Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-17
PUTNAM

Kenneth C. Ballard and Miss Marion Carpenter of South Main street; Put nam, left Monday morning for Oak Bluffs, Mass, where they will join Mrs. J. Richard Carpenter and Miss Eleanor Carpenter. All will return together Monday next
 Ralph Bradford left Sunday for motor trip to Montreal.
 Arthur McMahan of 2s Providence street, Worcester, Mass, was arrested Sunday night by Officer Ernest 1Chand- Ter and ordered to report at the Put nam city court Wednesday morning to answer to charges of driving an auto mobile equipped with illegal headlights. He YVES driving with commercial lens that is not approved by the automobile commissioner.
 There is a general impression among motorists in Putnam that by painting with black paint the glass of an unap- proved commercial lens they are com plying with the law. Captain John H. | Bulger of the police department states that such procedure does not meet the requirements, and that if a lens is 1 painted, only plain glass can be used. pr. J. F. Macintosh, Church street, l left Putnam Monday for a motor trip l to Montreal.
 Nearly 1000 fans were disappointed 1 Sunday afternoon when the members of | Thomas McDermott's- North Grosvenor- 1 dale base ball team failed to put in an 1 appearance to battle against the Ash lands, of Jewett City. The visiting ] team arrived at the North Grosvenor- dale grounds and practiced for more | than an hodri after which it was decid- ed to call the game off Manager Mo- 1 that his Braves were unable to take the field. Seven of his players come from Providence, and on their way to 1 North Grosvenordale the machine in which they were driving tipped over while turning into a bad detour. None of the players was injured, but the au- | tomebile was put oEt of running order | The members of the Braves hunted up a telephone and sent to Putnam for a
 machine to bring them on. The ma- | chine that went to where they were stalled could not locate the players, and so came back to this city. In the
 meantime Manager Tom took another automobile and set out in pursuit of his l players. On reaching the point where | he had last heard from them no trace of them was found and so the ener- getic manager hustled pack to the ball grounds and proceeded to return every
 cent that he had taken in at the gate.
 Soon after this the belated players ap- peared. They had sent to Providence
 for an automobile with which to com plete the trip. By that time it was too
 late to go ahead with the game Man. ager Tom expressed himself as sorry that the accident occurred, but mani festly it was unavoidable He promises
 to repay the fans for their inconvenience
 Sunday next by giving them an unusual opportunity to see some real baseball for he has secured an exhibition game with the Boston Americans, and has a
 guarantee that every regular player ex-
 cept Scott will be in the lineup.
 James Murray, of the First National
 Bank, and Jack Slattery, of the Man
 hasset Company left Putnam Monday
 morning for an automobile trip that will
 take them to Montreal
 Attorney and Mrs. Charles L. Torrey
 returned to Putnam Sunday after pas
 sing a week on Cape Cod
 Sunday afternoon when they met the