The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-01
STAR PLAYERS CHOSEN
Line Up of the Fatties and the Spareribs Is Being Arranged and Some Crack Players Are Chosen
(Special to The Farmer.)

(0poCldi CO IHo dI IlVi'b | Stratford, July 1-The candidates fol the teams of the "Fatties' and the
 Spare Ribs are practicing every da!
 and the prospect of the biggest klnc
 of a baseball game on the Fourth IS
 good. Some of the selections are as
 follows: For the Fatties: Hon: Stiles
 Judson, Grand Juror David L. Rhoades
 w A. Wheeler Warren L. Briggs
 Frank E. Conine Rev. M. J. O'Con-
 nor, Arthur Rhoades, Frederick smith
 Deacon Philo P. Ravens, W. H. Hart
 Commodore E. H. Beers, Fred Star
 Beardsley, Walter Hanford, c. K
 Stagg. The Spareribs have not per
 fected their team but 1t will 1ncluoe
 beside the Ex-Sheriff Charles B. Stagg
 Crawford, Postmaster W. B. Bristol
 George T. Jewell, Sidney Beardsley'
 Sylvanus Dickinson, Sheriff John Will Hams Robert Sammis E. H. Judson, E.. W Beers, Selectman Fred Nettle- ton, Edward Bennetto, William More house, George Warehouse, George Fryer, Dr. H. M. Clapp. The grounds at Knowlton Park have been moved are in first class hape for the game. The betting is now 2 to 1 on the Spareribs.
 Capt. A. Bedell Benjamin and Mrs. Benjamin reached Chicago on Thurs day afternoon. A letter received from the Captain by J. P. Hale said every thing O. K.''
 Chief Allan Judson is giving the hose wagon an extra coat of red paint and when it reaches it's berth in the fire house again 1t will be a fine piece of apparatus.
 An airship passing over the town this morning attracted much attention. It passed out of sight to the westward evidently bound for New York. Thoroac COninp son 0f Mir and Mrs. Frank E. Conine, has passed the examinations for entrance to the Aca- demic. department of Yale college ana will begin with the freshman class next fall
 The lack of fire hydrants at Hollis ter Heights is the cause of complaint by residents and real estate dealers who own property there. It is a mis- take however to believe that there are no public hydrants on Bruce ave- nue. There is one midway between the railroad track and Barnum ave-. nue and four on Barnum avenue west of Van Rennsalaer avenue. There IS no denying the fact however that this rsniSly n gsoT,ng 5sdrsmts rssIasnse section
 An indication of the increasing pop ularity of Stratford as a residence town is indicated by the sale of lots at Hamilton Park which has been opened by John J. Jordan. The fol- lowing have bought lots in the last two weeks, F. A. Gallagher No. 8S; Mary F. Kershaw 60 and 83; James c. Turrell Ss; William and c. c. Seal ley 61; Thomas Boyce S4: Mrs. Agnes Menier S1 and s2; Miss Agnes Menier 64: Victor H. Marcus 91; Charles D. Lane s2; Eliza Lagacy 53; Joseph Val cour 52.
 W. B. Futile has received little l. ~ tlr by the late F. W. Swift last year. Mir. Futile has had them out to pas ture in Ansonia They are a lively lot when agitated.
 Roswell Bliss was overtaken and thrown from his motorcycle by an au- tomobile yesterday in Bridgeport.
 Rev Arthur Shirley will occupy the tomorrow morning The communion service will be postponed for one week on account of the absence of the pas- tor. At the morning service the an- nual statement of the Ecclesiastical society will be read.
 David Judson, who has had occasion to use the roads of the town as much as any one, suggests, that little clay be mixed with the trap rock which is being distributed on the roads. He says the clay acts as a binder and pre- vents the stone from being forced out of the road.
 Services will be held as usual on Sunday in the Congregational church. Rev. Arthur Shirley will occupy, the pulpit. A statement of the financial condition of the society will be read at the morning service. The com service will be postponed one week on account of the absence of the pastor. Rev. Arthur Shirley will also take charge of the preparatory