Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-07-29
Young Democrats
"Steal" Big Train
For Annual Outing
Walter Johnson, G. O. p. Stall.
wart, Will Be At Picnic
August z

Walter Johnson, baseball's immor-
tai 'Big Train" who used to blind OPP
posing batters with his speedball,
will appear in a new capacity at the
outing at Old Cedar Point, Morgan
town, Md, on Saturday, August z,
which is being arranged by the Young
Mems Democratic Club of Takoma
Park.
Walter, since his retirement from
baseball several years ago, has oc-
cupied his time as a gentleman farm
er at Germantown and more recently
as sales promotion manager for CDR.
Pepper"
The noted pitcher Is not politician
in fact, he isn't even Democrat, be-
ing stalwart Republican from Gov
ernor Landon's home state, but he
knows good picnic when he sees one
and was quick to accept an invitation
to be present August 7. Numerous
other Republicans in this and adjoin-
ing counties are expected to do like
wise.
At the outing, Democrats and Re-
publicans alike will have opportun-
ity to rub elbows with the outstand-
ing officials of the State of Maryland.
In this number are the potential
candidates for Democratic nomination
for governor who are to be the guests
of honor.
These include Mayor Howard w.
Jackson, of Baltimore, Attorney Gen.
eral Herbert R. O'Conor, Baltimore.
State Senate President LansdaIe G.
Sasscer, Upper Marlboro, Comptrol-
Ter William s. Gordy, Jr., Salisbury;
Howard Bruce, Howard County;
State Senator J. Allen Coad, St.
Mary's County, and DR.. Charles Con-
ley, Frederick.
Other guests of honor win include
Senators Willard E. Tydings and
George L. Radcliffe, Representative
David ]. Lewis, and State Senator
Stedman Prescott. All of these ofic-
ials and candidates will be present as
guests, friends and neighbors, and not
as campaigners or speech-mazers.
There will be no speeches at the out
ing.
The watch-word of the outing is
"all you can eat--all you can drink"
and the general committee headed by
F. Byrne Austin is leaving no stone
unturned to make this reality.
The committee is anxious to stress
the point, Mr.. Austin said yesterday,
that the outing will be distinctly a
family affair. 1t has been planned to
offer a complete Saturday Of recrea-
ton and entertainment for the entire
family, eliminating all cooking, lunch
packing, dish washing or other duties.
The athletics program will include
soft-ball game, horseshoe pitching,
nail driving and wood saving con
tests, races, novelty races, Jumping
events and contests Of every descrip-
ton for boys, girls, men and women.
Attractive prizes have been secured
by Charles Y. IAtimer and the ath-
letic chairman, Ralph Harries has ar
ranged for the District Of Columbia
Playground Department to supervise
the contests. Mr.. Harries also has ar
ranged to have the Charlotte Randall
Memorial First Aid Corps send an
ambulance, nurse and four lifeguards
to the outing.
The major portion Of the more than
1000 persons expected to attend the
outing will go in the monster caravan
that is being arranged to start Sat-
urday morning in various parts Of the
county.
The first unit will assemble in the
rear of the Rockville courthouse and
will leave at o A. M. It viii arrive at
Bethesda at 9:15 where the second
unit will assemble on the East-West
highway just east Of Wisconsin ave-
nue.. At $50 It will Join the third
unit which will assemble In front Of
the Liquor Control Board Building On
the East-West highway in Silver
Spring, from which point It win pro-
coed to the Takoma Park unit which
will form at the triangle Of Philadsl-
phia and Maple avenues and VIII
leave at o:46. The entire caravan then
viii proceed to the Peace Cross in
Bladensburg where the remainder Of
the units VIII Join IL and will then
proceed TO the resort.
Persons desiring to 60 at different