Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

that he was not out among his customers or
his customers daughters. Lemonade and
water were furnished on the grounds while
coffee grains and cloves were barred. None
of the drummers were allowed to approach
nearer than ten feet to the little stream be-
cause of the great number of minnows there
and the thousands of wonderful fish stories
liable to be suggested by sight of them.
In fact it was drummers' day when a
drummer was not drummer, but common
mortal with his human nature awakened by
the beauties of the woods and green grass,
the music and the dance. The drummers
found themselves in the position of the
robber who tried to rob the robbers cave
they were all too slick for each other so
Joined hands in having good time, bust
ness being entirely banished from their
minds.
HOW THEY ENJOYED THEMSELVES.
The attendance was not large, but those
present seemed to enjoy themselves i'm
Imensely. The coming drummers took great
delight in the merry-go-round, while the
ladies played croquet and danced, or
,
foot races. The big swings came in for a
share of the fun, and Of course some of the
younger generation of drummers took ad-
vantage Of the opportunity to stroll and
talk moonshine to their best girls even if
it was broad daylight.
The ball game which began at 8 o'clock
between the Pittsburg Drummers and Com
mercial Travellers was decidedly interesting.
1t was close and exciting all through, and
there was just hitting enough to keep them
busy chasing the ball. The Drummers have
a regular team and the Travellers was
picked nine. Still it was question which
played the better ball, thought the Drummers
won. Following was the makeup of the
teams: Drummers-Adams, C; Caughey, p;
Stewart, 1; Zieber, 8; Cooper, 8; Ray, 2;
Finlay, l; Kelly, m; Huncher, r. CONNER
cial Travellers Warwick, C; Walton, p;
Palmer, 1; Heisel, 2: Rourk, 3; Reed, s;
Brown, l; Bulger, m; Kregar, r. Follow
ing>is the score by innings:
Drummers. rs..........-....-2 Q IA
Commercial Travelers..1 IL
FAT MEN DOING GOOD TIME.
When the ball game was finished the
races were called up. The course was one
of those indefinite ones that starts at the
mark and ends at big tree. A strong
guesser put the distance between 30 and 100
yards. 1t was 100 yards for the fat men
and about so for the lean men. In the fat
mems race man had to weigh at least 16O
pounds. James Klingensmith. won the fat
mems race by very small margin. One of
the contestants started out in his stocking
feet, but stepped on an acorn and stopped
to nurse his foot. The lean men had to do
somewhat better time All men weighing
over 130 pounds were barred. Frank Finlay,
one of the baseball men, won handily.
The drummers did not seem much in
ciined to listen to speeches, but really
enjoyed the only two that were made.
William Smith made a short address and
introduced A. j. Edwards, assistant Post
master of Pittsburg. Mr.. Edwards made
a most interesting speech, and his only mis-
take was that he told two stories, which his
extreme youth prevented the possibility of
his invention. They were both good stories,
however, and would go with rush at any
place but a real, live drummers' picnic.
The drummers and their friends, after
enjoying an elegant lunch, continued to
dance several hours after supper time. They
now look forward to their next annual out
ing, which they hope will be as successful
as the first.