The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-15
.ROTAR|ANSW VISIT
 BOY SCOUT CAMP
Royalty Entertained and De- feat Scouts in Hard Fought
 Baseball Game

Members of the Rotary club made
 their annual pilgrimage yesterday to
 Camp Andrews. where they were
 royalty entertained by Birmingham
 Boy Scouts who are encamped there
 The scouts, with Roland L. Shine as
 scout master and Dan Dimiok as mas
 ter Of ceremonies, treated the Ro-
 tarians to a bis dinner, a radio con
 cert. baseball game and chance
 to cool off in the "old swimmin'
 hole"
 About SO Rotarians made the trip
 leaving the Southern club at 12:30
 o'clock. The camp is 14 miles out
 on the Montgomery highway. After arriving and looking over the camp
 the chow horn blew and all Ro- tarians were escorted Into the hall where they were served dinner in approved scout style.
 During the luncheon hour con-
 cert as sent out by the Alabama
 Power company broadcaster was
 heard. Owing to the high static at
 midday 1t was not complete suc- cess. but the Rotarians after the trip
 out thoroughly enjoyed the barbe-
 cued meat and other eatables served them.
 The dczen or more cabins of the camp are situated on the crest of a high rioge. Following dinner the hororcd visitors were escorted 10 the athletic field in the valley few hundred feet above where the Ro- tariars shuwed their prowess by de- featins the scouts 2 to l in keenly contested game of baseball. A rsr were men of affairs, shedded their coats and defeated the scouts were w G. Bickell catcher; Col. Carl LanErebe, pitcher: Bill Mitchell, first base; Sak Crawford, second base; Julian Smith. third base; Robert l Munger, shortstop; Dan Dimick, Joseph Rosenberger and B. B. Sip l ley, outfield.
 The scout team which fought val iently but went down to defeat was l as follows: Catcher, F. Plumb; pitcher, Roland L. Shine; firse base, Cu.pepper Wynn; second base, Ma rion Jones; third base. Edwin Flaw ley, skortstop, Harold Peace; out field. William Monks, woodson Burchfiel and Addison Holmes Ros- ser Angel acted as umpire. The scouts showed their skill as | horseshoe pitchers when Clare Bar cliff and Mack Travis defeated s. D. | Crawford and J. D. Rosenberger by | a score of 21 to z.
 One of the most enjoyable events | of the afternoon was a tug of war | between two scout teams located on | opposite sides of the creek. The con- 1 test ended in a draw with both sides l receiving a "duckinG" in abort 10 ] feet of water.
 I Permission was then given the
 scouts to go in swimming. About S5 | of them all gave examples of their l ability as swimmers and divers. The | swimming hole is located at a curve | in the creek, where the water is Is l feet deep. Spring boards have been l provided and some of the Rotarians | themselves in view of the torrio | weather joined In the swim. | Rotarlans were next taken for a l ride down the creek in canoes pad ! died by Boy Scouts who were proud l of the opportunity to "do good
 turn" Plenty of blackberries were l rip along the creek banks anu a number of them were sampled by Rotarians despite the fear of red bugs and other larger insects. 1 Camp Anerews Is located on 16- | acre tract os land. The scouts have ! cASStC1 d HuihpcA VI ietS Oft sHS area. Those in camp there will come home Saturday after having been In | training for two weeks. A regular daily courf. is mapped out for them, l including studies in signaling, wood 1 craft and bird lore. The boys are l allowed to go in swimming three | times day and every one of them l are good swimmers.
 The Rotary club Is sponsoring scout work nj this district. -.ll mem bers of ''A club who ace the trip yesterday came away feeling better
 and having still nobler idea of tho Boy Scouss and the creed which he represents.