New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-22
YACHTSMEN AS WATER DOGS
LADIES DAY AT THE LARcHMoNr YACHT
CLUBS BIG FROLIC.
MARRIED MEN AGAINST THE EIIGIBLEs IN A
GAME OF WATER BAsEBALI-ENTRiEs FOX


beast Slippery Dobbins! This was the ueon
t,on delivered In that well-known tenor for wmcn
cal" Cammacho yachtsman and ail-rouho soou
fellow is noted. At the time the worthy sN'pp
Of the Raccoon and the Vaquero was s'aiiu''s VII
the club float at the Larchmont Yacht Ciup. i-ai1"
mont Manor attired in a bathing SUIT. besioe NM
and towering over him like an oak over Il iaui',
hrsh and lending stentorian Endorsement 10 all 'a'
80 so,d uas Commodore II. NJ. CLING, Oh tue
Larchmont organization. also IN oa'"i's
Cap,ain Cammacho advertising 10 'he 'on %
his ability and with no hope Of fee the mar %
canah,,,,ies of a newly discovered "oeas' Inc
whole performance was almost the cap shef'' " ~
rorra NJ nleasant things the club had prepared
Gov ,s ladies' day celebration OF the racing "e."'
and II digestion is promoted and munger "' ~
n laugh then certainly the crowd OF meIi " ~.
$50 IN postion to enjoy TO the top OF the'r penn
the good things from the club Kitchen "''e' ''N
sports Of the day had been finished ,,.
- .o, Was and who was slippery Dooons'
~ en-. cluh float the genius Of the aquatic COM
ri,tee had placed tall crutch, ana run,''''s o'
from the supporting notch 10 announcer cruz" -
nm a smaller float about fourteen iee' o'''"' -
a long boat boom. This boom had oeeh e'e"S
until y was as slick as the palm OF icp'" "
.,oo,,on ,imes and run on the BOOM by holes poreu
out of either head. was an ordinary e'e'su"''
harmless a ppearng beer keg Inc kes war '"f
merry Dobbns" and the Tick was 10 mount III
80 erasp the line that was thrown from the outer
If the boom. Dobbins was warranted hot u Jun
and he was guaranteed kick proof. but there was
h lurking devil in the grease on that poorh '""'
bodied III 10 any rider. The first to mount was
s~ammacho himself and as he pronounced 'he
,rord ready he shot out the water under the
sn,petus of Commodore Gg's strong arms BE-
rore he could close his mouth or catch orea'h ne
was sturgeon hunting in the bottom Of the haroor
Then Commodore Gilg tried the brute lie graspeo
the reins firmly and gritted his teeth hard win oe
termination. All use! The instant the rouho-
bodied key caught the creased surface 1t whirled
over and the dignifed Commodore. who for the
afternoon was a boy again. struck the water on
the broad of his back with rush that sent minia-
ture breakers curling In TO the shore The women
on the shore TO the number OF between ~" ana
go simply shrieked with laughter ana the men
howIed like demons of mrth. OF course. 1t is
understood that this not the initial NUMBER
on a carefully prepared programme nor IN fact
does II matter.
WATER GAME OF BASEBALL
The water game Of baseball came just before the
"Sppery Dobbns' game. Here was more fun ana
the audience warned in the following thrling
fashion 10 keep their seats. The game was between
the married and single men, but here is the scheme
as the programme presented 1t to the general view:
Water baseball-Married men single men. for
the championship OF the club and a piece OF pie
tice ana preparation the Baseball Committee has
selected the following mines to do battle for cham
INK between these rivals we beg to request
audience TO remain seated, no matter how many
that we have hundred men with repeating rifles
scattered through the grounds TO keep order II
possible
Ausnstin Monroe umpire II he is killed (s Sss;
will act substitute
MARRIED MEN.
Harry eirs, Capt: c Of the Ramona" A regular
oS H9 who O. Es sn:. he can
Frank Fullgran. LIST B. Frank by Full by
nature. the first time he was ever known TO take
Horny Harper, "a B; An "Artpll" Youth II M. Harper
present him win new set Of Bones.
ga B hs 80 man On @ 5Ss
II we dCn't beat IT., them EN-. GU; Of sign:
DITTO sasony a very taking yGpns man Keep your
&srsha r. + Better a known as Aleck swear or
Could Hamilton iS '. " ham faifer than any Of the
Aueus;u. Thomas. c. F. The Boy-The Billy Bryan Of
e"''0'"e''e SINGLE MEN
Gust think Of 1t. girls all be asked
Alfred nt .p ' 4f 1ef 6.s zoo who take. to tn.
Cir Brokaw, P. A boa, goes with clin. only an
The Butler Boys LIST and I'd B. Cwn and George Here's
Jack Nelson l. F. This viii l'P be Jacks positively las.
HAIRY Smith me sngf p bsss Wso has awavs
FOUND the Sound so dusty" that you could not get
~ H Hall. shortstop more Familiarity known
b bEa. or Terra Gotta Bill"
H. B. seeley. field the Adonis of the nine.
we Deg the fair sex not TO capture our Bert
We can't spare him.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST.
The water diamond was laid out in effective
fashion The club float was home plate and there
the batter took his position. Out ten feet
In front Of the big float long narrow platform
on which the pitcher stood. The bases were three
barrels anchored and furnished with life lines. The
ball was an alright sphere about big childs
football. and so light and elastic that IT would skim
was Alfred F Cammacho for the single men His
.stiek' was light walking cane He "swatted"
the side Of the float took header in the dfee:
sn s Of t but the bali s bss him Ga Il
by the shortsto2 Sarony. who watered it into first
runner mo. the swlmmer) out. Then howl went
up from the single men, and Mr.. Monroe began TO
himself against death by drowning He was at
tired in Immaculate pink tinted shirt; collar and tie.
DER, not one Of them getting a life grip on second
each other onto the noat with true brotherly fee
pose tissue, and The FIRST man to grasp the rattan
Tor a furnishing blow was the Commodore. lie
ike scared frog and reached his barrel There he
hung on. and the second man came up. T. R. Hos
While the pitcher for the Singles getting
himself "contorted" for Rusie curve howl went
up from about everywhere. 1t was observed that
first base was nearly down to second 1t speedily
developed that. Commodore Gilg did not believe
IN letting Of one good thing till he had a fast
clinch the next better. and so he connecting
the bases. "Will" Butler. the first baseman, on
the lee side Of the barrel trying 10 1T back and
II was Pull. Commodore. Pull. William with the
chances In favor of the doughty commander OF the
redoubtable flagship. OF course the instant he
discovered the commodore loosed his hold, and In
the excitement reached second. Mr. Hostetter
made what might be called a sacrifice hit and leaped
into the water. Then she commodore got TO third
and the stroke for liberty made by Mr.. Fullgraf
reached home. But the umpire declared him out
Before he had chance to reverse his unfortunate
decision Mr.. Monroe experienced what is vulgarly
termed "the rush" and before he knew anything
else he playing turtle In the drink That
settled the game. The mar ried men scored run.
The umpire was rewarded after his kind. What
more would you expect from any game OF base
tall?