The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-18
"HIGH TENSION" FOR MANY HOURS
As Tenney Company People Engaged in
Their Annual Outing.

AS lehney SolnPdHy Feopie En8dgeu IN
Their Annual Outing.
About 200 men and women enioyed
the third field day of the Montpelier &
Barre Light q Power company and the
Barre g. Montpelier Traction & Power
company at Intereity and Dewey parks
yesterday afternoon from 2 o'clock to
10 o'clock A ball game, races, ball
throwing contests and shotput contests
were features at lntercity park. At
o'clock there was banquet, speeches
and dancing at Dewey park.
The first event at lntercity was the
ball game between the traction company
and the lighting company IT, A. Harris
was captain of the traction team and
r. NJ Eagan of the lighting team The
| lighting team inflicted defeat, IA to 8,
on the traction team.
Both teams started in with strong
offensive, each getting five runs in the
! first two innings. The traction teams
! infield work was marked with many err
rors, as was the lighting teams outfield.
Scores seemed to pile up against the
! traction boys throughout the rest of the
game and it was almost impossible for
them to squeeze in score until near the
last of the game. May caught the first
| part of the game for the lighting team
| but was hurt in the fourth inning and
was compelled to leave tvs game. Eagan
| pitched good game with fair support in
the first part of the game. Cadette
| pitched fine game but was poorly sup
| ported. Guernsey, the veteran catcher.
showed some of his old form behind the
bat, although a few wild throws were
credited him.
The lineup for the traction team was
as follows; Guernsey c, Cadette y, Har-
ris lb, Hall 2b, Somerville IS, Smith 3b,
kynock CT, Badord If and Arey rf with
several changes, working in Brigham in
the field and Gleason on third
The lineup for the lighting team was
as follows: May c, Eagan p, Belrose lb,
Sunderland 2b, Marion 81, Veal S. Mack,
Parizo and Clogston made up the out
field. Substitutes were put in in several
| places, Columbo and Cole going in in
the middle of the game. The game end
ed with only eight innings played, TO
leave time for the other sports. sum
mary Of the runs in the game:
Inning ............l 8 6 s
Traction company
Runs .....,......5 o o 600 . o
Hits ............6 20 4 9 0 0 3-IS
Lighting company
Runs ............3 5 0 20 2 Old
Hits ...........5 4 0 3 9 3 0--23
The ball game was followed by the
shotputting contest with 20 entries
Harry Columbo won the contest by put
ting the shot 80 feet and ! inch. The
next best was Fred Gleason 30 feet, / /
inches, and third, &. A. Harris, 80 feet,
10 inches. Several others were over 30
feet. In the ladies 50-yard dash there
were II entries Miss Anderson won
i this race, with Miss Maronin coming in
second and Miss Norris third. The boys
| l00-yard dash was won by Hall with
Cadette close onto him and Eagan third.
The fat mems race was won by Myron
Hill, who was allowed a 50.yard handi-
cap; Harris was second and Fred Glea-
son third The ladies ball-throwing con
test was well entered with 10, part of
which did some good throwing, The
| longest threw was made by Miss De,
forge, who threw lis feet, Mrs Norris
threw rs feet and Mrs Harris 81 feet.
Some three 80 and 40 feet. The obstacle
race was an amusing feature Of the
sports, Sunderland winning the race with
Cadette a close second The ladies' hoop
race was the next event, Miss Niles win
ming, Miss Mcleod second and Miss An
derson third.
The tug of-war event was won by the
line department, it pulling the plant de
partment several. feet over the middle
line, Those pulling were Hill, captain,
| Wilder, Lull, =. Parizo and r. Parizo,
Pike and Holmes for the line depart
ment Those pulling for the plant de-
partment were Eastman, captain, White
Bruce, Were, Deforge May Barney.
The next event was announced about
| $3.50 by Mr.. Harris and that was the
clambake at Dewey park The evening
events were largely attended The or
chestra played during the banquet One
Of the first speeches after the supper was
given by Manager H. d. Larrabee in
awarding prizes. The prizes were pre-
scented with fitting remarks by one who
could well review the humorous parts Of
the afternoons events. Vice President
H. T. Sands gave very interesting ad.
dress and in that spoke with regret OF
Mr.. Larrabee leaving the company. Mr.
Larrabee leaves to take the position Of
superintendent Of the Norwich, Conn.
air line, He was presented a combina,
ton travelling and lunch bag, Mr.. Sands
said although the company was sorry tc
lose good man they were glad they
had had with them a man who was able
to take much higher position. f. L
Gleason gave q very interesting lectur,
on the subject, Care and Feeding Of
Poultry
After the banquet Gilbertson's orches
ira furnished music for dancing until II
o'clock, which was the hour for closing q
long to be remembered day for the EN-
ployes of the Montpelier & Barre Light
Power company and the Barre s. Mont
: pelier Traction & Power company.