THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1916. 



^tartl■(l, aiul to secure a fairly large "bleacher" crowd, he in- 

 (hicid the band to march at the head of the players to a spot on 

 the main land, either in New Hampshire or Massachusetts, 

 this point being disputed by those who walked in the hot sun and 

 iliosc who rode comfortalily in automobiles. Arrived at the 

 ball field, they found it newly mowed, while a twentieth cen- 

 tury .Maud Muller and her father cleared the diamond for the 

 nanie. .\s the thermometer registered 90 degrees in the sun, and 

 there was no shade, the game was certainly a hotly contestet' 

 one, the Giants against the Red Sox, and both against the 

 umpire. F. II. .^ppleton, Sr., was the umpire, and his de- 

 lision.s were tlie cause of much good-natured raillery. Tlie 

 heat, the strenuousness of the work, the anxiety of each cap- 

 uiin to win, resulted in so many changes that the score sheet 

 I,inl<o(l like a plan of battle in Europe. The score was 5 to 1 

 ill tavcir of the Giants. 



IE M.\(;nificent Cup for thk 

 Inter-I'irm Doubles Com- 

 petition. 



due 



From the sizzling hot 

 liaseball field to the wa- 

 ter sports was a grateful 

 cliange. Bathing suits 

 were provided, and some 

 ulio didn't enter the 

 lilting or swimming 

 matches, took a plunge 

 in the cooling river. Tlie 

 swimmers shot through 

 the water as if New Jer- 

 sey sharks were pursu- 

 ing them, but C. E. :Mur- 

 ray led all the rest at the 

 end of the 100-yard race, 

 and was awarded a silver 

 Iiocket-knife of the most 

 approved Maine State 

 lirohibition pattern. 



There was rare fun 

 ill the canoe-tilting con- 

 test, which was won by 

 A. R. White, who flour- 

 ished the pole, and H. N. 

 Grieb, who presided at 

 the paddle. Tlie prize 

 was a "library" set. 

 in the cock tight contest. 



\V. L. Pitcher downed every antagonist, and won a pair of gold 

 sleeve-links. A handsome cut glass silver-mounted bottle went 

 to P. E. Young for the longest drive in the driving contest. 



F.ighteen couples entered the three-legged race, and some, 

 very curious and furious hustling resulted. Haldane and 

 White were the final winners, and each carried home a line 

 thermos bottle as a prize. 



Clarence H. Low, of the United States Rubber Reclaiming 

 Co.. Inc., generously donated a beautiful silver and copper cup 

 to be contested for in the Inter-Firm Doubles Competition, 

 this trophy to becoiue the permanent possession of the firm 

 member of the club whose team wins it three times. Teams 

 will consist of two representatives of each firm member, but 

 need not necessarily be the same players each year. Teams from 

 seven firms participated in the initial contest. They represented 

 Gove & French, Inc., J. T. Johnstone & Co., United States Rubber 

 Reclaiming Co., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Hood RubTjer 

 Co., United States Rubber Co. and Plyinouth Rubber Co. The 

 contest narrowed down to the Gove & French and the J. T. 

 Johnstone teams, the latter winning by a score of 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2. 

 This firm will hold the cup until next summer's outing, when it 

 is believed that even a larger number of teams will enter the 

 contest. The singles tennis matches had 21 entrants. Many of 

 these were also in the doubles, and the day was not long enough 

 nor the players' strength sufficient to rlecide the contest. The 



winners of the semi-finals were John L. Handy and Clarence 

 II. Low. The final playofl was at the New York Athletic Club, 

 Travers Island, Mr. Handy showing the true sporting spirit in 

 coming from .Akron on July 26 for the purpo--.c. Mr. Low won, 

 the score being 6-2, 6-2, 4-6 and 6-2. Mr. Handy did not go 

 back empty-hande<l, but carried a handsome silver cup as second 



The call 



TiiK Canoe Tii.tinc, Contest Was Ilxcitim, \xi' \m\ sing. 



tites were sharpened ; if not sufficiently so, at each plate was 

 found either a hatchet or a dagger, murderous in appearance, but 

 found to be of rubber, and harmless. Each man was furnished 

 a handsome fez and a necktie, both of red rubber, which he was 

 directed to wear, and the assembly presented the appearance 

 of a lodge of Shriners. 



The meiiii was ornamented with a drawing of a rubber plant, 

 witli se\iral human heads "rubbering.'' The subsiantials were: 



ied Live Lobsli-r, Julienne Potati 

 C'liampagne 



Cigan 

 luffed Native Chicken, Delmonico 

 V Peas Grjen C'..: 



rantelo-jic anc! Ice Trean, 



nd Pi 



. .\ppleton, 

 E. Young. 



.\s is tlie invariable rule, no speeches were delivered at or 

 after the dinner. At its cr.ncbisii.ii, tlie P.ostcin contingent 

 boarded the special train in waitinu;, and an hour later the 

 New York train took its quota and some of the Westerners 

 back to New York, and thus ended an occasion which will long 

 be remembered by all who participated. 



.Much credit for the sinooth running of the wliole affair must 

 be given the committee: Philip E. Young, Robert L. Rice and 

 F. H. .\ppleton. Jr., as w^ell as those having special charge of the 

 contests: M. G. Hopkins, Clarence H. Low, W. L. Pitcher, 

 Wallace G. Page, Henry G. Tyer. Raymond Drake, Lloyd E. 

 .\ppleton and Thomas F. Kimball, all of whom added to the 

 eniovment of the occasion. 



