Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-19
" ES T E RLY

It is evident that the Westerly town council did not strike a popular chord
 Tn it's initial action favoring Sunday
 basebaIlsin permitting the White Rock
 team to butt in and influence the coun- cil in not acting on the application in
 dependent1yT of the Westerly club
 which was the only application that
 nad been duly advertised and was as fell meeting. Instead the council look ed upon the Westerly club as monop-
 oly, which 1t is not, and treated the White Rocks just the same as if the application had been made and hearing
 advertised as required by law. The council decided 1t to be the fair way
 out to have the two teams play se- rles of rames on Sundays, best two in
 three. the winner to have the permit
 and the privileges of Riverside park
 grounds until Oct. 1st for Sunday
 games.
 This has only resulted in sma sh-up
 of the schedule arranged by the West erly club in anticipation that the coun-
 cil would permit Sunday baseball, and
 also delayed the time when Westerly
 would receive the privileges asked for in the application. The westerly club is in a class of itself when compared with White Rock. as was shown in the first game of the series played Sunday. The score was Westerly 12. White Rock 2.
 The purely local travel between Westerly and Watch Hill to Pleasant View and Weekapaug the year around, 1 is inadequate to meet operating ex- penses of trolley car or bus Due to the receipts during the summer sea- l son. the Shore Line Electric Railway company has maintained a regular i schedule to Watch Hill for the entire year, summer and winter. Most of the I income to the trolley company came 1 from persons along the line. outside of 1 Westerly. spending the day or. days at l Watch Hill. or the other beach resorts l This revenue has not been received during the present summer season and there is probability that there will be no trolley service to Watch Hill dur 1 ing the coming winter. and there will l be return to the conditions that pre- vailed under the rule of the Pawca tuck l Valley Street Railroad company ten l and more years ago.
 1 James A. Kouldanis of Pawcatuek, t through his attorney. Judge Herbert l w. Rathbun, has brought suit against | his former partners in business, George D. and Samuel Traggis. to re- 1 cover on a note for $500 part payment | for his half interest in the business. i The case is returnable to the court of 1 common pleas for New London county 1 the first Tuesday in September. MT. 1 Kouldanis brings another suit against l George D. Traggis to recover a loan of | $100. This case is returnable to Byron 1 J. Peckham. justice of the peace. at l Pawcatuck nextoMonday. All the par ] ties to the suit are known in a busi- ness way in Westerly
 Herbert A. Waite, of West Kingston, i has brought suit in damages of l S5000 against Charles r. Greene. of East Greenwich. in the supreme court for Washington County. for alleged damages inflicted with a blackjack Monday evening at the Kingston rail-
 road station. Greene is a railroad po- | liceman. Waite is a husky young colored man. John G. Clarke a West J Kingston man. has interested himself l in the case and retained the lawyer to bring and prosecute the suit. MT. 1 Clarke sent a letter to assistant super intendent R. M Smith, of the railroad company, which stated the Waite was brute1y assaulted and asks that Greene be discharged forthwith. Ac- l coding to MT. Clarke, Waite got off 1 the pier special at Kingston at about I six o'clock. Monday evening. He had 1 been drinking and was ordered to
 move on by Greene who was in plain
 clothes. Waite questioned his author l ity Blows followed and Greene was l knocked down by the black man. When l he got up Greene drew a revolver. l Waite threw up his hands and begged for his life. MT Clark says:
 The blackjack was then used. even 1 though the mans hands were up in
 surrender" The colored man must
 Il have been battered on the head a score of times. There was no effort
 made to arrest him and he managed
 to stumble to his home There were numerous witnesses and some eigh'
 or ten will testify as to the brutality of what happened.
 l Westerly Star No. i; attainee thirteenth place in the annual muster of the New England States Veteran
 Firemen's League Saturday at Wake field There were no surprises. be- 7 cause of varying rival conditions
 Some of the best hand engines made
 poor showing. while others less knowr
 did remarkable work. The. Star ant
 other engines playing early in the } contest were handicapped by a crcss- 7 head wind The wind that stopped , for a short while. allowing the Ger. , nainia Fire King, Nonantum ant 5 White Angel to make favorable wine plays Then wind conditions were : bad until, the last to play. the Volun teer and Protector. received some slight wind benefit. The result Of the } playouts are as follows:
 Feet. Inches Fire King, Pawtuxet. -22s 51-' | White Angel. Salem. ...22o
 } Wash No. l. Wickford 21o II S7 . Nonantum Providence .209 Germania No. 2. Chelsea. POS T. Protector No 8. Montello. POP 3,
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