Evening star., 1911-06-11

the chute" it must have been something
of microscopical insignifcance. The
steamer Queen Anne formed a great field
for exploration. Not one accident occur
red to mar the pleasure of the day
Upon arriving at their destination the
boys disembarked. divided into troops.
and went to places previously designated.
~ few tents were pitched, but were un-
used, except by a few children who ap-
propriated them after the boys went
away. All the camping places of the re-
spective troops were in the woods. Camp
fires were built and in a number of in
stances lunch was cooked.
Lemonade Rapidly Disappears.
Although canteens had been filed with
fresh water. and although some of the
boys had brought bottles of milk and
coffee. large tub of lemonade was
placed at their disposal, and it rapidly
disappeared. incidentally, this may have
feeling sort of funny" Immediately after
lunch. The scouts were generous with
their lunches, their hospitality extend
ing even to strangers.
After lunch the boys were left to their
own devices for about an hour. Some of
the scouts tried a little practice in wood
craft. exploring the nearby woods and
river bank. Poison ivy and Virginia
creeper were sought for. so that the
differences between the two plants might
knowing ones. One lad found bird egg
lying on the ground. He guarded it
as carefully as if 1t had been worth a
deal of money, saying that he would take
companions in woodcraft assured him
that it was an owl egg. inasmuch as it
had three spots on one end"
Others of the boys played ball or
lounged about the camp fires Still others
were attracted by the shooting gallery.
the ponies, the knock down the babies
and you get a stick O. chewing gum"
and other commercial amusementSL
Base Ball Grounds and Athletics.
At O'Clock base ball games, track
athletics. fitting and water boiling con-
test were started. No prize was offered
to the boys doing the best, or to the
troop winning the highest number of
points, but each scout tried his best to
make his troop the victor. At the
close of the contest Hyattsville troop was
ty-three against the next highest score Of
eighteen, made by the Laurel troop.
The result of the contests follow:
75-yard dash. boys not over seventeen
troop; second. Smith. Ninth Street Chris
tian Church Sunday School; third Chro-
niger. Friendship House.
22O-yard dash-Won by Styles, Falls
land troop: third. Brody. Brookland troop
44O-yard dash-Won by B. Whitaker
Laurel troop; second. S. S. Ishkanian, the
Y. NJ. c. A. troop; third. Christie. Brook
land troop.
75-yard dash. boys under fourteen-won
by Leonard Vineberg. Hyattsville troop;
second, Chapman, Y. NJ c. A. troop:
third. Stanley. Laurel troop.
Running high jump, boys fourteen and
under: won by Gibson. Troop No. IA;
per. Y. M. c. A. troop.
Running high jump. boys seventeen and
under. won by Elliott, Sherwood troop;
second. s. S. Ishkanian. Y. NJ c. A.
troop.
Standing broad jump, boys fourteen and
under, won by Leonard vineberg, Hyatts-
vile troop; second, Mills. Hyattsville
troop.
Standing broad jump. boys seventeen
and under. won by J. samuels, Y M G.
A. troop; second, Elliott, Sherwood troop:
third. S. S. Ishkanian, Y. M. c. 4.
troop.
Troop relay race. won by Laurel troop,
No. 2: second. Laurel troop, No. 1.
Tilting contest. won by Leonard Vine
berg, Hyattsville troop.
Water boiling contest, Won by Paul
Sellers. Centennial Baptist troop.
Total scores. Hyattsville troop, o.
VI. \. "A.
Falls Church troop, 10: Centennial Baptist
troop, 10; Sherwood troop. 8; Brookland
troop, ); Troop No. II. 8; Ninth Street
Christian Sunday School troop, 3. and
Friendship House troop. l.
Teams Evenly Matched.
The base ball games did not count in
the scores of the athletic events. The
teams were we'll matched and close play
ing resulted. One hour was the time
limit set on each Of the games, and or
this account the last three OF them were
stopped before a full nine innings were
played. The results of the games follow
Hyattsville Troop team, 4: Noel House
Troop team, 2
Y. NJ. c. A. Troop team. I: Peck Chapel
team, l.
Brookland Troop team. 5: Falls Church
Troop team, !.
Noel House Troop team. 2: Friendship
House team, /.
The boys were "seen off, by James E.
West national executive secretary Of the
Boy Scouts Of America, and Colin H.
Livingstone, chairman OF the national
executive committee of the organization
Albert c. Chesley was chairman Of the
general committee of affairs. H. w.
ong had charge of the athletic events.
The water boiling and fitting contests
were in care of Robert Jenkins and E.
T. Fenwick respectively.
The young scouts found much pleasure
in the company of a mascot-a large dog
taken by Scoutmaster Jenkins of Centen-
NAL Baptist Troop. The dog wore a reg
ulation blue bandana handkerchief about
it's neck, and 1t carried more than its
quota OF lunch pals.
Nearly every scout on the trip wore
the regulation scouts uniform and looked
every inch q scout