Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-16

At Poquetanuck Drawbridge Satur-
day the United Commercial Travellers
found conditions ideal for their sec
ond annual outing. Norwich council
members were Joined by feilow,mem-
were about 35 to mako up the jolly
party. Some of them went in motor
boats and others in motor cars and
the rest by train. There were lot
Of athletic events to test the fitness
of the travelling men and the ball game
was the supreme test The material
was pretty well distributed in the two
picked up>teams with Captains Lyon
OF New London heading one and Louis
England of Norwich the other. Cap
tain Lyons nine won by the score OF
16-13 Frank Gallagher started in to
pitch for the winners, but Capt Lyon
went in to relieve him as the game
progressed and Ruddock of New Lon
don caught the shoots of both. Capt
Engler was replaced by Rogers OF New
London at pitch, and Arthur Beck was
behind the bat.
The aquatic events were particular
ly featured. There was a swimming
race Of so yards or whereabouts be-
tween Burr of New London. Blfven Of
Westerly, Lyon of New London and
Engler of Norwich. Bliven won it
Then there was a race between row.
boats with one man at the oars and
Ruddock of New London won. This
was followed by a tug of war On the
water, two rowboats pulling against
each other. with two men in a boat,
one at the oars, the other standing up
at the rope. Lyon and Beck were
against Ruddock and Bliven, and the
latter won after pulling his opponent
twice into the water for the best two
out of three. Captain G. w. Pearson's
tug of war team was beaten by Capt.
Burr's huskies and a so yard dash was
IL D,,66aoIr Of NnTE Taondnr
There was a chowder served at 11.3O
and the bake was opened at $50 and
it was found to be a splendid and
soul satisfying one as prepared Dy
Chester Barnes. The committee that
managed the outing SO nicely was,
Henry w. LAM. Charles w. Pearson
and Gurdon L. Bidwell- Alexander
Jordan was judge of the races and
Charles W. Pearson was the starter.
GriswoId Command had Three Wins.
The United Spanish War Veterans
of Eastern Connecticut had their an
nual outing Sunday at the farm OF
Major John A Hagberg in Michigan
on Sunday. 1t was a great day for
the soldiers and ex-soldiers to get out
in the open and there were close to a
hundred of them to enjoy the pleas
ures of the occasion to the full. Will
limantic. Westerly, Norwich and New
London were represented, and there
also came regulars from FOrIS wright
and Terry, who are affiliated with
George NJ. Cole command in the last
city. A part of the 11fh artillery band
was also there and made its pres
ence conspicuous with blare of trum-
pets.
In two ball games R. S. Griswold
command Of this city was victorious.
Willimantic was beaten, 12-11, and
New London by an uncertain score,
Norwich getting a grip thereby on the
silver trophy cup. on which New Lon
don took the first leg last year.
The winning lineup: H. F: Burdick
c. ]. A. Hagberg ., Johnson 10, George
Turner %, John Sauter 3b, Albert
Thorpe IS, Fred Tucker Of Uncasville
If. August Sabrowski CT, War OLSON,
If
In the rifle shoot. the Norwich
marksmen were in fine form and took
their third victory of the day New
London was defeated by a margin Of
points, WiIlimantic by something
like 20. On the Griswold commands
team Major Hagberg was first, with
a score of SO out of a possible 100,
with his teammates. Frank O. Smith,
War OLSON. Herbert F. Burdick and
George A. Turner all well up in the
sos. The distance was LOG feet,
shots kneeIing, sitting, 10 prone.
The tug of war was Willimantic's
event. There was a fine chowder and