Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-26
NEW LONDON ON BASEBALL MAP Clean and the Desire of Morton F. Pant-Need
 of Building Line -M Matters of Interest Locally Before
 General Assembly.

The immense demonstration at Plant field on Wednesday afternoon must have satisfied Morton F. Plant that the people of New London fully appreciated his generous action in getting the city back on the baseball map Business was practically suS pended in the city and over 5000 people assem- bted on the field to pay respect to MT. Plant and to witness the opening game in this city in the Eastern league, the visiting and op- posing team being the FIartfords. It occasion-the biggest day in the base ball history of the town. The teams Were evenly matched and from start to finish the game was excitingly in teresting, with New London having the shade of advantage and winning by the score of to 0. It was de1ne n- strated that New London staFss @ .ln a bunch Of lively players and Mir. Plant has given instruction to the manager of his team to see to it that they play clean and fast baseball and that they will not have to wait very long for the pay envelope.
 Prior to the call of the game and while the people were gradually filing into the field the kononloc band played some lively selections, so that there was something going on all the time. Just before the opening of the game an immense horseshoe of Rich mOnG red roses was presented by the fans to hIr. Plant. Then Mayor Ma han stepped into the arena and tossed the first ball which. of course, was SC puZzling that the hatsman could not find it. It was clear case of the Irish man and the Iisa. Had President Roosevelt stallxed into the field arm in arm they could not have received a more hearty and enthusiastic fe- ception than WAS accorded Mir Plant and Mayor Mahan. And this was all before the game had commenced. So it is no wonder that Manager Burns and his Planters were encouraged to d high degree and went into the game to win They realized they must win, for they were like unto the boy that went gGnning for the raccoon when the minister was coming to dinner. They must win.
 1t was great eassae for a starter and the fans sincerely hope that the good work wif continue to the end of the season, and that New London season and at the end be at or very near the top. As some of the teams, especially Hartford, has already de- ciared that the pe2Rant will be toted to the Capital City, it can hardly be expected that it can come to. New London, for there is but one e4lana- pionship pennant. But that little mai ter will not be decided until the sum
 
 are in readiness to tackle at football.
 There is property owner ws,o per- sists in Iesseninq the value of ad- jacent property in Montauk avenue by not needing the adopted building line and by building a little one story shack on the one side and extending beyond his own private residence. erecting a tenement house. on 3. line with the shack on the other side and filling in the. rear with tenement houses built to accommodates many ten ants in close quarters. and all for the money there is. in it and without regard to the general fine surroundings This latest building. was commented with out first obtaining the required legal permit from the court of common councls and without regard to the building lines, claiming that there is no established building line on the avenue and that he has the night to use every inch of his property if he so desires public hearing on the matter of as- tablishing a legal building line and there were many who Appeared ia favor of such action, voictagj the pub lie sentiment that somethfag should be done that would prevent the farth- | er disagreement of Montauk avenue. There is need of a Municipal Art So- ciety with power in New London. The ] organization is here and it should be