Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-10
CLAMBAKE AND SPORTS
Formally Thrown Aside md Every
body HIS n Good Time

DO0y Has GOOd Time
Hundreds of service men and thou
sands of their friends had one great
| big reunion and old-fashioned Vermont
welcome home in the afternoon at the
clambake at the new bathing beach.
The boys made a fine showing in the
morning parade. The blouses were
trim and smart The step was jaunty
and well could Burlington and Vermont
be proud of their soldier and sailor
sons. But 1t was in the afternoon that
the boys felt the real grip and strength
| of Burlington's welcome. Discipline
was thrown aside and the sound OF the
martial drum was a thing of the past.
Admiral Mayo ,one of the greatest of
Americas navy chiefs smiled at his
boys" as he called them, waved a
hand in friendly greeting, and, from
then on, everybody felt at home. Major
H. Nelson Jackson. thrice wounded
over there. shared his portion Of water
with Private Smith of the fighting
Y. d. Captains in the infantry frater-
nized with "gobs" from shipboard,
everybody knew everybody else. and
from the Riddles to grandmother all
Burlington. with n generous influx OF
visitors, had a grand reunion and good
time.
| There were sports aplenty. music by
the various bands bouts between flu
ture Dempseys and after the boys had
their fill of these, Tom Quincy assisted
| by NJ. c. Powers and Steward A. H.
Davis of the Elks. served heaping por-
tions of chowder. lobster, clans, DO
| tatoes rolls and all the "fxin's" as
| only these famous clambake chefs can.
Major Jackson was called on to act
as master of ceremonies. The popular
l. l.
given to pitch in" And the way those
boys went after those Holsters and
other good things. They took Chow
der Hill" on the run, cleared CLAN
Trench on the double quick, bayoneted
the enemys last retreat. cleaned up
| the reinforcements with the Y. D. punch
and planted the flag of good-fellow-
ship on the dessert.
| During the afternoon Pilot Carmen
! took various Burlingtonians for short
/ rides over the lake in the Curtiss sea-
| plane. circling about the city for a
few minutes. and returning to the
| water Although slight delay was
caused by n minor trouble during the
afternoon about dozen persons
took to the air. during the day.
| Mrs Mason G. Beebe had the unique
honor Of being the first woman to
| fly over the waters of Lake Cham
| plain. Mrs. Beebe seemed to enjoy her
experience. waving from the machine
| TO her husband and group of friends
VINO were waiting on the beach. Mrs
George b. Carmen, wife OF the avia.
| tor, also took a short ride in the sea-
plane. To-day Major jackson and a
number of others intend to ride.
The army and navy baseball game
was not played In the tug of war the
| boys in khaki won from the boys in
| blue, but in the boxing matches the
| sailors made better showing. DR.. r.
E. Hays. Fred S. Angus and Captain
Oscar Beckart were the officials and
although there were no white hopes
discovered, there was enough excite
| ment to keep the crowd satisfied. No
| decisions were made but Croto Of the
| navy mad little on Fleury of the
army in three two minute rounds. In
| the lightweight matches. kid" Nell
son of New York gave way to Thibault
OF Burlington. Red" McCuen defeated
| Rogers, while wilkins of the navy and
| Raciot of the Y. d. division fought to
a draw. Zero and Dion put on the best
bout or the afternoon. displaying some
clever footwork, and fast fighting.
Zero is local boy, who has achieved
some note as a wrestler.
In the swimming events. d. r. Bos-
worth OF the University Of Vermont was
| easily the star. taking first in the %
and 5O-yard dashes, and 25-yard dash on
| back. Murray c. Woodbury. of Norwich
| and Edward }. Nash of this city were
| right at Bosworths heels. In the first
two dashes, Woodbury. and Nash finished
! second and third respectively, while in
| the 25-yard dash on back Nash finished
second with Morris Wilcox. formerly
physical director at the Y. NJ. c. A..
third.
Raymond Ouimette, the local Splinter
who has been winning all events in
| northern Vermont for the past few years.
was an easy winner in the so and 100
| yard dashes F. T.. Soukes finished sec
| ond In both events, with "Hammy"
| McCuen third. In the standing broad
jump, Joseph Lavery finished first, with
McCuen second and Bedell third Law
cry also won the running broad jump
| with Godbout second and Bedell third
The committee in charge Of the sports
consisted Of DIR. T. f. Hays. Prof George
P, Burns, F. S. Angus, ], E. Trail,