New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-03
MIKE MAKES merry At
OUTING Of AHEARN'S
Quips Of Associations Annual
lester Are Fast and
Furious.
A WET DAY IN AND OUT
Baseball Games Go by the
Board, but Fat Mems Race
Is Run According to
Schedule.
A WET DAY IN AND OUT

or course Mike the Moke' was there
An outing OF the John F. Ahesrn Asso-
citation would not be quite complete Wl'I-
out his presence. and he has not miss"h
/ one Of them in fifteen Years. which means
that there have been only twelve OF these
annual affairs which got along someho"
without him. The inclemcnt weather hso
no Effect or the attendance OF the gree'
Labor Dsv blowout" OF tho 9Th Assem-
biz District. which means the East Side
But The politicians came from near'
every other part Of The city and they
were not Gil members OF Tammany Hal.
Some we're Republicans and others be-
/ lons,d 70 81 organization known as the
Independence League. Altogether there
were about two thousand at the outing
which vas held at Witzers. College
Point Long Island.
J. was damp. gloomy dsy for an
Ahosrn outing but the fun wss not
checked b. tho unfsvorable conditions
As tho "Nose" covcrly said. "Wo' tel
dr. ve csre?' Tho sppetiies q The 3D.
be-euts o. the former Borough Presiden.
were ms, a. keen. and. 20 quote Mike
Effects o. the raiuwSter outside The
Ia sebaU games had 70 be called ~. but
tlrro aero other games indoors. which to
some ~ Tho PLAYERS were more profitable
"Nlka' was no, In his best humor yes
tcrdsy. IFS mind was much pertur0ed
Dog certain circumstance in connection
With thc search for the missing assassin
a. Herman Rosenthsl. For many years
like" has gone under tho alias - Mike
tho Moke" No: because he was ashamed
OF bis own name. bu, because IL distin-
r'i'shed him from al tho other Mike IN
The district And now there comes along
2 man with a police record who is known
| by the alias of "Gyp" the Blood
mike" Seeks an Abb.
Il amt that kind Of guy" said Mike. %
"snd 7 want Won - give me a sls-ala--
Whist tel Won call f.? Oh. yes alioi."
Say" continued The Moks." a. he
leaned on the shoulder OF = blus-shirted
ironworker. what's the difference b.
tween ne and 'Gyp' the Blood That's 4
good one. You don't get NE? Well. 7
give en- abb and ne gives al bye
bye"
When Mike" recovered consciousness
he asked Say. did that thundorbolt hit
IN. kitchen
The races were held according 20
schedule. The track was heavy and slip
per-. but there were plenty OF entries
in each event Some OF them wore white
shirts when they started but a fall I'm
the mud soon changed that. Charts"
White. the referee OF boxing matches.
was chairman % the athletic committee
and starter OF the races. Rule 7 was: All
events 10 b. started at the discretion %
the starter" Rule read: "All de-
cisions rendered by the referee are irrev-
ocable." There was not the least trouole
IN carrying out both % these rules.
The fat mems race created the greatest
interest There were only four starters.
They weighed between SD4 and 4o2 pounds.
They all were partners IN the horse bust
ness which caused Mike the Moke" 20
refer 10 the event "a the truck horse
race" Despite the business partnership
o, the runners the race was keenly con-
tested. Deputy Sheriff Jake" Bier. who
spent his entire vacation training an en-
trant for this race expressed in eloquent
language his disappointment when his
charge refused 20 compete against the
truck horse" team