August 2, 1906. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



643 



The Baseball Teams at the Picnic of the St. Louis Florists' Club, July 26. 



The first event was the 100-yard dash, 

 twelve entries, won by A. Hartman, after 

 a hard run with R. J. Windier; time, 

 thirteen and a half seconds. Next 

 -was the boys' race, 12 to 14 

 years, four entries, won by John 

 Bentzen. Hop, skip and jump, nine 

 entries; Fred M. Alves had a walk- 

 away, his mark being thirty-six feet. 

 In the little girls' race five started, 

 -won by Alice Jablonsky. Eight single 

 ladies entered in the next race. This 

 was won by Eugenia Beeb. Running 

 l)road jump, ten entries, Fred M. Alves 

 first, A. Jablonsky second. 



The men's race, 50 years or over, was 

 -won by J. J. Beneke, E. W. Guy second. 

 •Only four tat men could be found, 200 

 iwunds or over, won by Carl Beyer. The 

 egg and spoon race, seventeen entries, 

 was won by Mrs. Carl Beyer. Potato 

 race, eleven entries, Dora Miller and 

 Adolph JSteidle being tied, they divided 

 the prize, a box of candy. Louis Vogel 

 -won the sack race for ooys. The tug 

 ^f war had Beyer and Beneke as cap- 

 tains, and after a short pull Beyer's 

 side won a box of cigars. 



"Coming events cast their shauows be- 

 fore them ' ' was the sign on the ball- 

 grounds. The ball game between the 

 wholesale and retail teams was the fea- 

 ture of the outing. The wholesalers 

 won the game in five innings by a score 

 of ten to two, when the game was called 

 on account of two of the Winning team, 

 Fred Alves and Otto Bruning, getting 

 hurt. When the umpires, Messrs. Am- 

 mann and Guy, announced that the 

 wholesalers had won, a large sum in 

 stage money changed hands. The badger 

 fight did not take place, owing to the 

 badger getting away and not being 

 found in the woods. The older folks 

 left early, but the young people stayed 

 until late, enjoying the delightful music 

 and dancing. All voted it the best out- 



ing ever held by the club, and great 

 credit is due our trustees for the manner 

 in which the outing was handled. 



Notes of the Outing. 



Belleville was represented by E. W. 

 Guy, Henry Emunds, Adolph Fehr, Gus 

 Grosshardt and their families. 



Fred Ammann and his whole family 

 came from Edwardsville. 



Herman Weber, who was catcher for 

 the retail team, showed league form. 



Henry Berning, first baseman for the 

 wholesalers, got to first base on a foiil 

 and refused to return. 



Francis Fillmore, father of F. J. Fill- 

 more, was the oldest florist at the picnic, 

 he being 82 years old. 



Prof. Irish, of Shaw's Garden, came 

 late and alone but said he spent an 

 enjoyable evening. 



J. S. Wilson, of Western Springs, 111., 

 said he never had a better time meeting 

 old friends. 



H. E. Philpott, of Winnipeg, B. Esch- 

 ner and S. S. Skidelsky got in just in 

 time for the outing. Mr. Skidelsky put 

 in good licks for the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion all afternoon. 



The youngest florist at the picnic was 

 Baby Braun, of Central. 



Jas. Dunford will know better the 

 next time he gets into a crowd with 

 Chas. Schoenle. 



George Schriefer and Fred Alves made 

 a great battery for the wholesale team. 



R. Windt said the weather was not 

 good for pictures, so none was taken. 



Charlie Juengle, Charlie Kuehn and 

 their families were missed. The big 

 storm kept them away. 



We were glad to see our old friends, 

 Theo. Miller and F. C. Weber, among 

 us once more. 



George Angermueller had the big 

 crowd in good humor all afternoon with 

 his funny hat and side remarks. 



Fred Foster, Alex Siegle, John Burk, 

 Jabez Gadd and Adolph Brix were seen 

 together most of the time. They were 

 glad they came. 



The feature of the ball game was 

 Adlea' home run. On three strikes he 

 crawled home from third base, and was 

 called safe by the umpire. 



W. C. Smith was a great favorite 

 among the ladies. Smith is a great all- 

 around man and plays any position on 

 the team. 



Various Notes. 



Don't forget the Florists' Club meet- 

 ing next Thursday afternoon. This is 

 the most important of the year, the 

 election of officers, the payment of an- 

 nual dues and two important discussions 

 by Messrs. Jablonsky and Sanders being 

 on the program. This meeting will be 

 held at our regular meeting hall, at 

 Grand and Shenandoah avenues. One of 

 the largest meetings of the year is ex- 

 pected. On this occasion all members 

 going to the S. A. F. convention at 

 Dayton will please report their names to 

 F. H, Meinhardt, state vice-president. 



The seventeenth annual Shaw banquet 

 to gardeners, florists and nurserymen 

 will take place at the Jefferson hotel, 

 August 14, at 7 p. m. This is in ac- 

 cordance with the will of the late Henry 

 Shaw. The banquet comes early this 

 year, owing to the Apple Growers' Con- 

 gress, which meets here that week. The 

 early date will give them a chance to 

 attend. J. J. B. 



El Paso, Tex.— C. H. Kolle, late of 

 Beaumont, has purchased four lots on 

 Myrtle avenue, and will erect a green- 

 house. 



Grand Forks, N. D.— E. O. Lovell 

 is building a residence and greenhouse 

 combined. The latter is connected as 

 a wing to the former. 



