The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-03
BASKETBALL SEASON
IN STRATFORD TO
BEGIN VERY SOON
RambIers and Rambler Juniors
Organizing For the Season.
Teams This Year To Be Best
Ever.
Especial to the Farmer.)

Stra tford, Oct. @The basketball
season in Stratford will begin in about
two weeks if a hall can be secured
suitable to hold the games in and
comfortably accommodate the crowds
of fans which the management expects
to see at the games this year. The
members of the Rambler. team got to-
gether couple of nights ago and
planned to hold a practice game with
n a couple of days, beginning the regu-
lar season about October 10 with a
game with some fast New Haven or
Derby team.
The Ramblers this year will have
a better team than ever before. B1a-
mey, Beards1ey, Heig, HafeIe and the
other members of last years team are
now players in a class that ranks
with the very best in the state as
they have all had several years exper-
fence at the game and know all its
fine points which can only be learned
by constant practice and long expert
ence.
The manager of the team this year
is Andrew Heig and he is looking for
games to be played either in stratford
or at other points throughout the
state. He feels that his team is one
of the best in Connecticut at this time
and would be glad to arrange games
with any other managers who feel
that their teams are in a class with
the Ramblers. He1g's address is P.
o. Box $40, Bridgeport, Conn.
The Rambler Juniors held meet
ing last night at the home of George
Hale on Broad street for the purpose
of organizing for the season. The
Rambler Juniors have fine team and
expect to bring just as many laureIs
to the town this year as the big Ram
blers.
FAIRCHILD CUP.
At the Weatogue Country club to-
morrow afternoon the first rounds in
the golf tournament for the handsome
Fairchild cup donated by G. A. Fair
child, the Bridgeport jeweler, will be
played off. This cup is to. be won
three years in succession to become
the permanent property of any mem
Der of the club 1t is a beautiful
sterling silver creation, handsomely
the club will try hard to win.
CHAT NOR DANCE.
WoodhulI's orchestra of Bridgeport
has been engaged to furnish music
for the first of this seasons Chat Noir
club dances, which is to be held in
the Tuttle Auditorium on the evening
of Saturday, October H.. The dance,
which is the first of a. series to be
given by the club during the coming
winter promises to be a fine success.
Already the Members of the club have
received assurances from the young
people of Stratford, Bridgeport and vi
cinity to the number of more than
100 that they will be present at the
affair. A large delegation of young
men will be present from Yale uni
versfty where several Stratford boys
are studying at present and some peo-
pie from as far away as New FORK
are expected to be present at the
dance.
A BABY GIRL.
"A hahv girl arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Thompson on
Main street Wednesday evening. Moth
err and daughter are reported as doing
nicely. Mrs Thompson was Miss Pol
~ Rockwell of Fairfield prior to her
marriage to ''Neil'' Thompson of this
town.
RETURN HOME.
Prof. and Mrs. Arthur Shirley have
returned to their home on Warwick
avenue after a summer spent in Eur
ope They report having had a de-
lightful trip.