Evening star., 1911-06-04
UNCLE JOE CANNON JOINS BAND
Aided by Commissioner Rudolph He
Carried a Tune All About
the Grounds.

Rudolph and William v. Judson as
guests Of honor. the affair may be said
| to have been representative of the Ma
| tional Capital.
The party went down to River View in
| two installments, the first boat load leav-
ing tho Washington wharf yesterday
morning at 1890 o'clock and the second
| at 1:45 o'clock. The members of the
| board and their guests took the trip tc
eat planked shad and other delicacies
| provided on the menu by the committee
The committee didn't overlook q thing.
There were shad to the right, shad to
| the left and shad In front of every guest
when he arrived. When he left about
the last shad in the neighborhood had
been consumed.
The Athletic Feature.
It was q great success everybody,
voted And after the feast. which was
served in the pavilion. the crowd ad-
5ourned to the improvised athletic field
and the Stunts began. Uncle Joe''
Cannon was one Of the judges at the fin
ish. and was aided by Commissioners Ru-
dolph and Judson. Capt. James F. Oyster
acted as starter, and successfully fired a
large revolver at intervals.
The frst event was the ffty-yard dash.
won by E p. Love. "Uncle Joe" was
called upon to announce the winner.
They say his name is Love. do not
know II 1t be So" said Mr.. Cannon, but
the winner is that tain man with an iron
face
The events were run off quickly, and,
in fact. everything went through on
schedule time, owing to the efficiency of
the committees In charge. The fat men s
race created as much excitement as a
charge of cavalry. There were five en-
tries, and they got away in q bunch. But
the weight carriers had their troubles be-
fore they finished the fifty yards they
were supposed to run. Three of them
fell and tore holes In the turf as we'll as
In their clothing. But a little thing like
q fall could not stop the intrepid band
length. giving correct imitation Of Ty
Cobb sliding home. finished second It
was a great race.
Exceeded the Limit.
Another event that caused much ex-
|citement was the potato race. J. D.
Sullivan was a favorite and heavily
played. He was awarded the prize, for
somehow he had managed to collect a
dozen potatoes. when, according to re-
quirements. he had to pick up and
bring home only ten.
In the dipping-for-apples contest
tHeT6 were uVc cntIdnIS. All OF Inem
tried to get their heads in the tubs
at once. and several Of them were near
lily drowned as they chased the Elusive
apple. Finally the table upon which
the huge tub containing the floating
Burney, who won the contest. was
soaked to the skin.
A base ball game between two teams
selected from the Board Of Trade was
rife struggle the victory went to the
team captained by Richard Conner. the
score being 16 to 8. The members OF
the winning team were Richard Con-
ner. Clifford Bangs. E. c. Combs. George
White. E. J. Murphy. T. c. Fowler.
Arthur Cook, Henry West and P. j.
Wright. Each member of the winning
team will have his laundry done free
of charge for the next six months. for
on the teams.
Some Excitement Hero.
| It would be a mistake to overlook the
| tug-of-war. The team captained by Rob-
ert N. Harper was declared the winner
by the judges. AS 1t happened. however.
the rope was long enough for nearly ev-
| erybody present to take hand In the
game. and when the spectators saw Mr..
Harper's bunch dragging the others about
the field they rushed to the rescue. In
| moment the tide had turned. and the
Harper team was dragged clean of it's
feet, some of the members even hurting
| through the air-because they forgot to
| let 20 the rope. Col. Harper's career was
| stopped by q tree which refused to get
out Of the way. OF course, the crowd
which had the weight at the end all fell
down. and a real pleasant time was had.
| A feature of the entertainment was the
Kazoo Band. The band was composed OF
Board of Trade members. garbed in old
Light Infantry uniforms. and the drum
| major was armed with club surmOunt-
ed by q huge golden ball. The band met
the second boatload on its arrival and
escorted it to the pavilion. carrying a
kune three or four hundred yards. "Uncle
J0e' Cannon and Commissioner Rudolph
wexe provided with instruments and
Joined the band. The band also played
during the dinner
A k&zoo sounds like a cross between a
horse laugh and a cricket, and kazoo
band Was much the same. However, the
| band displayed great energy and provided
q lot Of amusement
Theye was pie-eating contest, featured
on the program as an athletic contest. :.
This was perfectly correct. Four dusky
young men took part In the contest as
proxies for the members Of the board
| With hands behind their backs they sank
their faces In the lemon marangue pies
placed in front of them and ate their
way through.
/ Tip 20 1n0la0 Head.
When the party boarded the steamer
st. Johns after the completion Of the
contests, . trip down the river to Indian
Head was taken. The prizes were award.
ed the winners aboard the boat, Gen.
George H. Harries. president of the
Board Of Trade. making the presenta-
tions. There were five prizes awarded
in each event. 30 liberal was the com.
mittee on trophies They all made
q hit. for each was q parody of the
real article advertised as q prize. A
package alleged to contain pair Of
slippers when opened by the winnel
was found to contain two banana peels
and cigar lighter" was found to b.
. an ordinary parlor match.
When John Doyle Carmody was award
/ ed safety razor Gen. Harries, befor,
making the presentation. asked Mr.. Car
mody how he spelled razor. Mr.. Car
mody, suspecting a trap. replied raiser.
His prize turned out to be a nursin,
, bottle, and somebody in the crowd "daret
him to take Ii home"
IL DIR. Frank Gibson was awarded tn
7 first prize in the fat mems race. 1t wa
; brass medal, about a foot square, en-
grayed with his name. William NJ
Shuster carried away a diamond ring
the diamond" being the size Of wei
grown potato. which the crowd promptl,
dubbed 1.-THE hopeless diamond"
The souvenir program made a decide et