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Chicago's Annual Picnic 



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:uicl tin- LiiiiilK>riiu>n 's t'Uili of riiiciiKO Wiis iH-iielitoil iiy the slowness eaeli side searing a inn in tlie first inning. Tlie W<lwooii teiini ennie 



nf business lunl bv the jironiise of exeellent picnie weather. A good baek, however, in the thinl ami seoreil two more runs, whirh >«'ore, 



many of the hiral hiniliernien entirely resigned themselves to present through a eombination of errors, was tied up by the yellow jiiners an 



' onditions for a day at least, believing that probably by getting inning later. In the last three or four inningx, however, the lijinl 



their minds off work and worry and by relaxing in the many ways wood team began to hit consecutively and the final score sliowci tin- 



"(Tered by the picnic committee they would Ije more fit for the grind relative strength of the organizations in each department. 



..„ getting back to their oflices on the next day. At any rate there ^^ ^^^^ ,^^„ g,,,,,^ ,^^j^,, ,^„^p,. ,,,^„ ,,,,,, ,^^,^ „„ti,.i,„.,..,, ,, „.... 



was an excellent atten.lance at the outing, which took ,dace at i,„,,„,,ih,e to start the field events until one o'clock. As a .■..»«■ 



"" (|uence some of the.se were not run off in the morning, but the events 



The bulk of those attending arrived on the morning train, ami that took jdace were very interesting, particularly the putting contest. 



it was not long after arrival before the hardwood and vellow iiine ,,..,., . , . , . . 



, ,, , , , , ^ .<.■..' I The nr.st event was the peanut race tor chililren nmler six vcars. 



ball teams had niaile the necessarv preparations for the annual con- ,„.••■ ... . . .." 



, ..,,,,,■,, , ir ,, ,,• . r^l'is 's always an amusing event and was none the less so this year 



ti-st. It turned out that the Hardwoods ami \ellow I'iners are at ^, , . ^ « ^, , , , . . ' 



, , . . . , ., , than formerly. On account of the large number of entries the event 



least good batting organizations and there was a suriirising number „ . . . . „ ,, , »,.. .,. . . „ 



. , ^. ■ T , .. , ■ n<, . -. X ^ "a** '■"" off "• '"""t"* ""J "»» fi'iHllv "Oil by Elise Dion with (Jenc 

 ot clean hits against gooil pitching. The contest went for seven , ^i , 

 , _ ,,,.,. , Arthur second, 

 innings, the more or less strenuous efforts under the boiling sun hav- 

 ing no ill effects. The final score showed the hardwood team consid- '^'"' second contest was a twenty live yard run for girls uinler ten. 

 erablv on the right side of the count as far as runs were concerne.l, T''" ''ontestants were evenly inatche.l in this event, Virginia Hooper 

 they having score.l ten runs as against four runs scored by the yellow '"■'•aking the tajie, closely followed by Klise Dion. 



piners. The line-up of the two teams was as follows: The third event was entertaining. This was a twenty-five yard 



H.KiiDWOOD. Vki.i-ow I'lXK. .lush for boys under ten years of age. Young David Root, of Irown 



.><kce|c riB llohn Point, Ind., the smallest boy in the bunch, was generally picked out as 



^"*'' '■ *, Murnhv "'""'P'' "hen they came up for the start, lie stood ready for the 



i;add . . ........'.'.".'.........'. ....Cl'\ .'..'.'.'.'..'....'.'..'.......... Miirsii signal with an earnest look on his face which meant victory or death 



Frltts KF Bnrnaliy in the attempt. Nearing the finish he was two feet alieml but 



Daskcy 1" Xol)le hearing the next competitor coming up closely he gave a lunge for- 



^''''■'"" ^J- ,?''Tf' "' ward and just broke the tape in time to win first j.lace. .lolin Hanson 



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ll„lpln ^K Kiiiip "'8x second. The first prize in this event was a catcher's glim' which 



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