New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-30
SP0R7SMEN READY
FOR FALL Meeting
$4,000 Expected At Lake Com.
pounce Program Saturday
10 EVENTS SCHEDULED
Crowds OF $500 At Amateur Bouts
Truck Overturned in COLLISION
Pnlaski Removed to County Jail
Band Concert Tonight.

Plans have been completed fol
the third annual field aay and out.
ing OF the Connecticut Fish and
tame clubs, to be held at Lake
Compounce, saturday. under the aus.
plces OF the State Board of Fjsherje,
and Game. Arrangements have beer
made TO accommodate at least Is.
200 persons who are expected from
all over Connecticut and neiehborine
states to witness the various events
Hundreds of entries have alread,
been filed with the committee.
ms year 10 events are listed or
the program, the first event being
scheduled to start at a. m. It is
expected that the entire program
VIII be run off by 6 p. M, although
last year 1t was necessary to cur
TAIL some of the events on account
of darkness. The list of events are
as follows:
!. a-oz. distance bait casting.
2. 5-S-oz. distance bait casting: 2
t2-oz. accuracy bait casting; 4, wet
ny accuracy at unknown distance
D. distance fly with So OF. rod: 6
connecticut field trial, to ze run on
pheasants; Z. coon dog trials to be
run on coons; s, small bore rifles,
course A; 3. small bore rifles
course B, la for telescope sights,
ID for iron sights, teams of five;
~ pistol event, teams of five: II.
trap shooting, teams of five; -.
archery contest, three rounds. men
women and boys: IS, wood chop-
ping contest; IA, horseshoe pitching
contest: Is. canoe races, one par-
son; 16, row boat races one person.
Event No. II is the swimming
contests and consists of the follow
ing events for men and women to
be held separately: (a) 5o-vard
free style. % 50-yard back stroke ::
tc) 5o-yard breast stroke: ca 44o-
yard free style; (e) fancy diving.
Event No. 10 is the outboard
i'o'or boat races, to be run under
the rules of the New England Out
board Motor Boat association. Class
Is races will be open to stock mo-
tors under 20 cubic inch djsp}ace-
ment: class c for stock motors un-
ger 50 cubic inch displacement; and
the 1ree-for-all Will be open to anv
STOCK motor Any class of boat
may be used in these races, which
VIII start at p. m.
The coon dog trial event Will
start at $50 a. m. and the Com
recticut field trials at 3 a. m. The
distance and accuracy bait casting
events will start promptly at Ia .
m. and the distance fly event, with
ounce rod. at p. m. The other
events are scheduled for the fol-
loving hours: Pistols, a. m IN
p. M, . p. m. to u. n, ,ron
si'oo'lng, a. m. to l p. m. and
irohl 2p. m. to s p. m: archery
contest 1870 p. M; woodchoppine
contest, 1890 a. m; horseshoe
pitching contest. 1870 u, m. canoe
race and boat race. 10 a n,
Many Prizes
MANY prizes ranging in value I'm
10 >5o Will be given the winners of
'ne various events and consist of
SILVER cups and various pieces of
sporting equipment.
announcement has been made nv
the committee that Fred Arboprast
" Akron. Ohio. world champion
oait caster, will be present to ex-
hinit his skill. Mr.. Abrogast es-
'apilShed a worlds record several
years ago with at cast of ESQ feet
Barbecue Dinner
a barbecue dinner will be served
10 ticket holders at from to ~
M under the direction OF pierca
ahd Norton, proprietors of Lake
The advance sale Of
tickets indicates that at least a.
700 Will be seated at the dinner
"hlch VIII necessitate the use 81
the dining room, ballroom. var-
andas and the open air auditorium.
Executive Committee
The executive committae =,
charge of the event includes tho
following: Joseph p. O'Conneu
'6ristol honorary chairman; Clark
5eiden' Hartford chairman; Rob
srt l.. Gilbert. Hartford, secretary.
Earl J. Arnold, Willimantic; Homer
Il. Judd. Bristol; Roy C. Wilcox,
Mer1den; Sherman Avery, New
5ritain; Samuel T. Thorpe, Bristol;
}. Williamson. Bridgeport
The state Board of Fisheries and
tame, under whose auspices the
went is held each year. consists of
he following: Frederic G. Walcott.
<orfolk. president: Karl kulle,
ffinld Hhn II l., 81