The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-08-22
Amateur Base Ball.

ment 'sGiants'' and the machine shop
j ''nvincibles" was played, Saturday af-
ternoon, on the Glen grounds and result
ed in victory for the ''Invincibles" by
a score of 5 to A, after one of the most
amusing and exciting games that has
been played on the grounds, this season.
Owing to the fact that each club was
comprised mostly of the 'sOld Time
Colts" of the diamond and each had hosts
of ardent admirers, all anxious and will
ling to back their respective clubs to any
amount, considerable money changed
hands on thegresult.
| The game was called at 30 by Um-
pire Lang, with the Giants at the bat and
Kelly and Vain as the battery for the
Invincibles, while Bradley and Lynch
reformed u like service for the Giants.
"Old Tom" was the first to face the
| leather with fire in his eye and true
''Roger Conner style,'' which had the eff
feet on the outfleld of a marked disposit-
ion to move back toward the fence and,
judging from the restless, uneasy feeling
displayed by the players, it was appar-
ent that they anticipated something ter
rible. But Kelly's curves proved too de-
ceptivc and the result was that he was
retired with such look of blank disnay
on his countenance that it made the
crowd yell with delight. And then the
| big stalwart farm of the pawn was
seen to emerge from the crowd and grasp
the bat with such a resolute and deter
mined look that Becker and Graham were
seen so remove their shoes and make a
dash for the edge of the woods, half a
mile away. The least that his many
friends expected was home run and, as
one of Kelly's daisy drop curves was seen
to shoot toward the plate, there was II
quick though futile effort on the part of
| the Pawn" to drop also, but the sphere
caught him on the head where there was
"A marked scarcity of ''Lovelocks" and
| the result was, when he recovered and,
amidst the yells of the cOachers and the
rather tardy decision of the umpire, he
was allowed base, which he took in
true Lion Meyers style. The next to
try conclusions with the deadly leather
was the boss sprinter of the Giants, ''Old
Buck Though an old veteran of the
diamond of years gone by, he showed a
decided disnclnation toapproach within
any too close relations to the plate. But,
withal, he found one of Kelly's in-shoots
and succeeded in landing it far out in
Beckers domain ia left field and then
made a dash for third, but was induced
by the united coaching of 'Doc'' and
"OId Tom to change his course toward
first, which he succeeded in reaching
amid the cheers and yells of his admirers
in the crowd. The Pawn being compell-
ed to vacare first and, installing the ex-
act location of second, started for large
white stone away out i'll right field, zeal
ously guareed, in the false notion that it
was post of honor, by the captain of
the Invincibles, Graham, but, not liking
the situation and, with the aid of the
coachers and superior sprinting, he sue
ceeded in reaching second before Char
ley" could eXtricate the ball from his
feet and the grass where it landed from
the unerring hands of Becker. The next
at the bat was "Clint," who fanned the
air three times and retired. Then pad
dy'' dropped the ball somewhere in the
region of the spring, which brought the
Pawn" over the plate amid the cheers,
yells and wild hurrahs of the Giants
friends.
The side was retired when the next
m "A n fnnpH rho hal nd hAn q h., ,,f
the 1nvincibles was seen to grab the bat
and make a vicious drive at the ball that
sent it spinning toward ''Toady," which
so demoralized that old timer that he re-
fused to make the proper connections and
Graham dashed to first like cyclone and
Charley" then sent the ball up some
where in the region of the stars and Gra-
ham landed on second, from which he
made dandy steal fer third, which he
reached by one of the most marvellous
slides on record. The tall athletic form
of Albert was next seen at the plate and
there was a bang and the ball landed out
near Buck, but was fumbled by him and
Graham crossed the plate with the first
run for his side, amid great excitement.
The next three at the bat failed to accom-
plish anything in the shape of runs.
The next two innings were marked by
some brilliant plays on the part of Camp
bell, Doc and Becker, which resulted in
placing the Giants in the lead by two
runs. In the opening of the third,
"C'int" drove red hot liner to "Hon-
ey," who made brilliant one-handed
catch, but failed to get it to first in time
and then the short, stout, rotund figure
of "Smiling Toady," the adonis of the
Giants, was seen to advance to the plate
and, a moment later, the ball was seen
away down by the fence holly pursued
by ''Honey," Charley and Graham; then
IA mad race was in progress between
"Clint" and "Toady" for home, but they
were checked in their mad career by the
superb fielding of Coles and Becker; but
not before Clint landed on third and
Tody on second. A moment later, Clint
was called home by the umpire for wan
dering away from the base without per-
mission. The next two struck at moth
ing and sent their side into the field. In
the lnvincibles' half, Honey stood up to
the plate and every one was all expecta-
ton to see what he would do and he twas
there" by sending daisy out to Buck,
who made dash for it, but owing to inn
proper gauging of distance and the size
of the ball, he failed to bring his hands
together at the proper time and the ball
was seen to bound high in the air from