The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-04
SPORTING PROGRAM day the Greatest of the Year for Athletic Loving
 Americans. ALL EVENTS SCHEDULED Summary of Ball Games, Yachting Carnivals, Etc, Booked In
 New Haven.
L EVENTS SCHEDULED

New Haven.
 To-day being "the great great and glorious Fourth" as certain well known baseball fan at the Rock fitly terms 1t, great many people in the city will be glad to know just what Is doing in the sporting line. Base ball. yachting, golf, tennis and shoot ing events are scheduled to take place and as each has it's own crowd of fol- lowers 1t is safe to predict that fully 50, ,000 people will witness the sports
 The regular Milford baseball nine are in for two games to-day with their old antagonists. the Westvilles, or as they are now known, the Edgewoods. The garne in the forenoon will be play ed in Westville and at this game the battery will be Dargan and White. In the afternoon the game will be played on the Gulf street grounds, at Mill ford, and as Nichols Is away on a short visit, and as 1t would be too much to ask Dargan to pitch two games right hand running, the man. agement has strengthened the team by securing @ new pitcher named Higgins. who has done Aue work in the box in games in the past. and on whom the friends of the local nine are hanging high hopes for success in this game. Brastow will pitch for the Edgewoods in the forenoon game and Tommers will pitch in the afternoon. and O'Connell will catch for this nine in both games.
 Down at Morris Cove at 10 o'clock. the Cove team will play their second game with the Shelton Athletic asso- cIation baseball team. The first game played in Shelton was won by the Cove team after an eleven inning fight.
 Morris Cove will line up as follows. Richards, pitcher; Chamberlain and Sinner, catchers; Armstrong. first base: Brown, second base; Fowler shortstop: Sinner and Armstrong. third base; Murphy, left field; Bar nett and Pierce, center field; Neal and Taylor, right field. The field has been rolled and Is in excellent condition for fast baseball. A large awning will be put up over the bleachers for the benefit of the ladies
 The clerks and carriers of the New Haven postoffice have long been pre- pairing for their big outing to be held to-day. Besides about 100 clerks and their friends from this city. a party of about 100 from the Springfield postofiice is coming to this city. The principal event of the day will be q baseball game at Yale field between the local clerks and the clerks of the Springfield office The game will be played at 2:30 o'clock ani the line- up of the local clerks will be: Fryer, lb: Wrinn, 2b; McEnerney, SIS; Me- Nulty. sb; cahill, If; Cox, of; Kelly If; Beecher, c; Burns, ?.
 After the baseball contest the clerks and their guests will go to Double Beach and supper will be served at G o'clock at the Double Beach house. The committee in charge Is as follows: Charles A. Wilhelm, John M. Ryan and John W. Burns.
 The West Havens will play the Mil- ford Independents on the Union ave- nue grounds this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. The West Haven team has been playing winning ball all season and hopes to keep up the good work in to-day's game. Buckholtz or Rock will do the pitching while Quinn will ba on the receiving end. Summers and Pastorious will do .he battery work for the Milford team.
 What Is scheduled to be one of the best games of the season will take place this morning on the Water sldc Park grounds, where the St. Pat rick's T. A. E. society will cross bats with the strong St. Aloysius team of this city. Both teams are playing ex- oelltnt ball this season and as there Is intense rivalry between the clubs, the game should be corker.
 TO the lovers of yachting it will be interesting to know that all is in readiness for the joint regatta of the Hartford, Sachems' Head and New Haven Yacht clubs which Is to be held to-day on Long Island sound off this port An excellent list of competitors has been secured and spirited races will result in every class. All the yachtsmen now hope for is a full sheet and flowing sea with plenty of sun shine to keep the guests in spirits. Aboard /the John II. Starn several hundred guests and friends of the amateur sailors will watch the con- tests, while the steamer will also act in the capacity of committee boat. The steamer leaves the dock at 10 a. m. and will return late in the afternoon by which time 1t Is hoped the racers will all have gone over the course which will be the case if tn ere is a spanking breeze.
 Yachts have been entered in the races from Hartford, New York Story Creek and saehems' Heal club.
 This event will be one of the biggest In the history of the New Haven Yacht club and the quarters at Nor ris Cove will be open to guests of the club all day.
 The different classes arranged for the races of the day are as follows:
 Power boat class, 9:30 a. m. course | No. B. class R. 10 a. m; class $, 10:05 a. m; cathoats 10:10 a. m; classes L, M and N, 12 noon; classes 27-foot rating and above same time as course above; classes P and Q will start at l2:05 D. m The exact courses will be signified from the committee boat at least 30 minutes previous to the starting time.
 All races will be sailed under rules