The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-17

IN A BLAZE OF FIRE
Davis Association Has a
T~riumpha1 Home
Coming.
POLITICS AND ATHLETIC SPORTS
A Local Ticket Named and Prizes
Given to the Successful
Athletes.
POLITICS AND ATHLETIC SPORTS

M
Nine hundred and hfty-two men of one
thousand and four who bought tickets
for the outing of the Robert Davis Asso-
citation sat down to breakfast in Dom
nelly's Pavilion, at College Point, Long
Island, yesterday. Never before has
such an outingA1eftsHudson county, and
never before. said Proprietor Donnelly,
had he ever had a more orderly crowd to
serve. Two large dining halls We're
pressed into service, and even then the
guests were packed like sardines ina
box. Every one was in a happy frame
of mind, however, and everything
went
The start for college Point was made
from the foot of Norris street, at eleven
o'clock. The elegantly fitted steamer sam
Sloan had been engaged, and the erowd
of pleasure seekers found no difficulty IN
securing good seats. A NOR perfect day
could not have been selected. The sail
up the Sound was a delightful one It
lasted one hour and WENT minutes. A
brass band was located at either end OF
the boat. and popular airs were rendered
IN rapid succession. Craft OF ali KINDS
saluted the ex~cursionists, AND their
.~.tocts" were answered by hearty cheers
from the -good-nstured crowd. Many of
the gentlemen, to while away the time
consumed in reaching the grove, played
cards and INDUCED in other games: Some
were lucky. Others were not. No one
cared. a spirit of good fellowship pre-
vailed.
Robert Davis was, of course. the centre
of attraction. He shook hands with ev-
cry man on the excursion and had some
thing pleasant to say to each one: He
met men. he said, whom he had not
seen in month before.
It was Davis here and Davis there. and
that gentleman every call as
rapidly as possible. That he was pleased
with the success of the outing was ap-
parent
"why shouldn't he be?v remarked one
gentleman who has shown a disposition
OF late to join with a few anti-Davis
men. If l could turn out at the head
of a thousand men / would be happy.
too. This demonstration convinces me of
Davis popularity"
the outing, was very much in evidence.
He appeared to be all over. No one ex-
pressed a desire for anything a SECOND
time IN his presence Not only did he
a squad of walters on the jump con-
1inually. At intervals of every fifteen
minutes one could hear Three cheers
for Sheriff Heller, coming from different
parts Of the boat. The cheers were
hearty ones. Robert Davis was freqnent-
~ cheered, and his popularity among the
men was clearly apparent.
Upon arriving at College Point the
crowd left he steamer slowly and
forming in line, marched with banners
flying. to the grove. The natives stared
~ eA1 ~ W.
and enthusiastic Democrats CT the town
cheered Justify The Davis boys responded
an a way that made some of the ram
shackle buildings in the neighborhood
fremole- Upon entering the, grove as
many of the excursionists as possible
were crowded on a base a grand stand
ana had their pictures taken. Robert
Davis occupied a seat in the centre of the
group for a short time, but as the crowd
increased ne was forced to take a seat on
a bench in the foreground. The crowd
next insisted that William Heller should
SIT beside him. Some one suggested three
cneers for the next Sheriff and they were
sven with a will. and repeated not once
put many times. James T. Lillis was
next trotted out amid tremendous APP
pause Grand Marshal Robert Smith
snd ex-Superintendent of Police c.. P.
Snltn We're also escorted to seats on the
Dencn. Two pictures were taken.
Breakfast was served immediately after
PROPRIETOR Donnelly had prepared an
elaborate menu, and If anyone Left the
dining haa hungry it was his own faulf
every direction.
III features of the outing and those in
Wnlcn The great majority of the excursion-
ISIS We're interested. were the eonteSfs
on me play ground. These were of a very
eacrtlng nature. and furnished lots OF
5loft Tor the crowdw which lieed the field
tns sports began with a game of base
nsll eetween a uniformed team calling
themselves the Torentos and ST. Peters
Lyceum. This was rather one sided and
resulted in the success of the Tsvcsl,n,
BOYS, VINO played a superb game and
profeesi OMAN a and dro, They oatpplayed the
Sne efanond IN the second inning for ten
Guns. After that they let up, and the
inning, and the game closed in fba 6ffh
lW}th a total of Il runs to 2 in the ST
WIS favor rhe player. were:-
farreH. second base; Graham. sfiortsToG:
cushion, first base; Callahan, left fields +
rooney, centreield; NJ. Rooney. right
lela, Aubrey, pitcher.
Toronto1Raff, catcher; Mccarthy. short
stop; Clark, third base; Reese. nitebar.
Bogers, second base; Brock, left field:
ssoperi srst pase; Burns, centre field: En-
following this were the athletic events.
me hrst was a 100 yards run in four
IealS 'ere j. Farrell, first heat. James
Slark, second heat; Tom Lynch. third
eeaI; Frank Barker, fourth heat. The
ma heat was won by J. Farrell. ST
Peters Lyceum; Tom Lynch, second and
Ttank9 Barrier, third, in 10 a3-5 Seconds
ME- naIf mile run was exciting. John
MORAN was scratch. and Steve Fallon had
70 yd+ds while the limit was 35 Yards T
1ncTnas finished ahead, but as he ran in
s,ae OF the flag he was disqualified. and
lne race was given to Moran and Falion
y maj order. Time i minute, IS seconds,
q egg and ladle race was very inter.
fif 5il 7bfr s1nasniIgs of eggs was plen-
Stdruers m each. The winners were
lanes Clark; second heat. Joe Finarz:
LNf1 HSat, JdIuSS SdtLefS. 1nal heat won
by Joe Fianz, James Salters second mi
James Clark, third. sM0
Inc three legged race resulted in some
very close finishes. There were four heats
ana q nnal IN this before the winners Wers
Seiected. The first heat was won by
Green and Connolly, second by Barker ana
Copurn, third by Dooley and ConneIiy
ano the third by Glossy and Lynch. RE
1gfai Elfa1 resulted aa a win for Green and
Conneliy, in 10 2-5 seconds s
The bicycle races were very ,nterast-
ing The track was poor and the rid
ers found peddling difficult. The two
mile race had eight STARTERS with three
scratch men. and the limit to the handi-
cap tnlrty yards. The race was won by
Dugan, OF the Nantes, scratch: Davis.
scratch, second, and Irving, ten wards
third Time, 5 min. 20 sec.
I three mile race was the last event
bic Is yards, second, and Grimm 4,
yards, third. Time, Z min. As S sec. Tbe
omcials IN charge of the games were.