Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-28

of their own home towns. The first two innings were very close, each team SCOT ing four runs. Tn the third New Lon don scored four runs and Norwich two. And then it was carnage. New Lon don scored twelve runs in the remainder of the game. Norwich tallying but three and the pathetic result read New Lon don 20; Norwich s' The result was sad to the Norwich men but they have sworn that the cup shall not rest peace fully in the old Whaling Town to be. tarnished by briny fogs
 The lineup follows New London Chapin, e; Spencer, p; Eaton, tb; Cairns, 2b; Langdon, Sb Keefe. ss; Riser, If; Leary, If DeFoe, Of.
 Norwich Standish. c; Bendett, p; Donovan, 1b; Mccormick, 2b Ring, Sb La Vaughn, ss; ; McAuiiffe, If; Caron. of; Aubrey, If. Umpires-Donovan and Weymouth.
 The umpiring was of excellent charac- ter, no disputes, aside from those insti- gated by Jack Cairns, interrupting the smooth progress of the game. Jack is suspected of having radical tendencies.
 In the tug of war the ponderous crews sweateds and tugged, grunted and prayed, and in the last ten seconds Norwich pulled the fluttering bit of cambric over the line and held it there until the re-
 
 exciting contest and was not to be watched by possessors of weak hearts. At the beginning of the tug the spectacle was sedately watched by the blase throng in orderly position, but the last ten sec onds found them wildly yelling for their respective teams and massed in close formation almost on top of the muscular Titans The anchors were the widely ] known Constable Gus Lambert for Nor Wich and Charlie, Rice, of confectionery fame, for New London. The prize, box of cigars; was awarded the winners and they departed in haze of aromatic smoke.
 Not the least interesting of the after I noon's events wasrthe quoit match. This was an elimination game which was cap | tured by Messrs. Rice and Leverone oi | New London.
 And then, oh then, came the really big attraction-the bake About 225 diners with 225 perfectly good appetites sal down and paid the best tribute which a 1 cook can receive. There were Holsters which must have been caught in special | ly made pots, veritable monsters of the l deep; corn which must have been raised in Elysian fields tomatoes which never reposed unassisted on their vines, cucuni
 bers whose green freshness was heaven l ly, brown bread which brought up mem ories of New England Saturday nights | watermelon which made one love the sunny south a plentitude of, soda watel
 and delicious ice cream which had beer kindly donated by Jack Spencer of New 1 London.
 l The bake ended and the afternoon rap | idly waning the satisfied throng eX 1 changed farewells and started home
 ward, looking forward to next years out ing. The affair was a compleet success
 and is 10 become an annual one. The joint committee representing tn New London oRtary club and the Cham
 Der of Commerce was: J. William Clarke Thornton W. M. I4athrop. Walter Lewis James C. Hammond, Stanley Goldsten
 and Henry R. Bond, Jr. The joint com mittee of the Norwich Rotary club an 1 Chamber of Commerce was: Clinton
 Lane, Charles W. Pearson, J. N. Wey
 mouth, ]. F. Cleveland. J. C. Worth, Mel
 son Parker, Louis M. Crandall and Dl Hugh B. Crandall
 It had been announced that Senate
 Frank B. Brandegee and Congressma
 Richard F. Freeman might attend tn
 outing, but neither of the big men froI
 the legislative halls at Washington wer able to be present.