Evening star., 1920-05-23
BOARD Of TRADE
MEMBERS OUTING
IS LIVELY AFFAIR
600 Enjoy Shad Bake, Sports
and Entertainment at
Chesapeake Beach.

Six hundred weary looking and tired
of Trade. returned to Washington last
night after their journey to Chesa-
peake Beach to attend the twenty
sixth annual shad bake OF the or I.
pulled in the throttle on the home
ward-bound train at the District line
last nigh: they were unanimous IN
voting 1t one of their greatest out
ing days
Chesapeake Beach has been the
mecca Of merrymaktng OF the Board
of Trade on numerous occasions. But
seldom has the organization staged
such a lively affair as the twenty
sixth annual shad bake. From the
time of the arrival Of the first train
at the beach at noon until the de-
parture last night there was not
dull moment There was everything
in the way of fun and food that In.
evitably makes an affair OF this KIND
an overwhelming success.
Upon the arrival at the beach. the
carefree board members. headed by
the "jazzy" Boy Scout Band. paraded
the boardwalk to the front Of the
Casino Hotel. where they engaged in
erward "tickled" their palates with
famous Maryland baked shad and all
its trimmings. During the afternoon
they enjoyed the amusements at the
beach and an entertainment provided
for them by DR.. Frank E. Gibson.
chairman OF the entertainment COM
mittee.
The athletic events included a sack
race. a tug of war and a fat mems
race. And board members showed that
when it comes to athletics they are In
a class all by themselves. F. c. Bam-
man, who styled himself as fat
man. took the honors in the fat
mems event. However. he only out
ran ]. A. Richards. who was going
strong at the finish line. by nose.
Sack Race In Exciting.
With it's customary spills. the sack
race proved the most exciting Of the
athletic events. 1t was won by ].
Paul Ward, with George Schultz q
close second, in a run-on OF q dead
heat.
Fourteen Of the "Samsons" Of the
board engaged in the strengthening
tug-of-war. The Roe" team headed
by George Schultz won this event, de-
feating the "Shad" aggregation. led
by F. R. strunk. On the winning
were A. c. Machler, w. ]. Lewis. w.
E. Yost, E. Baumgarten. J. L. No
Donald and NJ b. Atkinson.
In the three-legged race George
Schultz and his partner, F. Grimm.
Honors in the broad jump were
carried off by E. F. Czarra, with a
jump Of Is feet II inches. F. Grimm
took second honors by jumping Is
feet inches.
After the arrival of the afternoon
eral hundred board members headed
by Capt. James F. Oyster and Capt.
Colin E. Flather, the entertainment
program was staged. This concluded
with a fifteen minute wrestling bout
between Detective Sergt. Joe Grant
and his brother, Jim Grant. which
resulted in draw.
Included on the program Of enter
tainment was Charles J. shacklsford.
as The Genial Entertainer; Mylo B.
Atkinson, 5r.. soprano solo; NJ. B.
dialect stories; 8. Percy
Oliver, az 'The Tramp; Edward Fitz-
gerald. in The Mechanical Doir;
Man." and Fred l. Pratt, a solo. A
quartet composed of James X. Young.
Newton Hammer, Edward L. Hutchin-
son and Ambrose Durkin rendered
several selections.
Committees in charge of tho shad
bake were as follows: Dinner. Ed
ward ]. Murphy. chairman; Arthur
Carr, vice chairman; e. J. Leesnitzer.
George Miller and Joseph p. Stephen
son; athletics. Charles w. Pim-
per. chairman: entertainment. DR..
Frank e. Gibson and Warren Cochran;
souvenir. Charles F. Crane, chair
man. and L. Pierce Boteler, vice chair
man: shad bake committee, Murray
l. Clifford, chairman, George H. Mac
Donald. vice chairman, and Samuel N.
Darragh, secretary. Other members
of the committee were: Harry ALI
mond, L Pierce Boteler, Thomas
Bradley, L Lee Combs. John R
Casper, Richard L. Conner, Charles
r. Crane. Arthur Carr, William Cla-
baugh, John M. Cherry, Warren
Cochran, W. Porter Cox. J. Harry
J.. Maxson Cunningham,
George NJ. Fisher, George b. Farquhar,
DR.. Frank E. Gibson. Edwin c.
Graham. Capt. Colin E. e. F1ather.
Ernest J. Leesnitxer, Capt. James r.
Oyster. Walter H. Klopfer. Charles w.
Morris. Edward J. Murphy. George
Pitt. Charles w. Pimper. Samuel J.
Prescott, George Miller, E. E. Ramey,
Odell s. Smith. Joseph P. Stephenson.
Charles J. Waters and Fred J. White