Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-08
CLANGoRD0NPlCNIC
Burns Club Wins the Foot Ball
Game--- Royal TaniSt Pre-
SentS the Banner.

! at the head Of large proportion Of the
asscmblage to knoll back of the grove
where tho prize banner was to be pre-
! sented.
The Royal Tsnist John p. Mcknight
of Chelsea, Mass. held the banner
encased in oil cloth and As he was intro.
duced by Royal Deputy Alex Bird he
was greeted with great applause. His
remarks were short but to the point.
He thanked his hosts for the royal enter
taioment they have gwen him and said
that he felt proud to be there as n rep
resentatve Of the Royal Clan.
At the time the prizes were offered
by the Royal Clan to the Clan in Amer
ica which should bring in the largest
increase membership for the six mon
tbs it was expected that the competi-
ton would he benefit to the Clan. In
this they were not mistaken.
Clan Gordon has taken the prize for
all America having had an increase of
g.,
This Is not local matter merely but
it is a benefit to tho whole order and
will lend them glorious example.
81 actual members shows the appre-
citation Of the effort Of this Royal Clan.
The Royal Tanist unfurled the ban.
ner which was of silk and very beau,i-
full and as the Stars and Stripes floatsd
to the breeze the Transatlantic band
struck up Tho Star Spangled Banner"
The Royal TAnist thus concluded his
remarks by presenting the nag to Mr..
Bird, saying when you think Of the
American victories pa land and sea look
up at this emblenk of liberty and a.
adopted eilizsns this republic. hope
and ,prsy iIsss,sI nat be Scotch
IA Barre who will not be enlisted in
service to its principles.
Alex Bird in feeling speech accep-
ted the banner in behalf OF Clan Gordon
and said that it was doubly appreciated
at this time because so many of the
members are at the front. He paid
high tribute to Mr.. Mcknight in saying
| tn2L Nc ID OuO VI VIC uObU
earnest workers in the whole order.
After this ceremony was over W. j..
Gilbertson arranged the people on the
hillside and took a photograph Of the
group.
FOOT BALL GAME.
The event Of tho day was the foot ball
game between Clan Gordon and the
Burns club. This is the principle event
Of the year in the athletic world OF
Barre and an immense crowd gathered
on the side lines as the ball was kicked
J, off at $50 by the Burns Club.
=. Both teams have practiced hard for
tho past three weeks and each side was
out to win, from the captain down to
the least enthusiastic "rooter,"
|. The cause of 50 much interest being
centercd in this gamo was due to the
fact that last year the Clan put up as
trophy beautiful silver cup. to be
y given to the one of these two clubs who
shall first win three games against the
other.
In the first game which was playcd
. last year the Burns Club came out vic
torious in a closely played game OF tt
10 0.
Saturday the Burns Club added tt
their former victory by winning Z to 2
and if they should meet with the same
n success next year the cup will be theirs
y The game was exciting from start t.
n finish but both sides were slightly handi
capped on account of the grass which
e being slippery, caused the game to b.
N slow er than it would have been ii play
X cd upon different soil.
Soon after the game started Dundas
by clever playing, scored the first goa
IS for the Burns Club.
70 This was swiftly followed by tn
in Clan getting into the game and playinI
,e as though they wore sure to win. Rei'
" sent the ball through Mines goal an.
ys in very short space OF time Sherlff
followed him with another and the scor
AZ stood 2 to | in favor OF tho Clan.
Urged on by the "scorchers" from tn
n. side lines tho Burns boys gritted thei
j.. teeth and went at their opponents "han
l.. mer and tongs," and inside of two mir
utes Dun,las scored again making tn
D., game tie. -,
t., From this time on the chance for tn
l., Clan to win gradually diminished.
Davidson made a pretty pass acros
ct the field but it was not caught and afte
or sharp scrimmage Jopp threw in frol
tho side line. Booth caught the ball o
al his foot and sent it through the goal:
!, In about one minute more Artht
scored from corner kick by Bootf
lie stopping the ball with ros,s his nrha Th;s al, an
mt sending it between the posts lh's va
H. tho prettest play of the day.
it From this time the good work
I'M Milne became much in evidence.
We Half time was called with the sco1
, a 4 to 2 in favor of the Burns Club. III
second half was not quite so exciting
hc the first Booth now became the ST.
act and in short time he had scored aga
for his team. He kept up his record
nd following up with another goal.
er- Before the game was over Arth'
lie. raised the score another notch and tt
in rame was won by the Burns Club
led to 2.