The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-10
A MARKED SUCCESS Outing of Local Ball Tossers Furnishes Sport-Sherwood
 Attacked By Snake. ReISCHMAN KILLS PEST Forgue Wins Marble Championship Girls Disappointed by Absence
 of Clyde Waters.

Nine o'clock came. as did most of the New Haven ball tossers, and prep arations were In full blast for hoisting anchor and setting sail from Gamer on's wharf Savip Rock But To! some important individual had not put in an appearance, Reverend. Joseph Stoup was either In the. throes of deep slum- Der or in a hypnotic trance, for he failed to show up and, Professor Havel was minus a subject.
 Bone, who acted as cbaperone, mo- ticing that the darlngs were really peaceably inclined, migrated 10 bunk in the lower part of the ship while the husky pill slaughterers proceeded to pass time in fishing. Luckily for them, all were content. with that sport and none wished for a trip to the clouds, for the mere practice of flying In the air might result seriously for those aspirants in a ball game
 The program was Immediately brolS- en into when Giant slmmons refused to sing in the quartet. as had been previously scheduled Instead of let ting forth his vocal instruments, Sim mons amused himself with catching fish, for the most part hy the use of his hat-poor hat. unfortunate hat. survivor of many perils Fishing lines were scarce. as well as baskets and George filled his pockets with tho ami .mals of the water, collecting about 70. more or less. .4,. t++
 A landing was made at Double Beach by Admiral Cornell and a feed was immediately participated in by all i most assuredly all. ..As .a dessert the marble championship was announced and all were invited to witness the l battle royal. However the "mlggles" could not. be secured and the match was called of, Forgne receiving the decision from Referee Carrick. Pro- 1 testing against a raw deal, Kid Shcr- wood began to stroll through the neighboring woods in hopes of cooling his wrath, when he came upon a beautiful snake carrying a rattler for the amusement of the angry Kid, Sherwood little relished the idea of coming into contact with the ser pent, and without much ceremony started to smash the quarter mile record. However Big John Reisch- man, who won the fat mems race. getting first, second and third places, respectively, was the hero and sim ply smothered the ground sdfawler by gently enoircling it's noodle
 Captain Zacher who was booked to deliver a speech on the benefit of the Limburger cheese monopoly, changed his plans and began to re- cite the burial services, but was forced to halt on the commotion raised when Gravedgger Paige buried the creature down Sherwood's 8 back.
 Much to the surprise of all, the south booth was unoccupied, and a more sadly disappointed crowd than the long line of beautiful specimens of the weaker sex, impatiently walt ing for the osculating performance, could never be discovered Waters was absent, and that cast gloom upon those charming maidens Along with Waters were Weidenheimer and Phil Corcoran, who were not fnan- cially inclined, with the result that admission was free For q diversion Andy Herbst gathered together a few spondulicks by charging three shots for nickel when he kept his era nium lodging the continual lombard ment of missiles
 On the trip home the snakes flesh was used for bait, and Kid Sherwood instead of catching fish, caught a cold Arriving home at o'clock, the cruisers unanimously voted a splen- did time and will show their appre- ciation by trimming the Paperweights at Holyoke to-day Joe Stoup will probably awaken, and, if he does woe betide Holyoke, for she cant soem to solve Joe's benders'