The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-08

Running broad jump, boys under Ep
Won BY c. Dyke; i. Moran, I'd; X.
Rnnning broad jump, boys IL to 10.
Won by T. Morse; Il. Knights, ID; T..
Towards dash. boys II and under-Won
by W. Cudworth; X. Briggs, ID; L. Aus
ioOyards dash, boys II to D-Won by
B. Dunlevy; c. Horton, I'd; " "inches
ter, 3. 4, l..
smith. II. Sanders, I'd; X. Harris, Sd.
Potato Race-Won by II. Newell; +,
Shea, ID; X. Pierce, Sd.
The relay race between team com
posed Of S. Fits, Knights, Richardson, e.
Cudworth and team consisting OF ID;
Dunleayy, G.. Gibbs, w. Cudworth and
S. Smith was won by the latter; =,
One of the features Of the celebration
was a half.mile relay race between two
picked teams captained by II. Il. ripper
and o. b. Hughes. Mr.. Piper's team was
composed of Roy Miner, Ray Sanders,
RAYMOND Adams and II. L. Piper; Inc
Hughes team was made up, OF hoper.
Knowlton, Enrol Richardson, Emery Smith
and o. b. Hughes. The prize was
watermelon to be provided by the losers
for both losers and winners. The Piper
ties won and the melon was tapped at
Mr.. Hughes's office after the fireworks
Monday evening.
With the striking Of the clocks at noon
the big free lunch became the centre oil
attraction and the attendants IN charge
handed out 22S paper bags in Just IL
minutes. Each bag contained steamlng
hot frankfurter. two rolls, two dough-
nuts, a generous piece of cheese and a
bun. Not only every boy that took part
in the parade but every boy that applied
for lunch got one. While the lunch
was being disposed Of there was silgnt
lul in the festivities but beyond this It
was continuous performance, Inc nam
event of the afternoon was the Dasepaii
game between the professional and busl-
ness men, won by the latter with score
of 10 to r. 1t was estimated that over
500 people were on the fair grounds
during the afternoon and watched this
feature of the celebration, For time
the professional men showed signs OF be-
ing the victors and only the timely home
run of Charles McRae of the business
men in the ninth inning made victory
sure for his team. At the outset the
roofing was about equally divided, but
the action of Capt. Richard Averill IN Il,
insisting that the professional men should
play only such men as had been named
previously, set almost the. entire crowd
against him. The story Of the game. is
told in the following summary, emitting
some of the errors which could not pc
avoided because of tender hands, tennis
wrists, corns, the sun and numerous
other equally valid reasons
Score by innings: -
p,,s;,,oss O6O30lO 3-l3
me a9s team ea1un Was oi as follows stowe b.
Miller Nint.'@ 3D. = Averil, 3D.; Pentland, r. f.;
Ellis, ss.; Shumway, |. f. The runs won
by this aggregation were credited to
Stoweli, Everleth (3), McRae a., Jor-
dan ~. Miller. Averill (2), Pentland,
Ellis. The professionals were as follows:
L. Allen, c.; Hughes, l. f.; Chase, 2b:.,p.;
Bacon. +. f.; Gibson, 3D.; Barber, 2b.;
Reed, lb.; Wells, |. f.; Trout, p.;,26.;
Thompson, c. f. The runs captured by
this team were won by Thompson,
Hughes ~. Allen ~. Chase %, Gibson
Trout (S).
With but brief intermission for, supper
the scene of the festivities changed to the
common where it is estimated that nearly
/. 500 persons listened to concert gwen
bv double mixed quartet from st. Johns
Congregational church (colored) Of Spring
field. Mass That this part of the day 8
program was appreciated was evident
from the applause given the different
selections. The display of fireworks at
the head of the island beginning at 8
o'clock brought the celebration to close
and the verdict of those attending was
that the day had proven success.
Brattleboro had safe and sane Fourth
of July and the boys had a good time.
While scores Of youngsters with high ten
sion nervous systems could not await the
coming of the dawn with the days festivi-
ties and turned out at the stroke of mid
night to usher in the day, the majority
of the boys were content to wait for the
celebration as planned. 1t went off almost
as planned and proved that the boys are
equal to the task of entertaining them
selves