Evening journal., 1922-08-23
BY BEN GREENsTEIN

some inQulsltlNe person once pro
duced a question which has beer
standing unanswered ever since.
What's in a name?"
Members OF the Delaware State
Funeral Directors Association held
their annual outing yesterday D. m
/ at Grubb's Landing and therabout,
-therabOuts because the ball game
/ was staged at the Overlook diamond
located in the colony at Claymont
! The main even;s--maln events be-
cause OF the big fried chicken feed
were put on at the Sangerbund
Grubb's Landing.
With the mentioning OF Delaware
Funeral Directors folks might pause
and ponder and then come out with
some sort OF a statement like this
Them fellers must a had a good
time directing one O. their own fun
erals" or What's that bunch OF
dead ones know about having a
good timer"
But that Is where that question
comes in-"What's in name?'
There would be no cause for the
above mentioned statements II II
had been a matter OF seeing" and
not Just hearing" on the part OF
those who might make them.
The Delaware state Funeral Di-
rectors' Association gave splen-
did indications OF knowing how 10
cast aside the cares and worries Of
the work k-a-day world-theirs are
greater than those OF other callings
and have a good time.
Getting familiar with undertakers
might not be considered good policy
but thre's one day OF the year when
II is afound these parts The day
OF the annual outing OF the Delaware
State Funeral Directors Associ-
alton. The around 100 who attended
were surely accorded an enjoyable
afternoon and evening.
First OF all on the program was
the annual diamond tussle between
the Undertakers and the Tearers
Down. the latter being composed
Of assistants. Before the start Il
was generally made known that the
series, which includes the once a
year games. was even. very even
with each having a one (won) mark
ed up on the credit side OF the ledg-
er. Accordingly each had a loss
marked up on the debit side. Now
Il reads in the book. two won and
one lost for the Undertakers and
one won and two lost for the Tear
ers Down. This means that the Tn
dertakers copped the rubber contest
yesterday. The most important
item TO mention Is the score, ~ to
10.
Plenty OF fun was provided the
game being a big frolic from start
20 finish. Al Ayerst proved himself
n true Tearer Down as we'll as a
versatile ball player. He started at
shortstop, shifted 10 third. then took
a try in the pitchers BOX and wound
up a first place, which is no place
10 wind up.
II looked like easy sailing for the
Tearers Down when they batted
around and visited the scoring hex
agon for an even half dozen trips
But the Undertakers showed they
were not cutters and slowly but
surely worked their way 10 the Eek
cuse my dust" position. The Under
takers won out in the seventh. which
was also the final inning. after the
lead had alternated in the waning
sessions
Prizes were provided for the most
number OF hits and runs and Jim
Gebhart OF New Castle could have
copped them both only. he was tied
with BIZ Krienen for the most num-
Der OF runs. so each got a prize. Con
suit the BOX score.
Ed Hanna was justly rewarded
for his great efforts on the bail field.
Ed was presented with the BOBBY
baby" prize for striking out the
most times and missing the most fly
balls because OF the sun in his eyes
That's what Cha 'rman Mealey said
in his presentation address.
At the conclusion Of the ball game
the party repaired TO the Saenger-
bund on the Delaware. where a pro-
gram OF novelty track and field
events preceded and followed the