The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-16
St. Clair
from Fridays Dairy.
The Medic Picnic.

The Medic Picnic.
| The annual picnic OF the Medo
Farmers club which was held at
Perch Lake Tuesday proved once
more that st. Clair is there and over
when it comes to picking the blue
ribbons on everything from a ball
game to home grown pumpkins.
Caesar never returned to Rome with
more scalps tied to his belt than did
the st. Clair contingent Tuesday.
! First the ball team in a close, fast
game defeated the Mapleton team by
score of 5 to g. This was followed
by the pigeon shoot between the St.
Clair and Mapleton gun clubs. Led
by General Heinrich Won ThielmaE
and his worthy staff, generals Lubke,
Chase and Bestmann the trenches of
the enemy were taken on the first
charge and were held until the last
pigeon was shattered. Next in order
of the victories was the 100 yard
dash which was handily won by
| Clarence Mason against a fast field.
The last event which proved that
! st. Clair was in class by itself was
}supermen, led by Mike Neary and a
| team of St. Clair super -drednaughts
with John Fitzloff, as captain. Never
did the gods on Mount Olympus
struggle with greater might and main,
| than these two teams. 1t was not
until both teams had used every
ounce of braun, that the MedO boys
inch by inch were dragged over the
sod into st, Clair territory.
| The ball game was a clean, fast
contest and so close that until the last
Mapleton man had filed out it was
anybody's game. The st. Clair boys
developed better batting eye as the
game progressed and this won them
the game. Stanley and Cordes of st.
Clair battery showed considerable
class. The Nyquist and Beccue
brothers gave fine exhibition of
base running and fielding. 1t is
hoped that this team will get to-
gether and form permanent Or
ganization for the coming season.
The trap shooting contest while it
] brought out low average of hits for
both teams yet considering the lack
of practice by both teams and the
tendency of the birds to dust rather
than break it was good match. The
final score was 143 to 1879. Penhiter
Of Mapleton was high gun with % as
score, Lubke and Thielman followed
with scores of twenty-five and TWEEN
ty-one respectively. Following is
the score of the St. Clair team !:
Lubke, %; Chase, 16; Thielman I'll;
Hermann, Is; Bestmann, 20; Hugunin,
Is; Fisher, 10; Williams, IL.
An examination of the targets fol-
lowing the contest showed that a
number of them had been hit by as
high as four pellets without break
ing.
| In C. A. Mason who recently sue
ceeded Louis Appel as manager of the
Botsford lumber yard, st. Clair has
man who can hit the cinder path
on high and can make the 100 yard
distance in between 10 and--11 sec
onds. Chief Lubke has enlisted Ma
| son as lead man on the hose cart
brigade.
We have John Fitzloff to thank FOR
the winning Of the tug of-war. Just
at crucial moment when both teams
were struggling for advantage Johns
underpinning slipped on the wet grass
and he fell. Fortunately for the ST..
Clair laurels he fell into st. Clair's
territory. This started the process
sion and inspired by the coaching of
st. Clair's fail sex, Mayor Thielman,
Lubke, Beccue and others dug in
their toes and the Medo boys began
cross country tour on their neither
sides. The picnic proved a big sue
cess. The Medo club is to be con-
graduated, for the manner in which