Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-13
Especial to The Bul1etin.)

New London, Sept 12-There was a etary in lo cal newspaper this week
 tel ing of ,~ees planted in the lo1.g | ago by the late Elias P. Morgan, then ali alderman of the city, with a city appropriation, and being subsequently, defeAted. Tor reelection for his extI+av : aganee in planting trees on the Mor- gan farm. The story goes that the trees then planted are now the beau tiful shade trees on the northwest. near the park and in Broad street and vicinity Elias F. Morgan was fath- CT of the present mayor who bears his name, only it is split in the mid de to F. Frank Morgan. As the story goes on it says that at the time the Morgan trees were set out that Will jams park was nothing but a public dump, That is not true. as the only sembiance it had of a dump was long after the trees were planted. and in comparatively recent years when the park was being filed in to conform to the newly laid out street grade.
 The story Of the trees and of the park dump reads well and perhaps that's why the fiction section was add ed At the period when Elias F. Nor gan senior was member of the court of common council, not an aldermen as that title had no place in the municipality Williams park was not dump, but large open baseball field. It was here where the Pequots con tested with the famous Charter Oaks for the state championship. and played
 many games with clubs of the state representing New Haven. Hartford New Britain. Middletown and Nor wich. The Peouots became champions of the state and held the title for many seasons.
 At this distance the old Pequot players cannot readily be recalled. Let's see. There was Solteldo, the sol dier. afterwards an ambassador or some other high official to a foreign
 
 noted author Of a comic opera: Pete McMullen. the soldier. and after wards assistant chief engineer of the New London Fire department; Eben F. March. the best pitcher in the state and his catcher. Marcellus Roe. Inl those days the ball was pitched ac cording to the rules of the game and not thrown as now, and the pitcher was required to put the ball where the batter wanted it: Knee high. waist high, or shoulder high.
 Another Pecuot player was O'Don- nell a New Yorker. and Henry Farm ham was the official scorer. There may be others. but the only members of in New London today. that can be re menbered just now are Daniel s. Marsh and Eben Smith. The Pequots were in the playing many years ago i and Williams park was not a dump at hat time. and never was within the ] memory of living man. There were rees then on the four streets sur 1 'ounding the park. but none in the park now proper, although the park i S now studded with big trees. That : $ another story from different 'ource. Joseph B. Congdon was Il member of the court of cdimmon coun- il and of the committee on public | property in charge or the park MT. Congdon while being a good citizen, vas classed as an old fogy by the 'oung fellows of this time. He had 10 use for baseball. He decided that would be best for the future gen. ra tion to have a real nice. shaded ,ark than have the park continue as m open space and all cut up as a ,asebaIl field. So he put an end to