Evening star., 1926-05-29
SHAD BAKE PROVES
SUCCESS AT CLUB
Event Usually Held at Sea.
side Draws 700 Board Of
Trade Members Inland.

For more than TO hours approx
| mately 700 members Of the Washing
ton Board OF Trade were jumping
running, skipping or pulling theil
way through an elaborate program ol
athletics prepared as part Of thu
thirty.second annual shad bake o1
the orsanization. which took place al
the Congressional Country Club yes
terday.
Crowds were at the Congreesiona
Country Club, taking part In unom
ciaI races long before the scheduled
time Of pm. for tho annual outing
of the board and kept up their en-
thusiasm until IL pm
Under tho guidance Of r. N. Wolfe
the transportation problem Of getting
hundreds of members to and from
the affair was carried out smoothly. -
Shooting Popular.
Ira shooting was ono of the popu
lar sports OF the day, a. we'll as golf
In addition to 1S.hole golf matches
all sorts Of putting and driving con
tests were played. The base bal
game between the Democrats" and
"Republica ms" resulted in a complete
landslide for the Democrats. under
luOH SCHW0D. lu0 0CObOO Gil ~
high that It was impossible for the
scorers to keep up with them. l.. E.
Hayee won first prize as the heaviest
hitter. with John Mcclure and Vim
cent Conner second and third, respec-
lively.
throughout the afternoon the United
States Army Band furnished the
music.
Promptly at s pm. an Army bugler
sounded mess call and TOO hungry
members dashed to the clubhouse ia
partake Of their annual shad feast
Dinner was followed by the distribu'
ton Of prizes and q concert The con
cert entertainment was provided by
Fred Fast. tho Board Of Trade Quar-.
tet. William Raymond. SerSt. Eugene
Hospetter Of the Army Band. l.. r.
McCarty. Floyd Williams and George
Wilson.
Tho winners Of the prizes were
Robert n. Harper. horseshoe pitching
Trap shootins-Charles Quarles. first
George Miller. second. Putting con
test-Wallace Mitchell. Accuracy con
test-Dr. o. B. Linser. Base ball
throwing contestant Hilleary. hrst;
John Mcclure. second; Vincent Con
ner. third. Shotput-Howard Orthell,
81. raul may, SC(Ouu' TAAh'sD'
jr.. third. G. Y. IAtimer was first In
the sack race. Vincent Conner, second,
and Earl Owen. third.
r. J. Allen and G.. r. Thomas were
frst in the threelegged race. with
Charles Quarles and J. e. Mcpherson
second and J. M. Anderson and c. Y.
Iatimer third. The fat mems race
was won BY II. f. Orteh. with Paul
May second and NJ. p. Camby third.
M. r. Candy and Vincent Conner won
first honors in the piggy-back race,
with c. r. Thomas and d. r. Owen
second.
The evening was concluded by div
ing exhibitions and boxing bouts.
Praise for the success Of the outing
was given to r. Brooke Amiss. chair
man OF the shad bake committee. who
planned the event at the Country Club.
Heretofore the board has held its out
ing at Quantico or Chesa pe0ke Beach.
Others in charge Of the entertainment
were J. Harry Cunningham, president
of the board; DIR. Frank e. Gibson. ad.
vertising: Richard L. Conner. press;
Clarence F.. Miller, dinner; Claude W.
Owen. l.. Pierce Boteler. Harry Z,
Mockbee, r.. G. Thomas. DR.. Joseph F..
Rogers. Frank Str,lnk. John Saul.
John Mcclure was In charge ~ the
entertainment committee.