Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-08
NAUGATUCK NEWS
Naugatuck High School Baseball Team
 Defeated in Shelton Yesterday.

Naugatuck High School BaSeDaH Ieam
 Defeated in Shelton Yesterday.
 The Naugatuck High school baseball team went to Derby yesterday to play the shelton High school team at Hou- satonic park. The Naugatucks played, loose game and at times only had SIX men in the field as the others refused to play in the rain. The Shelton team wished to play at least five innings so as that they would not have to give out rain checks. The Naugatuck team was defeated by the score of 23 to in the five innings played. Sawyer Of the Naugatuck team acting on instructions from Captain Grove gave number of the opposing team their base on balls. Almost every man on the team had a chance to pitch as the captain said that he wished to save Savage. The game is to be protested by Manager George Patchett of the local team.
 James F. Shanley of oston is spend ing few days with friends in town
 Postmaster Trowbridge placed cards on all of the mail boxes this morning announcing the time of the collections of the mail. These will be appreciat- ed by the public as they. have long been needed.
 There was one lone prisoner before the court this morning. The prisoner was Michael Dolan charged with in- toxication. Dolan was arrested by Of ficer Malone last night The judge sen- fenced him to thirty days in jail with costs.
 The German Athletic society will hold their annual meeting on the sixth of this month. All business will be transacted and new members admit ted.
 Thomas Namton of Bridgeport was i'll town this morning on business.
 There was meeting of all the fire men interested in baseball at the hose house last night. Nothing definite was accomplished but the firamen are de- termined to turn out good baseball team and will begin right away to ac- ,complish the same
 At meeting of the board of direc- tors of the Interscholastic league held in Derby last night the protested games against the Naugatuck High school were brought up but were not acted upon as the members thought it would be better to lay it over until next week when they will meet again.
 One of the teams owned by the Nau- gatuck Lumber and Coal company ran away on North Main street yesterday, but was stopped by Union City wheelman before any damage was done.
 Fishing stories are in order to-day from a couple of young men who went out yesterday afternoon to try their luck and secure few frog legs but the stories they tell are declared to be false by their friends who claim that they came back without fish and the only thing they got was good duck ing One of the young men in ques- tion swears that the next time he goes fishing the weather will be great deal | different from what 1t was yesterday.
 Miss Maude Nichols of Meadow street is spending q few, days at Ban- tam, lake. E
 The mail box at the corner Of Main | and Maple streets is missed by the [ general public as gcaA be seen mostly E any day when person comes along with letter and looks for mail box and has to walk across the bridge to | the post office. This box should be re- placed as soon as possible for tie &C., commodation of the pubsyc of the east side.
 Thomas Brown of New Haven was in town this morning on business.
 The Waterbury Consolidation base ball team and the local Y NJ. 0. IA. teams are battling for supremacy on Hotchkiss field, this afternoon.
 Patrick O'Brien of Newbury. N. V. is spending few days with friends in | town.
 George Kiely has entered the em- ploy of William Brennan the Church ! street grocer.