Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-05
Matthews the Wonder.

Inc AndroscoSgln won high honors
IN these contests. Second Glass Boy
Matthews of that vessel deserves mon
t1on as an all-round athlete, who may
be heard from and also as a physical,
death-defying wonder, for, after eat
Ing pie and pie and pie for an hour Or
so. in which he ate twice as much pie
as any adversary, and after eating
hardtack SO that his insides must have
Deen packed with pie and bareback to
the exclusion of all his organs, he
played base ball, and good ball at that:
he tried for the 81 on the end of the
greasy pole. and had to give it up after
getting 1T by clinging to the pole, in
stead of walking it like his other COM
pefitors. and contested for swimming
nonors. and was a member of the An
droscoggin crew which won the free
1or-all boat race. the classic event of
the program.
The Androscoggin's boat was five
iensths ahead of her nearest rival. the
BOAT OF the Apache, in this five-oared
"haleboat race. The Algonquins boat
was third. The six boats one repre-
senting each of the coast guard cutters
IN arundel Cove, got Off together. and
Kept fairly well abreast for the mile
and half out to the turning buoy.
coming IN, they were more strung out.
the Androscoggin crew leading all tne
way. The winners, we'll muscled and
extensively decorated over the ex-
posed bodies with blue tattooing of
varied design. finished fresh
Good Ball Game.
The hve-inning base ball game was
between team made up of men from
me osslpee. Apache and Window, and
nine from the Tallapoosa, the AL
Sonquin and the Androscogsin. The
score was to 3 in favor of the first
Tea Capt Randolph Ridgely. jr., of
the ossipee, the newest captain of the
service, played first base for the win
ners, and was dubbed the best ever.
iron Man Logan pitched a good game.
out could not save the losing team.
Second class Boy Boerman won the
greasy-pole event. after it seemed that
no one could get to the end of the
pole under the conditions. The hori-
zontal pole, well creased and kept So
extended over the water from the edge
OF the dock. The contestants were re-
CURED to walk the pole, and to get
the money must go to the end OF the
pole and grab off the stake fastened
to it. Those who tried it fell off, some
AS soon as they started, some quar-
ter way md some half way, and few
got further than that. where the vi
Drafting pole appeared to buck them off
into the water. Boerman got more
than three quarters out, and as he fell
plunged onward, and was able to
knock off the two one-dollar bills from
their fastening into the water. where
he recovered the money ana was al
lowed to retain 1t.
The crew of three firemen and a
coxswain from the Apache, in the
ships dinghy, won the shovel race of
one Quarter mile. The Algonquin came
in second. The Apache crew also won
the one-mile dinghy race, with the
Ossipee second.
There were also a 100-yard dash for
officers; a 1O0-yard dash, free for all; a
three-legged race, two men from each
ship and the depot. The AndroScoggin
and the Algonquin teams tied in the
Alimjnation tug of war. There were
money prizes in each event for the
men, contributed by the officers.
Committee in Charge.
The committee in charge of the cele-
bration consisted of Capt. Ridgely. jr. {:
First Lieut.. G. E. Wilcox, Second Lieut.
C. H. Bench, Second Lieut.. c. A. Anstett
and Third Lieutenant of Engineers p
r. Smith.
The officials of the contest were:
Lieut.. Crozier, referee; Lieut. Kielhorn,
stake boat referee; Lieuts. Greene and
Kotzschmar, judges of the tug of war:
Lieuts. Greene, Crozier and Reinburg,
judges of the pie and cracker eating
contests; Leuts. Anstett and Sugden,
base ball umpires; Capt. McAllister,
starter of the fve-oared whaleboat
race, and Lieuts. Finlay and Anstett,
Judges of the whaleboat race.
At noon buffet luncheon was served
In the wardroom of the Ossipee.