Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-20
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

Mems negligee shirts, two in a holiday box, $1.00 for the pair at Upson, Singleton & Co.'S
 David Fitzpatrick, who has been spending several weeks in Provi- 1 dence and at the Prince Edward Islands, has returned to his home on Bank street.
 l A meeting of the Brooklyn and Town Plot Improvement committee will be held this evening in the Ly- ceum. Chairman John Henderson will preside and expects a large at tendance, as notices stating impor- tant business will be transacted have been sent to all members.
 | The Cadet Junior basketball | team continues to go along unde- | feated, and last evening easily put 1 it onto the basketball five known as kthe Third Congregational church team by the score of "A to IF. The | score was erroneously given out as a | victory for the Third church boys, but such was not the case. The Juniors are getting better very game and last evening their team work was very good.
 The Brooklyn polo team showed I by its game of last evening that it is | travelling rather fast and that 1t cer- tainly has it's eye on the pennant- l not particularly on the pole for the flag, but that goodly part of the l50 l bills which will go to the winning team. The boys are all in good con ! dition and as they pull together well there is no reason why they should | not continue their good work and l be ahead at the finish.
 Daniel Kainane, a member Of | the Cadet Junior basketball team, | while playing at the Lyceum last ! evening, broke his right ankle. The boy was putting up fast game when he stumbled and fell to the floor, landing on the ankle in such a way as to fracture it badly. It was near the end of the contest when the acci- dent happened. The fracture was reduced by Dr Farrell and the boy was then carried to the home of his uncle, Joseph Cronin, with whom he { lives, on South Riverside street.
 William Butler, who said he was a native of Vermont, was arrested in Brooklyn this morning for pan handling" Butler, who for years, so it is said, has been prominent member of the Knights of the | Road" association, was working hard at the loosen up game this morning when the optic of Officer Fitzgerald spied him. Fitzgerald did a little gum shoe work and saw that Butler was making a store to store canvass and was evidently very abusive when his plea for money did not bring any of the filthy lucre. So the pa trolman decided to give the pan handler little ride and about Il | o'clock informed him he had done enough work for to-day and sent the tired mortal to Harrison alley in the patrol wagon.
 With the thermometer below freezing point one can imagine the plight of two boys walking along South Leonard street yesterday af- ternoon in their bare feet and with scarcely enough clothing on their bodies to keep them warm on a chilly day in the fall, not to mention the weather of a typical winters day The boys apparently knew not where they were going, but were suffering from the cold and their little feet were peeling along the icy walks and through the snow. One charita. ble woman who resides on South Leonard street was on her way home from store when she saw the con- dition of the boys and was so moved with pity that she took them to hel fireside. It was most pathetic sight to see the boys, couple ot bright eyed youngsters, perishing as it were with Christmas about week away.
 Two games were played in the Brooklyn Athletic club basketball league last evening, and considering they were the opening exhibitions were we'll contested. The Sham rocks took the Crescents into camp to the tune of 17 to IA, after which the Hustlers chewed up the Bones by the score of IS to 12. Although the majority of the players are ia miliar with basketball, some of the men are green at the game and theil attempts at throwing baskets were ludicrous. Before the games begar some one proposed remaining the Bones the Adonis team because il has such players as H. Cunningham NJ. Madden and NJ. Conway Gun ningham and Madden in basketball uniforms are a scream and are onl! surpassed in such a makeup by Legs" Kelly, made famous by hi. wonderful work on the base bal team of the postoffice employees Now that the basketball fever ha! struck Brooklyn the business men who had such a remarkable base bal team, are thinking of forming 2 quintette with the expressed purpose of playing the letter carriers. The only difficulty Of playing such 2 game would be to get enough um pires and scorers, as there would bt so many fouls committed it would take a dozen or more officials tC watch 'em. The makeup of the teams that played last evening fol lows:
 Shamrocks-Stigberg and Dona hue, formards; ]. Madden, center; CrOnan and Kearney. guards.
 Crescents-Edmunds Leary ana Baldwin, forwards: D. Conway, cen ter: Bockwich and Leahey. guards.
 Hustlers-Devine and Gwilym, for wards: Mahauey. center: Lpgge Neubert and E. Conway. guards.