Holt, e. Starr, 3
Stenson. IS; =Wigh tman,, p;s Mart
I 1b; Gagner, eff; Legendre, If; EJenn,
IF: Wakefield. 2b. - E z s Z 7
Frank Q. French was the efncie
score keeper. !. ~ i NJ. ~. 3zs
E In spite of the rough ground, 7
game was finally played and be
/ teams showed FAST classy hall. Nv
! the score tied to- at the end; of 4
eighth inning, Stensen's team took
three-run lead, On two sharp sing
and sweet home run- by Legendr
Cars team came. tower the top
the first of the hintfswith a fusils
4 of hits, Including two singles, t