The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-01
ELKS HOLD BIG FIELD DAY
PLENTY OF FUN AT THE CELEBRA-
 TI0N AT SATIN ROCK.


 Exciting and Closely Contested Races-Fat
 mems Race Very Funny-Ball Game Won by Waterbury After an Interesting Contest-Decided Championship Series. The New Haven lodge of the Broth erhood of Elks held their annual field day at Savin Rock, yesterday. A large crowd of people was in attendance, many coming from distance to be present. The lodges of Waterbury, Bridgeport, Meriden and several other towns in the state sent delegations. The day was all that could be desired and a successful outing with plenty of genuine fun was had.
 A strong delegation was sent down by the Waterbury lodge of Elks. Yester- day was to settle a question that has been in dispute for quite while. series of ball games was played last year among teams from the brother hood lodges in this district.
 The baseball series ended with New Haven and Waterbury tied. The con- test was for the championship and prize cup which was presented by Sil- verthau of this city to the winning team.
 The award was not made in conse- quence of the tie and the question was left open for decision yesterday
 Yesterday afternoon at o'clock the athletic sports took place on the base ball grounds in the grove. There were several events in which entries were received both from the members of the brotherhood and from outsiders. In the one mile championship race, Law renee Sullivan, a young athlete Of this city, and Frank Maron of Meriden were matched. A great deal of interest was manifested in this event. The race was closely contested for six laps In the seventh Sullivan forged ahead and in the eighth was far in the lead, winning ' the, race The time, however, was slow beine~ almost six minutes. The prize was a silver cup.
 The one hundred yards dash for Elks was won by Ed Downey of Walling- ford, with Frank Nugent of this city second. The prize was a years sub- scription to the Sporting Life.
 The one hundred yards dash, open to all, resulted in a dead heat. In the final dash, which was a pretty race, Halpin of this city won out in eleven seconds. Dwyer was the other con- testant for the prize hat.
 The quarter mile open and the half mile "open'' were both won by Eagan of this city.
 The Ellks' quarter mile was run in fairly good time, seconds, and was an Interesting race. The contestants were AverHl, Beecher, Moriarty and fourth runner Moriarty, who is an old cir GUS bareback rider and sprinter, set the pace, but about two-thirds around on the last lap took a diving slide in the sand that left him out of the con- test completely. Averill crossed the tape first and the Postmaster" second. The funniest contest down on the card was the race for the fat members of the brotherhood. There were a doz- en or more brothers, who attend the Beefsteak club sessions, on the list, but only three started. This race was a fine one, as none of the contestants weighed less than 250 pounds and one of them nearly reached the $50 notch Despite that Tobin won in the magnifi- cent time of nine and one-ffth seconds, with Morris Kahn and Burke of Tor rington rolling in neck-and-neck.
 Following the races came the ball
  were star plays galore and no errors in the score Waterbury played with a vengeance and the New Haven Elks seeing how sorely they wanted to win had not the heart to play their best. In fact to give them a better chance O'Connell retired after the second in ming and Downey threw easy balls for the batters. Then, too, ex-Alderman Doughan, the umpire, was playing on the Waterbury team. Considering all these features, it is not strange that Waterbury took the deciding game of the series at the score of to 4. The features of the game were the really excellent work of Waterbury's pitcher, Kilduff, and the star fielding of their short stop, Hayes. But what was so fetching as Exalted Ruler Doughan's graceful pacing. How lightly and daintily he does trip down the base line Ito first. Were he a league player every other player would surely wish him to run the bases for them, as this exhibi- tion alone was worth the price of ad- mission.
 The New Haven team played in this order: Catcher, Frank Beecher; pitch CT, Charles O'Connell; first base, Nick Downey; second base, Thomas Maher; third base, IhomaS Judge; snort stop, Edward Downey; left field, w. H. Doughan; center field, John Mckee; right field, John O'Neil; substitutes, Edward Sparks and John Mcfarland.
 The Waterbury team was composed of Brennan, catcher; Kilduff pitcher; Carroll, first base; Hayes, short stop; Bagley, third base; Harrington, left fedl; Bierrine, right field O'Brien, cen- for second ley Harvey and Colonel Shanley, sub stitutes.
 The committee in charge of the field day consisted of W. H. Doughan, Charles McGilvray Edward w. Sparks and Milton Veil. They tried hard to secure the services of some well known sporting man as umpire. They tried