Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-11
PLAYGROUND NOTES
No. g..

No. 8.
The Fairgrounds here are open
every Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day from l to S o'clock and on Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday from 2 to
6 o'clock.
A volley ball game was played be-
tween Cornell and Yale. The final
score was, Yale FL and Cornell II.
Then two dodge ball games followed
between Cornell and Hospital. the
score OF the first game was. Cornell 8
minutes and the Hospital 6 LIZ, and
the second game resulted An Cornell
having -four men in after three min
utes and the Hospital having no men
after the same length of time.
Preliminaries were then held in the
running broad jump, the standing
broad jump and hfty-yard relay. Fred
Woodchock came first IN all three. A
field meet will be held on Friday ar
%ternoon. All parents and friends of
the children are Invited. 1t will start
at 2 o'clock.
Hayes Park
The playground is open from 10 to
12 o'clock and from 2 to 6 o'clock.
The baseball team of boys from
twelve to fourteen years has been or
ganized with BILLY" Fitzgerald as the
captain. Every afternoon the girls
will do folk dancing here from 2 UNI
til 2:45 o'clock. Preparations are In
full swing for a track meet TO be
held a week from Friday afternoon.
The playground yells have been
formed and practiced. See-saws have
been ~improvised by The boys out OF
logs and pieces OF lumber
Next Monday this playground will
hold a lemonade sale. Lemonade will
sell at two cents a glass. The chill
! dren will furnish all the material and
the proceeds will go to The purchas-
ing Of balls and other apparatus.
The Perth Amboy Gas Light Com
pany has granted the use of the ten
mis- courts TO the playground. These
were the former Perth Amboy Coun-
try Club courts.
Miss Frost will be absent on Sat
urday and Miss Winans VIII be In
charge.
The playground is open here on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from
4 to G o'clock. on Tuesday a base
ball game took place. The two
teams were designated by soldiers n
sailors. The soldiers won. Hurrah
for the soldiers. As the boys ex-
pressed It. Camp Raritan beat the
Coast Guards" Wake up Coast
Guards and come back with a victory.
During this time the girls were dane
ing to their hearts content. The Vir-
ginia Reel has been voted the favorite.
Wind the Dobbin" and 'Batbalf' lead
IN The games
No. 4.
This is open on Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday from 6:S0 20 s:S0 and
on Thursday. Friday and Saturday
from 10 to IL O'Clock. This play
ground at present has the largest
I crowds in the city. Every day the
/ children simply swarm over b yard.
The hands of Miss Avchin and her as
sistant Miss Michaels. are certainly
full trying to keep the little one
amused md the big ones u OF mis-
chief. mir. Bingie' triumphH over all
other games as far as the little chill
dren are concerned. Volley ball and
dodge ball are a whole stretch ahead
OF any others with the older boys. The
younger boys are kept busy running
races and playing bull in the ring"
No. 3.
The Fairgrounds there are open
Monday. Wednesday and Friday from
1 TO { o'clock.
Owing 20 the fact that most OF the
children aid not know that the play
ground was open last night, h crowd
was small. Dodge ball was played by
the boys and the little girls danced