Billy Sunday Day, Ice Cream Social Planned Saturday
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
WINONA LAKE - The annual Billy Sunday Day and Ice Cream Social will be held Saturday in Winona Lake.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A portion of the proceeds from the event will support the Boys & Girls Club of Kosciusko County.
The event will include a free tour of the Sunday family home, guided by "Ma" Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A vintage base ball tourney will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at Tabernacle Field, featuring the Village at Winona Blue Laws, Portage Iron Diamonds and the Warsaw Fleetfoots.
Local barbershop quartet, "The Chain Gang," will sing three sets during the afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m., featuring popular music and gospel favorites of the era. The musicians will be at Tabernacle Field at 1 p.m., at Kelainey's Sweet Dreams in Winona Lake at 1:45 p.m. and at the Village Barber at 2:30 p.m.
A professional film crew will shoot footage for the new Billy Sunday documentary film "Steal from the Devil: America's Baseball Evangelist Billy Sunday."
Those who attend also can take a historical bicycle tour of old Winona with the "Wheelmen" High Wheel Bicycle Club at noon. The tour starts at Trailhouse.
People also can participate in the annual watermelon seed-spitting contest. The contest is at 2 p.m. at Tabernacle Field.
People can sign up this week for a bike raffle. Tickets are available at Trailhouse and Kelainey's in Winona Lake.
Those who attend also can enjoy a Billy Sundae at Kelainey's from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Kelainey's will donate 50 cents to the Boys & Girls Club of Kosciusko County for every scoop of ice cream that is sold Saturday.
