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The Florists^ Review 



August 28, 1913. 



The Minneapolis Convention Visitors, Photographs 



best, it shows evidences of considerable 

 merit. The committee continued: 



' ' In the opinion of the judges great 

 credit is due Theodore Wirth for the 

 way he has handled the arduous task 

 of getting exhibits together, arranging 

 same artistically and effectively, and 

 for the excellent care shown in the con- 

 dition of all of the exhibits. The plan 

 of outdoor exhibits so satisfactorily 

 carried out here should be made an an- 

 nual feature of the convention." 



Late Begistration. 



The following names were put on the 

 register after the list printed last week 

 was made up: 



Beaven, E. A., Evergreen, Ala. 

 Clausen, G. A.. Albert I.ea, Minn. 

 Freebnrg, J. 0.. Sioux Clt.v. la. 

 Geenen, Wm., Klmberly, Wis. 

 Gunterberg, M. C, Chicago. 

 Helnecken, Otto, New York. 

 Kunderd, A. E.. Goshen. luO. 

 Larson, P. L., Fort ITodge. la. 

 Meyer, E., St. I.onls Park. Minn. 

 Secor, Willard. Forest Citv. la. 

 Sten. John E., UcmI Wine. Minn. 

 Valker, G. E.. .Mi not, S. 1». 



THE OUTING. 



The big feature of the outing that 

 closes the S. A. F. convention was not 

 on the program this year. It was a 

 ducking, and what for a moment in- 

 dicated a tragedy turned out the great- 

 est frolic of the day. 



With the picnic held on the shores of 

 Lake Minnetonka, the usual games were 

 supplemented by a number of races on 

 the water and the several piers in front 

 of the dancing pavilion were crowded 

 while these were being run off. Sud- 

 denly, without warning, the underpin- 

 ning along one side of the extreme 

 twenty feet of the south pier dropped 

 out, tipping the planking to the point 

 where everybody at the end of the 

 pier slid off into the water in the sight 

 of fully 300 friends gathered on shore. 

 For a moment there was the wildest 

 confusion, but then it was found 

 that those who had got their bear- 

 ings had their feet on the bottom 

 and were wading ashore. Others were 

 pulled out onto the pier and into boats. 

 The greatest depth of water was not 

 over five feet, and with the realization 



that there was no danger the affair 

 turned into a frolic. Of those in the 

 water, many were contestants in the 

 sports, and had on bathing suits, while 

 several of the women were not of the 

 florists' party, but had been drawn to 

 the usually quiet spot by the prospect 

 of amusement. Among the well known 

 persons who went in there were the fol- 

 lowing: 



Foehlmann, A. F. , Morton Grove, III. 

 Foehlmann, Mist Virginia, Morton Orove, 111. 

 Foehlmann, Adolph, Morton Grove, 111. 

 Foehlmann, Miss Vera, Morton Grove. 111. 

 Foehlmann, Miss Edna, Morton Grove, 111. 

 Foehlmann, John, Chicago. 

 Michell, Fred J., Jr., Fhiladelphia. 

 Roland, Thomas, Nahant, Mass. 

 Anderson, O. C, Morton Grove, III, 

 Sitllivan, "Wm., Chicago, 



Adolph and John Foehlmann went in- 

 to shallow water and easily waded 

 ashore, but August Foehlmann and the 

 girls were at the extreme end of the 

 pier. The girls are expert swimmers and 

 looked out for themselves. When August 

 Foehlmann went down he had Mrs. 

 Foehlmann 's wrap on his left arm — 

 and it was there when they took him 

 into the pavilion to exchange his wet 

 clothing for a nice dry baseball suit. 

 Several of the ladies were taken to 

 the neighboring summer home of Frank 

 Feterson, of St. Faul, where they were 

 loaned dry clothing in which to return 

 to the city. 



The outing was a great success. 

 THeven chartered cars on the Minne- 

 tonka Electric line took the party to 

 Tonka bay, arriving there about 10:30, 

 500 strong. The first thing on the pro- 

 gram was the annual ball game, All 

 Stars against the local team. The re- 

 sult was a victory for the Minneapolis 

 Florists' club, as follows: 



1 2 .3 4 5 6 T'l 



1 0—1 



1 1—2 



All Stars 



.Minneapolis F. C. 



The teams lined up as follows: 



MINNEAPOLIS— ALL STARS— 



Von 88 Pochlmann ss 



Rovik lb Randall cf 



Miller 2b Burger 2b 



Schnelderhun p Beuerleln c 



Otto cf Graham lb 



Johnson If Zech .% 



Matthews rf Jones cf 



Dnllcv c Miller p 



Peterson 3b Perl rf 



It had been agreed that five innings 

 should be played, but the tied score 

 necessitated a sixth. The home team 

 had the advantage of having played 



together before and gave Schnelderhun. 

 their pitcher, better support than the 

 other side could do. A. Miller, of Chi- 

 cago, pitched for the All Stars and with 

 Charles Beuerlein, of Elmhurst, N. Y., 

 for backstop, presented strong defense. 

 The grounds were extremely poor, so 

 that errors were unavoidable. The 

 rooters were busy. The interest far 

 exceeded that taken in the bowling. 



Dinner was well served at several 

 long tables set in the grove. 



In the afternoon a long program of 

 races kept the boys and girls busy, 

 with an occasional event to tempt the 

 fathers and mothers to renew their 

 youth. At the same time there was 

 dancing in the pavilion and a concert 

 by a military band. The steamer Furi- 

 tan had been chartered to make hourly 

 trips around the lake. 



The sports returned the following 

 prize-winners: 



Girls' race, 10 years and under — Miss Sterns, 

 Minneapolis, first; Miss Nagel, Minneapolis, sec- 

 ond: &Iiss Reimers, Indianapolis, third. 



Bpys' race, 10 years and under — E. A. Lutey, 

 .Minneapolis, first; John Fox, Minneapolis, sec- 

 ond: A. BiUsky, Minneapolis, third. 



Girls' race, 15 years and under — Miss Nagel. 

 MinneatM)lis, first; Miss Monson, Minneapolis, 

 second. 



Boys' race, 15 years and under — Robert Foehl- 

 mann, Chicago, first; P. Roland, Nahant, Mass., 

 second. 



Single ladies' race — Miss H. Swanson, Mlnne 

 npolis. first; Miss A. Anderson, Minneapolis, 

 second. 



Married ladies' race — Mrs. W. Desmond. Min- 

 neapolis, first; Mrs. A. S. Rice, .Minneapolis, 

 second. 



Men's race, 125 pounds and over — J. G. Poueli- 

 erty, Minneapolis, first; A. Von, Minneapolis, 

 second; J. C. Schnelderhun. Minneapolis, third. 



Fat men's race. 200 poumls and over — Robert 

 Shoch, Philadelphia, first; 0. E. rritcholl. Cin 

 cinnatl. second: Joseph Munda. West Oranpe 

 N. J., third. 



Wheelbarrow race, men — A. Miller and J. C. 

 SchMflderhiin, .Minneapolis, first; A. Von and 

 J. S. Rovik. Miiiiioapolis, second. 



Wheelbarrow race, boys— W. Peterson ami 

 W. Nicholson. Minneapolis, first: D. Swanson. 

 St. Paul, and H. Rosacker, Minneapolis, second. 



Double race — J. C. .Schnelderhun and .\. MilliT. 

 Minneapolis, first; E. G. Perl, Minneapolis, and 

 H. Walker, Rochester, N. Y.. second; A. Von 

 and A. W. Johnson, Minneapolis, third. 



Women's ball throwing — Miss Vera Foehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111., first: Miss Ida Peter- 

 son, Cincinnati, second; Miss Nelson, Excelsior, 

 Minn., third. 



Open race, 100 yards, lying with head on 

 starting line — J. E. Dougherty, Minneapolis, 

 first: J. C. Schnelderhun, Minneapolis, second: 

 .\. Von. Minneapolis, third. 



.Ml fours race — R. Ruedllngcr, Minneapolis, 

 first: D. Swanson, St. Paul, second; H. Rosacker, 

 MInpeapolls, third. 



Egg and spoon race^Mlss L. Ruedllnger. Min- 

 neapolis, first; Mrs. T. L. Bebinger, Des Moines, 

 la., second. 



Tug of war — Won by H. Papworth's team. 



Tub race — Carl Swanson, Minneapolis, first: 

 Theodore Wirth. Jr., Minneapolis, second; Con- 

 rad Wirth, Minneapolis, third. 



