Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-07-24
FROLIC
AT LyLE'S GROVE
Many knights of Pythias and Their
Families Enjoy PicniC-NIarried
knights Prove Athletic
Superiority

One hundred members Of Evening
Star Lodge No. 26, knights of
Pythias, together with their families
and friends, accepted generously of
the hospitality of Robert G. Lyle last
Sunday and enjoyed the annual Pyth-
ian picnic beneath the pine trees in
the spacious Lyle grove, eight miles
southwest OF Pullman. Carryalls,
automobiles, carriages and in fact all
kinds OF conveyances were pressed
into service to transport the Knights
to the picnic grounds and the happy
fraternal gathering lasted from early
morning until we'll into the evening.
There was ice cream and lemonade
for all during the entire day, and
many an urchin congratulated him
self upon being the progeny of
member OF the order as he made
away with ice cream cone after ice
cream cone, intermingled with copi-
GUS draughts from the lemonade bar
rel, Ten gallons of ice cream and
40 gallons OF lemonade were dis
pensed free Of charge during the day.
Probably the big attractions of the
day were the contests to settle the
athletic supremacy dispute between
the married Pythians and their single
brothers, which was definitely settled
when the benedict practitioners of
friendship, charity and yeneyolence,
walked away with both the relay race
and the baseball game. The relay
race was thriller and Ford, the last
runner for the beuedict5, led Fred
Glover, who ran the final lap for the
bachelors, by only inches at the tape.
The winning team was composed of
Wilson, Bert Baird and James Ford,
who ran in the order named against
Isaac Nicholson, c. c. Uazen, Law
renee Bishop, Earl Chiffon and Fred
Glover.
The baseball game, played in an
alfalfa field with an indoor base
ball as a target for the batsmen,
resulted in a score of Y to for
the married Knights, after seven
gruelling innings had been played.
Harry Douglass was the bright and
shining star of the game, grabbing
the high flies in left field with
regularity that would make Tyrus
Cobb turn green with envy, His
Knowledge of the great national
game stood him in good stead when
he featured in a sensational double
play, grabbing a hard fly ball and
throwing unerringly to second to
catch the runner, who had started
for third when the bali started on
its flight. Frank Sanger was the
heavy batter for the winners, but his
lack of condition and surplus avoir-
dupois robbed him of several home
runs when he was forced to stop at
second to get his breath. Sanger
and Allen did the pitching stunt for
the winners, with Harry Wilson and
Pendry receiving, while Chiffon and
link were on the mound for the
losers, with Ike Nicholson receiving.
Four preliminary heats were
necessary in the free for all 60-yard
dash, the winners of the preliminar-
les competing in the final dash,
which was won by Fred Glover,
against Bishop, Chiffon and Allen.
Hazen ran away from the field in
the fat mems race, with Dow second
and Buckley and Joe Dew trailing
along behind.
Mrs. Harry Wilson won the ladies
race, with Mrs. Isaac Buckley sec
ond, and Master Staley ran away
from the field in the boys race.
The derby event OF the day was
special fat mems race between G. f.
Johnson and John Gerding, in which
the former won by yards.