The morning times., 1896-05-03
UHDERWRITERS 1t PLY
sire Insurance Men On Their
Annual Outing.
ALL WERE BOYS ONCE MORE
PIanked Shad Was the Delicacy
Which Tempted the Appetites
Sharpened by Exercise-A Rattling
Baseball Game, Which Was Played
fnaSnappy Manner-Those Present.

The Association OF Fire Underwriters
L the District OF Columbia Toasted at
'Iarshall Hall yesterday afternoon. They
enjoyed one of the last planked-Sad din
hers OF the season and never before has
there been such a full attendance and
complete enjoyment as Chara acteriZed this
excursion.
The business men became boys once
again aad played baseball, rolled nlne
pins, played mumley-peg aud enjoyed them
selves hugely.
For months past this treat has been in
the course OF preparation under the man.
agement of Il committee selected for that
purpose. Mr.. Harry c. Birgc has worked
day and night for its success and had the
qualification or a realization Of his hopes.
The mcEbc-S OF the committee of arrange
ments consist II Of MeSSrS. Harry {. BirSe,
chairman: W. Clarence DuYall, w. +. BOte-
'er. I. Janney Brown. i. w. Prd, and +
b. Smith. Invitations were extended the
Underwriters OF Baltimore aud Phiiadel-
phia to be present ana representatives
from those cities graced the feast with
their attendance. There We're other guests,
many of them well-known business men
OF this City.
DOWN THE RIVER.
The River Quecu left her wharf Just
about quarter OF two yesterday afternoon
ana l3GUirN Il Oily CfOWh IL MdTNiidl 1dll-
During the morning the weather IN Wash
ingtou seemed 10 Indicate a gloomy day
aud IL was a complete surprise on arrlY-
ing at the excursion resort TO find that
not a drop ~ rain had fallen and therreNylS
every prDsPec, OF an excellent afternoon.
on their arrival the underwriters scattered
around The grounds seeking different pas
time.
The fire was burning strongly for the
siIad. which was TO be cooked. and the men
were busily al work. Not many ul The
guests were ready FOR their shad because
they had already partaken literally on
the boat al aH excellent lunch. sci Tor the
occasion Exercise soon brought aF!etiteS
To All. and when aEout . o'c.ock The bell
rang for m, dinner a u MADE haste TO enter
the dining ban.
Dr. N0uu=- secretary of the Underwriters
AsSociaI ion. sat AT the head of one table,
president .iohn Y. Wight AT the other, and
W Clarence DGyalI al the third. About one
hundred and fitJy persons We're seated
around The tables Following tie rcpast
spea kers announced 10y Secretary Young
enlivenel the occas ion with witt yand timely
remarks. nr. Young. as zoe sta nister first
called upou Mr.. Clements, OF Philadelphia,
secretary or the Middle department. BE
was followed by Mr.. Halter. of Baltimore,
and Mr. Palmer, president OF the produce
exchange of that city. ID. :. HendriCks,
president OF the Life underwriters As
sociation OF the District OF Columbia Mr.
Max Cohen, Capt. Tyler, Pres ident Wight,
Nr b. l.. Blackford, and Mr Matthew
Trimhle We're The other speakers while the
calls OF me members soon brought Harry
Birge 10 his feet.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
Among those present We're. Messrs.
william l.. Lanning. Clement W Howard,
L. G. Davis. Samuel :. LutZ, David Nc
Kenzie, jr.. Paul Grove. Charles :. Brad
ley, William X. Ellis. F. R Homer, W.
r. McClo>ky, Harry c. Birge, Ralph w,
Lee. r. Harry Johnson, y. " Burchcll,
Lewis p CIephane, {. w. Duvall, Maj,
h. Lewis Rlackford. Capt. r. W. Tyler,
Lee ID. Latimer, c. F. Ncwbit, j. W Allen,
Clarence +. Latimer. john l.. Mills, Jr.,
]. A. Duvail, John B. Wight Ralph l..
Gait, Col. r. g Rutherford, Dr. William 7.
Young. A. G. Hancock. Charles Ford r
r. ClemenCe, William II. ReineCke, /.
Conrad Dodge. Henry Gross, Frank j.
Lewis. william Fred Thompson, Charles
w Halter Thomas Someryile. j. Mel
Page. o. NJ. Emmerich, ". Riley ncebe,
Charles z. EdmonstOn, b. 7 Davis, +
A. Fowler. ". H. Hoekc, A. j. Miller,
q Holdsworth Gordon. J. Barry Adams
H. " Bergman. r. 7. Daniel, DR.. W. J.
Hoffman. E. Il. Droop, II L. Doyle, F
A. Nerdcman. c. g. Gatley, James F.
Hood Harry Ellis. Dr. a. z Pardon, George
r. Reppetti, j. 5 Hendricks, A. Nj. Nc
IaChicn. sam Cross. Max Cohen, william
A. Gisiking Il G. Thyson, jr., JOSEPH
Burke r. W. Roberts. ir., william A
Cunningham. Louis Behrens. LorcnZ KisSner
!. Harrison Johnson. :. 7. q. Morsell, +
L. Palmer. Frank Ridgcway. Oscar p
Schmidt Fred W. Royce. william L. Shan
non, I. .Tanncy Brown. William r. Hiilyer
John q. KrOhr, H. &. Balkan, w. c
GrgSby. W. H. RidenOur. Jr., George Z
Norton. Walter Hiestou. George W. Brown
A. h. Paris, Louis =. Keller. Herbert A.
Gill Charles F. Roberts. B. Frank Saul
&. BraShearS. Jr.. Robert W. ChriSty. Mr.
ComstOck. ". H. Dorsey. W. 3. Locker
W. Maurice Hoffman, Frank Hume. Charlie!
Graft. owen McCabe. 7. F. Schneider
Thomas =. Morgan. Jr.. Col. James A
Bates. z. Z. L. Yellott. Goodwin, Y
Atlee. John T. Knott. PIiny NJ. Hough
ID. Carroll Digges, Watson T. Clark. W
nancnho Ger. W. Henry Walker. A. II
Mccormick. Jr.. A. s. Mccoy. W. d
Saunders Matthew TTimble. Dr. l.. A
Johnson. Tenny Ross Robert c. Howard
George Wright, W. H. Brown. Frank I
Emnh. George J. MAY. W. a. II Church
". P. Boteler. Francis p. Madeira. Charlie
" Fairfax, w. NJ. Hatch. A T. Coumbe
l.. r. Peake. John C. Davidson. Fred w
Pratt. Carl :. F. Graft. Fred C. Gieseking
Joseph r. Quinter. Samuel Bieber. 4. n
Booze. c. ". Simpson. William p. Metcalf
e. G. Schafcr. Albert F. Marsh r +. Frey
THE BALL GAME.
baseball game is always a feature o
these annual outings Of the Fire Under
writers and I he source Of an immense amour
of amusement for the lookers-on and
never falling source of endless soreness
for the PLAYERS. whose time TO play come
tust once year.
The teams this year were picked from
among good players and were evenl.
matched and the game was Interesting fron
start to finish.
The mines ST Wed themselves, respectively
Pro Ratas and Short Rates, taken froI
well-knOwn technical insurance terms.
The former won by score of II to IL.
The playing OF Clarence Duvai, Joh
C. Davidson, Ralph Lee, Charles Simpso
and ThySon were fertures. Uppy Ridenou
pitched several innings for the losing teal
and fieIded and batted in old Crcighto
form. He led his side at the bat with tw
pretty singles.
Bob Howard made the only home ri
OF the game and was loudly applaudet
Metcalf pitched the last half of tn
game for the Shorts and held the heav
hitters Of the Pro Ratas down in goo
form He was well received by Adam
Brashears and LOCKER played star gam
as the battery for the winners.
Billy Hatch was praised by both side
for his fair aad impartial umpiring. He wa
prompt and decisive and allowed TO wrani
Hing or disputing over close plays.
Following is the score:
Pro Rata. ALB. R. H.PO. Al
LOCKER, 9 ................ 4 2 3 8