Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw41amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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10 The American Florist. July J It OUR PASTIMES. The ChlcaiTO Florists' Club Picnic. A high wind, that at times ap- proached a gale, and continually threatening weather conspired to keep down the attendance at the annual pic- nic of the Chicago Florists' Club held at Riverview picnic grove, July 22, though, considering the weather con- ditions, there was a large crowd pres- ent. The fun started with the base- ball game between the wholesalers and retailers, which developed into a push- over for the retailers, as the whole- salers were unable to \u.\ Lieberraan, the pitcher for the retailers, at all, the score at the end of seven innings be- ing 15 to 0. The races which followed, beginning with children under six years of age, running the gamut of all ages, includ- ing the married women and fat men, and concluding with a sack race, fur- nished a great deal of amusement for the crowd that lined both sides of the course, and while no records were broken, neither were any bones, and everyone had enough breath left to re- pair to the grandstand, before which sat an array of pie-eaters, whose task it was to dispose of a dozen large and juicy blackberry pies without the as- sistance of knife, fork or spoon. "Red" Gannon, local pick-up man for the American Express Co., was the hero whose berry-stained face first emerged from the bottom of the well cleaned pie plate, most of the contestants fall- ing by the wayside before their task was half completed. After the assembled multitude were photographed by the "Staff Photog," little Katharine Tarnall gave an ex- hibition of the highland fling and the prizes were awarded to the successful contestants in the various events. The silver loving cup became the property of the retailers for the next twelve months, and each man on the winning team received a florist's knife, pre- sented by Vaughan & Sperry. The other successful contestants were: 25-yard dash: Girls under six years—G. LiOcliman. first: S. Friedl, second. Boys under six years—^N. Turos, first; Tom Yarnall, second. 40-yard dash: Girls under 12 years—M. Koropp, first; Katharine Yarnall, second. Boys under 12 years—-H. Bruns, first; Frank Tarnall. second. 60-yard dash: Girls under 16 years—M. Sutherland, first; M. Koropp, second, ifoys under 16 years—L. Koropp, first; H. Bruns, second. 50-yard dash, young ladles—Carrie Zech, first; Hazel Young, second. 30-yard dash, married women—Mrs. P. Mullman, first; Mrs. A. Benthey, second. Fat men's race—Frank Wolf, first; W. H. Boness, second. 100-yard dash—George LaBerg, first; A. Eberllng, second. Sack race—A. Eberling, first; George LaBerg, second. Pie-eating contest—L. Gannon, first; L. Koropp, second. The music furnished for the dancers was exceptionally good and held a large crowd in the dancing pavilion until a late hour, and it was a happy throng that finally wended its way out through Riverview park and took in most of the amusement features of the big north side pleasure resort be- fore leaving for home. PICNIC NOTES. Frank Wolf, who caught for the re- tailers, was the receiving end of the battery in more ways than one, catch- ing numerous foul tips on various parts of his body, the last one hitting him on the knee cap and laying him out for 10 minutes. J. C. Vaughan of Vaughan's Seed Store and Michael Barker of the Ameeican Florist arrived as the pie- eating contest was getting under way with a bevy of little girls in their wake. They appeared to enjoy this feature hugely. A great deal of credit is due the committee who devoted much of their time to the success of the picnic and even under adverse weather conditions showed a balance of about $65 on the right side of the ledger. Among the out-of-town visitors were noticed H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Man.; Harry Balsley, Detroit, Mich.; L. L. Pollworth and wife, Milwaukee, Wis.; Edward Roehrs, Rutherford, N. J., and G. J. Murphy, Manistee, Mich. Bassett & Washburn sent a large delegation from Hinsdale who were well represented in the prize winners. C. L. Washburn says that the green- house ball team could skin the whole- salers and retailers combined. A. C. Kohlbrand, right-hand man for E. C. Amling, better known as "Kohlly," was the official starter at the races and kept every one in a broad grin by his apropos announce- ments. In the married women's race Mrs. Benthey and Mrs. Mullman ran a dead heat and a coin was tossed to deter- mine the first and second prize, Mrs. MuUivan being the successful guess- er. Billy Lynch, the old time ball player, now with E. H. Hunt, and T. C. Tarnall of The American Florist, made the decisions at the ball game and escaped unscathed. The John C. Moninger Co. furnished the oflicial return check that entitled the holders to pass in and out of Riverview park as often as they chose. It is rumored that Frank Chance and Billy Sullivan had scouts at the game looking for new material to bol- ster up the Cubs and Sox for 1910. "Red" Gannon, winner of the pie- eating contest, was presented with a pair of roller skates. He had them on the following morning. John Zech tried to enter in several of the races, but was barred on the ground that he was not carrying weight for age. Frank Johnson, of the A. L. Ran- dall Co., played the little ball on the human roulette wheel with telling ef- fect. Ernst Wienhoeber was well repre- sented at the picnic, seven of his em- ployes being much in evidence. Bowling: at CblcagfO. The team that will represent the Florists' Club at the bowling alleys at the S. A. F. convention In Cincinnati next month journeyed out to Edge- water last Friday evening and tackled a strong team captained by Matty Faetz and anchored by Jake Klein, two men of national reputation in the firmament of bowling stars, total pins to count. The Florists went down to defeat after three hard fought games, losing the first by the small margin of 12 pins and the second by 44 pins. In the third game Tarnall went crazy and hung up 247 and pulled his team nine pins to the good. All of the men bowled well, Allie Zech putting in three very consistent games, though his father was not quite up to his usual good form, his ball backing up on him all through the evening. Matty Faetz led with an average of 210, Klein hung up 196 1/3; Tarnall, 195 1/3; Adler, 181 2/3; A. Zech, 176 1/3; J. Zech, 170; Bergman, 167 2/3; Asmus, 165 1/3; P. Lutz, 158; W. Lutz, 147 2/3. The night's scores hung up by the Florists also counted in the team competition that has been going on at Bensinger's drives and the seven high average men now stand as follows: J. Zech, 181 18/21; A. Zech, 170 4/24; Bergman, 167 17/24; Asmus, 163 11/21; Tarnall, 157 12/24; Pasterniok, 146 12/24; Graff, 145 1/18. On July 30, the team will tackle "Pop" Brill's five on Brill's alleys, Robey and Lake streets and there should be a larger attendance of the Florists' Club rooters. The score follows: Florists. A. Zech 174 177 17S G. Asmus 169 149 178 T. Tarnall 155 184 247 V. Bergman 191 160 162 J. Zech 16C 188 156 Totals S65 858 911 Faetz. M. Faetz 215 200 215 P. Lutz 140 179 145 Adler 186 168 191 W. Lutz 155 137 151 J. Klein 171 218 200 Totals 867 902 902 Florists 855 858 911—2,«24 Faetz 867 902 902—2,671
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AN INTERESTED GROUP WATCHING THE PIE EATING CONTEST AT THE CHICAGO FLORISTS' PICNIC JULY

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