New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
26O AT OUTING OF
 STANLEY WORKERS
Dinner and Field Day Enjoyed
 at Lake Comp0unce

About 260 employees of the Stan ley Works and the Stanley Rule and Level Co. gathered Saturday after noon at Lake Compounce in connec- ton with the fourth annual fore mans outing of the two corpora- tions. A barbecue dinner was scry- ed at 1 o'clock and during the din- ner music was rendered by Park CTS orchestra and Martin and Stor- en. accordianists, who played fan;i- liar numbers that were sung by the mon at the tables.
 Following the dinner activities moved to the athletic field where the first event was called. This was named the "Quartef Century Club Special" and only men who had been in the employ of the two con- cerns for the past 25 years were eligible for entry in the lists. The game consisted in blindfolding the contestants, turning them around several times and giving them a wheelbarrow to steer for stake driven about 100 yards away. At | the end of one minute a gun was | fired and the nearest to the stake won the heat. Four heats were run and in the finals Charles w. Ander- son of the Rule Shop won with Alonzo Bull of thle Stanley Works second.
 The next event was "The Irish Love Scene" which consisted in blindfolding contestants and placing l q cracker on their heads. arming each player with a folded newspaper with which he tried to break the cracker on his opponents head. Aft er much battling. Kelly Of the Stan 1 ley Works took first prize with Ra- pionetti of the Rule Shop second. In q nail driving contest Warner John son took first and Duncan coppcd second prize. This game consisted in driving two nails into a block of wood without bending a nail and getting back to the finish line.
 A number of gas balloons were then brought on the field and en- tries taken for the Aerial Combat" event. Contestants were armed with small air guns and the balloons re- leased. At given signal the marksmen shot at the balloons and Saturdays crowd had evidently been lax with their gun practice as bal loon after balloon scared up un- loo n; entered the finals with a direct hit as did two others and in the finals RittnCr again brought down his quarry in single shot. The con- testants for second place entered into a close race for honors, stand ing even with hits and misses until Duncan exploded the winning flyer and took second place.
 The quoits tournament was one ot the features of the day. close race between the two branches making the outcome uncertain until the las' quoit was pitched. Stanley Work. finally won with some excellent quoit throwing and took the prize. The tug of-war, for which a spe. cial cup had been offered by Wal ter II. Hart, came next. The team winning the cup for three years will hold it permanently and both teams were on their toes for the starting gun. Stanley Works showed the re- suit of hard practice and took two pulls out of three with little trou- ble. The cup was presented to Cap tain Gilbert Anderson who made a short speech of acknowledgement.
 Stanley Works took the fast bal game, 14 10 II. The Rule Shor opened with a run in the first and Stanley Works brought in five run. in the third. Rule Shop batted hard in their half Of the third and eight runners crossed the plate before Stanley Works could halt the stream Stanley Works got one in the fourth and another in the sixth while Rule Shop took one in the seventh, giv- inning. The ninth inning opened with the score 10 to in favor pI the Rule Shop and in their half o1 the ninth Stanley Works battet desperately and slammed in five runs Rule Shop tried hard tc equal that but only one batter cross, cd the plate befores the third fly dropped into the hands of the Jeff fielder. The game was over and Stanley Works kept the cup for an- other year. Bowling followed the game and the group returned home at dark.