New Britain herald., 1927-06-07
Grange Meeting

attendance Is requested by the club
officers.
Grange Meeting
Memorial Night" will be obsery-
ed at this evenings meeting of Ber-
lin Grange to be held at o'clock at
the Grange hall ON Pennington ave-
nue.. Chaplain Charles NJ. Weldon
will lead the meeting which will be
followed by the granting Of the sec
ond degree on \ large class Of can
didates.
Court Tonight
A lengthy docket will greet Judge
George G. Griswold when he takes
the chair at this evenings session Of
the Berlin town court which will be
held at the town hall at 8 o'clock.
Prosecutor Charles F.. Lewis will
handle the cases for the town.
Lose Close Game
The ensington Congregational
church indoor baseball team lost a
heart-breaker yesterday afternoon
when the South Congregational
church team OF New Britain emery
ed from the fray winners by the
score OF 4 to 3. The locals threw
their first scare OF the season into
the New Britainites and lacked only
the final dash to bring them out
ahead.
The New Britain team made its
four runs in the first inning. touch
ing Griffith for several bingles and
crossing the plate four times before
the local defense frightened up. After
that and until fourth inning, the
game rocked to and fro. neither side
scoring until three hits by the Ken
singtonians and some hard base run
ming brought in three local boys.
1t was then that the South church
team began to worry and tried des-
parately to score and 1t was then
that the Kensington defense. led by
the superior playing OF D. Negri at
third base. began to close UP tight.
keeping the Hardware City team
from another run. But while New
Britain could not score. 1t could
keep the local churchmen from
crossing the plate and the game
ended with the 8 to 4 score. Hits
and errors for the Kensingtonians
read 3 and . against 9 and 3 for
the South church team.
Kensington used Chotkowski at
the keystone sack, II. Clark at GEN.
ter field, D. Negri in the dizzy cor
ner Griffith at the initial bag,
strople In left field. Goodrich in the
box. Hart behind the plate. Wood
ford at shortstop and Gugerty IN
right field.
Woman's Aid Society
The Womans Aid society OF the
Rer,,n CONGREGATIONAL church will
meet at the home Of Mrs. FRANK L.
Wilcox on Wednesday afternoon
June %. A porch party will be nelo'
weather permitting.
League Meeting
The managers of the East Rerl'n'
porlir Kensington and Beckley
Bows club baseball teams Will meet
with the Legion baseball league
committee on Thursday evening at
$50 o'clock at the Worth'ngton
Community House.
Bolton. Kasica post has appropri-
ated SO for the purchase OF cup
or trophy which will be presented
"a the winner of the league. 1t has
also been announced that II certain
reouirements are fulfilled q promi-
nent sporting goods company VIII
also present a cup to the winning
team.
Any boys teams which are not
entered or any groups OF boys VINO
would consider forming a team to
enter into the Legion league are
asked to get in touch with Paul
Baker, chairman of the Legion COM
mittee or Commander Harold Ven
tres. OF the local post. before Thurs
day evening. 1t is thought that the
first game Of the league Will take
place Saturday afternoon. June is.
What They're Doing
Several local residents who are at
tending school In the various tnsti-
tutions throughout the state and
New England are expected back IN
town within thd next few days.
Mrs. James Corr Of Main street,
Kensington. Is confined to her home
with an attack OF illness. She re-
Gently returned from the New Brit
ain General hospital and has