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ANNUAL WATER SPORTS 
Manchester Yacht Club Holds Carni- 
val. Social Event Well At 
tended by Members of 
Summer Colony. 
The annual water sports of the 
Manchester Yacht club, held last 
Saturday afternoon, at the club- 
house, West Manchester, was at- 
tended by about 200 of the summer 
colony, mostly members of the 
younger set. The clubhouse piazza 
was well filled with interested spec- 
tators and the town pier alongside 
was crowded by townspeople and 
members of a picnicing party. Nu- 
merous small crafts filled the har- 
bor in the vicinity. The events were 
run off from the floats in front of 
the clubhouse. 
The first event on the program 
was the walking the pole contest. 
Charles E. Hodges, Jr., won this, 
with Sturgis Grew, a_ close 2nd. 
Frank Crocker was the only other 
entry. <A special cup was offered 
in this event for the most fancy 
costume. John Caswell, Jr., was the 
only one appearing in costume. He 
was dressed to represent a chef, and 
earried a plate of lobster. He won 
the cup. 
The tub race was an interesting 
feature as usual. Charles E. Hodges, 
Jr., secured another cup by winning 
this event. Frank Crocker was sec- 
ond. 
The senior swimming race started 
from a float in front of the town 
pier and ended at the Yacht club 
floats. Frank Wigglesworth covered 
the distance in 46. seconds, thus 
winning the cup. Maxwell Barus 
finished second. The others in the 
race were: J. A. Jeffries,, H. Franke, 
Ingersol Stone, George Washburn 
and R. Firman. 
John Caswell, Jr., added another 
eup to his honors by winning the 
junior swimming race. Frank 
Crocker finished second and C. E. 
Hodges, Jr., 3rd. 
The diving contest was the next 
event. There were seven dives: 
the standing front dive, next, stand- 
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ing back dive, back somersault, 
jack knife, running front and fancy. 
Frank Wigglesworth won the cup, 
and Maxwell Barus’ was second. 
Others competing were: Ingersoll 
Stone, Hugo Franke, J. A. Jeffries, 
John Caswell, Jr. 
The canoe tilting proved an ex- 
citing sport. Four pairs entered. 
In the first heat R. Firman and 
George Crocker won over C. E. 
Hodges, Jr., and J. A. Jeffries, and 
in the second heat Ingersoll Stone 
and George Washburn won over 
John Caswell and Frank Wiggles- 
worth. In the finals Firman and 
Crocker won over Stone and Wash- 
burn. The contest consisted of two 
canoes with two men in each canoe. 
One man sat in the stern and dir- 
ected the canoe. The other men 
stood in the front with long poles in 
their hands. The man pushing the 
other fellow overboard won. 
The one-end canoe race was won 
by George Crocker, John Caswell, 
second. Sturgis Grew, C. E. Hodges, 
Jr., and Gerald Caner were the 
others contesting. 
The last event on the program 
was the water baseball. With the 
outer of the large floats serving as 
pitcher’s plate and batter’s plate, 
and with five other smaller floats 
moored in the harbor, serving 
respectively as first, second, third 
bases and left and center field, the 
game was on. As the batter cracked 
the ball he dove from the large 
float and made for first base. If he 
succeeded in reaching it before one 
of the men from the other floats had 
dove into the water and secured the 
ball and threw it to first base, he 
then awaited his opportunity to 
dive from first base and make for 
second. In the three innings only 
one man ever reached home. C. E. 
Hodge’s team won over Sturgis 
Grew’s, 1 to 0. The teams were 
made up of: Hodge’s team—Hugo 
Franke c, Jack Merrill p, Norton 
Wigglesworth 1b, Firman 2b, Jef- 
fries 3b, Crocker rf, Hodges If. 
Grew’s team—Barus ec, Amory Cool- 
idge p, Frank Wigglesworth 1b, 
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Caswell 2b, G. Washburn 3b, Grew 
rf, Cabot If. 
One feature not on the program 
was the fancy dive of a photograph- 
er. During the diving contest the 
man with the big camera. en- 
deavored to get a better position 
by stepping into a small boat. It 
was evident he was more at home on 
land than on water for he no sooner 
had stepped into the frail craft be- 
fore there was a splash. Fortunate- 
ly for him, the camera landed in the 
boat. 
Another event not on _ the pro- 
gram was the appearance the iatter 
part of the afternoon of Hollis Bur- 
gess in his hydro-aeroplane. He was 
detected soon after leaving Marble- 
head and he made a straight line 
for the scene of the water sports. 
He came to within a hundred yards 
of the clubhouse, circled about a 
couple of times and started away 
again. He had intended to land on 
the water and take E. C. Fitch Jr., 
for a ride, but so many boats were 
about, however, he probably de- 
cided not to land. 
Following the sports the cups 
were given out to the winners. Tea 
was served in the clubhouse, Mrs. 
Charles E. Cotting and Mrs. Norton 
Wigglesworth pouring. The com- 
mittee in charge was composed of 
Norton Wigglesworth, Alfred C. 
Needham, John H. Storer and Fran- 
eis P. Motley. The judges were W. 
A. Tucker, A. Henry Higginson and 
Philip Chase. 
The Oceanside orchestra, under 
the direction of Albert M. Kanrich, 
rendered a program of popular airs 
during the afternoon, stationed in a 
launch in front of the clubhouse. 
First Unitarian chureh, Manches- 
ter-by-the-Sea, Sunday, Aug. 25th, 
Rev. Walter S. Greenman, of Muil- 
waukee, Wineonsin, will preach. 
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