New Britain herald., 1926-08-30

when he cut the corner OF Worth
ington Ridge and Pennington ave-
nue., just missing car in the turn
Officer Brown thought it was little
too close for comfort and summon
ed Simons to appear in court tomor-
row evening to answer to the charge
of reckless driving.
Fred Hirch of 1853 Cedar avenue,
New Haven, missed a turn on the
turnpike near Worthington Ridge,
and his car hit a telephone pole.
Hirch was found to be suffering
from fractured shoulder and was
taken to Meriden hospital where he
was treated and returned to g his
home. The car was badly damaged
in the crash and was towed to
nearby garage.
Falcons Fail
The Falcons of New Britain flut-
tered to earth yesterday when the
All-Kensington team battled to a
victory of 4 to 2 at ST. Mary's field.
New Britain. This game evens up
the series results, each team hav-
ing one victory to its credit. Yes
terday's game was a hard one, beau
tiful catches and stops marking the
victory.
Both sides yesterday dug in their
cleats and played big league ball,
the errors coming few and far be-
tween. The next game will take
place in Kensington, September II,
at the Perciyal avenue grounds.
Near Fire Saturday
The home OF William II. Web
ster on Worthington ridge, nearly
suffered fire damage Saturday night
when defective wiring ignited the
partition in a second story bedroom
of the house. Mr.. and Mrs. Webster
were entertaining visitors at the
time or otherwise it is thought that
the blaze would not have been no.
ticed until it had gained a foothold
in the structure,
At about $50 o'clock one of the
guests present, being on the second |
floor detected smoke and traced it I
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1t was only through quick appli-
ance of water to the endangered /
area, that a real conflagration was
averted.
A portion of the partition was
hacked away and part of the wall |
was burnt but otherwise the fire did /
no serious damage.
Water Main Broken
A water main on Pennington |
avenue broke yesterday and flooded |
he road for sizcable area 1t is
reported that the faulty main will
De fixed today. Part of the surface
If the road was washed away by the
stream but no serious damage was
lone.
Trap Shooters Meet
The kensington Gun club met
Saturday afternoon at the Aiken
3ington ball field and banged away
1t clay pigeons until darkness stop
oed the slaughter. The largest num-
Der of hits was turned in by Bill
tones who had his weather eye on
he flutterers and knocked them
Town with unusual regularity. A
,rowd of about 100 residents from
his vicinity watched the marksmen
md enthusiasm reigned. 1t is re-
,orted that another club is being
ormed and matches between the RI
al organizations should give Ken
ington some good sport in the near
uture.
Tabs Win First
The Tabs team defeated the Ken
ington Congregational church team
saturday afternoon by a score OF 10
o ~. Both teams played a good
anne and stick work was heavy
hrougout. Until the last inning the
anne seesawed back and forth be-
ween the rivals who played to a
rowd of about 200 bleacherites. The
proceeds of tho game went to the
Iathewson Memorial Fund for the
of a gymnasium at
3uckneIl college and a sanatarlum
t Lake Saranac. This was the first
anne of five game series between
he youngsters and the tight score
indicates a game battle for the d.
lie.
Suit Against Resident
Suit for $1,000 has been brought
gainst Freeman Williams Of Berlin
" Samuel Scribner Of New York
ity as the result of an automobile
ccident on the College highway In
imsbury on Oct. 8. 1925. The