Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-07-02
THIRD ANNUAL OUTING.
Fish sndIGame League Holds Day
at Lake Dunmore

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held at Meehan 5 Park Lake Dunmore,
on Tuesday afternoon, June 29th with
a record attendance and weather con-
dtions perfect. The occasion, as usual,
session being held. While the festivi-
ties did not begin until 1.3O o'clock,
long before that time the highways
leading to Salisbury were well filled
with a variety of vehicles, furnish
ed for this-and other occasions by
Messrs. Ford, Packard, ct al, all con-
verging at the north end of the beauti-
full lake. where the pavilion and park
are located
Among the officials who honored the
occasion with their presence were State
Fish and Game Commissioner J. w.
Titcomb, ex-Lieut. Governor Frank
Howe and State Senator Campbell.
Mr.. Titcomb improved the opportunity
to look over the waters in the vicin-
ity, especially Sucker Brook from the
Cascades down to Lake Dunmore
1t was most enjoyable day, and to
those uninitiated it might be stated that
these outings of the league are a sort of
delicately poised compromise between a
Pennsylvania Turn-N -Nerein and a Fat
Mems Club chowder conclave worked
in the long form. The dinner was
served at 1:3O on the veranda of the
large pavilion, and-according to spec
iications-the principal dish of the
menu was fish. Lake Dunmore trout,
a gamy but somewhat elusive fish,
was served, along with more modest
piscatoral plunder from the deeper
waters. While the loaves We're a-plenty.
the fishes grew scarce as the collation.
proceeded, as about three hundred hun
CRY men with Vermont appetites had
invaded the precinct; but the manage
ment proved equal to the occasion and
furnished meat instead, and the meal
progressed, enlivened by the music of
the Mddebury band, which ofiiciated
on the ground until evening.
After the dinner large group photo
! X hlIAi W dS bhhtli VI as many VI eIt
brethren as could be kept still long
enough to be caught by the lens, and
while the result was not moving pic
ture, it certainly was stirring one
The arrangements for the occasion
were made and carried out by Presi-
dent G. n Shambo of the league. with
Secretary Fred Smith, Treasurer W. H.
Wheeler, n. S. Foote and n. A.
Seymour, all doing their best to keep
everybody happy. One hundred autos
We're on hand and most of the towns in
the county were represented
What might be called the big event
of the day was the ball game between
teams selected with great care from
the membership of the league, the
teams-who may be designated the
Greeks and Barbarians being well
matched as regards breadth of beam
and shortness of breath. Proper dig
nifty was lent the game by the presence
of John H. Donnelly as umpire, whose
judgment was not under question more
than half the time. The game was a
close one as there was much heat and
humidity, and the score might be ex-
pressed by the numerals 36 to 20 ga in
favor of the Greeks, whose captain was
Hon. r. J McCuen, alias Bob
Deputy George Farr of Bristol won
the iron cross for valor on the field, but
all he received was the double-cross
1t was an inspiring sight to see George
trying to reach the primary sack after
a sublime hit over right field. He
charged ahead through the suffocating
chlorine fumes of caustic comment of
the fans, only to meet disaster in a
rapid evolution near No. bag.
After the game swimming and other
stunts engaged the attention of the
brethren until the shadows grew long,
when the great exodus began, and
within an hour or so no visible evil
dence of the day was left but cigar
stubs and peanut bags.
The present officers of the league
are President, Geo. n. Shambo, Mid
dlebury; vice-presidents, A. G. Free
gard, Whiting, c. H. Smith, Bridport.
&. S Farr, Bristol; secretary, Fred c.
Smith, Middlebury; treasurer, VIM. H.
Wheeler, Vergennes; auditors, J. G.
Page, Bristol, ]. H. Scranton, Yer
gennes.