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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August i, 1909. 



Swimming Pool at the Recreation Grounds, 



Duncan, 3 b. ; Dane, s. s. ; Glidden, 



Muir, I b. ; Rudstrom, p 

 c. f. ; Roper, r. f. 



Captain Pitcher's nine was disposed thus: Phipps, s, s. ; Rid- 

 dick. 2 b. ; Palmer, r. f . ; Daly, 3 b. ; Pitcher, i b. ; Abbott, c. f . ; 

 Kimball, I. f. ; Hopkins, c. ; Hallahan, p. 



The umpires were Johnson and Barker ; the scorer, Chipman. 



At 7 o'clock the large balcony dining room was filled to over- 

 flowing and a very excellent dinner provided. The band, which 

 seems to understand the musical proclivities of the rubber men, 

 played popular airs, and the whole crowd sang with much gusto. 

 There was a lot of noise and considerable music, and all en- 

 joyed it. When coffee and cigars arrived, the president of the 

 Club arose and proposed a rising toast to the President of the 

 United States, which was enthusiastically responded to. Then, 

 as is the Club's custom, a silent toast was proposed as a tribute 

 to the three members who had died during the year, the Club's 

 director, James Bennett Forsyth, and the honorary vice presi- 

 dent, Robert D. Evans, and Joseph Davol. 



Then followed the presentation of golf prizes for those who 

 had played and won that forenoon at the Woodland Golf Club. 

 The winners of the prizes were : 

 First prize, F. C. Hood for the best 

 gross, his score being 82 for 18 holes. 



E. H. Clapp and W. E. Barker tied 

 about a net score of 76. The visitors' 

 cup went to F. C. Blanchard, whose 

 net score was 76. 



The details of the outing and din- 

 ner were arranged and worked out by 

 Secretary George H. Mayo ; thu 

 sports committee, F. D. Balderston, 

 chairman ; and the dinner committee, 



F. H. Appleton, chairman, to whom 

 the credit for a most enjoyable func- 

 tion is due. 



A RETHCSPECT. 



The fact that the New England 

 Rubber Club has concluded ten years 

 of existence and it has been so suc- 

 cessful from the beginning seems tn 

 call for a brief review of its history, 

 particularly since the club is now 

 taking on a new name and a broader 

 scope. The original announcement 

 to the trade of the plans and pur- Tennis Courts 



poses of this association mentioned 

 it as being the outgrowth of the 

 occasional gathering of some score of 

 men belonging to the rubber trade 

 of Boston, who had been called to- 

 gether from time to time usually to 

 take action on the death of a notable 

 rubber manufacturer. 



In January, igoo, after such a 

 meeting, it was decided to form a 

 permanent organization to embrace 

 the rubber manufacturers in New 

 England, and also that jobbers arid 

 retailers of rubber goods and im- 

 porters of crude rubber should be 

 eligible for membership. There be- 

 ing in the New England states 

 about 250 members of the trade who 

 would come within the scope of the 

 proposed plan, it was felt that abun- 

 dant material existed from which to 

 form an excellent organization. The 

 purpose of the club was purely one 

 of social intercourse among gentle- 

 men connected with the New England rubber trade. It was 

 planned, however, to have an honorary membership to consist 

 of rubber manufacturers in other parts of the world. 



Leading members of the New England rubber trade took an 

 interest in the movement from the start, and a temporary organ- 

 ization was effected and officers chosen who were formally elected 

 at the first annual meeting, held at the Trade Club in Boston on 

 April 16. Annual meetings have been held regularly in April up 

 to this time, together with at least two other general meetings of 

 the character proposed in the first general announcement : 



"The present plan is to have two general meetings and dinners 

 a year, and to have entertainment in the way of speeches and 

 features of special interest that shall make each occasion one 

 that will long be remembered by all who are in attendance." 



The club has a formal constitution and by-laws, and is about 

 to acquire a more formal charter, but the one sentence quoted 

 here has served as the actual organic law of the association from 

 the start, and is likely long to continue as the bond which holds 

 the members together. Probably in the history of no other trade 

 have there been so many gatherings of representative members 



the Recreation Groum 



