Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-01
Times Boys Enjoy
Big Day at Picnic
and Athletic Meet
Happy Youngsters and Par
entS Haze Merry Outing
Station p Is Winner.

The weather broke just right yester
day, and something Hike 500 boys and
girls took charge of Broad Ripple Park
to have the time of their young lives on
one Of the classiest picnics ever staged
for crowd of kids. The kids IN this
case were the Indiana Daily Times
carriers.
The mob OF happy, bowling youngsters
pranced up Meridian street from The
Times office at S o'clock yesterday
morning and short time later they
piled off eight Broad Ripple specials"
to take the park by storm.
The Times stood all expenses and the
coaster, old mill, merry go round. swim
ming pool and all refreshment stands
certainly took the count before the
'wa1lops" of the youngsters
STAR BUCKER
PROVES POPULAR.
wild Jennie" the star QUICKER" of
the Ripple Parks merry go round might
be tough bird to stick on, but yester-
day many kid mounted it with a couple
of fists full of ice cream cones, sand :
witches, pop, cracker jack and other good
things to eat and drink, and rode it till
its sides were iecked with imaginary
foam and it's wooden knees wobbed with
every whirl around the oval.
The kids had a wonderful time from
the word go, and the many parents who
accompanied their children on the big
party enjoyed themselves just as much
as did the youngsters themselves.
One of the big features of the picnic
was the track and field meet, which the
Station z lads COPIED with total of II
points. Station L came In close second
with 20 points. and the Street Boys were
I third with 1s points. Other teams nm
ished in the order named: Station II,
Station g, Suburban Boys, Station NJ,
Central Station, Stations Q o and S, and
stations L. X, and L.
RELAY CONTEST
PROVIDES THRILL
Station P took the relay race, with
! station u second and Station third.
This event was closely contested ana the
winning tearm hung up good time for
/ the distance.
In the special swimming race Subur-
ban Carrier William Norris outdistanced
"a field OF twenty six contestants to take
rrst place. Morris Ruben, a Street Boy,
vas second and Kenneth Peek Of Station
! Y came home a close third.
The boys from stations east of Merid-
ian street and the boys from stations
west Of Meridian street put on their an
nual tug ofwar, and for the first time
In i've years the boys from the western
{ stations took the hOnors.
Summaries of the track and field
events follow:
Large Boys 30 Yard Dash-Jake Gold
man (Station u, drst; Gerald GIL tSta-
ton p, second, and Thomas Collins
(street Boys, third
/
Norman (station %, first; John Smith
Station 81, second, and George Grulcr
(Street Boys, third
20 Yard Handicap-Jake Goldman
(Station p, nrst Thomas Collins street
Boys, second, and Gerald GIL (Station
p third.
Sack Race--James Davis (statlon H.
first; Louis Miskel Station o.. second,
and Aaron Arnold tStatlon l.. third.
Shoe and stocking race-Ralph GrigSs
tStation p. first; Hymie Granopsky
tCentraD, second, and Harold Timber
tStation y, third.
Girls 25-yard dash-Nina Apps (Sta-
ton H. first; Bertha Haynes (Sub-
urbanl, second. and Margaret Lime (Sta-
ton NJ, third.
Clothespln Race for Girls-Margaret
Lime (Ststlon M, first; Huda Whiting
hill (StatiOn O., second, and Geneva
Lime (StatiOn NJ, third.
Isador Sackoff of the Street Boys was
first in the cracker and banana eating
contest. with Oscar Pryor OF Station G
second, and Thomas Collins Of the
Street Boys. third.
In the watermelon eating contest
Louis Epstein OF the Street team won
over a field Of l18 boys. Oscar Pryor
from Station was second. and Roland
Hand of station T was third.