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Crescent Bottle Works Picnic 1914
Aug. 7, 1914 McDonald Record
Crescent Bottle Works Picnic
The employees of the Crescent Bottle Company enjoyed their annual outing
last Saturday as arranged by the management. The picnic was held in
TRIMMER's grove, a half mile north of town. Every effort was make to
make the day one of pleasure to the boys, and to this end the men
employees assisted Manager C. D. BRUBAKER and Secretary E. L. FREET.
Thomas W. SHUPE, Henry LUTZ and Clarence CROSS arranged the
entertainment, consisting of two ball games and a number of contests in
field sports. The ball game in the morning was between the Night Turn
and Day Turn boys under sixteen. The Night Turn won 34 to 11.
The players were:
Night Turn--LEONARD, MITCHEL, JOHNSTON, TAZAT, CATRAIN, MONGO, EDMUNDS,
OPENBRIER and COLLEGE.
Day Turn--FRANKLIN, CRAFT, HARRIS, CARNES, MILLER, COTTLE, BANKS, SAIX
and BRADFORD.
W. JOHNSTON of the Night Turn and C. CARNES of the Day Turn each
received $1 for making the first home run of their respective sides.
The afternoon baseball game was between the Day Turn and Night Turn boys
over sixteen years old. Night Turn again won but by a much closer score
than in the morning game, 17-16.
The players were:
Night Turn--COBB, PIERSON, MARTLETT, HARRIS, SCHOLERT, MITCHEL,
PARKINSON, STEWART and MONTIGNY
Day Turn--GILLESPIE, JOHNSTON, LEWIS, CAIRNS, HOLMES, DOWELL, BEADLING,
COBB and PERKINS.
L. PIERSON of the night Turn received the dollar prize for the first
home run. Day Turn failed to get a home run.
Contest No. 1--Standing broad jump for all boys sixteen years old and
over. Won by L. PIERSON, 8 feet, 5 inches; prize $1. Second, C. BEADLING, 8 feet, 4 inches; prize, half dollar.
Standing broad jump for all boys under sixteen years. Won by J. MONGO, 7
feet; prize $1. Second, F. TAZAT, 6 feet, 8 inches, prize, half dollar.
Contest No. 2, Run and jump. For all boys sixteen years old and over.
Won by C. BEADLING, 15 feet, 7 inches; prize $1. Second B. BEADLING, 13
feet, 11 inches, prize, half dollar.
Run and jump. For all boys under sixteen years. Won by W. JOHNSTON, 12
feet, 4 inches; prize, $1. Second, E. MITCHELL, 11 feet, 8 inches;
prize, half dollar.
Contest No. 3--Sack race. For all boys. Won by P. BENNETT; prize, $1.
Second, J. COLLEGE; prize, half dollar.
Contest No. 4--200 yard running race. For all boys. Won by L. PIERSON;
prize, $1. Second, P. BENNETT; prize, half dollar.
Contest No. 5--Tug of War. Night Turn vs. Day Turn. Won by Night Turn.
After the Tug of War all the boys received a handsome souvenir in the
form of a nickel plated search light which will be very useful to the
boys when on night turn to light them home from work.
Refreshments were provided in abundance by the committee composed of C.
D. BRUBAKER, E. L. FREET and George LEBERUM. The bill of fare included
ham sandwiches, cheese sandwiches, baked beans, potato salad, ice cream
and cake, watermelon, and coffee.
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