Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-26
DnummEns AT saArronD POINT.

DRUMMERs AT BRANFORD POINT.
About $50 OF These Jolly Fellows
RDjoy Themselves Immensely 1t
Sheriff Swifs,s Breezy Hosiery on
the East shore-New Haven Drum
mers Win a Base Ball Game and
ali Eat Good shore Dlnner-Some
OF tho Many Guests Who Were
There.
Nearly all of the large Connecticut towns
and firms were represented at the twelfth
annual summer meeting of the Connecticut
Commercial Travellers association held at
the Branford Point house yesterday. The
little steamer Jessie B. of Bridgeport brought
thirty or forty from the Park city and about
one hundred more from this city to the
Point. The latter were taken on board at
the Starin dock, this city. ..-
The party was accompanied by Nays ban-
10 quartette of Bridgeport, which maintained
a continued hubbub of popular melodies, to
which the more jubilant of the party Joined
literally in refrain.
"Little Annie Laurie resounded through
the misty atmosphere as the drummers Aled
out of the boat and formed in line to march
up to the Branford Point house under the
guidance of President e. L. Morse of Hart
ford and Secretary Harry 8. Andrews of
with his hospitable smile, at the door of his
hostelry, and the one hundred and fifty jolly
guests changed their shouts and meaningless
din into great hurrah.
But the prospects of rainy day did not
dampen the spirits of the fraternity one whit.
Nearly one hundred and fifty of the jolly
fellows took the place BY storm, as usual, and
made it one of the liveliest days of the season
at the point All of the large Connecticut
town and firms were represented by these
pleasant sort of "hustlers."
New Haven and Bridgeport were the CEN
trail points at which the party gathered
before starting for the days outing al
Branford point. The little steamer Jessie
B. of Bridgeport left that rollicking refrain,
composed by Secretary Andrews especially
for the occasion in honor of Sheriff Swift
The sheriff bowed his Acknowledgements
and was soon lost in confused mass of his
guests who had precipitated themselves into
| the place from all sides and every conceive
| BILE entrance.
A lunch of clam chowder was handed
around by the lively waiter girls and they
dispersed about the lawn in front
of the hotel to witness tn
big ball game between Dinel
from Hartford and New Haven. 1t is said
that Manager L. q. Bates of the New Haven
niue won the game, although he did not play
forehand, but the Hartford players maintain
that the game was won by the umpire. Al
any rate, after five innings had been played
the score stood IS to 5 in favor of the Elm
City boys, and as the sun just peeped through
the clouds for a minute to see what was 60
| ing on the umpires stopped the game on &C
count Of rain. The umpires were Abnel
nlon nf Narx ond n n
| Hartford. The players were:
New Haven-C. T. Guilford 1b, Lewis
Osterweis 3b, Charles Wilson Of, Louis Wei
| 2b, J. 81. Cockrane Q, E. F. Mansfield p
George I. Hopkins ss, G. Bennett II, Charles
We'll IF.
Hartford-F. o. Blanchard G, A. Cham
berlain p, A. 81. Pesse Id, Q. Fuller 2b, w,
s. Richardson 3b, A. B. Beers So, George Il
Little Of, Arthur Wilson If, J. 81. Lane #.
A feature of the game was hit by Cap
tain Louis We'll in the second inning, which
| brought in Lewis Osterweis from right field.
| Captain Wells hit was scratch hit, for be
hit the umpire for a cigar.
Tub races, three-lsgged races, jumping
and other sports were upon the program, but
they were postponed until next year because
of the rain. The short period between thu
ball game and the dinner was passed in the
hotel pavilion in q most hilarious manner
| The dinner itself was one of Sheriff Swift'l
| best, but the service was the cause of much
grumbling even among these jolly fellows
who are noted for their good nature. The
officers of the association, who occupied 6
| table at the head of the room with the invited
guests, were:
President, E. L. Morse, Hartford; first vict
president, Fred Hotchkiss, Heriden; second
vice president, Sherman T. Cote, Bridgeport
secretary and treasurer, Harry 8. Andrews
Sheffield, Mass; executive committee, T. j
Lawton, New Haven, chairman; George
Hopkins, New Haven; F. o. Brewer, Hart
ford; F. P. Chapman, Hartford; Charles B
Bennett, Bridgeport, and Harry McElroy,
| Bridgeport. With these were the invited
| guests.
At the close of the report Major
Cowles, one of the invited guests
made q few pleasant remarks. Or
| motion of ex-Commodore E. 8. Perry, three
rousing cheers were given for Colonel Tracy
| B. Warren of Bridgeport, another of the
guests, and for President Morse. Ex.Alder
man &C. Bushnell's motion that three cheers
be given "for the best secretary on Qod'l
| footstool," Harry Andrews, was unanimously
| passed and everyone shouted.
Hilarity prevailed throughout the resort
| from the close of the dinner period till the
| whistle of the Jessie B. announced that the
time had come for the homeward trip
Sheriff Swift was bade fearful
good bye and the unwsaried
knights Of the aripsack wendell their
way in struggling groups down the narrow
causeway the wharf, boarded Jessie B.
| and steamed of into the sound amid g
hubbub of shouts from those on shore and
q deafenipg chorus of voices from the de-
parting travellers. The trip homeward was
even more hilarious than the day had been
but when the Jessie B. bumped up against
Starin's pier in this city, the gathering dis
persed like true sops of the road and were
soon scattered upon their various routes
which led them wherever they may have
been called by business, pleasure or duty
The day was one which will be remembered
equally felicitious with Its twelve jolly pre-
| decessors which have been passed in Xix.
manner.