Evening star., 1934-07-08
SHR|NERS' BENEFIT
GAME DRAWS 5000
Almas Temple Defeats Grot-
to KaIIipoIis Team.
Children Guests.

The Shriners staged a comeback
at Griffith Stadium yesterday after
noon before 5000 partisan fans when
a harder-hitting Almas Temple broke
the winning streak of the doughty
boys from Grotto Kallipolis by 5-to-
3 score in their annual benefit game.
1t was the first Masonic field day
at the ball park in three years and
the fans in red fezes gave real ex-
hibition of base ball hySteria when
Grand Master Vernon G. Owen pre-
sented a large silver cup, donated by
Clark Griffith, to the smiling faced W.
M. Shomos. captain and manager of
the Shriners' team. The Grotto team
took their defeat good-naturedly and
for good reason, for it was claimed in
their behalf they have lost only two
games to the ShrinerS.
Yesterdays game was the beginning
of new series which the inmates OF
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
hope will be uninterrupted for many
years to come, for they were the bene-
ficiaries. A tidy sum was raised to
carry on the vocational and recrea-
tional training of the children at the
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for the boys gymnasium.
Children See Game.
A good time was had by all, espe-
cially by the special guests. These
were SO children of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home, ranging in years
from to IT. and the children of the
German Orphanage Asylum. The lat
ter were the guests of Arminius Lodge,
No. IS. The children and the women
in the Masonic Home were the guests
of the Association of Worshipful Mas
ters, which sponsored the field day,
with the assistance of the Matrons
and Patrons Association of the East
ern Star
Griffith Stadium has seen better
ball games and larger crowds, but sell
dom a more colorful aggregation OF
fans than those who attended yeSter-
day. At the outset of the program,
Grand Master Owen headed a parade
across the ball park to raise the flag,
while both bands played The Star
Spangled Banner"
Drills Are Staged.
After the flag raising, Grand Master
Owen and his staff of lodge officers
returned to the grandStand boxes to
witness the drills staged by the uni
formed teams representing the Shrin-
ers and the Tall CedarS of Lebanon.
To the delight of the children, Nick
Altrock acted as drill master and
several clowns afforded additional
amusement.
When the picturesque drills were
concluded, Clark Griffith presented the
silver trophy cup to Grand Master
Owen, with request that it be pre-
sented in turn to the winning ball
team. Owen threw out the ball and
the game was on and the crowd set
tied back to watch the results. There
as no doubt about what the result
would be, but in the eighth inning
the Grotto boys threw a scare into the
ranks of Almas Temple fans by max
ing two runs. 1t wasn't enough.
Worshipful Master Major H. Robb
was chairman of the General Field
Day Committee. He was assisted by
Worshipful Master William r. Hart
line, secretary-treaSurer and the fol-
lowing worshipful masters: Jesse w.
Thornton, Maurice A. Goldberg, Lyle
B. Henry, Henry A. Nelson, Edward
v. Benham, Paul R. Maddix. Charles
Segel, James L. Padgett and Frank
L. Fisher. Others on the committee
we're Senior Warden S. G. Tate, Junior
Warden J. w. Millard and Mrs.
Blanche M Cole, president of the Ma
irons and Patrons Association of the
Eastern Star.