Connecticut western news., 1917-07-05
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
All Day Celebration. Home Guard in
 Charge.

was something uOIuS dll udy duu bIiS noisy part came late Wednesday night.
 Young America might not have been out so early with his firecrackers, to disturb the slumbers of the late sleepers, but he, and she too, were at the play grounds all day.
 The swings, trapeze bar and rings and the grint stride were occupied every minute, the "kids", of all sizes, colors and complexions gave them a thorough trial and went home with burned arms and aching muscles.
 The Business Men s Association com- mittee, headed by R. D. Peirce, cer- tainly have done good work in placing the equipment where it can be used to so good advantage, it furnished amuse. ment for the youngsters during the whole day, and is available for use during the long summer vacation.
 Captain J. C. Roraback was in the ground early to direct the sports as arranged .U.J. .'t.
 For the high jump the following men had entered, W. $. Blass, George Laf- fargue, W. s. Pusey, Roy Smith, and : Roger Fraleigh. Pusey led the bunch, making a record of feet 8 inches. Richmond Landon of Hotchkiss School team gave some exhibitions of his skill in clearing the pole at 5 feet 6 inches.
 In the 100 yard dash, there were six entries, Pusey. w. Blass, E Proper K. Roberts, k. Fraleigh, Landon. The latter won easily with Fraleigh second, Pusey third.
 At 50 yards five men lined up, Landon, G. Laffargue, Wilkinson, Ranaldi and Roberts finishing in the order named. ."
 For boys of 15 years and under Perry Badgley, Douglas Adam, Frederick Barnes and Walter Goggin made the run of 50 yards with Barnes first, Cog. gin, second, Adam third.
 For boys of 12 years and under, Perry led the bunch, Douglas second, Thomas ONeil third.
 For the relay race the Odd Fellows were matched against the Masons; Ivanhoe Scott, Frank ISlass, John Arm strong and W. Blass competed against Leonard Caldwell, Roy Laffargue, A. H. Nesbitt, Isadore Minacci, the latter team finishing first.
 The juveniles also ran; Newell Smith, Frank Corcoran, Rodman Bart. lett and Elrick Beattie being swifter than Douglass Adam, Perry Badgley, Thomas O'Neill and Fred Hall
 In the ball throwing contest Ivanhoe Scott showed the most muscle with Simmons, Fraleigh and Ostrout close to his long mark.
 The ball game between the two teams of the Home Guard was most interesting as to the final result as they were so evenly matched that neither side had any decided advantage. #a. F.
 Captain Keenan of the married men had Fraleigh as pitcher, Simmons as catcher, Nesbitt first base, Graves second base, Keenan third base, Streck short stop, Caldwell, Fuller and Cam in the field. .fs'u
 Captain Scott's team of single men was made up of Ustrout, catcher, J. Killawee pitcher, Smith first base, Scott second base, Roberts third base, Heffernan short stop, Ranaldi, w. Place and E. Proper in the field. J. 0. horaback acted as upmire in his usual impressive and impartial manner. There were no appeals from his deci- ions and no disputes to mar the enjoy ment of the game. Ostrout was the only man who made big run getting to third base before the ball was in from the field.
 It would be useless to enumerate the features of the game eve1 ybody en joyed it and rooted for both teams oli Ho inN inOc r1la cd xxyith the result that the single men came out aheati 3 to 9.
 At : o'clock the Home Guard lined up for their exhibition drill. In spite of the fact that several men were ob- liged to be away, two full platoons were on the field and went through their evolutions with the grace and precision of older companies.
 The company marched the length of West Main street and back to the grounds where they finished the after. poons drill.
 Many compliments were passed by the onlookers, as to the neat appearance of the men in their new uniforms, and their response to the orders given.
 At o'clock the East Canaan ball team crossed bats with the Torringtons, playing a clean game for ten innings, that held the attention of the large crowd until the finish. The score re- sulting in victory for the East Canaan team to 3. Ostrout umplred to the general satisfaction of both teams.
 In the crowd that lined the road in front of the field were visitors from all the surrounding towns.
 The celebration was voted 8 success and 10 the credit of the committee in charge. The Home Guard cleared $55.C0 above all expenses for the day.
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