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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
Ladies-Aid to Meet
With Mrs. III. Kendall

BENTON CITY - Mrs. Arthur
johnson was hostess Wednesday
afternoon to the Ladies' Aid. A COM
forter was tied. The October 9th
meeting will be with Mrs. Harry
Kendall.
Mrs. John Dellere left Saturday
for Monitor to pack apples at the
Earl Bardin ranch, where her sis
tiers and brother, Mabel, Harriet
and Larry Schwendig are employed
Johnnie Dellere is staying with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schwendig, while his mother is away.
Charles Sparks of Oakland, Cali
fornia left for several weeks stay
in the mountains after few days
visit last week whit his father, G.
M. Sparks. ......
DR.. Frederick Schilling of Kenne-
wick, pastor of the Episcopal church
called Thursday at the home of Mrs.
F. s. Hedger. ~.
Mrs. Jessie Coffey spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her sister
in-law, Mrs. Mary E. Brooks. She
left Sunday evening for the James
Sehr home in1Wapato, where she is
caring for the Sehr children while
Mrs. Sehr packs apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Green and
Mrs. Fred Batrum, employed in the
apple harvest at Teton, spent Sat-
urday night and Sunday at their
homes. H..
p. M. Van Slyck and A. F. john
son were Coulee Dam visitors Sum
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
Former Local Girl
WEEDS i'm Walla Walla

Miss May Mahoney will become
the bride Of j. Harold Johnson at
high noon Saturday in the Catholic
church in Walla Walla. Miss Ma
hony, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M. Mahony, former residents of
Kennewick, has been nursing in the
Walla Walla hospital. .f
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
Piano Invented in 1909

The first real piano was developed
in 1709, when an Italian, Bartolom-
meo Cristofori, invented a system of
hammers which when striking the
strings of the harpsichord drew
forth marvellous rich tones.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

The Hollywood producers are
talking about moving to Florida,
but in the opinion of Dad Gummit
it is more .talkie than movie.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

Wife: Its the furniture people
come for the piano, john"
Husband: @But I gave them the
money for the installment yester-
day. II
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

eff you aren't a clock watcher
opines w, j. Thurston, '"you are
probably a whistle listener"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

GA little goes a long way"
- said the giraffe as he swallowed
a grape. -..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

Percy Whiffletree often has
thought about getting married,
but SO far has held off. He says
he Wouldn't know where to
spend his evenings. "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

! "Sure I'm in the Air Service,
says Max Mcclure, "You should
see how many tires pump up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
J ADVICE TO ORATORS

Stand up, so they can see you.
Speak up, so they can hear You.
Shut up, so they will like you.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

It's time to take down the
screens and let the flies out;
summer is over. 49,:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
Definition

OPTIMIST: "A guy who will go
deer hunting without having made
his will. s
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
Too Late to Classify

FOR SALE-1 Majestic range. 1
iron bed and spring, 1 couch. See
me at Col. Irrigation office between
4:30 and 500. E. F. Better. 27-29p
FOR SALE-B-flat clarinet, $17.50;
and King E-flat- baritone saxo-
phone $95 90. Ken Giard, East end
of 1St street. 27-2829c
FOR SALE-Four Goodrich Silver
town tires and tubes. Size 6.00-16.
Good condition. Clifford Limit, 9Th
Ave. E.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

A backwoOds woman, the soles OF
whose feet had been toughened by
a lifetime of Sh0eleSsness, was
standing in front of her cabin fire
place one day when her husband
addressed her. ~....-...-
you'd better move your foot a
mite, NAV; you're standin' on a
live coal"
(which foot, paw?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

I've got just the horse for you,"
said Alfred Anon to a farmer who
was a prospective customer. Hes
five years old, sound as a bell, and
goes 10 miles without. stopping"
Not for me-" said the farmer,
IT live only six miles from town and
with that horse II have to walk
-four miles on the way back
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

About oil you get out of some
y parties is the relief Of taking
off your shoes when you get home
declares Dad Gummit. t@E (
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
Definition

w.. Definition
/. OPTIMIST: The business man
who thinks he can keep both him.
self and his business in a liquid
condition. -' r.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

Z They're now using pliable glass
in whiskey bottles. Now you
can sit down at a football game
without danger of cutting your
hip.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

Lena Genster: IT hope you don't
think I'm the doll type"
Percy Whiffletree: "Well, you
look as if you would say Mamma
if squeezed you.'ssosss -. IT,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02

Conjurer:: Nov, sir, you hear
your watch ticking inside the hand
kerchief. Are you satisfied"
Floyd HutchinS: More than sat-
isfied. 1t hasn't been going for a
month"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Strange Exhibition

Out came the accompaniSt
and out came Mrs. Browns
Swiss trills
Those present say il was the
Strangest exhibition ever staged
IN Newport.
Needless TO report Mrs Van
derbilt asked 10 be excused after
the first bit of yodeling and
others. following her lead. didn't
wait for the encore Mrs. Brown
had rehearSed with her pianist
Just IN case
Within an hour the story of
how Mrs. Brown had made her
self the laughing stock of New
port by yodeHng for Mrs. Van
derbilt, spread from BrentonS
Point 10 Ochre Point, and from
Bellevue avenue to Middletown.
And, as the story was retold,
hilarious and untrue highhghts
were added by the tellers.
For the remainder of that sea-
son Mrs. Brown was left point
edly ALONE.
And in the Autumn she de-
parted from Newport-never to.
return. Years later the con-
tents Of her villa were sold at
auction.
When next heard from Mrs.
Brown was back in Paris, study
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Went Minus Food

James BHeHiH. an eateH-
prising Irish lad who had gone
west lrem Pennsylvania 10 try
his luck in the Dakota Black
Hills during the gold rush of
1877. and who had landed in
Leadville broke was faScl-
mated from the first with
"Mollie" Tobin.
Legends have IL that Brown.
for weeks. went without eating
50 he could take ScadS and ScadS
OF laundry 10 "Mollie'S' mother
Just so he could see the daughter.
And at the time "Mollie' be-
came Mrs. James J. Brown the
bridegroom was decid @ q ! Y.
"down-at-the-heel," as was his
bride.
But they were young full of
the JOY If living. and young
Brown was certain he'd event
ually strike 1t rich and make
ms "Mollie' a fine lady
II wasn't long before Brown
managed TO secure an interest
in a Leadville mine known as
the Little Jonny."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Laughing AT Her

And I've never believed Mrs
J. Brown didn't know all the
time. that society in New York
Newport. London Paris, etc.
was laughing AT her - not
WITH her.
She went merrily along on
the theory It's better 20 b.
laughed at than 10 go-un-
noticed.
II YOU were in or of Nov
York-Newport society or moved
about in the grand worlds OF
London and Paris in The years
just preceding oand following
the World War. il was well nigh
impossible for you to avoid Airs
Brown.
You had 10 notice her For
she vas here there everywhere
always stealing the spotlight
constantly thinking up ways Of
keeping herself IN the ne" >papef
headlines. presiding over ciab-
crate parties IN honol 81 ruta-
ties and celebrities She dldn
know and who NEVER put m
an appearance at the parties
she so blissfuIly tand brazeuly1
gave IN their honor % etc
Mrs. Brown unqucSiI0nablY
vas a woman equal 10 any and
all occasions AS. for instance.
tho time when She announced
she was 10 become the bride oi
- fine. French nobleman. the
Duke Of Chatrc.'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Photo on PAGE |

The announcement vas sui
tftt1ent to gain her newspaper
notice, and a photograph on
page one Of dailics from HE
atlantic TO the Pacific
Next DAY when C9D1eS from
Paris brought word there was
no Duke of Chatre' and thai
the title fTad been extinct for
many veraS. Mrs. Brown laughed
the whole thing of explaining
she and the French reporters
couldn't possibly be referring
TO the same nobleman. y
Needless to add Mrs Brown
never became a French duchess
Then there was the time when
she landed in Newport with re
leases for the press which con-
tanned the news that her prin-
cipal house guest that particular
season would be the Duke of
Westminster. a charming gentle
man | met in London and for
whom ! shall give a number OF
parties while he is d guest at my
villa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Who Was She?

Who was Mrs James }. Brown
and how did she first gain the
attention Of society?
There's something Of smoke
screen around Mrs. Brown 5
early days. She liked to init
mate Snc Stemmed from a fine.
old southern family But then.
Mrs. Brown tom suprcm q
pleasure in intimating She was
many things she wasn't.
Best records available are 10
the effect that she was chris
tened Margaret Tobin' and
was the daughter Of a poor.
Woodworking laundresS who had
joined the mining camp IN Lead
vile. Colo, in the hope Of earn
ing a living via her waShboard.
I'm her early days the Tobin
daughter was known as .Molhe
and as she was Is years old
al the time of her marriage %
James J Brown IN 1856 she
must have been born about 1870.
Noble Tobin lived a rough
and-rcady life in that Leadvlle
mining camp. She learned 10
shoot craps. play baseball, strum
The zither- and yodel during
what m ght be Whimsically
called her formative years
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Money, Scads Of II

That was the beginning of his
i4flltleHee. For the It Lit 1T t. Jenny
proved to be a winner. Then
followed the acquisition of cop
per properties in Montana and
Arizona. gold claims in Cali
fornia and Utah. etc. All dis
eorged wealth for James j.
Brown.
"Mollie." by this time. was on
her way toward bccoming-a fine
lady, With money pouring in
faster than he could count il.
Brown built a spectacularly
lavish home in Denver for his
wife.
But "Mollie" had taken up the
study of geography. With the
aud Of maps and hirelings of
Thomas W. Cook, she managed
10 avoid remaining under her
Denver Tooftree for any pro-
tracted period.
On her first trip to London
the newly rich Mrs. Brown dis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
! IATILE TALES Of
OLD New YORK
ESwrM1e' GMhAb9z1on
0aM1ed MM 1aude114A
And0zheu 10 MlaAk 0M
by CAolly KNickeRbockeR

peared not to mind. At least,
She figured, people are talking
about her.
That she pulled an oar in one
Of the Titanlc's lifeboats is not
10 be denied But it wasn't.
rs Mrs. Brown always liked 10
have people believe. the same
lileboat that contained the late
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice
fthen Mrs. George ID. Widener
SrD and the departed Mrs.
EMO Fiermonte, who was Mrs.
John Jacob Astor at the time
the Titanic hit an iceberg IN
North Atlantic waters and was
sent to the bottom Of the sea
Mrs. Brown was so social
minded il was her secret sorrow
that she hadn't been saved from
the Titantic in more social
lfeboat than the one IN which
she escaped a watery grave
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Strict Retirement

Nothing ever came of the
S C h en- e 10 take the Divine
Sarah's' place. 1t died a natural
death Just as did her earlier
plan to become the United
States senator from Colorado.
Shortly after the stock market
crash of % Mrs. Brown re-
turned to the United States and
went into strict retirement.
Gossip had her broke" It
developed, via an investigation
of customs officials. that her
famous ropes of pearls were
fakes" and What jewelry she
hadn't lost in the Titanic and
the disastrous 1925 fire at the
Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach,
had been stolen from her.
Without funds to keep her
social masquerade Mrs. Brown
wasn't amusing to society. So
she was permitted to fade from
view.
Her death. here in New York,
on Oct 20, 1882 passed almost
unnoticed.
1t cannot: be denied that she
gave society an amusing time.
even though she was, judged
from all angles, a burlesque OF
a social leader.
And if ever the complete story
of her adventures is written it
will rival, in thrilling episodes,
The Perils of Pauline"
(Registered U. S. Patent Officel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Mls fame, 4 G,or~ Z9Ashd Herself Out ef1hyo4 Sodo(&l

Mrs. Burke-Roche and other i'm
portant Newport hostesses. tt
was Mrs. Browns big moment %
and she muffed IT, Because
she remembered she had learned
now TO yodel in her childhood
days in the Leadville mining
camp.
Following luncheon. VIII en-
most Newport grand DANES ex-
pect TO be invited 10 gather
around bridge tables, Mrs. Brown
announced that she had a sur
prise for her guests.
With the aid of a piano ac-
compartment she would yodel
for them
Poor Mrs. Kernochan nearly
had a stroke. the dowager Mrs.
Vanderbilt looked mystified and
Mrs. Burke-Roche is reported 10
have edged near the front door
Of the Brown Bellevue avenue
villa
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

ing with a famous French the
atrtcal coach.
She Jet il be known she was
going on the stage and would
nlaY al Of the late Sarah Bern
hsrdts roles.
Society exclaimed, What
next"
They didn't know that Mrs.
Brown was plotting the the
atrical debut with the idea OF
bolstering up her d epleted
finances.
So costly had been her social
exploits she had been living on
her principal for years and, in
1929, when she gave out word
of her forthcoming theatrical
venture, there was little left of
the vast fortune that once had
been hers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
A Splendid Figure

And II was her ability 90
sodel which years later brought
bout her social downfall up In
uper-excluSive Newport
Those who knew Mollie' as
q girl. say She was eaSy-to-gazc
upon and blessed with a splendid
figure.
In the years when society
encountered her on both sides
of The Atlantic. She reSemhied a
composite picture o. Mrs. Leslie
Garter and Mrs. Pat Campbell
Her once dark hair had been
transferred into what she mag
med was titan but which was
actually a violent red And the
poundage she had accumulated
during her climb Up the social
ladder gave her a heavily up
-hliEtrrna- lock
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Tried 10 Help

To her credit it must be said
Mrs. Kernochan. in subsequent
seasons, did attempt TO assist
Mrs. Brown. socially. And it was
through Mrs Kernochan that
Mrs Brown eventually was able
10 snare the late dowager Mrs.
Vanderbilt as a luncheon guest.
But Mrs. Browns penchant
for publicity and her habit of
flinging important names about
with the same disregard one
would toss around Confederate
currency made II we'll nigh i'm
possible for even Mrs. Kernochan
TO give her a helping hand,
socially.
The luncheon for the dowager
Mrs. Vanderbilt marked the
high-point-and the climax-of
Mrs. James J. Browns Newport
career.
In addition to the mistress Of
the palatial Breakers, the
guests included Mrs. Kernochan,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
Didn't Know Her

Out Of London came tldIngs
that His Grace of Westminster
had no intention of visiting New
port that Summer Privately
westminster explained ne dTdH :
know a Mrs. James J. Brown,
and certainly couldn't have ac-
cepted an invitation 10 -pisit heF
in Newport.
Was Mrs. Brown equal 10 the
occasion-She was "Of course.
dear Westminster must have
forgotten. you know how busy
dukes arc" she gurgled to the
press.
Then there was the story Of
her being saved from the
Tltantic-a tale she would re-
count at the drop of a hint.
In fact. she held forth so fire.
quently, vocally and in print.
on the sinking of the Titanic
she was nicknamed Mrs.
Titanic Brown" Others. more
hypercritical of her SOCIAL ex-
piOits. went further and dubbed
her The 'Unsinkable' Mrs.
Brown.
She was well aware of the
fact both cognomenS had been
conferred upon her and APP
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
The 'Brush-OR'

Newport gave her one loob
and the most significant Of
"brush-offs"
That was a challenge 10
"Molle's' pioneer spirit So She
stuck. And was mighty lonesome
that first season.
She did have the good for
tune to meet the late Mrs.
James z. Kernochan. a wealthy
pillar in the colony who wanted
10 be amused. And Mrs. Browns
chatter was sufficient to put the
ultra Mrs Kernochan into GALES
Of laughter.
OF course. she was laughing
AT "Mollie' Brown. But Mol
lie didn't care-it was sufficient
that she had the great Mrs.
Kernochan IN her export
house.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

TATTLE-TALES of Old New
Il York.
Her tombstone should 49, but
doesn't-bear the words: she
Yodeled for Mrs. Vanderbilt"
For that was one of the de
parted Mrs. James j. Brown
principal claims to social fame
In the less than 10 years that
have passed since Mrs. Browns
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

could hope TO enter the inner
circle in London.
And She was returning 10
these shores to bang at the New
York-Newport-Mayfair portals
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

character than the departed
Mrs. James J. Brown,
That she was a social fake
no one will deny But even the
lady's most severe critics admit
she never was guilty OF being
dull or unoriginal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

demise s h q,
and her un-
pre- d ctable
exploits have
b en- re le-
gated b Y
Ma y fair TO
The limbo of
or often
things.
But thumb
the pages OF
histo V Of
New York So
cIefv and Won
won find a
more unusual,
ar a IN o q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

when she walked up the gang
plank Of the Titanic
Fresh from the Titanic head
lines and the interviews she gave
10 the press (for a time some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

imagined the Titanic had carried
bat one passenger. Mrs. James
J. Brown, she decided 10 try
Newport.
Leasing a small. unpEetentIuuS-
cottage IN Bellevue avenue.
across from the Viking Hotel of
today, she set out to take New
mort bv storm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
lie ased COTTAGE

Soon, however. "Mollie' Tobin
Brown realized she must make
the grade at home before She
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
demonstrated With Her

Soon James J. Brown discov-
cred Mrs. Brown could spend
money faster than his mines
could produce il. On numerous
occasions he demonstrated with
"Mollie" about her cXtrava-
gances. She listened attentively
and then embarked on bigger
and better spending sprces.
Eventually her craze for ttavel
and a butterfly existence led 10
an enlargement that lasted
almost until Browns death. in
New York in September, 1922.
During the years they were
separated Mr.. Brown dutifully
supplied "Molhe' with SIS 10
carry on with The life She so
enjoyed the tinSol life of
would-bc social leader
London. where she first In
augurated her campaign for
social hon0rS proved a fertile
field ~ there being so many
hungry and pennilcss peers and
peercsses willing to take up
the not exactly polished mil
AOnaircss from Denver
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

played no interest in the Houses
of Parliament, Windsor Castle
or London Bridge. Her chief
desire was to see an English
countess in the flesh!
1t was after that initial Euro
pean jaunt that a smoke screen
began 10 be thrown around Mrs.
Browns early days in Leadville.
She liked to talk of her child
hood days in Hannibal, Mo. and
how, at the age of 6, she had
been lifted up by a cyclone and
carried through the air only to
be rescued by Mark Twain
an old friend of the family"
The tale probably was just
another Of her harmless 'whim-
sizes However. years later,
when she was in the money"
She did purchase the Mark
Twain homestead in Hannibal
and turn it into a museum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06
These Fine Furs for Only $50

Mink-Dyed MuskFat -.'5 so
Russian Cat ......... $50
EeaVer-Dyed Coney .... $50
SiIvertone-Dyed Caracul :. $50
kaffa-Dyed CaracuI ....'5 $50
Dyed Squirrel Chevrons $50
kaffa-Dyed kidskin ... SO
SiIvertone-Dyed kidskin -. $50
Alaska Seal, Assembled :. $50
SeaI-Dyed Muskrat, Assembled SO
Black CaracuI ........ $50
Dyed Skunk Jackets 49,. $50
Siiver-Dyed Fox Jackets -. $50
BIue-Dyed Fox Jackets $50
BIack-Dyed Fox Jackets :. $50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

Yesh fur upward rendwe certain that when next
you'll happy that you had the foresight your fur coat in
this When you such fur coats these for only SO
opportunity you should by Read the selection of fus
this sale then plan be here Monday and the coats themselves
you'll agree these aret truly remarkable values
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
ThiSSpOYting
 World
Monday Sports Wash
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

handsome Billy Conn screened
 well that the movie moguls have changed the u d ne e City Chamber commerce hao a based writing by ocavs Roy Cohen millions others by-laugn Daughters Will Arise ana Pittsburgh Kid daughter Wonder how the new Mrs Louise smith wke that part of the pictureP o Man smith, nack m rbe will have he has not yet caught
 his threat punch hell nuta that guy do W Pretty good coming rom million dollars pe- that he could stop Joe Lous and almost d
 Frank Leahy working nifty football whcih the asking
 address the Notre Dame of U
 Rubber Rockefeller Center, Sixth Avenue New York City
 one it's for free good old Paule Woods Holy pitcher at Ohio has not pitched for his new yet of two in sched uled for yesterday.
 Ned Farley suddenly popped the low 284 which stroke under the atme record he set gallery of 200 followed the brothers led by aied) eeash 12 the four brothers explained Walter McCo Stevens None the four cracked neaked up on it, decidedly interesting Two of the mild surprises or elimination of the defending Bob setback handed H Minor Gagota While Lloyd Parsons Eureka AnStars coored baseball combine pinned IA to setback the yesterday hurlng three hitter
 
 hit which the West Sides Manchester to the American Legion An-Waerown dropped 5 Radio Bristol the getting hits Ccopnto Hartford Juniors defeat Waterbury Jur Wnsted though to three hits Watertowns links Sat- urday in the first of two matches involving 100 players