The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

Lawn bowlers from Bridgeport Stamford, Hartford and other cit les of the state where the grand old game Is one of the most popu. far. of summer sports among resi-. dents of British extraction, repre- < sentatives of the park department and other city officials will attend the formal opening this afternoon at Fulton park of Waterbury ; first public bowling green. Under the auspices of the new ly organized Fulton Park Lawn < Bowling association, the green will be opened at 3 o'clock this after noon. Mayor Frank Hayes. or his personal representative, will pre- side during the ceremonies, and Irving W. Harrison, superintendent of parks, under whose direction the green was constructed, and members of the park board will be present.
 Burns Club
 Old time lawn bowlers in the city, principally members of the Waterbury Burns club, which was especially active in the formation of the new association, have pro- nounced the green to be one of the finest in the state. 1nasmuch as most of them learned the fine points of the game in their native country, where for hundreds of years it has remained one of the most popular of summer sports, they are in position to know Whereof they speak.
 as Matches Arranged s Immediately following the open ing exercises, the green will be put into use. Several matches between members of visiting teams and To- cal players have been scheduled for this afternoon and Sunday and it is expected that tournament will be arranged between a team the local association sand visiting teams. ' Work on the Fulton park green was begun last summer by the park department, and the planting of sod and other details completed several weeks ago. Several other cities in the state have bowling greens, among them Hartford, which has several in one of its city parks.
 The green will be officially open ed by Mayor Hayes who will toss the first ball or bowl" as 1t is pronounced by the bowlers, down the Sreensward. Immediately aft- CT this feat, match games between teams from Hartford, Bridgeport. Stamford, New Britain, New Ha- ven and Waterbury will engage in play.
 Thomas Baker fo 216 Cooke street, secretary of the Fulton Park club, is chairman of the 
 Mayor Hayes has invited a num- Der of prominent citizens of the city to attend the official opening today. The weather man promises weather throughout the afternoon and a gala opening is promised.
 Members of the citizens com- miftee invited to participate in the opening include:
 pr. Edgar G. Adams, Ernest A.. Anderson, Charles J. Allen, Dr.. Charles H. Audet, Atty. Frederick c. Bauby, Dudley F. Beach, John w. Bender, Atty. Harry J. Boards ley, Thomas F. Bergin, Atty. Mi chael V. Blansfield, Dr. Joseph w.. Borchardt. Atty. Albert J. Bronsky, D. F. Buckley, Atty. Terence F. Carmody, Rev. Peter J. .Cuny, Harry J Carroll Atty. John H. Cas- sidy. Thomas P. Cassidy, Frederick s. Chase, Irving H. Chase, Robert A. Cairns, Rodney Chase, Dr. Jo- seph A. Ciminera. Thomas J. Con- don, John A. Coe, Leo J. Curley, Edmund J. Daly, William J. Dun- phy. John P. Elton, Der. Earring ton, Sr., Judge Edward J. Finn. Edward J. Fitzgerald, J. William Fitzpatrick, Edward o. Goss, Hon. E. W. Goss, Peter Griffin, John H. Goss, Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, Frank J. Green, Hon. Francis P. Guilfoile, Rawson w. Haddon, Irving W. Harrison, John Hayden. Wm. M. Harris, Atty. Patrick Healey, Bernat Holczer, Louis Holland, Hon. William B. Hotch- kiss. John R. Hughes. Fred A. Hungerford, Atty. Emil Hummel, Dr. Andrew J. Jackson, Charles B. Jackson, Robert Hawkins, John