August. 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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Rubber Club of America at Point Shirley. 



MIDSUMMER OUTING. 



THE aninieal mid-summer outing of the Rubber Club of 

 America, was held July 7 and was one of the most success- 

 ful in the history of the club. The day's enjoyments com- 

 posea golf at the Woodland Golf Club for the forenoon, a trip 

 down the har1)or and circling the islands on the steamer 

 Grisii'old, with luncheon aboard, followed by sports and banquet 

 at Point Shirley Club and a moonlight sail back to Boston, 



The golf tournament was held at the Woodland Golf Club in 

 Newton in the morning. The prize for the best gross score was 

 won by W. G. Page, who turned in an 85 card. The best net 

 score, 69, was made liy W. L. Wadleigh, while A. W. 

 Stedman, J. H. Learned and R. C. Chipman tied for second place. 

 The first prize for golf for the best gross was a beautiful liqueur 

 set. For the best net a travelling clock, and for the second net 

 a bottle in a velour basket. 



covered "blue overalls, and flower-bedecked straw hats. The 

 Suffragettes wore bright red kimono coats, white petticoats and 

 white hats. The umiiire tried to preserve order in a full-length 

 silk kimono. 



The nines lined up as follows : Suffragettes— H. Fuller p, 

 R. L. Rice c, F. C. Hood lb and capt., A. W. Stedman 2b, George 

 Mayo 3b, J. F. Dunbar ss, A. E. Lloyd If, A. T. Baldwin cf, H. C. 

 Berle rf. Married Men— W. G. Page p, R. L. Chipman 3b, W. L. 

 Pitcher lb and capt., R. Fuller If, F. Gove rf, H. G. Tyler c, 

 H. II. Henderson cf, F. Strain ss, H. A. Walker 2b. 



H. C. Pearson, the umpire, was mobbed in the very first inning 

 for ruling that left-handed batters should run to third base and 

 not to tirst. Later Mr. Pearson returned to the game, minus his 

 kimono, and lived to attend the banquet. 



R. L. Chipman made a base hit, and then stole the remaining 

 liases so rapidly that he turned it into a home run. It is rumored 



Some Club Members in Front of Point Shirley Club House. 



Vice President Francis H. Appleton was called out of town 

 on important business the morning of the outing. He sent, 

 however, as proxies, his son, his nephew, and his sincere regrets. 



At 2 p. m. the party sailed down the harbor on the steamer 

 Criswold. A band of 21 pieces furnished music, one of its 

 selections being the composition of a member of the club, Dr. 

 Joseph C. Stedman. To amuse the rubber men the entertain- 

 ment committee included in the party "Charlie" Lamb, the "Lil- 

 liputian," who was rigged out as a policeman and carried a 

 curious rubber billy and rubber revolver; Xat Farnum, known 

 as "That Minstrel Man," and Jack Ware, "The Daflfydill." 



The boat steamed leisurely down the Xorth shore as far as 

 Marblehead, when it retraced its course, landing the party about 

 four o'clock at the Point Shirley Yacht Club. 



Joseph W. Work, whom all of the rubber shoe manufacturers 

 well know, happens to be the president of the Point Shirley Club, 

 and his cordial welcome to the Rubber Club, of which he has 

 long been a member, made everyone feel at home from the start. 



Here, after a short parade over the grounds behind the band, 

 those who were to take part in the baseball game introduced 

 something new in uniforms. 



The Married Men appeared in spotless corsets, which partially 



that he plans now to leave the crude rubber business and become 

 a professional baseballist. By the way, three men were tied for 

 the third golf prize. In the play-ofif Chipman won. 



A playground bail, about twice the size of a league baseball, 

 was used and the hits came fast and furious. Some clever plays 

 were made by Capt. Hood of the Suffragettes and Capt. Pitcher 

 of the Married Men, and wonderful near-catches were made by 

 the outfielders. 



After the game the members were handed a large piece of 

 crude Para rubber and allowed to guess its weight. First prize 

 was w'on by Dr. J. C. Stedman, who guessed its weiglit. 13 

 pounds seven ounces exactly. H. H. Noyes guessed 13 pounds 

 8 ounces ; J. F. Odell, thirteen pounds 9 ounces ; F. L. Moses, 

 thirteen pounds four ounces. 



In the rubber guessing contest the first prize was a silver and 

 glass "night cap" set; second, an elaborate stein; third, a cut 

 glass and silver ash tray; fourth, a stein. 



Frederic C. Hood, of Boston, president of the club, presided 

 at the banquet in the evening. With him at the head table were 

 Arthur W. Stedman, H. C. Pearson and John H. Flint. A fac- 

 simile in rubber of a chicken just emerging from its shell — with 

 a whistle attachment — was placed at each plate for a souvenir. 



