Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-07-16
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES OUTING
treat Spirit and Large Attendance at Gathering of Cham
bers of Commerce. at Richards Grove Thursday-1oO
Norwich Members Had Parade Here Before Going Down
Defeated by New London Baseball Players to 81
4 Bake Fine Success.

keefe of New London. The honors
In the potato race were carried on by
MORGAN Cronin OF Norwich and d. NJ.
Saxton Of New London.
In the 100 yard dash e. n. Cobb of
New London was first and DR.. Lasch,
also OF New London, was second. The
sack race run over a course OF 500
feet was a tie between Roy Nash and
z. M. Cobb and Ed. Keefe and Thomas
mckinley, all OF New London. The
race was not run over because OF lack
of time.
Baseball Cup to New London.
The fat mans race was one of the
features of the day. Some half dozen
qualified for this contest and unusu-
ally fast time was made. H Schwartz
OF Norwich started out at a mile a
minute gait and held first place with
o. Woodwork of New London a close
second. Gus Lambert was on hand
with his tug-of-war men. seven. he
said, but it was decided to omit this
event as it was getting late and all
were impatient for the big event of
the day, the ball game between Nor
witch and New London, which resulted
in victory for the New Londoners
boys claimed that If New London had
not used league battery the game
would have been cinched and the lau-
rels and the cup. too. would have come
back to Norwich on the special"
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smoothly and but one or two minor
kicks were registered by the teams.
Heavy Hitting Feature.
Fletcher, the veteran N. F. A. play
er, showed his old-t time form and
pitched an excellent game in spite of
the fact that his adversaries found
him for few scattered hits. Bob was
there with the stick, too. and in the
third knocked a homer, but the ball
went over into the next lot and ac-
cording to rules agreed to before the
game, he was allowed only two bases
and had to go back to second Pen
dleton, the Norwich catcher made the
longest hit of the game and scored a
home run and he could have run the
bases again before New London re-
covered the ball. In the second in
ming ~Baratz. the New London right
fielder knocked a long one between
first and second and brought in a
home run for his team. The most
spectacular play was that made by
Cochrane, New London's shortstop,
who, while running from third. home,
fell down while halfway between the
bases and rolled over and over, get
ting to the plate safely.
The lineups;
Norwich-Karp 1b. Aubrey 2b
Schwartz 3b. Elliott SIS, Fletcher D,
Pendleton C, Bliven If, cronin CT. Fen
ton IF.
New London-T. mckinley 2b, ].
Cochrane SIS. A mckinley RI, N. Lucy.
G; A. Kesfe 3b, Williams d, Cobb Scf,
Nash Id. Baratz IF.
Score by innings:
New London 80. o 2 0s o o o 2 I-s
Norwich 1900. 0o1o Oo11 2-5
Umpires-A. L. weatherhead and G.
Phillips.
Two Straight for WhaIsrs.
Thursdays victory for New London
gives them strong hold on the sill
yer loving cup which will become their
property providing they win next year
or before any of the other associations
have chance to win three games.
New London has now won two straight
games and so retains the cup another
year.
Bake After the Ball Game.
The game over, the crowd went back
to the grove and found seats at the
table for the Rhode Island bake pre-
pared by Chef Leary Of the Thames
club. The bake was one of the best
yet and the menu served follows:
Steamed CLAIMS Drawn Butter Sauce
Bluefish Swordflsh
Clam Fritters
Broiled Chicken Arlington Sausage
Sweet Potatoes White Potatoes
Green Corn on the Cob
Brown Bread in the Bake, White Bread
Lettuce, Cucumber and Tomato Salad
French Dressing
Cold Boiled Lobster. Cracked and Split
Watermelon, Cracked and Seeded
The band was on hand and played
concert programme while the 800
hungry business men were satisfying
the call Of the inner man.
Ten Round Boxing Match.
Alter the bake came an attraction
that was not down on the programme
but which furnished much diversion
for the crowd while awaiting the time
OF departure This was a ten round
boxing match between Austin Rice.
known as the iron man, and Abe the
Newsboy, both OF New London. The
first two rounds were pretty evenly
matched, but from then on the iron
man buckled up and had Abe at his
mercy. Rice showed superiority in
speed and lodging and was right there
when it came to ''uppers.''
The Norwich crowd, numbering
about 100. some of whom came down
by trolley and auto in the afternoon,
the car arriving in Franklin square at
| 6.45 O'Clock
Windham County Well Represented.
Numbered in the crowd were about
so from Willimantic, who made the
trip by auto and car, 20 from Daniel
son who went by auto, $50 from New
London in special car and q good
sized delegation from Putnam.
Among Those Who Attended.
Included in the prominent men
present were Mayor T. c. Murphy. w.
H Cruickshank. president: H.
Smith. H. R Branche. expresidents of
the Norwich chamber: Judge J. n.
Barnes, Of this city, State President
+. H. Johnston Of Hartford. Ex-Pres-
| idents Theodore Bodenwein and z. p.
Rogers and Secretary John Hum
phrtes or the New London association.
Postmaster Bryan f. Mahan. Com
gresham Richard p. Freeman, and
Joseph p. Cruttenden Of New London.
Senator e. A Reach. President F z.
Bitgood and Ex-President woodward
| OF the Danielson association. Mayor
Daniel p. Dunn OF Willimantic and
President Tracy OF the Willimantic as
ISOLATION, George z. Shaw, president
| or the Putnam association; W. H
Sea1y, manager Of the industrial de-
partment OF the N. 2, N. H. & H. rail-
road at Boston and A. q. Smith, pas
senger agent Of the New Haven road.
The Committee Of Arrangements.
The committee In charge Of the out
Ing comprised F. c. Chidsey, chair
man: z. ID. Steele, 2. G. Ford z d.
DOtOn, j, II. Cruttendau Iohr, E,.r. :