The Press., 1922-05-11
HOME NEWS.
NTAFFORD NPRIMaR

StudeDaker touring car.
 Miss Hazel Comins of Hartford spent the weekend in town.
 Woods orchestra will furnish mu- sic for a dance in Palmer next We'd nesday evening.
 Regular meeting of I. O. R. M., next Thursday evening. Special business. All members are requested to be pres ent.
 Paul Genholt has completed his gar age on West Main street and is open for business. His telephone number is 1912.
 Miss Mary I Newton and her niece, Miss Frances Newton, who have spent the past few months in California, expect to reach home May seven- teenth.
 The United Talking Machine Co.,, will be at their new quarters in the store next to Fitzpatrick's news room tomorrow moving from the Lee & Buckley store.
 Henry Goyette was fined $2O and costs, amounting in all to $29.81, in the borough court last Friday on a charge of operating an automobile without a license. State Policeman Elmer Young made the arrest after Investigating the accident which Oc- cured last Sunday near the Rhode Island mill in which -GOyette and Joseph Ostrowski were slightly injur- ed.
 The local high school baseball nine o& h oF the season tomorrow when it will op- pose the Palmer high school team in Palmer Much interest is being taken in the game as there is bitter rivalry between the two schools and also be- cause the local lads are out to avenge for the two defeats they met at the hands of this team last year. The probable lineup will be: Clark c; Quinn or Baldwin p; Piccin 1st; Towne End; Sullivan ss; Scussel 3rd i; Quinn or Baldwin If; Davis of; and Calchera or Pease If.
 The Night Hawks defeated the White Socks of Rockville last Sunday at Keefe's plains ty a score of to4. The game was exceptionally fast with few errors on either side. Michna of Stafford and Kaymer of Rockville both pitched good brand of ball. Lewis made three great catches in left field. The score by innings:
 Night Hawks 22OO1OOO*-5 9 4 White Socks 22OOOO-4 7 Batteries: Michna and CaIchera; Kay mer and Pickett; Empires, Madison and Miller.
 Mark Jackson of Springfield and son of Samuel Jackson, formerly of this place, will join the Detroit club of the American league next month. At pre- sent Jackson is the star pitcher oi Catholic University and has been pitching wonderful ball of late al though losing out to Harvard and Fordam last week because his team. mates were weak at the bat. During last summer Jackson pitched severa great games with and against Staf ford's fast semi-pro team. It is saiC that Manager Ty Cobb intends to ust Jackson as regular when he grad Tuates from c. U., which will be mex month.
 The Ching-a-ling banjo club of Will limantic have, been obtained by tn, high school athletic association tt furnish music for concert and danc' tomorrow evening in the assembly hal of the new school building. The peo pie of Stafford were given chance t. hear this company once before ant ! those who attended were much pleas ! ed with the entertainment and man, have expressed their desire to hea ! them again. The high school athleti | association has SO far this seasOl refrained from soliciting the town fo money and it is hoped that the publi will turn out we'll for this concert an dance.
 A farewell social was given in tn assembly hall of the new school las Friday evening by the high schOo for AnsOn B. Handy, who has bee superintendent of the schools an principal of the high school for tn past four years. During these year MT. Handy has improved the conditio of the high school considerably, bot in standard and athletics. He wa presented with a beautiful travelin bag by the high school. Music wa furnished by the high school six pieC orchestra. At teachers meeting las week MT. Handy was presented wit brief case by the teachers associs tion.
 The opening game of the All Sta ford team will be played next Sunda with the fast Storrs Independents ( c. A. c. at Keefe's Plains. A larg number of local boys have turned ol for practice and a team that Staffo1
 can be proud of has been picked fC
 Sundays game. The grounds are
 excellent condition and bleachers hay
 been built so that there will be sea
 enough for everybody. Assistal
 Manager Miller has been working e:
 ceptionally hard to build up suitab
 schedule and has it nearly complete | so that Stafford baseball fans can e:
 pect some exceptionally fast baseba
 games in the near future. The tea
 would like the publics' support al
 they are surely worth it. It is n
 being run as a money making propos tiOn but as an attraction for tho
 playing and for those interested
 good baseball.
 The All Stars defeated the Villai
 Hill ball team, in hard fought gam
 last Sunday, at the fairgrounds by
 12 to il score. The game was on u
 ice until the ninth inning. At u opening of the ninth the score w . II to 10 in favor of the Village Hillel S Alex and Angelo Fontanella singl s and Louis Desloge next up made tV } base hit to left field, thus scoring u < base runners and winning the gan } Scussel's hitting and catching was ? feature. Next Sunday the All Sta will play the Lucky Nine. They ha