The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-09-20
Six Hundred Employees Of
Akron Division And Mem
bers Of Families Here
SPORTS AND CONTESTS
AFFORD ENTERTAINMENT
Ball Game Between Orrville
And Barberton Big Feature
OF Afternoon

With members of their families en-
Dyed an outing at Riverside and Ath-
etic parks In Mt. Vernon on Sunday.
rhe visitors were the guests of the
Athletic association of the Akron d.
vision, Pennsylvania railroad, under
whose auspices the outing was held.
The visitors came to Mt. Vernon in
two trains, those from the south COM
ing on the regular train at 1858 a. M,
and those from the north on a special
train from Akron at 10 a. m 1t was
an ideal day for an outing, and every
moment of their stay in Mt. Vernon
was enjoyed by the visitors. Local
employees of the Pennsylvania rail-
road and members of their families
joined the party at Riverside park.
Activity began soon after the arriv-
al of the first comers at Riverside
park, and thereafter there was some-
thing doing all the time until the sig
nal was given to return to the trains
and start on the homeward trip.
The children and young folks made
full use of the swings and slides in
the park the entire day, demonstrat-
ing the complete popularity of this
equipment, added to the park this sea-
son through the generosity of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Baskets we'll filled with eatables
had been brought by each family
group and at the noon hour tables
were spread, and the attack on the re-
freshments followed in due time.
( The afternoon was given over tc
sports and games. Mt. Vernon mer
chants generously had contributed, of
fering prizes in the several competi
tions.
orrville Won Game
The chief feature of the afternoon
was ball game between the Bar
berton and Orrville teams. This wa,
witnessed by a crowd estimated a
1000 people, many from Mt. Vernon
coming to Athletic park to witnes.
the contest.
The game was won by Orrville by ,
score of 4 to 2. The batting featur,
was three-base drive by Blubaugh.
Orrville was able to do no SCORING
until the third session, when the!
hoped onto Kastner and drove il
two runs. They did nothing more un
til the seventh, when two more run
were driven in.
Barberton was unable to score cl
Blubaugh until the sixth, when the.
got one over. They repeated in tn,
seventh, but thereafter Orrville wa
able to hold them safe the rest of tn
route
The score:
Orrville .......,O 020-O OO2 0 o.
Barberton ......0 90 OIL 1 o O.
Batteries-Blubaugh and Murtaugl
for Orrville; Kastner and Menter TO
Barbertcn; umpires = Tanner an
Mills.
Prizes Awarded
The prize winners in the other CON
petitions of the afternoon were:
Ladies' Tug of War-Mrs. G. {
Locke, Mrs. c. Bilderbeck, Mrs. +
Smith, Mrs. Fl. H. Neville. Mrs. e. 7
Starner, of Orrville, and Mrs. F. N
Stump of Cuyahoga Falls.
Race for Girls under IA years-Q
Harriet Krause, Orrville; (2) Trev
Meeks, Orrville; (3) Hilda SANFORD
Westerville.
Race for Boys under 14-O Wa
lace Mag, Orrville; (2) Harry Elp!
Barberton; (v) Wade Connor, Or
vile.
Fat Ladies' race-U Mrs. Mani
Stringfellow, Orrville; (2) Miss Hu
da Miller, Akron; (3) Mrs. H. ]. A
bright, Orrville.
Fat Mems race-Q) p. E. Popejo,
Mt. Vernon; (2) P. G. Wilson; Ga
c. L. Blonsky, Akron.
Ladies' Free for All race-(D Mr.
Z. j. Miller, Orrville; CD Mrs. L. Ca
penter, Orrville; (3) Miss Rut
Swartz, Akron.
Ladies' Peanut race-(D Miss p
ma Deakins, Akron; (2) Mrs. r.
Letter, Orrville; (3) Mrs. F. M. Stuml
Cuyahoga Falls.
Three.legged race-P. e. Popejo
and d. w. Cannell, Mt. Vernon.
Mems Free for All race--(D p.
Popejoy, Mt. Vernon; (2) H. Kigel
(3) r. II. Orr, Akron.
Boys and Girls Peanut race-(l
Miss Treya Meeks, OrrVille; (2) Ha