Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-22
MASONS
FURNISH GOOD SPORT
Their Big Fair Opens Success
fully With Pigeon Shoot and
Base Ball.
pcria. Correspondence Of The Star.

Special correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, July %. 1909.
4 clay pigeon shoot marked the opening
of the Masonic fair. which began at the
fair grounds here yesterday, to continue
four days. it was in charge of Mr.. Sam
uel r. Wetherald of Sandy Spring, and
was participated in by about twenty of
the best shots of the county and several
others.
The feature event was match shoot
between teams representing Sandy Spring,
Rockville and Chevy Chase. 1t was won
by the Sandy Spring team. which broke
80 out of 125. Rockville was second, with
a score of 81, while Chevy Chase broke
50. The score of each man. who shot at
% targets, was as follows:
Sandy Spring 81; Thomas,
20; Riggs, 10; Wetherald, II; Shaw, 16.
Total. 93
Rockville-Vers. %; Hurley, IS; Keys,
It: Roberts, 16; Warfield, IA. Total, 81.
Chevy Chase-Lewis, %; Wise, 20; Cole
man, IS; Rabbit, 10; Thompson, 8. Total,
81.
There were also a large number of ten
and fifteen bird events, and some excel
lent scores were made. Lloyd R. Lewis
Of the Dupont Powder Company broke 81
out of 100 during the afternoon.
Home Team Wins.
The shoot was followed by a base ball
game between the Rockville and Cal
thersburg teams, longtime rivals on the
diamond. Rockville won. Is to 10. in a
contest that was marked by hard hitting
and loose fielding.
Gaithersburg started off like a house
afire, piling up seven runs in the first in
ming by clouting the ball to all corners
of the lot, but in their half the Rock
vile boys also uncorked a bunch Of bin
giles, with the result that ten runs crossed
the plate. After that it was a hard-fought
and interesting contest, and was not won
by Rockville until two were out i'm the
final inning. Meredict, at short, played
cleverly for Gaithersburg, his work being
the feature OF the game.
The score:
Rockville. ~. 10 Q : 5is
pdss MsreS,h EE I, hits
OF Diamond. D.; on krolse, >. Struck out-By
Diamond Dian o. BY kr1nse o. Left on
Spates and Dawson. Time of game hours
and 10 minutes.
Today's Program.
Today's program includes big riding
tournament, in which large number of
the best riders of Maryland, Virginia and
the District of Columbia are entered.
Cash prizes amounting to $1O0 are offered
Harry L. Newcomb and Senator Blair
Lee, rival candidates for the democratic
nomination for the state senate, are on
the program for the charge to the knights
and coronation address, respectively The
clay pigeon shoot will also be continued
this afternoon, and this evening there
will be the usual features.
The fair is being managed by a commit
tee consisting of DIR. George L. Edmonds.
president; DR.. George E. Lewis, secre-
tary; Robert G. Hilton, treasurer: Wilson
Ward. Samuel E. Eastburn, w. r. Pun
phrey, jr., Russell Brewer, Roger Shaw,
Hazel Cashell. Joseph Reading and j.
Frank Trazarre. and large number Of
the ladies of the community are assisting
Large crowds are attending. including
Washingtonians, and the success of the
undertaking seems to be assured. The
fair is being given to raise funds for the
erection OF a Masonic temple at Rock
Vile.