Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-11
SOME THINGS THE
BOY SCOUTS HAVE DONE
Space Forbade Telling All Their
Accomplishments, But Here
They Are.
COMMANDER STONES ADDRESS
Results Of Some of Their Athletic Cen
tests Told Of Also-Altogether
They Are Speedy Bunch
of Bows

OF Boys
Largely through limited space, the
Capital was forced on Saturday after
noon to reserve for another date
some of the good things the Boy Scouts
OF Annapolis have done in the years
since the formation of the two local
troops. In telling OF the young lads
celebration of their eighth anniversary.
the following things were saved for
today.
Commander Raymond Stone. u. S
Navy, in addressing the Scouts con
graduated them upon their splendid
work of the past year, particularly
upon their success in the two recent
Liberty Loan Campaigns He also
told the boys OF the work that was
ahead of them, making each one real
ize his responsibility to aid our
country in her present conflict.
The boys then participated in ba5-
ketball and various Scout games 10
decide the supremacy of the patrols
and troops In the First Troop the
first game was between the Wolf Pa
troll ond the Panther Patrol. The
score was Panther, IA Wolf 0. Then
the Panther Patrol VS.. the Beaver Pa
troll for troop hOnors. This was won
by the Panther Patrol. The score be
ing Panther, 12; Beaver, l. The Sec
ond Troop inter-patrol games were as
follows: The Buffalo Patrol VS.. the
Lion Patrol Score, Buffalo, s; Lion,
6. The Fox Patrol VS.. the Lion Patrol
Score, Lion, 2; Fox, / This game was
the most stirring of the evening. The
Panther Patrol, the champions Of the
First Troop, then played the Buffalo
Patrol, the Second Troop champions.
This contest resulted in II to 0
Buffalo victory. The basketball games
throughout were good and it showed
plainly the spirit of the younger
Scouts to do just as we'll as the older
ones.
The next event was an inter-troop
sack race The Fox Patrol, Troop 2,
won; the Buffalo Patrol, Troop 2, sec
ond. and third honors went to the
Panther Patrol, Troop 1.
Then came the inter-troOp fitting
race in which the Buffalo Patrol,
Troop 2, took first honors; the Fox
Patrol, Troop 2, second, and the Wolf
Patrol, Troop /, third
There was an inter-patrOl pillow
match to decide the best swatters, and
the most powerful two-legged horses
in the respective troops. In Troop 2
the Buffalo Patrol won, the Lion Pa
troll second, and the Fox Patrol third.
In the First Troop the Panther was
again victorious, the Beaver second,
and the Wolf third
The next event was real test Of
the Scouts strength, a tug of war
This was an inter-tToop event and the
boys surely did work to'puH their or
ponents over the line To the Buffalo
Patrol, Troop 2, went first honors; The
Beaver Patrol of Troop 1, took second
honors The points won by the re-
spective patrols in the events were:
First Troop-Panther, 80; Beaver,
q; Wolf, IS.
Second Buffalo, 5S; Fox %;
Lion, 16
Prizes were awarded the Winning
pdTOIS Dy the troops.
The last event of the evening and
the one probably most enjoyed by the
boys, except the opening ceremonfes,
was the spread" 1t may be assured
that what those boys, with their
hearty Scouts appetities, did to those
hot dogs was enough.
The activities were conducted by
Scoutmasters Ivon T. Morton and
Walton B. Childs, assisted by Assist
ant Scoutmasters Joseph Daniels, r.
Thornton Strange, and Scouts Ray
mOnd Stone and Everett Beavin.
The guests of the boys were Miss
Louise Linthicum, Principal OF the
High School; Professor George Fox,
both interested in Scout work; Com
mander Raymond Stone, President OF
the local Council; Rev. 1Ir. Smiley,
member of the local Court Of Honor:
Mr. Thomas Z. Strange, member Of
Troop Committee No. 2, and Lieut.
klackring.
1t was determined by the boys and
their leaders that they are going to
make this next year q banner year and
they sincerely hope for the co-opera-
ticn of the citizens Of Annapolis for
aid in their splendid work Secre-
tary w. G. McAdoo said "The Boy
Scouts Of America are one Of the
greatest of our war facilities. They
are helping US win. They must be up
held They need men and money
now VIII the citizens Of Annapolis
help?