New Britain herald., 1927-06-15

"Y" Team Starts Play saturday.
The County Y. NJ. G. 4. baseball
league, in which the Plainville ''Y"
group is entered will get under way
Saturday afternoon. when the Ken
slngton Congregational church team
will play at the high school grounds
here. Highland Park and Broad
Brook are also entered in the league
and it is hoped that others, now
doulx full. will make up their minds
to join.
Coach ". A. Bailey has called
practice session for o'clock FRI
day night at the high school field.
The locals expect about the same
team as they had year ago. IT Is
hoped that Comerford, who pitched
for Bristol high this spring. VIII
again be with the team team. and
that Nick Toll will round out a
competent corps Of moundsmen.
Freddy Miller. Ray Schwab.
Cookie" schwab. Loyal Smith,
Arnold, Morrcll. Walter Woods.
George Backman, and number OF
others will be on the squad, &C
cording to preseason expectations.
and the chances are fairly bright for
a championship.
Guiden Buys Poolroom
John Guiden yesterday purchased
the poolroom on East Main street
which has been conducted for many
years by John Neri: he will con-
duct ii along the same lines as 1t
! has been run in the past. Guiden IS
an eX-serviceman and is we'll known
10 all sporting enthusiasts in Plain
vile, having been identified with
athletics for number Of years. Last
year he managed the All-Plainvilles,
and his poolroom will be the head
| quarters of the newly organized
Plainville Blues.
Game Rained Out
Drilling rain and wet grounds
| forced the postponement of the In
dustrial baseball league game sched-
uled for last night between the Bus
inessmen and Peck Spring Plainville
Casting Co. A further reason given
for the calling off of the game is
that several of the Businessmen
we're smoked out by the Neri block
fire: l. ]. Birnbaum today was re-
ported making ready for smoke
sale and Bill Wilbur was said to be
preparing a special course of smok-
ed herring.
Tomorrow night the Trumbull
Electric and Standard Steel teams
will clash.
Whist Prize Winners
The Flag Day military whist con-
Quoted by the Legion auxiliary in
Legion hall last evening was a sue
cess both financially and socially.
Prizes were won as follows: Ladies':
first prize, glt-edged linen playing
cards, Mrs. Katherine Richards:
second, water set: Mrs. Thomas
Royce: third. perfume holder. Mrs.
Charles Cleveland; fourth, en-
broidered fudge apron, Mrs. Clar-
ence Morgan; consolation. vase and
pansies, Miss Anna Graham. Mems:
first, case with two packs of gilt
edged cards. j. OBrien; second.
half dozen handkerchiefs. Miss Mar
garet Farrar; third, pair silk socks,
Mrs. Robert Coe; fourth. pair silk
socks. Mrs. A. Dimarco; consolation,
pipe, Mrs. Estelle Mcleod.
Grange Meeting
At the special meeting Of Plain
willie Grange last evening the first
and second degrees were conferred
on a class of nine candidates. the
first degree by the regular officers
and the second by the ladies' degree
team. with Mrs. Charles H. Curtis
in the masters chair.
The program which followed was
in observance of Flag day. The
members saluted the flag, and Mrs.
Curtis read an original paper on
The Flag" America the Beauti-
full" and columbia the Gem of the
Ocean" were sung by the Changers.
Three readings followed. on The
Flag" by Miss Ethel Hubbell. on
The Flagpole on the Farm" by Mrs.
c. 4. Lyman, and on THE Stuff
You're Made OF" by Mrs. Edward
Lackey.
The third and fourth degrees will
be conferred next Tuesday night. In
the afternoon the party for the chill
dren Of Grange members will be held
on the lawn OF Mrs. Curtis home on
WEIGH street. In case Of rain, it
will take place in Grange hall.
Woman Hurt in Accident
Mrs. Harriet Keller of Thomaston
sustained a fractured hip and minor
bruises yesterday afternoon in an
automobile In front OF Governor
John H. Trumbull's home on Farm
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