Evening star., 1922-09-17
City Clubs Outin' Jest Grand
Big Frolic From Soup to- Nuts
Sojers, Tiltin' Knights, Pretty Ladies and
Big Eats Make Barbecue at Noyes Farm
Swell Affair, Says Dopey Dan.

ed to name the three ladies in waitin'
to the queen. and they straightway
beckoned Mrs. Doing, Mrs. William
c. Hanson and Mrs G. L. Sanford.
The Judges in the tiltin' match
were &C Owen, Royce Hough,
boy) Evans, who also acted as an
nouncer! 1t might be said here that
as tiltsr Fred Mackenzie is an ex-
pert business man. Other filters to
also run were Bill Davis. Bill Yost,
Oscar Therup, Dewey Zirkin and D.
A. Sanford, and after they had fin
ished John Love and ]. B. Sinclair
Of Silver Spring, Md, professional
jousters, showed the assembled mui-
tituds just how it should be done!
Tennis N Base Ball, Too.
OWN to frequent Interruptions the
ball game. was a sort of continuous
performance, but from the best in-
formation procurable-Umpire Jim
Wheeler. who is a married man-it
was said the Benedicts won out by
the score Of to o.! That's Jim's YER
sion of 1t. Henry F. Stringer, presi-
dent of the club. who was here, there
and everywhere, told me the unmar-
ried parties had good grounds for a
protest. as did Commissioner Rudolph.
who saw more Of the conflict than
anybody present!
Anyhow, / know that Cecil Dowd
put it on Karl Eiker in the tennis
match, in two straight sets. Go,
s-1, and that Fred Berens won the
fat mans race; with Charlie Pardoe
second. Also that George killian
kissed the tape first in the thin guys
scramble, with Jimmie Platt only
whisper behind! The same two fin
ished likewise in the potato race.
CT
other entrants. but when Mister Ru-
dolph chailened any fat man on the
place for match race, all hands
cried Enough" and beat it for the
barbecue! Bill Eynon and Claude
Owens refereed these events!
The result of the tug-o'-war will
never be decided The old men at
the party had the youngsters pulled
several feet over the line when some
body discovered that Fred Berens,
anchor, had tied the rope to a tree.
and as for protection a1,sd Of The the shruobery
Throughout the afternoon sich
highly respectable pastimes as
bowltn',' trap shootin' Il said trap).
pinochle and bridge whist were rum
min. full blast. the prizes for which
will be announced when the contest
ants wind up!
It's absolutely superfluos to add that
the barbecue was a winner! Homes
folks, at one time the line reached clean
into the next county, and the way them
clubmen went after the big roast OK
and other delicatessens woulda made a
bird with Indigestion feel perfectly tur-
rible! A feed, I'd call it! Frank Fen
wick and Ed Dannenhower get honor
able mentions for this!
Pre-ceedin' the ball, which was held
in the spacious old house, and lasted
until the wee sma' hours, radio con-
certs. q rppin' battle-royal by. some
colored brethren, and presentation of
all prizes by our old friend Cy
Cummings of Maryland. God bless
you, were held! The grounds, after
dark, were a fairyland, with myriads Of
varied -colored lights, and all told. if a
more ENJOYABLE entertainment has ever
been pulled off in this neck of the woods,
then it sure hasn't been my good for
tune to be amongst the guests present
thank you, DOPEY DAN.
p. S-I might mention here that
through the courtesy of the Federal
National Bank, Crawford and Garter
will present movin' pictures Of the big
barbecue at Loew's Palace Theayter all
this week, startin' tomorrow night!