The Winslow mail., 1925-05-26
THE ANNUAL SHOP
CRAFTS PICNIC AT
TUCKER SPRINGS
By CHARLES ERICKSON.

| I1lClI 1OIulIlSO anu
| friends, was one of the keen annual
events that the mechanical depart
ment stages which are looked for
ward to with joyful anticipation
by not only the roundhouse and
rip track toilers but scores of Me-
Z; teorites also. Believe me, none
were permitted to go home disap
| pointed, either.
After 8 or 4 o'clock on said day
all employees except those absolute
ly needed deserted the works and
a visitor might have, without men
, tai reservation, sworn that another
strike had been called.
The transportation committee
was on the job so that no one had
any excuse for not catching a ride,
and by 5 p. m. a crowd of between
! 700 and 500 people, made up of
whites, Indians, Japanese, Mexi-
cans, Italians and colored folks
was, assembled for just one helluva
good time, while the good old Stars
and Stripes waved beautifully in
the breeze from a high pole.
The Indian band, under the direc-
tion of that splendid musician, Prof.
Harold Youkti, started the program
off with the rendition of a snappy
march, after which our grand old
announcer, Jim Kiely, having just
returned from the east with lively
line of new chatter, proceeded to
''do his stuff through large mega
phone and directed all to witness
an indoor baseball game between
the foremen and the shopcrafts.
The game was one of the fastest
five innings ever played. With A.
E. Wickham chuckin' 'em to P. P.
Boyer for the foremen and Joe
Kleindienst curving 'em around
their necks, finally to land in
Catcher John Sales mitt in behalf
of the crafts, and c. F. Erickson
performing the dangerous job of
umpiring, the hot contest proceed
ed, with score of 0 to 0 until
about the fourth inning, when w.
R. Wellman tapped one for
homer off Wickham. AS he ran
around the bases a pair of blood
red socks was visible, and the
jumps Immediately disqualified him.
The two pitchers, with the aid of
said umpire, brought the game to
close, both having hurled a no-hit,
no-run game. The Winslow Me-
teors should have been there to see
how it is done.
The boys sack races came as the
next Jump" event, quickly followed
by fast sprinting of the women and
girls and yours truly isn't taking
any chances by endeavoring to an
; nounce the winners in the latter,
inasmuch as l haven't wife to
protect me.
Then through Mr.. Kielys horn
came the sound that led the
throng to the prize fight ringside,
where Battling" Costello and Put
| En- to Sleep" Kuhn fought four
lively twominute rounds to
! draw while Joe Kleindienst ref
creed. Before the bout it was an
nounced that the winner would be
the next to meet Jack Dempsey.
The world champ better do some
hard training, because BOTH box
ers won.
A Japanese Hara-Kiri fencing
contest was next pulled between
H. Imamura and H. Mori, which
the latter won. But the fun had
not started, for Ed Mccormick and
| Joe Kleindienst decided to settle
an old grudge via the Japanese
fencing route. The headgear and
armor applied, they proceeded to
beat each other up with the bam-
boo swords. Gaining no satisfac-
tion with the sticks, they turned
it into a regular old-time knock
down-and-drag-out. Both were able
to report at the ice cream and
punch stand (Which was erected on
the grounds for the occasion by
Poss Kuhn and his assistants) i'm.
mediately thereafter.
At this point Jolly Jim spoke the
words which rang like music from
the old Liberty Bell and for which
all were waiting: Lets eat! Put
on the nosebag, everybody
Whereupon no one hesitated and
the rocks on. the hillside were
quickly occupied by the hungry
picnickers, who ate to the tune OF
the band and were also enter
tanned by the announcer of the
day, with some new vocal hits"
which he secured in K. C. on advice
of the Kansas City Nighthawks,
famous "jazz hounds" of the radio
world.
E. A. Kuhn. C. L. Zahnley, H.
Thornton and Mrs. L. S. Baker sure
dished out some fine ice cream and
punch. The only trouble was that
it ran out too soon.
King Nomoto was chief of police,
and after the repast he and his
patrolmen arrested several law
breakers who were tried in Kan
garoo court with Jim Kiely as
judge and Ed Mccormick as prose-
cutting attorney.
Indian songs and dances, songs
by the apprentice boys, whistling
by Margaret Mcbride, accompanied
by three good voices owned and op
Grated hy as MANY VOung ladies': a