. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. At Detroit. The annual summer outing of the Florists' Club was held Mon- day, August 9, at Bois Blanc park, the scene of many similar events under the club's aus- pices. This year the weather and other fa- vorable conditions were largely responsible for the most suc- cessful affair it was. Florists with their families and friends to the num- ber of about 125 attended. The ball game, captained by Louis Charvat and Robt. Rahaley, was the most interesting and exciting event of the day. It was an evenly contested game
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. At Detroit. The annual summer outing of the Florists' Club was held Mon- day, August 9, at Bois Blanc park, the scene of many similar events under the club's aus- pices. This year the weather and other fa- vorable conditions were largely responsible for the most suc- cessful affair it was. Florists with their families and friends to the num- ber of about 125 attended. The ball game, captained by Louis Charvat and Robt. Rahaley, was the most interesting and exciting event of the day. It was an evenly contested game, being tied in the ninth inning, Capt. Charvat's team finally winning in the tenth inning, due chiefly to the skilful batting of the captain, to 14. The results of the other games were as follows: Boys' race, under 10—Myron Bloy, first; Howard Knope. second. Boys' race, under 16— Paukte, first; Thos. English, second. Girls' race, under 10—Olive Fry, first; Mildred Unger, second. Girls' race, under 16—Olive Fry, first; Helen Pautke, second. Men's 100-yard race—Hugh Watson, first; Sidney "Beard, second. Pat men's race, 200 pounds or over—Fred Pautke, first: Ferd Becker, second. Ijadies' 50-yard race—Miss Watson, first; Miss Etta Holman, second. * Three-legged race—Sidney Beard and G. Varge, first; Wm. Brown and Fred Niesel, second. Running broad jump—Hugh Watson, first; Sidney Beard, second. Hop, skip and jump—Hugh Watson, first; L. Charvat, second. Shoestring race—Tracey Miller, first; E. Pautke, second. Tug of war, teams captained by Robt. Watson and Thos. Gewanlock—Robt. Wat- son's team won. Game of quoits—M. Bloy, first; R. Wat- son, second. J. P. S. At Chicago. The florists were up against the real thing last Friday evening at Brill's alleys when they stacked lip against the Breen & Kennedy team composed of the present state champion; Sam Murray, ex-national champions jimmy Stevens and Johny Rosendahl, ex-state champion, Andy Hall a
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