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AUGUST 16, 1919
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and happy bunch of boys that bowled home
beneath the stars that evening, waking the way-
Eastern Boulevard Park the Scene of Annual Outing of Estey Piano Co. Forces—Athletic Events, side echoes with mingled mirth and melody.
Results in the athletic events follow:
Including a Closely Contested Ball Game, Among the Many Enjoyable Features
Potato Race—Emil Wodrazka, first; Alex.
The employes of the Estey Piano Co., 137th sorts, which kept the crowd on tiptoe all after- Petrocine, second.
Three-leg race—Gene Gittins and Tom Gas-
street and Lincoln avenue, New York, will noon, until tired, hungry and happy they all
long remember their recent annual outing held assembled in the big dining hall about the festive tio, first; Ernest Giordano and Nicholas Na-
at Eastern Boulevard Park, New York.
board, which groaned beneath the weight of clerio, second.
Getting away to an early start, under the the good things of the season.
Shoe race—Joseph Belletiere, first; Louis
leadership of Treasurer "Go-Ahead" Gittins,
And they dined as they played, with fun and Kovacs, second.
EMPLOYES OF ESTEY PIANO CO. HOLD ENJOYABLE OUTING
ANNUAL ESTEY OUTING
1—Lined Up at the Estey Plant for the Start. 2 —Off for the Picnic. 3—J. R. A. Lang, A. V. W. Setley, Geo. W. Gittins and A. Dalrymple.
4—The Winning Team—Their Wives Are Proud of Them. S—"Bring on the Eats!" 6—The Rival Ball Teams
100-yd. dash, class 1—Martin Nichels, first;
Vice-President A. V. W. Setley, Secretary A. good fellowship the keynote of the feasting.
Dalrymple and Supt. J. R. A. Lang the forces No set speeches or after-dinner orations, but Giuseppe Caroccio, second.
Young men's race—William Diehl, first; Sal-
of Estey, nearly 250 strong, scrambled aboard just enough friendly and familiar shop talk to
the fleet of big Estey auto trucks lined up in lend a spice and sparkle to the meat and drink, vatore Cucchirella, second.
100-yd. dash, class 2—Fred Carlson, first;
front of the factory and suitably garnished and and to further strengthen the bonds of good
embellished for the occasion, and set sail for feeling that bind the whole Estey organization Joseph Caroccio, Jr., second.
Fat men's race—Sylvia Mannello,
first;
the scene of the day's merrymakings.
together at all times.
Arriving at the scene of operations not a
In the athletic events the Estey boys proved Joseph Marano, second.
Beer race—Pete Killeen, first; Romeo La
moment was lost in getting down to the busi- that the great American spirit of sportsmanship
ness of the day, which was to have all the en- is a well developed factor in the big industrial Giglia, second.
Running broad jump—John Berst, first;
joyment that could be crowded in between family. The races, games and feats of strength
sun-up and sun-down, individually and collec- and skill were as keenly contested as the tussles Henry Karl, second.
Boys' race—Anthony Servedio, first; William
tively. Arrangements had been so well made in the Olympian stadium and many of the
that the program of events went off as smooth marks chalked up were proofs of prowess that O'Rourke, second.
Extra 150-yd. dash—Louis Kovacs, first.
as a greased eel. There was no formality, each would do credit to any athletes.
Baseball game—Married men, 9; single men, 8.
fellow being as good as the next one, and
The crowning event of the day was the base-
all aiming at the same objective—an undiluted
ball game between the married and single men,
good time. At noon a tasteful luncheon was and, while it furnished plenty of uproarious
Holmes Maddock, of the Whaley-Royce
served, just the right thing to whet the appetite fun for all hands, was played with enough house, Toronto, Can., when down in New York
for the "big feed" of the evening, but not heavy "pep" to carry it out to the crisp finish of nine at the recent sheet music dealers' and publish-
enough to interfere with the athletic prowess
full innings and the close score of nine to ers' convention, was elected a member of the
of the contestants in the day's games. Then eight.
executive board of the National Sheet Music
there was a resumption of the sports of various
It was a leg-weary but satiated, satisfied Dealers' Association.