Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-15
HAVING GREAT TIME
 AT CAMP BROWNING
Ball Tssm Defeated DanieIson Boys-- Howard Benjamin Hooked Ten Pound BIackfish.

The squad of r. NJ C.. A. boys at
 Camp Browning, Groton Long Point,
 have been in camp just a week We'd
 nesday, and up to date have enjoyed
 fine weather, helping to give everybody first class time and keep all in good health. The motorboat from the camp
 came to this city pn Wednesday with Engineer Warren Wiley in charge and Junior Dept. Chairman c. H. Hobson at the helm and will return this morn
 ing about g o'clock.
 The boys have been having some trouble about their mail, a number of letters going to Noank because of in- correct addresses, but anything ad-
 dressed Camp Browning, Groton Long Point Poquonnoc Bridge P. O.. Conn, :" is sure to reach them safely. There have been lively doings this
 week out on the spit of land where the
 camp is located, especially in the ath- letic line.
 Tuesday afternoon the Camp Brown | ing team defeated a team of the Dam ielson Y. M. C. A. boys who are camp ing at Masons island. The score was 8 to ' and the game held many ex- citing moments. Danielson's pitcher for the first six innings was Shaw,
 who was succeeded in the last three | innings by Clark, their physical di-
 rector, who was hit hard by the Nor | wich boys. Smith caught for Daniel
 son. The Camp Browning lineup: l N. Clish c, C. Kicker p, F. Clish ID,
 H. Peckham 2b, w. Sullivan ss. R.
 Walker Sb, Benjamin If. Charnetski, Revell of, I. Ellis If.
 | A game of basketball has been arr
 ranged with the Danielson boys to be
 played at Camp Browning Thursday morning.
 Preliminaries in four of the athletic events have been run of. The follow ing boys have qualified:
 | Running broad jump-C. Kicker, H.
 Benjamin, F. Clish, L. Waters. w. Sul- | livan.
 Running hop step and jump-F Clish, c. Kicker, N. Clish, W. Sullivan, H. Benjamin.
 Running high jump-C. Kicker. w Sullivan, F. Clish, L. Stark, H. Ben- | jamin.
 100 yards dash-Ricker, Beniamin, F. Clish, w. Sullivan, H. Peckham. | sFinals for all events will be run off Friday afternoon, July Is, and wis., itors will be welcome te the compe- | tition.
 | Capital use for the big tent (16x22) | is found in making it the place for lounging and for meetings. The eve- | ming song and prayer service in this tent is much enjoyed by the boys With the organ ana violin to lead the boys sing Justify. On Monday night the talk was on The Still Small Voice | and on Tuesday on the line of a. hymn | Make and keep me pure within" Visitors at the camp Tuesday were | Mrs. c. k. Stark, Miss Florence Stark | Mrs. w. D. Kicker, Master William | Kicker and Benjamin Bruce. l Harold Robinson, Myron Jackson | and Charles Coblyn attended the Sec
 ond Congregational church picnic al | Crescent beac hon Tuesday. On the | 23d this squad of boys at camp is due | to come home to be replaced by the | smaller boys. All the boys going ir the second squad should send in their
 names at once to the secretary al | Norwich.
 l On Wednesday the camp was visited | by Mrs. F. H. Merrill and her guest Miss Beatrice Drake of Waterbury. | Howard Benjamin has excited the envy of the campers by getting the I largest fish. On Wednesday he caught a blackfish which measured 19 Ii l inches long and the girth was IA | inches. They had no scales at the | camp, but 1t was estimated the fish weighed ten pounds.