The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-29

| ond. and scored on Riemckes wild
throw to Loudon when he was stealing
third. Williamson famed.
Sterilized Milk for Riemcke
Rossiter came through with some
prize winning fouls, but the umpires
Loudon to third. Gilbert stole Sec
famed. Tetreau thrashed the air
three times in thoroughly antiseptic
manner. Arthur of Mckee was sent
| in, and did likewise. But the lawyers
were generous and, setting aside the
statutes, allowed the doctors to bring
another witness in their behalf.
Riemcke was chosen. He got to first
by some hocus-pocus, and galloped TO
third on wild throw
At this point Umpire A. G.. Kamm
walked from second base to third, and
presented Riemcke with bottle Of
ice cold 'sterilized milk, with which
stimulant he scored. Carver made the
fourth out on grounder to La Berge.
Clothiers and Hardware Men play
The clothiers and hardware men
put on a game shortly afterward.
which consisted of series of hits and
runs, the score on both sides being
close to a dozen when the game was
called off to permit other events to be
run.
Boys Dabble i'm Flour
The spectacle of eight or nine small
boys crouching before bench on
which were placed tin pans of flour.
and pulling out pennies with their
teeth, amused the crowd vastly The
vicinity of the contest for several
minutes resembled corner of a mill
with a blower loose Charles Dalton,
the smallest lad in the group, had the
strongest blower and, removing the
Hour from the dish, in that manner
put the pennies on the ia BILE.
In the boys footrace Harold Sin
clair won first prize, and l. Simonis
second.
J.. p. Richards was adjudged the
nandsomest man on the grounds, and
policeman was sent to bring him up
to take his prize, which consisted Of a
box of cigars.
The boys shoe contest was another
event that tickled the crowd. A dozen
boys pulled off their shoes and but
them in half barrel, where they
We're thoroughly stirred up with a
long stick by the judges The boys
then started from mark some dis
lance back and dove into the barrel
all at once. N'or about a minute the
barrel looked like new kind of plant
with feet for the blooming petals, chen
SHOES began to fly and presently out
OF the chaos Clifford Flannery stood
right side up with both his own shoes
on. He was awarded first prize, Osro
Berghoff second and Frank Harring-
ton third.
Ladies' Take a Drive
The ladies' nail-driving contest was
entered by large number--so ma ny
that 4 long plank had to be provided
Tor them to operate on. Each enc
was given half dozen nails and a
light, shiny, new hammer, then at the
word go" they started to hammer.
For minute and half a chorus of
pneumatic riveters couldn't have beat
the rat-a-tat ra-a-tat of the hammers
although all the crowd in the grand
stand could see was the bobbing of SO
many heads as the women pounded.
Mrs. o. K. Snodgrass, by starting all
of her nails first, and then driving
them in, won first by few ticks, and
Mrs. r. c. Kirk was a close second.
Mrs. Snodgrass disclaimed any pre-
vlous experience in the operation, or
any practice for the event
Log Birling Abuses
number of the events were called
Off on account of the time occupied by
the second ball game, and the crowd
ADJOURNED to the shores of the lagoon
to watch the log birling contest.
AS a sort of preliminary to this.
while a score Of canoes were disport
ing IN the water, two young men
an used the crowd by turning their
canoe over and falling in. After they
had hshed out their camera, cushions
coats and other chattels, they made
the most of their predicament by do
ing the same thing over again several
times.
The log bring, on big, slick log.
some 30 feet long and IA inches in
diameter, was done by three river
drivers. With their pike poles they
pushed out into the lagoon. then
started the log to whirling with their
spiked shoes, each with the object Of
throwing the other man off into the
water. The first fall came so soon
that the crowd called for more, and
the men performed their feats of
agility several times. all getting more
or less wet, but appearing to enjoy
the water