The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-25
HIGH TENSION
CLUB OUTING
over one Thousand People Attended
Steamboat Excursion and Field
Meet at Nauvoo
Yesterday.
AN ENJOYABLE EVENT
Power House Team Won the Base
ball Game and Retains Posses
sion Of the Cup for
Another Year.
AN ENJOYABLE EVENT


Another Year.
With brass band playing on the
front Of the upper deck, the caliope
whistling its song and the organa-
phone in the cabin playing, the steam
er Sidney with over one thousand
people on board, set sail yesterday
afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock with
the second annual outing OF the High
Tension club.
1t was one of the biggest excursions
which ever pulled out of the city ana
there was not an idle moment on
board the boat or off shore during the
afternoon. Members OF the club from
Keokuk, Fort Madison, Dallas City,
Warsaw, Hamilton, Nauvoo and other
places, besides invited guests, made
the boat well filled when 1t left and
everybody on board seemed to be
bent on having good time.
During the trip through the lake to
Nauvoo, dancing was indulgea in Dy
many in the cabin and an interesting
musical program was also given. me
boat landed at Nauvoo at o'clock
and nearly the whole excursion walk
ed to. the baseball grounds close at
hand where the contests were held
and the big baseball game was staged.
The baseball game was won by the
power house team by score OF to
2 and was an interesting contest, with
much roofing for both sides. The vari-
Gus contests were amusing and spirit
ed and created much amusement and
interest The pole climbing contest
by the linemen was one OF the most
interesting events. The field meet
ended at Z o'clock and the boat then
proceeded to Fort Madison where the
delegation from that city were landed
the return trip home then being made.
False Whiskers.
Everything that possibly could be
done to make the outing success,
had been done by the members of the
club. There were signs posted along
the route from the boat to the ball
grounds at Nauvoo and members with
megaphones announced where and
when the various contests were to
take place. When the boat landed at
Nauvoo, one Of the members of the
club stood upon the bow of the boat,
wearing great bunch of false whis-
kers and announced through mega
phone that all were to follow the band
to the ball park.
A tempting supper was served to
the invited guests, while the trip was
being made from Nauvoo to Fort
Madison. Many OF the excursionistS
took their lunches along and the sup
per hour was jolly one There was
~, 5,,of hnfnrn hn hnot
reached Nauvoo, which drove every
body inside or under the awnings, but
the sun soon came out and the after
noon was most delightful one for
such an occasion. The boat reached
Keokuk near the midnight hour last
night and street cars were in waiting
at the wharf to take the large and
happy crowd to their homes. Every
one of the invited guests were loud in
their praise for the days entertain
ment and all pronounced the High
| Tension clubs second annual outing
as a great success in every way.
The Ball Game.
The power house baseball team
covered itself with glory in the game
| which was the feature Of the after
noon to many. The score was tied
at 2 to until the sixth inning when
an extra score was made and in the
eighth inning the balloon went up and
the power house men put the game on
| ice by adding three more scores.
+! Williams pitched the first six In
nings for the power house nine and
struck out seven men. Bay took the
mound for the final three innings Sc
mones pitched the full nine rounds for
| the Keokuk Electric Co., and moved
down tee men by the strike-out route.
When the game started, the grand
stand was crowded to capacity and
the side lines were filed with people.
| 1t was possibly the biggest crowd Of
fans the Nauvoo ball park has ever
SEEN The first ball was pitched by
Mayor Brown of Fort Madison and
then the game began In earnest. Will
liams' first ball hit the batter in the
arm, but he steadied down then and
there was some good playing on both
sides during the afternoon. The box
score shows that not an error was
made by any OF the members of the
two teams. The silver loving cup,
/ presented by Emile Remand last year
and won at that time by the power
house team remains in their posses
sion for another year by virtue Of yes
/ terday's win.
{ The Fort Madison party on board
the boat was composed Of the follow
! ing:
(, Mayor and Mrs. A. P. Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Brown, A. s. Nichols,
! Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Stewart. Mr..
and Mrs. James Hayes, T. P. Sphinx,
Marie Antilles, Mollie Cruikshank,
Daisy Nelson. Dulcie Kennedy. Lii
ilian Hanchett, J. L. 8. Scadding,
Marie Schaper, Laverne Egan, Mabelle
! Hunter, 10 Saunders. Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Perks. Marie Schultz, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank McClurg Clarence Smith,