Arizona republican., 1920-09-09
NE WISHES HAVE
 GREAT TIME AS
 K|WANIS GUESTS
Club Members Are Hosts to Carrier and Newsboys - Sports, Eats and General Good Time Features

 Arizona Gazette had their cups of joy filled to the brim yesterday when they were treated to an all day outing at Riverside park The hosts were mem bers of the Phoenix Kiwanis club, and right good hosts they were, too.
 It was continuous round of pleas ure, excitement, sports eats. n every thing. Every kid seemed to have been equipped with a self starter and an inexhaustible supply of fuel. for they started with the opening gun and there wasn't the slightest sign of a let up when a halt just had to be called for there must be an end to all things some time.
 The Kfwanians themselves got back to the golden days of childhood on this occasion, for they entered into the spirit of the thing with the same enthu- siasm and pep as did their young guests. It was a day of real sports, and no mistake.
 And talk about eats and appetitest It was no place for the dyspeptic. and there was none within gunshot. But that's getting a trifle ahead of the story.
 Parade Through Town
 Although the starting hour had been fixed at II o'clock sometime in the far distant past. the kiddies started gathering about the Y. NJ. c. A.. the meeing place, as early 8 o'clock. There was no cause for delayed start on this occasion. They were all on hand long before the appointed hour. A parade formed in front of the "Y'' with auto trucks provided as means of transportation for the boys. The first car carried the circulation managers of the Phoenix newspapers, Oliver King of the Republican. and I. V. Van Cleve of the Gazette. Officers of the Kiwanis club followed, and then the city band Three big trucks carried a swaying mass of happy. noise mak- ing, shouting youngsters. who took ad-
 vantage of an opportunity to give vent to their appreciation which crept down the most remote corners of their hearts. Over 150 boys enjoyed the out ing Members of the Kiwanis club. 75 strong followed in autos.
 Prior to the start of the parade. each boy was furnished with some kind of
 a noise making device, which ranged l from the ever popular tin horn to the
 old fashioned tin can with rosin string l The paraders proceeded south on ! Second avenue to Adams street. east 1 on Adams to Third street. south to Washington. west to Fourth avenue.
 north to Adams. east to Central and 1 south to Riverside park.
 Big Program of Sports An elaborate sports program had ! been prepared by King of the Repub- 1 lican and Van Cleve of the Gazette | | Harry Thompson, Harry Duffy and l dozen Kiwanians. No time was lost l in starting the sports. for the kids had no sooner arrived at park. it seemed,
 that they appeared in their bathing suits. Prizes had been arranged for | each event. valued at from 10 cents l to s5 Tn addition. there were fifty | prizes awarded for coin diving. Alto ! gether sixty five prizes were awarded. ! The first event was a swimming ! F,,rT ~f ~I FAr
 boys 12 years and under. Charles Heitz was the winner after a pretty
 race Marshall Walton won the second
 event. a swimming race of similar na-
 ture for boys F years and under 14 1 years.
 Event number three was swimming
 race the full length of the pool, open
 to all the boys. Lionel McGarr took
 first place,
 Diving for numbered slugs was the
 fourth event and one of the most en-
 tertaining features of the entire pro-
 gram. One hundred and fifty slugs
 were used, 30 being numbered and the
 remaining 100 blanks. All of the sugs were thrown in the water, 10 at a time.
 and the boys would dive for them. Each numbered slug called for a prize
 while the blanks were mere failures.
 Every numbered slug was recovered, the boys entering into the spirit of the
 thing with a friendliness and enthu- . siasm that kept the spectators in a
 continuous round of laughter. The Eats
 George Huntoon won the 1Oe-y yard l dash for boys under F years old, while r Arthur Grunler took first place in the
 free for all 100yard dash.
 Eats were next-and sucn eats! . Fried chicken, ice cream and lemonade constituted the menu and some menu ask any of the youngsters. There
 was just loads of everything and the . ravenous appetites were finally con-
 quered, although it was some battle in . most instances. Eat; you never saw . kids eat so in your life, much to the s enjoyment of the hosts. One little fel- low partook of so much chicken that ! he had to pass up the ice ceeam-he : just couldn't hold any more
 The kiddies had such a great time 2 around the feast table that they couldn't restrain themselves, so they gave three rousing cheers for member: F of the klwanis club. If you've never | heard 150 kids together and all yelling - with every ounce of energy developef in their rapidly growing lungs, theT
 you cannot possibly conceive of the y cheering these guests gave up to theil hosts yesterday. It was a tribute that the Kiwanians will long remember. \ When the cheering had finally diet l out, the sports program was resumed ] The first event after dinner was 2 | backward race. At this stage of tho
 proceedings it was necessary to TUT
 each race in two and three heats ant ! then let the winners meet in a fina < battle for supremacy. The final win + ner of the backward race was Charles Harlow
 !. And Boxing Matches, Too f A sack race for boys under 13 wa. | the eighth event and a real treat i |. was. Henry Martinez finally emerged . victorious after a more laboriou. V struggle with his sack than with hi s l opponents. William Rosser won tn. ' l free for-an sack race.
 Charles Heitz, better known a Q Young Dutch, and Eugene Donnelly $ better known as Lanky Gene, mixed i \ in a 3-round boxing contest that wa f a real thriller. It was a draw. Leone : McGarr and Aaron Slade (Rufus tn t Second) got together in another 3
 round battle that afforded the wit
 nesses plenty of entertainment. I
 also was declared a draw.
 Y A wrestling match between Maynar' a Burbridge and Theodore Raley was tn
 concluding number. Raley winning tn n only fall of the match after 12 minute ! n rL