Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-30
FARMERS AT PICNIC
Good People of Upper End of
County Enjoy a Day at
Woodward's Grove.
SPEECHES, MUSIC AND SPORTS
Port Byron Blues are Defeated
at BasebalI--Association
Meeting.
SPEECHES, MUSIC AND SPORTS

The fifth annual picnic of the farm
ers of the upper end of the county
held at Woodward's grove above Port
Byron yesterday was a huge success.
Fully 3,00Opeople were on the grounds
during the day and everyone went
away fully resolved to come again.
OF course the great majority of those
present were upper end folk, but Rock
Island and Moline had a large repre-
senta tion, not all of whom, as j. b.
Oakleaf positively asserted in his ad-
dress, were candidates for county
office. The candidate, however, was
a very evident quantity, and it is safe
to presume the upper end CT the
county may now be considered a
pretty well worked field.
The greater number of the Rock Is
land and Moline delegation went to
and from the grounds on the packet
j. S., which landed both up and down
right at the grove. The crowd was
slow in gathering and il was well
after noon before the picnic was at it's
height. Woodward's grove is
river bank about two-and- a-half miles
above Port Byron. 1t has been fitted
up with swings, seats, platform,
skinned" baseball diamond, we'll
and other improvements that make it
an ideal place for the sort of gather
ing which congregated there yester-
day. Recent rains which the central
part of the county has not been
blessed with have made the grass
green and fresh.
The Dinner Hour.
There was no program in the fore.
noon, the only attraction being a
game of ball between the Port Byron
Juniors and picked team in which
the former won easily, 10 to 5. When
the time for the opening of the lunch
baskets came the politicians found
where they were lat" Those who
had been doing effective work were
rewarded by being led away to where
the team was tied and permitted to
fill up on the good things mother had
packed in the dishpan and wash boiler.
Those of the city gentlemen who had
been less Industrious bought a couple
of sandwiches and washed them down
with a bottle of red pop. Then they
rearranged their respective SIN lies
and sailed forth with double deter
mination.
Music and Speeches.
After dinner there was music by
the Erie band, which, by the way, dis
penses a very creditable article and is
not stingy about it, either. Then
William Ashdown, as master of cere-
monies, introduced State sAttorney II.
A. Weld, who was called upon in lieu
of DR.. w. f. Taylor, of Watertown,
who was detained out of the county
on state business. Mr.. Weld spoke a
half hour on a variety of topics and
was closely attended. Next j. b.
Oakleaf, of Moline, was introduced
and entertained the crowd for a quar-
ter of an hour in a happy manner.
This concluded the program so far as
speaking was concerned and the crowd
repaired to the diamond, where a team
composed of Rock Island young men
with three Cordova players had lined
up against the Port Byron Blues.
Rock Island Team Defeats Blues.
The game was played off in fast
time. The Port Byron boys are noted
for their fierce work with the stick
and in the first of the game it looked
as if they were going to live Up to
their reputation. The boys from
this city on the other hand were not
getting against the ball and several
parties at this time were so rash as to
back their faith in the Blues. After
the second. however, it was different.
Ernest Schillinger, who served them
up for the Rock Island team, got his
opponents measure, and from then
till the end they received more eggs
than any thing else. The Rock Island
boys took to finding the leather plum
and when it was all over they had
nine TO the good, while their oppo-
nents had only five. The visitors di-
vided the long end of the $50 in cash
put up by the management for the
ball game. Following is the lineup
of the two teams and the score by in
nings:
Rock Island. % 2 o o ? 90 80
Port Byron 2 5000 1 0 Is
Rock Islands-L;ttle, SD; Porter, C;
Applequist, SIS; Avery (Cordovs) Id;
Marshall. (Cordova) 20; Campbell.
II; Humphrey (Cordova) rfi Dart, CT;
Schillidger. p.
Blues-Searle. IF; Tom Schsfer, CT;
F. Biehlmeyer, %; George Beale. 30
and p; nj. Beale If; Sam Schafer, SIS;
f. Crompton, p aud SD; Joe Biehl-
meyer, C; Shreve 1b. Umpire, Tom
Donahoo, of Port Byron.
Picnic Association Meeting.
The last thing in the afternoon WAS
the business meeting of the picnic
association at which the old officers
were reelected as follows:
President-William Ashdown.
Secretary-A. Saddoris.
Treasurer. G.. Hollister.
Vice Presidents = Port Byron,
Charles Engdahl; Cordova, John