August i, 1905.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



381 



SUMMER OUTING OF THK NEW ENGLAND RUBBER CLUB. 



{Boston, July ig, jgoj.) 



THE BALLAD OF THE RUBBER CLUB OUTING. 



THEY Started off in autos from before Hotel Touraine, 

 with golf clubs for umbrellas, because it threatened 

 rain. In the " sight-seeing " autos they left the swel- 

 tering Hub, up hill and down through Brookline town 

 they sought the Country Club. 



and when the catcher missed the ball just stopped it with his 

 chest. When Stedman laboring down from " first " stopped to 

 embrace Fred Hood, he called him ■' out " on second base, as 

 any umpire would. Then when Ben Pearson slid ten yards and 

 knocked third base away, he got a tub and filled it up and put 

 it there to stay. The players then approaching " third " came 



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Upon the broad piazza some sat to chat and smoke, while 

 Taft strolled round and told each one the last insurance joke. 

 The thirsty ones hurried within and crowded side by side, big 

 lemonades, cold " horse's necks," and other liquids tried. Then 

 golfers started o'er the links to play their handicaps, in swing- 

 ing " drive," subdued "approach," and gentle " putting " taps. 

 The " minor sports " fell very flat, due partly to the rain. (A 

 bit more ginger needed there, to put the matter plain.) 



Between two showers a photograph of all the crowd " at 

 ease," was taken, helped by this remark : " Now all look pleash- 

 ant pleath." Recorder Putnam striding round with kodak pan- 

 oram, wished that he might effectually the falling water dam. 



The special feature of the day then came, the game of ball, 

 between the Manufacturers and " Crude " Importers all. An- 

 drews (Columbus), umpire, passed on each important play ; when 

 Kelley kicked or Barker bluffed he took his own sweet way. 

 He held them to Ohio rules and made them play their best. 



with exceeding care, for bottles lying in the ice furnished re- 

 freshment there. 



There were scores of funny errors, yet good plays for all of 

 that, you should see " Zacualpa " Farrington take hot pitching 

 ofT the bat. Good work was done by Balderston, by Chipman, 

 and by Paine, and the nines played out five innings in spite of 

 dripping rain. The score at the finish stood eleven to twenty- 

 two ; the Importers got the best end as folks say they always do- 

 Then they gathered all for dinner, marching in one hundred 

 strong, and they ate, and drank, and jollied, bursting often into 

 song. The dinner was a daisy, both in service and cuisine. 

 (That's a French word ; better skip it if you don't know what 

 I mean.) 



To appreciate good music you never will, nor can, till you 

 hear Bill Barker carolling " A Bold Bad Man. " And when Bill 

 Kelly joins him in a megaphonic bass, you can hear the ear- 

 drums bursting all about the blessed place. A speech by Mr. 



