Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-16
REUNION AND OUTING
or THE TOURS.
Grand Time Enjoyed at Poquetanuck
awbridee-Clambake and Sports.


The old Fours of Boswell avenue,
no longer an organization Of fire.
fighters, still preserves the memories
of its former associations with an an
nual reunion and outing, holding the
second Sunday fat the Drawbridge at
Poquetanuck. Favoring weather, adj
mirable arrang ements, and pro-
gramme well carried out by the COM
mittees in charge united to make it
what it was declared to be the few
more than. one hundred who attended,
1.-The best yeti
Most of the party went down on the
early train and Others followed at
noon. The return was made at ESQ
D. m. Frank Wright of the Wauregan
house was chef for the day and served
his best, while the two committees
Michael Council, f. bearing and
Charles bearing ON reception-John r.
Robinson, Gus Thumm, Fred Thumm,
and John F. Amburn on arrangements
had everything moving smoothly.
In the morning clam chowder and
sandwiches were on hand at any time
for the hungry. The feature of the
morning was the baseball game be-
tween the Slim Mems nine, totaling
1,251 pounds in weight, and the Fat
Men, who nearly doubled that, adding
up 2,4S6 in avoirdupois. The. twirling
too much for the Sims, of whom nine
famed, and the near Tafts won. II to
5. Wilson and Cronin were in the
box for the featherweights, striking
out three of the heavies between them.
The lineups:
Slim Men-Connell IF, Pierson 3D.
Wilson c, c. Frye CT, Sherhonsky IS,
III. bearing CT, +. Thumm If, Hoelck
RI, cronin y.
Fat Men-Ed Hill, Moosup. If, Geo
Brown, Danielson, CT, M. Coggeshall,
p. Shea 2b, McAyoy IS, M. Cornell G.
Robinson p.
Music by the old Fours quartette en-
livened the afternoon and there was
also an interesting series of athletic
sports, in which the officials were Ed
Pincus, George Brown and P. j..
O'Connor. The prizes consisted of
watch fobs, match sayes and ash re-
ceivers, which made valued souvenirs
of the day. The following We're the
results:
Sack Race-Charles Frye, Jewett
City, first; Joe Pearson, second.
100 Yard Dash-Charles Frye, Jew
EFT City, first; Joe Pearson, second.
200 Yard Race-Joe Pearson, first;
Henry bearing, second.
Hop. Step and Jump, Samuel Car
den, Yantfc.
Running Broad Jump-Joe Pearson.
The first heave in the tug of war
broke the rope so that that was given
up. The fat mems race had eight
entries, but Jack Robinson and George
Brown made it dead heat, and the
race was called draw as it was too
near time for the bake to run it over.
There was also a ball game in the
afternoon between the Fours and a
team from the visitors captained by
p. ]. Morley. Capt. Jack RObinson's
team of Fours won the game, which
went only three innings, to l, and
! was called to attend the bake.
This was the absorbing feature of
the day and anyone who did full duty
to it absorbed the following menu:
Small sausage, spring chicken, chicken
lobster, steamed long CLAIMS, white and
sweet potatoes, green corn /, steamed
onions, white and brown bread, wa
termelon.
The following were the out of town
guests: Harry Bell, Christopher
Krause, Alphone Michaw, Taftville;
William Whipple, s. Gravelin, Volun-
| town; NJ Coggeshall, MontvilIe; Leroy
Hill, Moosup; Charles Frye, Henry
Leggett, Jewett City; Levi Waters,
Charles Conrade, Hallville; S. Car
den, William Burns, AL Woodruff, P.
| Service, It. Fields, j. j. Chapman, j.
w. Hanna, Yantic.