. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 260 Jhe American Florist. Sept. 3, Our Pastimes j Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, sliootmg and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this depart- ment to J. H. Pepper, 43 West 38th St., New York; Robt. Kift, 1726 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia; or to the American Florist Co., Chicago-/ At Washington. The defeat of the team at St. Louis seems to have served as an impetus to the bowlers and to recruits. Quite a
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 260 Jhe American Florist. Sept. 3, Our Pastimes j Announcements of coming contests or other events of interest to our bowling, sliootmg and sporting readers are solicited and will be given place in this column. Address all correspondence for this depart- ment to J. H. Pepper, 43 West 38th St., New York; Robt. Kift, 1726 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia; or to the American Florist Co., Chicago-/ At Washington. The defeat of the team at St. Louis seems to have served as an impetus to the bowlers and to recruits. Quite a number of young florists have gone into practice and indications are that there is good bowling blood in the lot. The U. S. Department of Agriculture now has a team of its own which is keep- ing busy at practice in the E street par- lors. S. E. At Natlck, Mass. On Saturday, August 13, the Waban Rose Conservatories baseball club de- feated a team from the greenhouses of the Budlong Company, of Auburn, R. I., by the score of 13 to 9. The Rhode Island players had previously challenged the Natick boys to a game to be played on the Waban grounds, and as Capt. Dunn of the Budlong team was formerly leader of the Natick nine, and therefore was supposed to know their exact dimen- sions, some interesting results were looked for. The game proved very inter- esting from a spectacular point of view, being watched by one of the largest crowds that ever witnessed a game on the home grounds. Excitement ran high and kept increasing until it reached the climax in the ninth inning, when the visitors were shut out in one, two, three order by brilliant playing on the part of the home team. The Waban boys did not get their regular batting togs on until the latter part of the game, when in the seventh inning they struck a gait that soon put out of commission the much heralded and invincible Corey from Providence, R. I., and, although he was replaced by another expert twirler who was, according to a
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