The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-22
STAMFORD
Twin Daughters
 Born To Be|fours
Special to The Farmer.

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 Stratford, March 22.-Twin daugh- ters arrived at the home of William Belfour of Highland avenue, yester- day and Dr. Rowland, who officiated says they are the finest pair of girls who have arrived in the town in years. Their combined weight was 12 pounds but they made as much noise as many more weighty young sters. Everybody is doing well and there is joy on Highland avenue in spite of the weather.
 The dancing classes at Prof. Shaw's will resume their regular work this evening at Grange hall.
 The basket ball fans enjoyed them selves to the utmost last night and there was not dull minute during the whole evening. The Yale Rovers, an aggregation of college men had come over from New Haven expect ing to take a parcel of rubes into camp with ease. They returned to their Alma Mater with different ideas of Stratford but not entirely crest fallen for they had met foemen wor- thy of their steel and enjoyed the dance after the game thoroughly. They promised to come again and said that they never had jollier time in their travels around the country The advantage passed from one team to the other by close mar gins all through the game. A basket was made by the visitors just as the whistle sounded for the ending of the game was not allowed. The score al the end was 20 to IT and the disal- lowed basket would have made the score still closer. The college boys played hard but gentleman1y game n ha fire a h been made by either side Haefele, the right fordward of the Ramblers fell twisting his left foot under him and spraining his ankle so, badly that he was obliged to quit the game and will be lame for long time. The loss of Haefele was a serious handicap for the locals for the big right forward is one of the best men on the team The vocal offerings of Andrew Heig, the left guard of the Ramblers charm ed the audience as we'll as the oppos- ing players. As a soloist he is al. most as good as at making baskets which comes to him jess as easy.'' Ramblers Position Rovers Haefele, Ashe Geracy
 Right Forward
 Heig Talkington
 Left Forward
 Ashe, Flood Martindale
 Right Guard
 Goodwin Scofeld
 Left Guard
 Score Ramblers 20, Rovers 17; time, l twenty minute halves: Warehouse, ref cree; Kennedy scorer.
 The Rambler Juniors played only one half and part of another with the Crescents of Bridgeport A Crescent player who has been here frequently and is noted for his rough tactics al. though a man grown was pitted | against High school boy 16 years old l His unsportsmanlike conduct has caused much unfavorable comment on previous occasions. Last night he ponent until cries of coward" and misses greeted him from all parts of the hall. He was warned by the brother of the boy, Yale man, to desist but he smiled superciliously and getting the little fellow on the floor in the beginning of the last half punched him. The big brother jump- ed into the ring and within half a minute threw enough left swings and right uppercuts into the rowdy to al- most put him out. This ended the game and the Crescents took their damaged banker home with his face sadly disfigured.
  the place of the Normans and beat the High school boys 24 to 3. This game afforded the comedy features of the eveping.
 At the basketball games last week Mrs. M. G. Goodwin, mother of Frank Goodwin of the Ramblers, sat on a front seat and was bumped in one of the skirmishes. She thought nothing of the matter at the time but a few days later she complained of pains in her side. The family physician was called and found two ribs broken The same bones were broken two years ago when Mrs. Goodwin was visiting in California.
 The second annual banquet of the Stratford Board of Trade will be held in Redmen's hall next Thursday ev- ening. The committee in charge of the affair, Deacon Philo P. Havens David L. Rhoades, F. E. Blakeman, w. H. Kelsey and F. L. Curtis are busy making arrangements. The speakers, who will be announced later, will be we'll worth hearing and the committee promises to make it one of the most interesting events of the year. Tickets are on s.lle at the news rooms and drugstores.
 A new letter stamping machine has been installed in the postoffice. It will stamp 125 letters a minute.