Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-28
BUSINESSMEN
ARE BOYS AGAIN
Rain Could Not Dampen Ar
dor; Present and Ex-Presi-
dents Have Boxing Match

Despite the drenching efforts of the
ram god to dampen the ardor of the
Chamber of Commerce members who
spent Saturday afternoon at Inglenook
celebrating the annual outing, there
was no let-up of activities from the
time the hungry mob surged toward
the well-filled tables at O'Clock till
Chairman George w. Bogar made a
goodnight speech and the long line of
automobiles started for home.
IL was a great day. full of enter
talnment and characterized by that
teehng of good-fellowship which is a
part of every gathering where Harris
burgs businessmen get together to
play. over two hundred and seventy
IVe picnickerS were there, two hun
urec or them members. Like those in
tne iaole, the tables were kept con-
stantly loaded with all manner of food
and drink, and the variety of games
and sports provided allowed none to
necome idle. even when the rain drove
the whole party to the porches of the
clubhouse
Bowman Displays Fistic Ability
The Commonwealth Band played
during the entire afternoon and a group
OF mems voices from st. Stephens
church was repeatedly recalled for
encores. Secretary McColgin was the
proVerbial busy bee and could not be
prleu loose from the big basket whence
handfuls of cigars kept popping for
all the smokers in the crowd. Presi-
dent j. William Bowman did his best
to clean up the entire assemblage with
a display of fistic ability which drove
David Kaufman and Joe Wallazz to
the tall timbers for refuge. after sew
eral rounds apiece. but the fire-eating
president met his match in. kid" Gil
bert, who stripped at $50 and didn't
care who knew it," Charley Covert
was very able second when he WASH
busy playing indoor baseball and burn
ing up the grass around the bases.
whenever the party showed signs of
getting rough the Chambers noble
police force, sworn in with much pomp
and ceremony by City Commissioner
Cross, and consisting of Herman P.
Miller. c. Floyd Hopkins S. S. Eberts,
K. II. NJ. Wharton and Joseph H. Wal
lazz, welded their powerful weapons
with great force and quelled all dis
orders. Chief" Miller. however, after
u particularly gruelling SIEGE was
round inert at the bottom of culvert,
firmly planted in one end of the drain
pipe.
Badger Fight" Harmless
Some of the more timorous and
tnoSe VINO were opposed to cruelty to
animals stayed away from the badger
fight" which threatened to stir up
quite an argument. A big dog firmly
held by a chain was one of the fighters.
and the badger. concealed in a wooden
box strongly tied with ropes, was his
opponent Will Bowman, on behalf of
the fearful, objected to a continuation
of the fight. but the badger gave up
without struggle and there were no
casualties. Dwight Raker, snugly
ensconsed in a baseball mask and pro-
tector, was prepared to aid the weaker
of the two, but his assistance was not
needed.
Indoor baseball, swimming, quoits,
rifle shooting, potato races, spelling
bees with Arthur E. Brown as
teacher" boxing matches and seven
up" were some of the ways in which
the time passed. And all the while a
motion picture concern recorded the
events of interest as they happened.
BY late afternoon Henderson Gill
bert had recovered sufficiently from
his boxing match to be able to receive
the mark of distinction which was
given him as past president of the as
sociation by Flavel Wright. The neo-
phyte was decked in chains and straps
and led to the place of execution by a
black-masked individual whose musical
tones. after a lengthy peroration. pro-