Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-24
ANNUAL SHAD BAKE.
is BIC SUCCESS.
826 Trade Board Members
and Guests Have Crowded
Day at Sherwood Forest.

Bearing big bags of souvenirs, prizes
and lunch packages that many of the
gathering cid rot find time to open
during the busy afternoon program, 826
members and guests of the Washington
Board of Trade motored back to Wash
ington last night from Sherwood For
est, avowing the thirty-eighth annual
snad bake of the board a success.
The climax Of full day Of outdoor
sports, prize contests, banqueting and
Jllnmaking came late in the afternoon
wnen selected pugilists of the Marines.
Navy and Coast Guard staged rousing
Boxing exhibitions on the amphitheater
ring, where the Navy went down to de-
cisive defeat before the flying fists of
the Marines.
Previously members and guests of the
board engaged in a wide range OF con-
tests. including golf matches, the ira
ditiCnal base ball game between the
Public Order Committee and the mem
bership group, horseshoe pitching, kid
die car and women's dress races, and
had Toasted on Shad with all the trim
ningS while entertainment was fur
Tished by detail of members of the
goth Regiment Marine Band and trio
Of tap dancers.
Officials Among Guests.
District Commissioners Luther H.
Reichelderfer and Gen. Herbert &.
Crosby, numerous other local oflcials
and number OF members of Congress
were guests of honor. Being special
guests, however, did not prevent them
from engaging In the sports, and beth
commissioners tried their hands at
horseshoe pitching. Representative
Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska, chair
man of the House District Appropria
tons Committee, wore a "10-gallon"
sombrero.
E. C. Graham, past president of the
trade BODY, was the victor in a contest
involving a foot race white CARRIED in
a woman's long dress William Lam
ham was second place winner.
In another novelty affair, the kiddle
car race, George w. Quit. new presi-
dent of the Board OF Trade, won cut
over Mr.. Graham.
In the more serious contests of the
day, William F. Collins made the low
gross score on the golf links, with G. H.
Pardoe second. Winners in the handi-'
cap golf tournament were Richard P.
Schulze. j. P. Hutchinson, jr; 2. D.
Blackstone, P j. Mcnamara, E. A.
Rule and c. T. Day.
Vernon Russo and F. c. Brown were
victorious in the bowling contests.
Ban Game Crowded.
The annual battle on the diamond be-
tween the public order and the men,
bership teams drew a big audience. To
start this contest off with the desired
fair the public order nine, CARRIED in
long false boards and heralded as the
House of David" boys, fell in behind
the Marine Band and marched about
the commons to the tune of funeral
march designed as requiem" for
their intended victims "
William Z. Wise was manager of the
public order team, while Frank Strunk
headed the membership players. DR..
Frank E. Gibson was umpire.
j. o. Oliver won the horseshoe
tournament. which has come to be a
popular feature of the annual outing.
He and F. A. Babbitt, the runner-up.
qualified to compete in the higher
stages of the metropolitan district
championships this Summer. Oliver re-
ceived a geld medal presented by The
Evening Star. E. G. Heimer finished
third.
In the feature bout of the boxing
show, Danny Pyne. who shone as a
Interchangeable for Catholic Univer-
sity and is now Marine Reserve officer,
electrified a gallery Of 800 BY knocking
out Jim BlacEwelder, Tunner-up for the
Asiatic Fleet title, in the second round.
A crushing right to the jaw finished
Jim.
Marines Score Five Out of Seven.
The Marines literally blew the Navy
out Of the water, winning five of seven
battles. Honeyboy Phelan. Quantico.
outpointed Tony Burrows. Coast Guard
126-pound champion; Johnny Thomas,
Guantico. scored two knockdowns beat
ing Charley Biggs, Navy 165-pounder;
Jimmy Dill. Quantico middleweight,
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second round. Al Mayer. Quantico, drew
with Jack Silversmith, Navy $50
pounds: Al BeTman, Quantico, 40. cut
pointed Oscar Duke, and Howard
Wheeler. Coast Guard feather, defeated
B. Villanoya. Navy All bouts were
limited to four rounds.
Mai Helnie Miller, Marine Reserves,
refereed; Gabriel Murphy graduate
manager Of athletics at Georgetown
University, ard Billy Whip, boxing
coach at Maryland. were the judges,
and Tom Egan, chairman Of the En-
tertainment Committee, did the an
nouncing
A high wind prevented the para
te-jumping exhibition planned by
William F. Scott. aviation chief ma
chinest mate of the Navy, but il also
broke the clouds and the sun quickly
brought warmer temperature.
J. Mitchell Owens, general outing
chairman. was in charge of the pro-
gram. assisted by the following COM
. mittee leaders: G. Hayward Marshall
W. (. Reed. Richard Stlmson, Raymond
Florence, Herman T. Carl. Harry r.
r. Fe.wig. L. Pierce Boteler, Wallace
Robinson, Karl farrell. Faul F. Grove,
Paul Ward Thomas Eagan, Granville
Cude, James z. Edmunds. Z. NJ. Ora
ham. Stephen r. Colladay Charles j.
Waters, 3. G. Thomas. Ross Snyder
Robert z. Lee. Harry Grove, A. K
Shipc, W. II. Harrison. J. Stanley Long
Herbert Poole. George Y. Graham, Rob
crit J. Cottrel OdelI S Smith. John
Bardrof, Dwight K Terry, Charles
Jerman and Drs Joseph d. Rogers and
John T. Preston.
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