. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 368 The American Florist. Sept. 2/f., Our Pastimes =\ =« Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to. our bowling, shooting and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this depart- ment to J. H. Pepper, 42 West 28th St., New York; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadel- \phia; or to the American Florist Co., Chicago « Cricket at Wilmington, Del. The Montgomery eleven, a body com- posed mainly of gardeners and florists of Villa Nova
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 368 The American Florist. Sept. 2/f., Our Pastimes =\ =« Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to. our bowling, shooting and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this depart- ment to J. H. Pepper, 42 West 28th St., New York; Robt. Kift, 1725 Chestnut St., Philadel- \phia; or to the American Florist Co., Chicago « Cricket at Wilmington, Del. The Montgomery eleven, a body com- posed mainly of gardeners and florists of Villa Nova and Bryn Mawr, Pa., and having their headquarters at the nurser- ies of John G. Gardner, vyent down to Wilmington, Del., on Saturday, Septem- ber 17, taking with them their friends and retainers. At the Wilmington suburb of Edgemoor the party was met at the station by Mr. Jones, gardener to William Sellars, and conducted to the scene of war, where, after an informal lunch, the battle commenced. The opposing team was the Edgemoor Cricket Club eleven. The Montgomery's went to bat first, and during the first fifteen minutes of play they got the scare of their lives, as their batters went out in one, two, three order for ciphers. Their inning ended in a score of 67, which was low tor them, and the solemnity on those poor Mont- gomery faces was very sad indeed, as it looked as if they were surely booked for defeat this time. But it was only a scare after all. While the Edgemoor boys had some good bowlers and did fair fielding, they were weak at the bat and got dis- posed of for only 13. While a second inning was commenced, there was little interest in the game as the home team were hopelessly outclassed. A banquet was served at 6 o'clock at the town hall, which was followed by an informal con- cert until 9 o'clock, when the party took its way trainward. The features of the day were the good bowling ol the Gardners, father and two sons, the goose eggs of George and Neil Gardner, th
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