Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-07-28
NTH|AN PICNIC
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Married Members Again Demonstrate
Their Superiority at Baseball
and Foot Racing

,icnc of Evening Star lodge, No. IS d,
Knights of Pythias, which was held
Sunday at the grove on the Weeks
farm south of town, and the big
crowd of Pythians and their families
and friends declare it was the most
anioyable of these events yet held.
Forgetting th~T mature dignity, the
alder people wed with the little folks
IN having a regular picnic time and
the result Wac jolly crowd ready
for anything that gave promise of
finn and excitement. Sports of all
kinds we're arranged for both young
and old and we're entered into with
whoeheartedness that resulted in
amusement to both contestants and
spectators, AID the shady secluded
grove echoed with the laughter and
shouts of the picnickers throughout
the day.
In all kinds of conveyances from
bcyclpe and horseback to big auto
mobiles the large crowd was taken
from Pullman and vicinity to the pic
mic grounds, the lodge furnishing
a big carryan for those who made
no other arrangements to get to the
grove The time before dime, was
spent in mixing together and getting
better acquainted with each other
and the spot selected for the picnic
The committee had provided swings
for the children and these were in
constant demand from start to fin
ish, but were no more popular than
the ice cream and lemonade also
furnished by the lodge in such guam
titles that even the repeated, con-
tinuous and persistent onslaughts of
both old and young failed to show a
diminishing supply. The ice cream
lreezers were opened at noon and
Kept open until the last person had
lelt the scene, while the lemonade
jar, constantly replenished by Dr..
Hudson and Max Reed, defied even
Inc mad PUSHES of the thirsty par
nclpants in the athletic events.
AT dinner time the crowd divided
Aself into small and large groups and
proceeded to do justice to their we'll
lliied baskets and judging from the
sounds that filled the cool shady
grove this was very agreeable hour.
though the crowd was divided into
many groups this did not affect the
unity OF the picnic as it was a com
moh sight to see dishes passed from
OHe 'aple to another throughout the
p'ilod allotted for eating. After
uinner the time was spent in quiet
"HiuSements while the tables were
''eared, the children swinging and
INC men pitching horseshoes. Then
,@ile the big event of the day, the
vail game between the married men
1Hu the bachelors. In fact most of
'ue sports We're contests between the
4"' iieu and single members of the
crowd.
"nen play balI' was called the
.'a'iiS hned up for strenuous action,
married men determined to M
''u thelr record of never having
ueieated and the bachelors bent
= 'o~erlng the proud colors of their
=, 'ieu Pythian brothers. After
strenuous innings. marked by
1 aay sensational plays and hairline
:, 'N'''ohs, the married men had again
~ 'helr superiority by winning
~. same six to three. While the
Heiofs had a good battery. com
p p0''u OF Frank Jenne, pitcher. and
en- oOil' catcher, they were poorly
Imported by the infield. which made
ant ulhlhg easy for their oppon-
mus p For the married men James
MT, was on the mound and Ed
do,a vas at the receiving end, both
anI., eooo work, which, with their
lra Ss support, made the result a
eVne conclusion from the start.
:, ~ relay race was the real thrill
~. !, the day, resulting, as usual, in
fDa, eat OF the unmarried men. The
,lo a, result was, however, contested
Wa TO the last man. as each lap
von,s close one, and one poor start
tbs ~ nave changed the result. Fol
B,na nc'ors Mitch" Patterson Van
KiSs ssen' Wilson, S. Hall. Muir and
ths ' ~. did the noble work, while
Han defeat was charged to Nye. H
lenne "ehham' Baucom and
as me ladies' race was forfeited b,
unmarried ladies and SO thei,