The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-28
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERs.

Enjoyed it.
 Here We arel Here We are, connee' cut Travellers, here we arer' This cry aroused the guests at the Branford Point house about Il o'clock yesterday morning on the arrival Of the steamer Sunshine. And soon after the grounds ard hotel were given over 10 about one hundred members Of the Conneeti- cut Commercial Travellers association. who had come down for their sixteenth annual summer outing. The sail down was a delightful one and during the trip an orchestra Of banjos and violins under the leadership of Jerome Mays Of Bridgeport rendered several selections. Soon after the arrival of the party lunch was served. and as usual. was quickly disposed of, good appetites pre- vaIling. After this the members boarded the ferry boats and were land ed on Pawson park After n walk or five minutes the party arrived at the ball grounds. After an animated dis cussion. in which all took a hand. two hines were selected 10 cross bats for the championship of the season. A team was made up of Hartford and Bridgeport members. who Joined to- gether against New Haven.
 The next thing done was to Select an undertaken 10 take charge of the um- pire of the game, but 1t was finally decided that should any be needed that he could be at once selected from some of the old members.
 The selection of the umpires was next on the program and the commit tee selected r. P. Chapman of Hart ford and Mir. Plumb of New Haven. Play ball" was announced at 1l:20 by Chief Umpire Chapman, with the New Haven nine at the bat. Thus the battle began.
 The features of the first inning were the three-base hits by Adler and Coan. they also being the only ones able to make home runs. Thus closed this in- ming for hte New Havens. The scrub team was, however, unable to even ar rive at third and were quickly retired without a run.
 The New Haven team so rattled the scrubs that in the first half of the sec ond inning they were able to pile up six runs.
 The other innings were run off with out any real excitement and the game was called at the close of the fifth h. ming with the score 15 to in favor of the New Haven nine.
 The teams were made up as follows:
 New Haven-Sperry p, Adler 1b, Well 2b, Coan If, Vorhees If, Mullen ss, Parry 3b, Fisk of, Stevenson c.
 Bridgeport-Tripp p, Burritt c. A. H. Darlington 1b, E. N. Trait 2b, E. N. 3b, Clark ss, Beers If, Harry Ensign of, Bogart If.
 The party again boarded the ferry boats and returned to the lawn in front of the hotel, where the other games were held. The first race called was the foot race, the con- testants being Messrs. Burritt. Adler, Parry and Vorhees. The judges in the race were, with E. M. Smith starter, E. M. Summers and Alderman Charles l.. Weil The race was for 50 yards and was finished in the following order: Burritt, Adler, Vorhees and Parry.
 The boat race was the next feature of the day and was contested in by w. R. Palmer and D. P. Parry, the judges being H. W. Simpson and F. E. Lewis. The race was one mile and return and was won by E. P. Parry of this city.
 The swimming race came next, and Beers and Bogart were the contestants. The race was won by Bogart, the judges being Frank Lewis and Phil Sil- verthau.
 The entries in the three-legged race were Burritt and Adler; Tripp and Landers; the latter team won.
 The closing race was the potato race, in which were entered Bu1ritt, Beeers and Vorhees. who won in the order named.
 The games over, the party returned to the hotel and were quickly greeted with the announcement that all were invited to the dining room, where Landlord Swift had prepared one of his always famous shore dinners.
 The dinner over. the party were grouped in front of the hotel on thelawn and were all photographed. The clos ing event of a most enioya ble summer days out ing was the rewarding of the prizes to the successful winners. They were awarded by the prize committee, composed of Harry A. Tripp and R. P. Smith of Waterbury. The prizes consisted of burlesque fountain pen in the form of a small squirt gun,a wine cooler, an educated monkey and two fine paintings, one being a portrait of Mr. Fisk, well known among the drum mers.
 J. c. Bates, the father of the genial and popular secretary, l.. H. Bates, was among the party. MT. Bates is a retired travelling man, but his inter- est in the business is as strongly main tained as ever, and these annual ex- cursions are eagerly looked forward to and enjoyed by him. He has at- tended them for many years past and 1t Is the earnest hope of all that he will for many years to come. Mir. Bates is truly the veteran ofConnecticut travelling men. He has an excellent memory and can go back to the times long before the war, when the com mercial traveller had to struggle against difficulties unknown to him to-day. He used to travel in the early fifties through the south and many a trip has he made through Texas on horse back. He has made many trips when 1t was uncomfortable to travel without a revolver. He is at present and has been for years past bookkeeper for Hubbell, Merwin & Co.,, the builders