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GARDENERS' AND FLORISTS' 

 CLUB OF BOSTON. 



Randolph Grove, the scene o£ many 

 .merry gathering.s, never sheltered a 

 happier party than that of Wednesday, 

 July 2S, 1909, when the Gardeners' and 

 Plorists' Club of Boston enjoyed their 

 annual picnic. .Judging by numbers, it 

 was essentially a ladies' and children's 

 .day, for the little ones fairly swarmed 

 and' there could he no doubt that they 

 were having the time of their lives. 



A list of sporting events had been 

 prepared, as noted in our issue of last 

 week, comprising twenty-two contests- 

 These were all except one pulled off 

 without a hitch and one additional — 

 Boys' handicap race— was added. Peter 

 Miller with the starting pistol. Mi-. 

 Kennedy with the megaphone, and 

 other officials put everything through 

 in good time and excellent order and 

 are entitled to much credit for their 

 efficiency. The games and prize win- 

 ners were as follows: 



Base ball for boys, wou by Ferguson's 

 team, 11 to S. 3.186 ball, commercial ver- 

 sus private growers, umpire. .T. L. Miller, 

 scorer, C'abill, wou by the private garden- 

 ers, uudc-r It. W. Curtis, S to 4. Putting 

 shot, Joliu Reed, W. J. Collius, A. G. 

 Sawyer. Flag race for girls, Alice I'lfe. 

 Catherine Lalley. Three legged race. W. 

 J. Collius aud J. Reed, G. H. Grey and 

 Wm. II iff e. ouyard race for boys, Thos. 

 Illffe, Victor Huerlln. Married ladles' race, 

 Mrs. Rose, Mrs. H. F. Woods. Boys' three- 

 legged race. Jack Slsson and T. Westwood, 

 C. Ferguson and V. Huerlin. .'.il-yard race 

 for girls, Edith Iliffe, Marjorie Uiffe. Sack 

 race, W. J. Collins and W. C. Grassle. 

 Hoop race, Mrs. J. F. Flood, Miss Jean 

 \yestwood, Mrs. W. N. Craig. Quoits, A. 

 K. Rogers, W. C. Rust. 100-yard race, W. 

 J. Collius, Wm. Iliffe. High Jump, W. C. 

 Grassie, H. G. Baldwin, A. G. Sawyer. 

 Flag race, Mrs. G. H. Cray, Mrs. Rose. 

 Fat men's race, J. L. Smith, J. Lalley. 

 Running broad jump, W. J. Collins, G. H. 

 Grey. C. Linsurt. Half-mile race, W. C. 

 .Grassie. Race for girls under 8, Bessie 

 Ferguson, Eliz. Decker. Race tor boys un- 

 der S, Spencer Heurliu. Boys' handicap. 

 Dean French, W. Ferguson. Tug of war; 

 this- was the crowning event of the day 

 aud was fiercely fought between the com- 

 mercial and the private men, the commer- 

 cials coming out victors for the first time 

 in a number ot years. 



ST. LOUIS FLORIST CLUB. 



The great event of the year among 

 florists, the local club's sixteenth an- 

 nual picnic, took place on July 21st at 

 Romona Park. The day was fine and 

 the crowd was one of the largest that 

 ever attended our club picnic. Our sn- 

 burban florists especially must be com- 

 Tuentedi on. Tbey came in full force 

 and brought their families with them. 

 Much credit is also due the trustees 

 and their assistants, who had the man- 

 agement of it. A fine band of music 

 played all day and the dance hall was 

 always filled with young folks. A fine 

 lake furnished boating and fishing. 



At 1 o'clock Chairman Ostertag an- 

 nounced that the first event was the 

 ball game between employes of B.-ntzeu 

 Floral Co. and C. Young & Sons' Co. 

 The Bentzcn team had an easy time. 

 They defeated the Young's team by a 

 score of 23 to 1. During the ball game 

 other events were pulled off, viz.: 



Fat man's race; winner, J. J. Beneke, 

 followed by Fred Foster and H. Nie- 

 meyer. Girls' race. Miss D. Ostertag. 

 Boys' race, Adolph Steidle. Ladies' 

 egg and spoon race. Mis. Lulu Bremer. 

 Hop, step and jump, Fred Alvers, this 

 being his third year as winner in tnis 

 class. Young ladies' race, Alice Ja- 

 blonsky. Boys' race, L. Schutte. La- 

 dies' ball throwing contest, Miss Hart- 

 inan. Guessing contest, Miss L. Cro- 

 nin. Eating contest for boys, James 

 Addin. Jumping, Fred Alvers. Flower 

 pot breaking game for ladies, Mrs. M. 

 M. Ayers. Weight throwing. J. J. 

 Beneke. Throwing contest tor babies, 

 all competitors being declared winners. 

 100-yard dash, J. Rattermann. 



After supper the prize waltzing was 

 announced and fifteen couples compet- 

 ed, entry being limited to those in the 

 trade. F. H. Weber. Frank Weber and 

 Herman Weber were appointed as 

 judges. First prize, a $25.00 bracelet, 

 was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. A. Ja- 

 lilonsky; second, a |15.00 umbrella to 

 Fred Foster and Miss May Burns; 

 third, a $10.00 parasol to Eddie Gerlach 

 and Miss Rose Winder. Tne universal 

 verdict was that this was the best out- 

 ing the club had ever enjoyed. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Chicago Florists' Club gave 

 their annual picnic on Thursday, July 

 22nd and everyone in attendance had 

 a good time. Although the weather 

 w^as threatening the attendance was 

 good. All the old-timers entered into 

 the games with their usual zest, a 

 noticeable fact being the eligibility of 

 some to the fat men's race who had 

 never been so before. Time tells on 

 the florist as on others and on these 

 festive occasions hard facts are not to 

 be concealed— they are all getting old- 

 er and fatter. The greatest interest 

 centered in the baseball game between 

 the wholesalers and the retailers, the 

 latter winning the game and the form- 

 er winning the sympathy of the look- 

 ers on. 



Mr. Wolff and Mr. Boness in fat 

 men's race, Mr. La Berg and A. Eber- 

 lii:g in 100-yard dash, A. Eberling and 

 Mr. La Berg in sack race, L. Gannon 

 and L. Koropp in pie-eating, Mrs. P. 

 Mulliman and Mrs. A. Benthey in mar- 

 ried ladies' race. A. Zeck and H. Young 

 in young ladies' race, L. Koropp and 

 H. Bruns, boys under 16, M. Suther- 



land and M. Koropp, girls under 16, 

 H. Bruns and F. Yarnell, boys under 

 12, M. Koropp and K. Yarnell, girls 

 under 12, N. Turoo and T. Yarnell, 

 boys under 6, L. Gannon and L. Ko- 

 ropp, girls under C, all were enriched 

 by the award of various articles of use 

 or ornament in recognition of their 

 athletic proficiency. 



MINNEAPOLIS VS. ST. PAUL. 



Bowling scores of tournament of 

 Minnesota State Florists Associatioa: 



Individual scores, two games — 0. J. 

 Olson, 3S9; L. Hermes, 361; Wm. 

 Swanson, 309; Carl L. Melby, 291; E. 

 Meyer, 2S3. 



O. J. Olson won the prize for the 

 greatest number of spares in two 

 games. L. Hermes won the prize for 

 the greatest number of strikes in two 

 games. 



Ladies' bowling, two games — Miss 

 Freda Ostehout, 171; Miss Elsie Will, 

 140; Mrs. Wm. Strehlow, 134; Miss G. 

 Dittel, 119. 



ST. PAUL TEAM. 



Carl Haugau 118 123 111 



Hemv Puvogel 129 112 103 



Juhn"Diil 142 153 176 



L. Hermes 125 107 131 



O. J Olson 107 -204 205 



Total 2048 



MINNEAPOLIS TEAM. 



E. Mever 133 105 102 



Th. Wlrth 104 116 119 



H. Will 141 131 120 



K. E. Carlson 168 107 108 



C. N. Ruedlinger 125 129 166 



Total 1S74 



The prize for each member of the 

 winning team was a stick pin valued 

 at $3.-50. 



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