The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
CIVIL SERVICE
 MEN READY FOR
 ANNUAL OUTING
Clerks, Carriers, Rural and Railway Clerks and Gus
 toms Workers Going

Much enthusiasm is being displayed about the main post office and it's branches for the annual outing and
 sheep roast of the local branch of the Civil Service Retirement association,
 which will be held at Siegefs grove, Stratf1eld, on Sunday, Sept. 3. The as- sociation is composed of five divisions of the service: Mail clerks, letter car riers rural carriers and railway mail clerks and custom house employees. SiegePs grove which is located at the end of the Stratfeld car line will prove an ideal spot for a days outing and the committee in charge under the di- rection of Postmaster Charles F. Greene have spared neither time nor expense to make this :, flair the banner event. The Civil Service Retirement association is an organizaztfon com posed of all government employees
 whose object is to further the interest of securing pension for all employees
 who have been incapa citated for duty or who have grown old in the service. The feature of the days outing will be a real baseball game between the clerks and carriers of the local office. Great enthusiasm has been aroused over this event as there has always been great rivalry between these two factions on the ~eIl field. The carriers team known as Ed Fagan's Bundy punchers will be cap
 tained by Maurice Farrell, the pride of the West End station, and have
 great hopes of victory owing to the able coaching of Eenry Sietzinger. The clerks team known as McDon- aids speed boys will be managed by Cornelius Bolster who will manage the team from the bench in addition to carrying the water pail.
 The clerks are relying on Foreman
 Kearns known as old iron sides, to do the pitching and predict that the carriers won't have chance. t Foreman Tommy Mcdonald will be on the coaching line for the clerks and promises 500 demerits to any clerk who makes an error.
 Supt. Pagan and Inspector John Heavy will be on the coaching line for the carriers. Supt Pagan will watch ~. bases closely to see that the carriers make schedule time, while In- spector Heavy has offered a bonus of four blocks to any carrier who Is fast enough to make a home run. The cap- sital prize will be set of Postal Rules and Regulations offered by Superin- tendent BreckbiH to the player mak- ing the most hits in the game.
 William McAuliffe, chairman of the athletic committee, has announced the following entries for the fat mans race which will take place immediate 1y after the ball game: Al. Plumb. Harry Bibbins, Bill Kelly, Sam Mer- ritt and Harry Benedict. The prize will be ten shares of Henry Sietzin- gers gold mine stock.
 Following the athletic sports a sheen roast will be served under the direc- ton of John Mansfield after which music and many other attractions will be enjoyed.
 Following is the lineup of the teams: Carriers: Ed. Donahue, 2b; H. Bolin-l der, 1b; A. French, of; Ray Freeman. ss; Charles O'Brien, ?b; Frank Butler. If; Maurice (Capt) Farrell, If; Sako- witz, c; John Kane, p; Fischer, D; Beddow, c.
 Clerks: Joe Shea, ss; George But Ter, c; Bill Kearns, p; Peter Clark, If; Bill Stenson, 2b; Bill Kelly, 1b and D; William Duties, 3b; Faulkner, of; Mo- Mahon, If. Umpire, unknown.
 During the day there will be songs by the Post Office quartet composed of John Hanley, William Stenson, Walter Locke and John Kane. A num- Der of other professional local singers will contribute to the program and there will be monologue by George McCabe