The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-23
ELKS MAKE
MERRY AT
HARVEY'S POND
Annual Outing of st. j.
Lodge Is Enjoyable
Affair

Nearly 500 members Of St.
Johnsbury Lodge of Elks and their
invited guests from all parts of
Northeastern Vermont enjoyed the
annual outing of the order at the
Lakeside pavilion at Harvey's Pom
on Friday afternoon and evening
1t was an unusually enjoyable af-
fair in every way.
Soon after noontime automobiles
filled with pleasure seekers began
to roll over Barnet Mountain on
their way to the Lake. By ,
O'Clock there was good sized
crowd on hand and baseball
game was started at the ball
grounds. About the time this
game was getting Interesting there
was dispute between Sam
NJ oore and 'Puss' Connor as to
whether married men OF single
men made the best baseball play
ers. "Sam" of course took the
double headed side of the argu-
ment. This led to the starting of
a new game between single and
married men.
"Hardscrabble" Mills was the
unanimous choice for arbiter a.
it was the conclusion that he could
be fair and open minded even #
man was married, or, if again,
he had remained unsplced. "Puss"
Connor ascendcd the mound for
the single and when it came to a
back stop it was found that the
"singles" did not have man
heavy enough to hold "Puss" SO
BILL" Wright, the worlds great
est Ford salesman, was drafted.
bill" did a better Job at catching
than he did later while swimming
for he tried to scoop up part OF
the bottom of Harvey's Pond and
the rest of the evening went
around nursing a sore wing.
Charlie" Hoernle. the baseball
managerial wizard, ana Chiefly
Elick divided honors on the
mound for the married men. OW-
ing to "Charlie's' recent advent in
to matrimony it was not felt by
Heart, Shafer and Max" Moore,
who was general Generalissino OF
the "sports?" that he should pitch
more than half the game. Youth
full" Myers proved amazing fine"
IN the baseball, arena for he spear
ed the ball with'a wicked clutch,
stole bases like a Ponzi, and lined
the ball down to second so fast
that the man generally returned
TO first for he couldn't even get
a start for the second sack.
There was some very strong
"stuf' in the inner garden for
the singles. "Plunger" Kelley held
down the first bag when III. s.
and NJ" Moore, who played on
both teams, would allow him the
honor of covering the sack.
Bones" Batchelder covered sec
ond, "Stude" Killilea, the demon
auto driver, played an errorless
game at third (because no one
knocked the ball in his. direction)
anu 1IdDDtl Ivy, VIII tI4h
like the way the game was run at
all, held down the short position.
The outer garden harmonized
beautifully with the scenery. There
was "Pinky' Garfield at left,
Trombone" Moore at center an
Fatty" Longmore at right.
The married men according to
Judge" Searles, who was score
keeper, made but IS errors in the
infield. The Judge" used up 4 !
court docket keeping the score
and was about to issue "wlft |
of errors" when someone mistook
the score sheet for a Chrnes2 |
laundry check and walked off with |
it. As before mentioned tia; |
wonderful infield of the "Hooked' |
team consisted of "Red" Knapp, !
first; "Bart" Bartlett, second I
'Quoits" Writers, third: and "Ol3- |
field" Barney. third.
Manager Hoernle, who carries
the destinies of the Fairbanks A.
A. in his bonnet, kept clos. eye /
on the outfield Of the Married /
Continued on page six)