Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-20
BROOKLYN BRIEFS


 Miss Margaret Kennedy of South Leonard street is enjoying a short vis- It with friends in New York.
 After the regular prayer meeting in the Third Congregational church to- night the members of the congregation will hold meeting to make arrange ments for the securing of a new pas tor to succeed Rev Charles B. Granger.
 -Jimmy Handler, the pugilist who is to meet Young Peter Jackson at the boxing exhibition of the National Ath- letic club at the Auditorium on New Years day, will probably train at the B. A. c. rooms. Accompanied by Mo Harris he paid a visit to the rooms to- day. He was very favorably im- pressed with the clubs quarters.
 A French barber, who lives in this section. had a narrow escape from be ing seriously injured yesterday. He was riding down Bank street on bi- cycle and he attempted to turn out for hack, driven by John Coleman, that was coming in the opposite direction. The hack driver also started to turn out with the result that the bicycle rider ran straight into the horses. He was thrown heavily to the pavement and under the horses feet, but he sue ceeded ill crawling out before they stepped on him. His injury was severe cut OH the head. His bicycle was demolished.
 1.-The condition of Michael Mulvahill Of 59J North Riverside street, who is said to have been drugged and then robbed of his money, is somewhat i'm v~Ta.I Rr,1 IT .1..x slightly the events of Wednesday,
 What he did or where he was between II o'clock and , o'clock he does not know. He remembers entering q sal loon on Bank street, near. Riverside street, and having q drink or two. He then left the saloon through the rear door, two colored men being in his company. That was about Il q. m His mind is blank as to what trans pired from that time until o'clock. when he was found by Officer Hayes leaning against q post. His supposi- tion is that he was drugged and that the colorel men robbed him of his $197.
 There is to be some sport at the Brooklyn A. c. tonight. A wrestling match with all holds permitted, will take place, and the wrestlers are no other persons than Dan Cronan, the popular captain of the Brooklyn A. c. baseball team, and William Lallier, the crack second baseman. The con- ditions of the match state that the
 wrestler who secures two falls out of three shall be declared the winner of the match and the owner of the side bet. Both men are i'll prime condi- ton. They have been preparing for the match for several weeks. The match is the result of controversy during the past month between the ] players of the baseball team as to who | was the best wrestler on the team. l Both Cronan and Lallier know more | than a little about the game and &C., | cordingly the match was made. It is
 said that Johnny Kelly, the pitcher, will be on hand to challenge the win nef.
 | -One of the best basketball games
 which has been played at the B. A. c.
 rooms in some time took place last
 night. The Knockabouts were op- | posed to a team, which was supposed | to have been the Holmes, Booth & | Haydens team, but was in reality | composed of players from the Holmes,
 Booth &S Haydens, Third church and Boys club teams. The game was q l fast and furious one. A rapid pace
 was set by both teams There was
 beautiful and fine blocking. The first | half ended with the score 10 to , in favor of the Knockabouts. In the | early part of the second half the H..
 B. x H. team had by far the better of l it and the score was soon tie, F to P. The play became faster then and
 it was only by the best kind of work
 that the Knockabouts won by the score | of Is to 13. The playing of Reece and
 Leary was the feature of the game
 Albert Mitchell was referee. The | lineup of the teams was as follows
 Knockabouts-Perrigard, Leary. for
 wards; Pickanaw, center; ]. Smith, D. l Cronan, guards. H., B. & H.-Reece
 Sattler, forwards: Selby, center; Rei- ter, Sumner, guards.