The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-05


mers-saturday's Excursion to Long
Island.
Although the weather of Saturday was
Tar from agreeable, yet to the Maine Com
mercial Travellers this made no differ
nee, and the genial knights of the grip
were in readiness shortly after o'clock
to take their departure for Long Island,
the place selected for the holding of their
18th annual field day and outing. The
boys with their invited guests, to the
number of 1876, gathered on the steps of
City building and at quarter of ten the
line was formed with j. P Stevens as
marshal. Headed by the American Cadet
band the party started on brief march
prior to making their trip to the island.
They marched up to the Congress Square
hotel, and after counterlnarch proceed
ed on Congress to Middle to Pearl streets
to the Casco Bay steamboat company S
wharf where the steamer Forest Queen,
chartered for the party, was in readiness.
They were soon aboard and few minutes
after ten the steamer was under way.
AS the Queen proceeded down the bay
and approached the battleship Massa-
chusetts the steamers whistle sounded
salute and the Cadet Band played the
Star Spangled Banner, which was re-
sponded to on the part of the battleship
by calling the marines to the deck and
forming them in lines where, they gave
the usual salute, after which the ships
colors were dipped three tines in honor of
the party. Upon the arrival of the trav-
oilers at the island the lines were again
formed and with Prof. Baker, the we'll
known vocalist and whistling soloist, in
the lead, the excursionists proceeded to
the ball grounds where one of the events
of the day was to occur. The CONNER
cial travellers are always known to be q
hustling set of fellows, and when on
business,it is business, but when the time
for recreation is at hand they know full
well how to join in and enjoy them
selves. 1t was therefore decided that a
game of ball should be the first in order
and two mines were quickly formed with
President Alexander Menish as captain of
ObOy dIo SlCOlSC Olll1uu LII llhO CdpctClUy
for the opposing team.
The teams as made up were composed
Of the following players:
Capt. Menish's team-Illsley, c., Men
ish, p; Delano, 1b. Nichols, 2b. James,
3D.; Campbell, S.; Blake, CT. Crane, If. !;
Mattooks, IF.
Capt. Smiths team Murphy, c. !;
Smith, p; Jordan, h.; Craig, sb.; JOS
CALVIN Sh :. Rttrrhay11 Solhirlo IF 4.
Ide, cf.; En- erson, rf,
Mr.. A. Stanley Wass acted as umpire,
and his decisions were rendered in a man
ner satisfactory to all. After hard
fought game, which was characterized by
good playing, both in fielding and bat
ting, the game came to finish at about
o'clock, Capt. Smith S men being the
victors by score of Is to H. Shortly
after l O'Clock the members of the party
were in line in front of the Granite
Spring cafe and in readiness to file into
the dining room to participate Of the
feast of good things that was in waiting
to appease the appetites of the hungry.
Everything was in readiness and Messrs.
Sawyer and Palmer, the proprietors of
the cafe, were untiring in their efforts to
render good service. and at the conclusion
ofsthe dinner, which was an excellent one,
their appreciation was shown in sub.
stantial manner by three rousing cheers
from the boys. The following comprises
the list of those present: W. L. Craig,
B. L. Maddocks, M. G. Durham, T. L..
Briggs, Lloyd L. Libby, j. f. Lapham,
A. E. Craig, Fl. N. Prince, E. D. West,
Boston; F. d. Dillenbeck, Boston; c..
W. Thomas, W. f. Campbell, G. c. Blake,
John L. Morrison, E. Dow, L. W. Jack,
W. M. Written, Walter M. Jordan, H.
q. Hutchinson, John c. Brown, W. F..
Clement, VIM. W. Roberts, A. NJ Menish,
A. P. Durham, F. G. Bucknam, H. /.
Nelson, A. Fl. Magoun, Fisher Parish,
Mayer Selbing. A. l.. Burns, Willis Bates,
G. A. Nichols, H. W. Clark, j. M. Dun
ham, VIM. N. Hills, Boston; Edward
E. James, p. e. Walbridge, Boston; Ben
Illsley. Prof. Baker, Brunswick; j. G..
Slant, f. A. Ramsey, J.Putnam Stevens
j. Marshall Hobbs, G. E. Thompson, A.
l.. Sanborn, Norway; G. 6. 7Dorrant, H.
H. Conant, Bangor; F. S. Gould, Wood
fords; Lew Staples, Westbrook; Carl Ide,
M. K. Lewis, G. o. Lord, Jake Merrill,
g. S. McKenney, A. L. Gilman, E. D..
Cole, w. S. Emerson, &C. Stinson, Man
chester; f. G. Brown, E. L. Sayward, S.
A. Gross, T. j. WEIGH, G. r. Nelson,
Summer G. Lang, Charles E. Jordan, J..
P. Murphy, H. B. Eddy, R. S. Eddy,
R. S. Smith, Allen Shelley, G. H. Moul-
ton, T. B. Bosworth, A. Stanley Wass,
e. R. Josselyn, J. W. Harper, Seth f.
Clark, Fred A. Libby, G. d. Bagley,
Geo. W. Mitchell, W. e. Aver, j. A.
Schmidt, G. F. Dunlap, II. L. Elwell,
Mechanic Falls; G. K. Gage, Fred Stor-
er, A. M. Soule Of the PRESS. After
dinner the party INDUCED in games of
foot ball and other sports and were en-
tertained with music by the band and
selections by Prof. Baker.
The Maine Commercial Travellers AS
ISOLATION is at it's best. The membership
limit has been reached as 800 names are
now on the rolls and the association is
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