Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-18
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

| rTdnK JOnnSOn mas accepted
 position in Killoughey's drug store
 Frank Smith of St Thomas semi.
 nary was in Brooklyn to-day attend.
 ing the wedding of his brother. While working on a stamp at
 the Plume & Atwood factory yester-
 day afternoon, Dominic Koplif of II
 North Leonard street had four of his fingers smashed. He was removed to
 the Waterbury hospital where it was
 necessary to amputate two of them.
 While trying to board car that
 was moving along Bank street last
 evening at a good speed, man was thrown on his head near John street
 No Bones broken, but the man s
 face was somewhat marred by the
 accident Dr J. P. Farrell dressed
 the mans injuries.
 -Michael Madden, manager of the
 Brooklyn Athletic club team was at
 Savin Rock yesterday and saw the
 game between Springfield and New
 Haven which ended in a dispute
 Mike says the umpire was right in acting as he did as he handled the
 ball and declared that it was soaking
 with oil.
 Last evening the teachers of the
 Barnard school gave a farewell din- ner at The Elton to Miss Alesia Der win who will be married to Edward
 Byrnes a member of the fire depart ment on Wednesday, June 26. The teachers present were the Misses Nor rot, Doherty, Luddy, Mahaney, Gar vey, Carroll and Lord and Mrs Sara Smith. Miss Derwin has been pre- sented with beautiful chair by the teachers.
 -Brooklyn does not seem like the same old place. During the night big change passed over this section of the city and there is cause for sorrow among goodly portion of those who have their domicile on this side of the river. A stranger coming into Brook lyn would have to have keen eye sight to discover anything wrong with the daily routine of the Brook lynites and would find it rather diffi- cult to notice any particular change. But the male portion of the commun- ity are so down in the boots that they feel like sitting down and bringing the candles around. The melancholic condition has been caused by the passing of the pool room on Bank street, which the past few years has been the rendezvous of all the would be sports of Brooklyn. There the baseball players and their rooters, the enthusiasts and their knockers, the polo artists and their opponents were wont to assemble and from early in the even ing until the small hours of the morn- ing give their opinions on this point or that. Sometimes one would al- most imagine on their decisions de- cided how those games would be played the following year. There 1t was that any visitor from any other part of the city would always find a crowd willing to show why and how Brooklyn excelled in the sporting world. And if the Brooklyn and Town Plot Improvement society has and is champion of this section, they have had rival in the pool room crowd, which was ever willing to stand up for its own and with a flow of oratory knock sky high the as- sertions of those who took pleasure In criticizing the land across the bridge. In this hall of fame are cary ed the names of such celebrities as Mike" and Jim" Madden. Frank Ryan, Rocco Di Orio, Joe" Smith. Matt and Edward Dunphy, Hubert | Cunningham. the noblest Roman of | hem all, Bill" Dwyer, Robert Bat | .ers, he who has more pipes than any other person in Brooklyn, and who 'eally thinks that some of them are believed. Deacon" Ray, Dummy" Ryan. Boxer" Ray, John B. Mahan. y. "Fakir" Sullivan. "Jawn" Carroll. Dave Cronin, all considered character members of the pool room organiza- ion.