The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-03
LADIES BASKET BALL GAME,
DRAWS ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
Town VIII be Treated to More Games
by Female Players in the Future
STAFFORD
Especial to The F,armer.)

Strat6ord Jan 35The people OF
Stratford we're last night treated to
their first ladies' basketball game and
the attraction filled the Auditorium to
overflowing. The two teams who
competed came from Bridgeport and
they furnished as much entertainments
for spectators as anything which has
happened in town for a. long time.
Manager George Ashe of the Ramblers
was Instrumental in bringing the
teams to Stra.tford. The Nutmegs are
wpoa about every game they ever
played. The Park City team which
opposed them last night is composed
OF much younger and nghter players
The latter also worked under a disad-
vantage for they have not played to-
gether in two years. The heavier
team was inclined to play the game
much like their brothers, emitting the
gent1er touches which are supposed to
obtain in the ladies' games. The
lighter team made UP much of their
disparity in weight by their agility
and the c1everness of some of their
plays. With more practice they
would probably turn the tables on
their heavier opponents. The lineup:
PARK CITY NUTMEGs.
scheibel .. Mccarthy
Right Forward.
Bell Left Forward Grace
Center
Right Guard
Barry Hutton
Left Guard.
Score: NFutmegs IA Park City 1; ref
cree, Mitchell; scorer, Cy Morehouse.
Manager Mitchell Of Of tn the ., N u, atifz5
team were much pleased with the
showing their teams made and the
enthusiasm displayed by the speeta-
together again here. Both managers
expect better work when their teams
have had some practice This is the
first game either team has played
this season. Enthusiasts in this town
expect to see many ladies' games in
the future.
Postmaster Bristol has started the
machinery of the parcel post here
and the system is working smoothly
and to his entire satisfaction The
first package was sent by Francis
George of stratford avenue who ship
ped a parcel to New York. The
first manufacturing firm to use the
post They shipped three sacks con-
tanning forty packages of aluminium
castings to different destinations. The
post will be used habitual1y by the
factories in the town for small pack
ages and Postmaster Bristol expects
to do a big carrier business nor I'm
At the funeral of Benjamin Holmes
yesterday afternoon a. delegation of
Junior o. U. A M. from Bridgeport
Rev c. s. Bullock of New London
and e H Bullock OF Cold Spring, N
Y, relatives of the deceased, sang a
duet in an impressive manner
An automobile completed the wreck
| of the guide post at the junction of
| Barn11n avenue, King street and
Nichols avenue, yesterday afternoon,
when the machine skidded out of the
road The four occupants of the car
were thrown out but no one was in
| jured The headlights and mud
guards on the machine were destroy
| ed but otherwise the machine was not
damaged. The names of the owner
and driver were not obtained.
The report of the registrar of vital
statistics for the month Of December
shows only one marriage, performed
on Dec 16, by Judge C. H Peck The
contracting parties were Anthony
Mayer and Cecilia Simons. The seven
births follow: Dec. 9, to Mr.. and Mrs
John Birk. a girl; Dec A. to Mr. and
Mrs. VIM. w. Turner, boy; Dec. Is,
| to Mr.. and Mrs. George R. Webb, a
| boy; Dec. II, to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
| Cronk, a girl; Dec. "a, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Buddington, boy; Dec. 81,
| to MIR and Mrs. T. F. Pettus, a boy;
| to Mr. and Mrs. Elliot w. Peck, a
girl. Deaths-Dec. l. Edward H.