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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1915. 



two taken of, and then the contests for prizes in ten 



nis, > orts of various kinds were started. Others 



sconced themselves comfortably in piazza 

 chaii vapped stories, drank cooling beverages and 



variously enjoyed themselves 



It was hot work — golf and tennis, quoits and shot-put. And 

 even sports wire none too cooling, for the water was 



warm." Wallace G. Page had charge of tins u-ature 

 iting and in spite of an ugly blow in the chin, acci- 

 dentally red by a golf club earlier in the day. he 

 managed the canoe-tilting contest and the swimming race 

 very efficiently, 1.. J. Plumb and Allen T. Weeks being the 

 winm tnd Weeks of the latter. The tub race 

 was not There being no available embarking point 

 on the island landing, the 5 tubs were taken bj canoi 

 the river, where a seemingly auspicious spot had been chosen 

 rked, the tubs were carried toward the 

 inten< when one after another found them- 

 selves sinking to the knees in soft mud. Nothing could stand 

 on that quii ksand, and the tubs — and the race — were 

 abandoned. 



ipps had chat i ol the quoit ci mtest, in which 

 there were 32 ints. Bj elimination this list was nar- 



rowed down to Miller, Quid, Feinburg and Bennett. The 

 en .Miller and Feinburg, the latter wini 

 The thri vas in charge oi William L. Pitcher. 



6 

 couples to am- 

 ble, c am 

 tn t. « ilk legs 

 s t r a p p e d ti i 

 gether, over a 

 rather long 

 course. ' i 

 Ames and John 

 S. I lapp 

 by a method ol 

 p e r a in b u - 

 1 a t i o n w hich 

 startle d the 

 ttors 

 E. C. Clark 

 interest e d a 

 n u m b er 



Strong-armed men in the shot-putting contest, and F. M. 

 Small secured the prize for throwing the twelve-pound sphere, 

 his ability prompting the suggestion that he be sent across 



The India Rubber World representative, but the prize win- 

 ners were Wallace G. Page, best gross; C. W. Ilamm. best 

 net: C. W. Chandler, second best net. In clock golf Fred 



The Canoe-Tilting Contest. 



They Took nn Ti bs At ross the Rives in a Canoe. 



the watei ct hand-grenades into the trenches 



Mr. Hopkins had his hands full arranging the golf tourna- 

 ••- oi the cards was not secured by 



Mk. Weeks Winning the Swim mint; Race. 



Howe carried off the honors and. incidentally, the handsome 

 prize. In the driving contest Wallace G. Page again led. 



Clarence H. Low not only had charge of the whole after- 

 noon's tennis matches, but also took a hand in them, to such 



good effect that 

 he landed the 

 first prize. E. S. 

 Dane capturing 

 second- 

 But the hard- 

 est job of all 

 was that as- 

 signed to Lloyd 

 Appleton — se- 

 curing entrants 

 to the "cock- 

 fight." A hori- 

 zontal bar about 

 8 inches in di- 

 ameter was fast- 

 ened at a height 

 of 6 or 8 feet, 

 and under it were placed soft mattresses. Two contestants 

 faced each other, astride this bar, and whacked away with 

 feather pillows until one or both lost balance and dropped to 

 the padded area below. After much urging, some dozen or 

 so fighters faced their opponents; then the winners fought, 

 and again the tights narrowed down, until only Pitcher and 

 Clark remained, and Pitcher pitched Clark off and then 

 pitched after him, and was declared winner. 



Then everybodj was rounded up before the club house, 

 with the result shown in the group picture presented herewith. 

 The dinner was worthy of the occasion. Tables accom- 

 modating a dozen or twenty were placed the whole length of 

 front and side piazzas. Every man was supplied with an 

 artistic hat or cap. which he was compelled to wear. There 

 were more than 57 varieties, and the official photographer 

 regrets that the night was too dark to allow for picture- 

 taking. 



The menu was unique. It was an idea of F. F. Schaffer 

 and a contribution by the Goodyear's India Rubber Glove 

 Manufacturing < i for the occasion. It was noticed when the 

 i ompany was seated that there were no bills of fare, but soon 

 there were distributed neat, plaid-covered boxes. On opening, 

 each box was found to contain a handsome hot water bottle, 

 about the size of a man's hand. Investigation showed that 



