New Britain herald., 1917-10-08
Pta1nVille News
PLAINVILLE BOY
REACHES FRANCE
Corporal Leon Roberts Cables
Of Safe Arrival
WAS IN COMPANY |
W AS IN COMPANY

No Time to Buy Like the Present.
Two Auto Accidents Over the Week.
End-Secret Service Man in Town.
News in the form of cablegram
has been received by Mrs. G. G.
Roberts of 25 East street from her
son, Leon Roberts, stating that he has
arrived safely on the shores Of France.
The cablegram which was dated
/ October 4 was not received until last
night and was dated somewhere in
France" It is probable that he is in
Paris.
Young Roberts, he is 20 years of
age, enlisted in 1915 with company I,
G.. NJ G., at New Britain. In the
summer of 1916 he was sent to the
Mexican border where he saw serv-
ice with that body of troops. This
year he was again called into service
when President Wilson declared
state of war existed between this
country and Germany. After being
stationed in the Hardware city for
some time he was sent to New Haven.
The date upon which he sailed
nothing was heard from him for sew
eral weeks until his trip overseas was
successfully made.
Roberts is a well known young man
of the town, being native and hav-
ing received his education at the local
schools. At present he holds the
rank of corporal.
Other local young men who were
members Of Company I are thought
to have arrived in France although
no word has been received to that eff
feet.
All Stars Win.
The All Stars are highly elated over
the showing which they made yester-
day against Southington when they
walloped the football team from that
place to the tune Of a $50 shutout.
This was the first game Of the sea-
son and was played at Aliens field
before an enthusiastic crowd of root
ers. Next Sunday the All Stars will
play one of the fast teams in New
Britain.
The lineup of the local aggregation
yesterday was as follows: Fullback,
James Lee; halfback, Edward
Naaman; left halfback, Harold Birn-
baum; quarterback. Leroy Mum;
right ends, Donald Messenger and
Victor Berner; left end. Clifford Lee;
left tackle, Tony Pistello; right tackle,
William Goodfield: right guard, Ar
thur Stanley; left guard, Adrian
Daniels and center, Percy Miller. R.
Williams officiated as referee and H.
Ewald and Thomas Cassidy acted as
linemen.
Auto Hits a Ford.
For the past week there has been
at least one auto accident each day in
the town Of Plainville. The last one
to happen took place last evening
about o'clock on West Main street
when Ford coming towards Plain
Vile collided with a large touring car
going in the opposite direction. AL
though both Of the vehicles carried
passengers no one was injured to any
extent. Fortunately the cars were not
damaged materially. According to
reports the owner of the Ford did not
have his lights turned on. This and
the narrowness of the aniesite pave
ment on the Bristol-Plainville high
way is said to have caused the acct
dent.
Benjamin Defeated.>
For the first time in his young life,
F. Iven Benjamin, who bears the
monicker "The French Whirlwind,"
felt the bitter pangs of defeat Satur-
day evening when, in the finish match
at Turner Hall in New Britain with
Alva Ventres, 1.-The Berlin Black
smith," for the lightweight champion
ship Of New England he was defeat
ed in straight falls in record time.
The time Of the first fall was two
minutes and 10 seconds and the Sec
ond fall was five minutes.
Although Benjamin is conceded to
be one Of the best grapplers in the
country at 1875 pounds he was no
match for the Berlin boy, who was
the larger of the two, and seemed |
to outweigh the pride of Plainville
by at least 80 pounds. In spite Of |
this handicap Benjamin showed his !
aggressiveness during the few minutes |
the bout lasted and If the weights |
of the two opponents had been even !
the story might be told from an en- !
tirely different standpoint.
Ventres also showed his good |
craftsmanship when, after the match !
was ended, he announced that he did |
not consider the battle was staged on
even terms as he conceded that the |
Plainville boy was much the smaller
and lighter.
Liberty Loan Booming.
A. A. Macleod treasurer Of the
Plainville Trust company, announced
this morning that subscriptions are
coming in at a fast rate and that up
to date subscriptions to the amount
of $11, 900 have been taken, either at
the bank or through solicitors on the
general committee.
A meeting of the manufacturers |
committee was held Saturday over
which Chairman Frank Wheeler pre-
sided, and during which time plans
were made to enlist the aid of the