The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14
GRAYS' ANNUAL OUTING.
SI1TY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY S CELEBRATED YESTERDAY.

An Unusually Large AssembIy-FuIIy
 Two Hundred Attend-Dfnner at ths
 PequOt-Actives and Veterans Tied
 in Ball Game-Other Athletic Con.
 tests.
 The seth annual outing of the New
 Haven Grays, Second regiment, Captain
 Gruener, the actives in gray uniform,
 was held yesterday afternoon and even- ing at Morris Cove, with, about 200 of
 the veteran and active members of the
 company in attendance. The party left
 the armory at 1:30 in special cars,
 which were loaded with the parapher- nalia for the usual sporting programme.
 Chief among these was the baseball game between the veterans and the &C., tives and the tub race, which was held on the Cove waters.
 After the sports were completed a
 dinner was served, at which the older members present gave some interesting "reminiscences of the old days of the
 company. The committee in charge of
 the affair were: From the veterans, General E. p. Bradley, Colonel Fox, Major McCabe, and Lieutenants Damn, Smith and Curtis, Church and Scran- ton, and from the actives, sergeants Cfabb and Scranton, Corporal Ellis and Privates Beers, Smith, Dyer, and Me Cam.
 Among the veterans of years ago present the oldest was our townsman Essi Stannard, of the iron foundry bus iness for many years, aged eighty-six. The absence of Amos Bostwick of Brooklyn, N. r., the oldest living Gray, was much regretted MT. Bostwick has been an annual attendant at the Grays' reunion for many seasons. His health is now very poor. He is in his nine- tieth year, being one year older than the Grays' organization.
 The absence of ex-Mayor A. c. Hen drick, an ex-captain of the Grays, and ex-lieutenant colonel of the Second regiment, was much regretted also. Col onel Hendrick is quite i'll again with the recurrence of an old complaint and is confined to the house. He is residing with a relative on Bristol street
 Immediately after the Grays' arrival at the Pequot house baseball hines were organized and hard fought game sprinkied with lots of fun and some ex- cellent plays came off on the lot in the rear of the hotel The hines were as follows:
 Active team-Pitcher, Charles Julian; catcher, Cliff. Perkins; 1st base, John Alden; I'd base, Ray Armstrong; Sd base, Charles Somerset; shortstop, Charles Wells; right field, McGrath; center field, Sam Kirby; left field, Ed. Hopkins.
 Veteran team -- Catcher, Richard North; pitcher, A. W. sperry; 1st base, George Scranton; 2d base, Lester Bald win; Sd base, Jack Savage; shortstop, Ernest Judd; left field, Herbert Bishop: center field, F. s. Hamilton, jr.; right field, Fred Williams.
 Joseph D. Cunningham was official scorer The game resulted in tie, 8 to g., as was agreed upon after council of war held by the two umpires, ex-City l Prosecuting Attorney webb and | Charles Smith. All hands were then re- l galed with music by the Second regi- | ment band after which all repaired to l the lawn at the water front, where | other athletic sports were pulled off, These included three-legged race. which created great sport and was won | amid the plaudits of the long lines of veterans and actives, ranging on either side of the lawn. This race was won by E. B. Baker and Farnham Fox, son of Colonel s. J. Fox, with Samuel A. Kir- by and John T. Gilson, 200 pounds and over, a close second.
 The shoe race was won by Herbert Blogg. In this race the contestants took off their shoes, mixed them up and then raced, selected their shoes. the winner getting back first to the starting point.
 The tub race was won by Samuel A. Kirby. There were ten contestants. one l. for each tub.
 The swimming race was won by Pri- vate Heitman of West Haven. The dist snce was about 100 yards. Following these events the whole as- sembly stationed on the hotel piazza, was photographed by Leopold. Ii After the banquet there were speech $ and toasts. Captain Gruener remarked with much l qualification the large attendance of veterans yesterday.
 Among the veterans were General { Bradley, Colonel N. G. Osborn, General seorge H. Ford, William L. Everit, F, W. J. sizer Julius Twiss, Essie Stan aard, James Walters, Albert Save of West Haven, Henry T. Mix, Henry W. It Theodore Potter, ex-Lieuten- mt Newcomb M. Bassett, Jerome B. ; Luckey, city editor of the Journal and ] and many others of this city; 7 llso George c. Gordon, president of the Roger Williams cotton mills Arcadia, II R. I. Is An untoward event occurred at the It