The Connecticut labor news., 1923-07-27
PRINTERS TOURNEY
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awaiting the big tourney of union printers to be held in New York be- ginning August 4 and ending August 10, an dfrom the program arranged 1t IS to be the biggest affair of the kind ever held. Thousands of printers, many of them from Connecticut, will be present and while Connecticut will not be represented by a ball team nevertheless Connecticut men will have their favorites and enjoy it just as we'll
 Here is the way the program shapes up at present:
 Saturday, August 4: Get together
 night in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor. Address of welcome by Mayor John F. Hylan. Concert by Big Six band. Performance by Big Six minstrels, followed by dancing. Sunday, August 5: Two games of
 baseball at the Polo Grounds, first game called at o'clock.
 Monday, August 6: At o:3o in the morning sightseeing buses will leave the Hotel Astor and proceed to the
 Battery, where visitors will be given an hour to visit the Aquarium and the waterfront. At HIS baseball parade, with players on foot, will pro ceed to the City Hall. It is thought that this event will be the greatest baseball parade ever staged, and that 1t will be the means of securing fay orable publicity for both the league and the I. T. U, After a greeting by Mayor Hylan at the City Hall, the players will return to their respective buses and the procession will con- tinue to the Polo Grounds, where two games of baseball will be played.
 Tuesday, August 7: At 1o:3o in the morning a sightseeing steamer will leave a landing at the Harlem River and proceed around the city of New York, returning in time for those taking the trip to attend the ball games at the Polo Grounds, near the landing. At 1east<two games of ball will be played This evening will be known as I. T. U. night The enter tainment probably will be a moonlight trip up the Hudson River.
 Wednesday, August 8: At o:3o in the morning sightseeing buses will leave the Hotel Astor and proceed across Manhattan bridge, through the city of Brooklyn and down Ocean Parkway to Brighton Beach, thence to Manhattan Beach. Arriving at the beach, the first of two baseball games will be started as soon as possible on the diamond at that resort, which is as good as any big league diamond. At the conclusion of the second ball game diving and swimming contests will take place in the lagoon. There will be two events left open for the visitors to enter-one hundred meter crawl stroke for women, and the other hundred meter crawl stroke for men. Entries for these races must be in New York not later than July 20. All entrants must be strictly amateurs. These contests will be controlled by the rules of the A. ing Brothers will have charge of this part of the program Several we'll known swimmers and divers will be present and give exhibitions. At the conclusion of the water events sight seeing buses will take the party to Villepigue's Inn, at Sheepshead Bay, for shore dinner.
 Thursday, August 9: At 1o:3o ln the morning a sightseeing steamer will leave a landing in the Harlem River and proceed around the city of New York, returning in time for those taking this trip to attend the ball games at the Polo Grounds. At least two ball games at the Polo Grounds, the time for starting the first game depending on the schedule for the day. At night there will be a theater party for the lady visitors, and stag for the men. Long John'' O'Conne1l will be master of ceremonies at the latter affair.
 Friday, August 10: The morning | will be given over to shopping for the | ladies. At 3 o'clock the final game, which will determine the champion ship of the league for 1923, will start. If other games are scheduled for this | day the time will be arranged so as not to interfere with the final. At ):3o at night the festivities of what is known as league night will begin. At this function the Garry Hermann trophy, and the Linotype Company's and other prizes will be presented to the 1923 champions of the league. There will be speeches by the several followed by dancing in the grand ballroom of the Hotel Astor.
 On Saturday, August II, the visit ing delegations will depart
 One of the features on the program will be a visit to the mammoth fac tory group of the Mergenthaler Lino
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