The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1905-07-19
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STAFFORD SPRINGS.

DR.. L. F. Eaton was at Palmer
over Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Carpenter of Providence
is visiting at A. D. Charters.
Harold Perry of Boston is spending
the summer with 'his aunt, Mrs. A.
D. Charter.
The bankrupt estate of Justin M.
Burrill of Ashford, J. F. Chamberlin
trustee, pays a dividend of 133 per
cent.
The Young Locals defeated Com
ier's team Monday by a score of 8 to
8. The same day the Tigers defeated
the Young Athletics by a score of
to 2.
There will be the last musical SER
vice of the season at the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday evening at
Z O'Clock. The regular choir will be
assisted by Mrs. Burnham and Miss
Werner.
Albert Matterson was before the
borough court Monday, charged with
stealing $5. so from an Italian. The
case was continued until August 14th.
John Hughes of Coventry, charged
with drunkenness, was given 80 days
and costs.
Eddie Collins, the fast local pitch
er, was at his home here over Sunday.
The first of the week he went to Man
chester, where he has signed to pitch
the balance of the season. Collins
made good in Manchester last week,
when he held the Cuban Giants, the
fast travelling team of dusky ball play
ers. But 81 men faced Collins in
the nine innings, which is a record
for the town. He held the Giants to
one hit. After the game it was only
a question of price, and Collins signed
q contract for the balance of the sea-
son. Saturday the Stafford pitcher
played for LeOminster against Hyde
Park. While he did not make so SEN
sational a showing as at Manchester,
he held the Hyde Parks down to six
hits, giving the Leominsters the VIC
tory by a score of II to 3. A feature
of his work Saturday was the fact
that he struck out Stevens three times,
one of the surest batters playing in
dependent ball. The manager of the
Leominster team raised his original
offer, but it was too late. Collins
has pitched nine games for Stafford
this year. In the nine games he has
allowed but 25 hits, gave nine bases
on balls and struck out IS men. AS
he is but 10 years of age, he has a
promising future in the field of activ-
ity where he has shown so much apti-
tude.
About so followed the Staffords to
Palmer Saturday and had the pleas
ure of seeing the home team put it
all over the fast Eastern Hapmden
aggregation. In the first inning Stat
ford rolled up four runs on good bat
ting, assisted by errors of the Pal
mers. In the third inning the Pal
mers did things to Cobb and got five
runs Honors we're about even until
the seventh, when the local team tied
the score. From the seventh ON un-
til the thirteenth there was one of the
sternest battles ever witnessed on the
Palmer park. Cobb was apparently
getting better as the innings multi
piled. Turkey, however, could not
stand the fierce strain, and in the
thirteenth inning the massacre oc-
Cured. One after another the local
boys hit safely and at the close of
the inning five runs we're to their
credit. In their half the Palmers
could not score, the game ending in
lively double play by Kelliher and
Collins when there were three men
on bases. One of the largest crowds
of the season witnessed the game. 1t
is the first time Palmer has met with