The evening times., 1896-09-24
ELKS ENJOY A CRAB FEAST
Visiting Delegations Royalty Enter
tained by Baltimore Lodges.
Unique Game OF FootbalI-Fun With
IA Creased Pig That Finally Took :
to the w Gods.

Baltimore, Sept. 24 The annual crab"
outing Of the ElkS was held yesterday atthe
fishing shore Of the Avondale Club, On
Bedr creek, at which members Of the order
from Washington, Philadelphia. Camden,
New York, Norfolk Richmond aud Eua-
nuke were present.
I h" early hours Of the day were devoted
tu hTe. 6faSt and GAME cf football
b. I, those accustomed 20 the conventional
game a. played hy the intercollegiate CON
tcstautS, the game possessed singular in
tcrcst.
There were DO particular positions as
signed to tie players, but everyone played
according To lis own merits or ability to
keep the tall constantly in circulation, and
II mattcrpd uct whether he tall was sttr.iCk
with hend or foot.
Fully two hundred players entered into
the game. Five footballs were kept in con
slant Movement, and the game did not end
until al the balls had been kicked into a
state Of uselesSncss, and the shins Of two
thirdso the players "barked" by the mis-
directed efforts Of oIrosilg z players.
The hcinterruption of the morning sport was
the call for luncheon. y pr cession, led ty
Prof. Wnght's Band, marched around tie
grounds gathering recruits, who rapidly
fell in line and preceded 10 where crab
Soup was waiting
Five hundred dozens of crabs We're used
in the soup, and upon n popular vote being
taken it was decided that the best soup had
beenmadc by Mr. J. R Reock A handsome
gold lnedal in the shape of q crab-cookiDg-
pot was thereupon presented TO that for
tunate culinary artist by Mr.. Thomas F
McNuIty.
An address of welcome was delivered in
the main stand of the park by Mr.. Thomas
f McNulty, who prefaced his speech of
hearty eood-felo owshp with song de-
scriptiye of the bond that united the Elks
He was frequently interrupted by applause.
Responses were made by Mr.. Albert
Sellers. Capt. James X. Carniack and Emory
Ireland. Of Atlantic City, n j., aud John II.
Fort of Camden, Nj.
After the addresses the impromptu games
were resumed. A raid was made upon tbs
band. and a number of ambitious amateurs
seized the :nstrume nts aud at onceorganIzcd
an inharmouious combination OF their own
Their efforts, though Industrious, were far
from tuneful, but the self-constituted or
cheslra was soon persuaded TO desIst by
threats of bodily harm.
1Hc Hc\l ttlI dIlitu NdS pig nv " as a
very ordinary member OF the ham family,
but it required the united efforts of some
dozen and one 'EIks'' to bring him upon
the field of action. 1t also required the
persistent effort of some fifty ''Elks TO
get him in trim for the entertainment.
DESPITE his loud protests he was well
creased from snout to hoof and then turned
loose Away he darted like Il flash and
everybody tried 10 catch him, but though
many eager hands Grasped his olcaginous
sides, the pig eva'led all effcrts at capture
by taking to the woods.
Towards niehtfall a number of the "Elss'
became inclined to song Many old-tiine
ballads and popular songs OF the day were
sung. One popular song, in which most of
the members joined had as refrain the
lire '.oh. How Dry Am which was sung
with enthusiastic fervor