The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-30

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when II reached ~ tuIruasaa
and went half i mile Beyond. 31ytay
the. occupants Of the folloxtng cefAs
in strong expectations.
scene. all hands were given the gla0
welcome BY Mr.. and Mrs Sydn0E ma
the little syds. and the old pump With
its old oaken bucket became popular.
The Atorm broke about this time. ana
shelter waz Afforded on the broad We
randas Of the old colonial mansion,
while the band played cheering melo-
dies.
Then the business OF the day be-
gun.
The FIRST event was q ball throwing
contest. engaged in by Twenty-Five
strong-armed Rotartans. Walker Cot
trell won by throwing the a sixteen
yards and three inches before It
touched the grass.
The fat mans race was won by
Billy Morton In a close run with half
. dozen henvyweights, who q twen-
ty-fve yards in three minutes.
Frank Traynor o the thin mans
race. getting over the ground at a
clip averaging two miles to every
sixty-three minutes. This was a very
~ aaA0AA as OGh iASO .
most won.
Shafcr wins.
Dallas Shafer proved he could run
backwards faster than any man on
the grounds. This contest resulted
In many new acrobatic stunts In which
various Unsurpassed Palm beach
suits were very much soiled by spills
on the wet grass
Henry Schwarzchild took the prize
in the pipe lighting contest with a
using just two boxes and ten matches
blowing.
Tho most exciting contest Of the
day vas the boxing match between
Secretary Bryant and Carter Will
liamS. 1t was announced as a catch
as catch can boxing match for heavy
weights, neither man to weigh less
than 200 pounds with his shoes on.
George Herbert, the local boxer and
wrestler. had charge OF this affair.
In the first rund Walker Cottrell
in attempting to hold the water.
spilled some OF it on Williams. and
the latter chased the willy Cottrell in
to the river.
When time was called at the end
OF the first round Williams was badly
winded, and bore the marks OF car-
on his slate. Bryant was smil-
ing.
At the end of the second rund. DR..
Parker being timekeeper. williams
threw up the sponge, in order II was
said by the friends OF Bryant to keep
from suffering a Knockout.
To show there was no bad feeling.
the men shook hands and shared :
between them later.
At the conclusion of these lighter
festivities i ball game was played.
Ben Wilson vas manager Of one
and Charlie Rose manager OF the
BY unanimous choice Alvin
was picked as umpire. He lost
two hats, one OF them his own, in the
arguments his decision occa-
and was carried from the field
by members OF the band.
Hot Ball Game.
The teams lined up like this:
Wilson'S tean-McAdams, Bryant.
Jeter Jones. Shafer. Norman
Roses team-John White. williams.
Gawthrop, Price. Field.
Michaels. Lorraine. King. Roden.
=, The score at the end Of the first
three-Quarters OF an hour, and the
drst inning. stood sixteen to even. but
there was no score-keeper, Il will
be a mystery az to which side
The game might have run for an
ether hour or two. but DR.. Calisch
broke the bat during the latter half OF
irst inning. and the game just had
10 come to . close.
Following he bail game \ battle
royal wal pulled OF. George Herbert
had gotten five OF the farm hands TO
enter the fray. They wore the various
Of members OF the club. After
three had beer d~istanced. the race
settled down to Buick autos. and the
wearing the colors OF varina-
When ten had been counted after \
erueling struggle. Grover Cleveland
Dula raised q mighty shout and 1t was
<nown by that that hts man had won,
Buick always leads" ne shouted a.
gave the winner 4 ticket to the
at Robinson and Broad
But a little Ford shall lead them
Ill.," chirped Bill Dabney.
A vote OF thanks was rendered the
host and hostess, and before dark the
party was back in Richmond.