Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

afternoon approached, excitement
- mounted higher and higher. FuT
the horseshoe pitching contest be-
tween the Reds and the Blues was about to be
decided.
Perhnrs you are surprised that bunch OF
boys could become 10 excited over O mere
horseshoe pitching contest, but that's because
you don't realize how important this event was.
You see IN through this two weeks outing the
- campers had been divided into two teams,
the Reds and the Blues. Competition between
them was keen in everything. Then, rs the end
Of the camp approached Director Parks an
nounced that on Friday night. the last night OF
camp, there would be a grand hot dog roast
and celebration, with the champion team OF the
camp treated" by the other team.
the championship was to be decided in i've
different contests. The first OF these was q
base ban game. which had been played that
morning The Reds, with Johnny Galloway,
their captain, pitching. had been Just little
better than the Blues, and had won out In the
ninth inning after q Wild game. The nnal
score IVES IL 70 Is, and II errors had been
counted instead of runs, the figure might have
been even higher. For the game was played
under tifncultSes The diamond was q rough
pasture, and the supply Of gloves was 20 limited
that some OF the Outfselders had none. In
fact shorty Hastings, the smallest and young
eet boy IN camp, had made himself . hero when
he ruined O home run by the simple process OF
throwing himself On the ground IN front of
ban that ives headed for distant parts Of the
pasture.
me horseshoe- patching contest was the Sec
ond event on the program, and was being
staged 0n "wednesday afternoon. Each side
had packed the three best players. who were
now competing for victory.
The third event, to be staged ON Thursday,
would be an aquatic meet In the river. and
every boy would have O chance 10 compete In
ton would be held Each tent had been rated
every morning On its cleanliness and neafneSS,
with dement's being given for any lapEes from
what Director Parks considered the proper
standard for his camp. Nobody knew just
how the two teams stood IN this respect but
1t was known that the contest was close. A
cot made I'D carelessly that last morning or .
match stick dropped On the tent moor. might
decide 1t.
Then on THURSDAY night would come the
final competition, an event which the boys
called the war game" One Of the teams
would be chosen to defend the camp and the
other would be the attacking army. After dark
the attackers would take their positions out
side the camp area, and the defenders would
prepare to repel them. The object Of the game
was for the attackers TO get a message TO the
center OF the camp. marked by Director Parks,
who would be sitting IN plain sight by the
campfire. If they did this they were the
victoES, but II the defenders captured al the
attackers bearing mesSages-and only three Of
them were allowed to carry them-then the de-
tenders won
1t had not yet been decided which team
would defend the camp. In fact. the boys had
little time nov to think about the war game.
That was whole day away, and just now they
were entirely occupied with the bitterly fought
horseshoe pitching contest
The Red team had been chosen by compe-
tition among the various Reds and was COM
posed Of Joe Edwards, little Shorty HASTINGS,
and Capt. Johnny Galloway. Joe Edwards had
played his match first and had fought nobly.
He had won the first game, 81 to H. but lost
the second 81 to 20. Then, when he seemed