The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-08-04
BUSINESS MEMS OUTING.
HAD 4 GALA TJML AT FENWICK
 YESTERDAY.

DOwntOwns Whipped the Uptowns at Baseball to the Tune of Il to Ed
 die Atwater Conducted the Band and
 Lawyer Ely Beat the Drum-The Line-Up of the Teams.
 The New Haven Business Mems as- sociation had gala day yesterday. To the number of nearly 200 and accom- panied by the City Band under Band master Nichols, they left the Union station in three special cars at noon l for Fenwick. When the start was made the rain was coming down in tor rents, and the outlook for successful outing was somewhat black As the motto for the day was Go, rain or shine, there was no alternative but to proceed and carry out the days pro gramme. After a somewhat noisy passage, for which the City band under the leadership of E. I. Atwater and the bass drum, which was manipulated by Lawyer Ely, were principally responsi- 'ble, the company arrived safely at their destination, and under the charge of Detective Jim Ward, who was taken principally to see that the ball players did not use any undue influence with Eddie, Atwater's decisions on bases, strikes and home runs. In fact it was hinted on the side that the genial pres ident of the association had made up his mind which team was to win be- fore the contest came off, and rumor also had it that the referee had placed several thousands on the winners. But MT. Atwaters favorites lost, and to console his injured feelings he made a deal with Bandmaster Nichols that he would conduct the band for the re- mainder of the day. He was accord ingly capped with a City bandsman's cap, and handed the conductors ba- ton. Everything of classical nature was played under Mir. Atwater's direc- ton, Shortly after he assumed the leadership of the band the man who beats the big bass drum struck, and Conductor Atwater assigned Lawyer Ely to the post, The lawyer proved a |most efflcent beater and someone sug- gested that he might get a position with the Bosses O tn Barn band. Communication was opened at the White City with Bandmaster Owen, but that gentleman was busy enter taining thousands of people at the White City and could not talk on the subject, He, however, promised to give the matter his consideration later in 4Ia 1,,N the business men by Proprietor Metz ger at Heubleln's cafe, after their re- turn home, the band again kept things humming, and Bandmaster Atwater and his drummer kept the ball of fun rolling for considerable period. Aft Ter the dinner at Fenwiek the usual ball game between the uptowns and the downtpwns was played. The game last year was won by the uptown team, and the downtown team appear ed on the field yesterday with a do or die resolve in their brain. They did not die, however but whipped the up- towners by the score of Il to i. The substitutes on the uptown team were Judge H. l.. Hotchkiss and Mir. Shar- tenberg of the Howe & Stetson Co. And for the downtown team the sub- stitutes were the president of the New Haven association, Grandpa" Dtbble, and D. Durham. The winning team re- ccived a box of cigars, to which they graciously treated the losers. The win ming team had badge reading, "We can play ball" while the losing team had one which read, "We thought we could play ball, but found we could mt" E. I. Atwater proved very eff cient as umpire, and Jim Ward saw that fair play was dispensed all round. The outing was voted a great success, and Messrs. Atwater, F. J. Lindsey and L. A. Mansfield were congratulated on their efficient management The fol- lowing is the lineup of the two teams:
 Downtown-I R. Booth D, c. c. Stormont c, Louis Rogers ss, Arthur Dean 9b, w. w. Stowe 2b, W. H. Ely 1b, J R. Locke If, s. H. Kirby of, R, c. North f. Score, II.
 Uptown-R. Pagter D, I. Enick c, L. L. Gilbert ss, A. Warner 9b, A. H.
 Buckingham 2b, c. Phelps 1b, w H. Gowely If, R. S. Pagter cf T. Nolan, If. Score 1.
 Umpire, E. I. Atwater; scorer, F. R. Well; to prevent unseemly and riotous luprisings, Jim Ward.