Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-08
AGAIN PLAYING BALL:

The Local Team Defeats Troy in one | of the Closest and Most Exciting | Games of the SeasOn-HOrner and HoHord do Great Work and the Entire Team Plays Good Ball.
 The local team played in something of its old-time form yesterday and took an exceedingly close and well contested game from the Troy team by score of 5 to 4. New Haven's plucky little catcher, "Chic" Hofford, was behind the bat for the local team, and whether or not that fact was sufficient in itself to inspire the players with more confidence, certain it is that the entire team played as good ball as anyone need ask to see, and played it to win from start to finish.
 For seven innings neither team made an error of any description, but in the eighth Sommer and Lang each made an error and spoiled their otherwise clean score. Both | put up fine game, Lang particularly dis l tinguishing himself with some very fine stops of hard hit balls and pretty throws. The team has evidently got out of it's | rut, and from now on can be depended up- on to put up the article of ball it is capa- l ble of playing. Every man yesterday put | plenty of "snap and ginger" in their play 1 ing, and in consequence the game was in | teresting from start to finish. It was one are never finished until the third man is out in the ninth inning, and in conse- quence the interest never Tagged. l The local team were first at the bat, but on account of the perfect fielding of the | visitors were unable to score until the third inning. In this inning Horner was the first man up and was | fly to McQuery. Lang, the next man, was presented with his base on balls and kindly advanced to second on 8 wild pitch. Carroll then walked up to the l plate and smashed out nice two-bagger on which Lang scored Farrar followed with single, sending Carroll across the plate and almost immediately stole second. Lally then went to first on four called balls and was advanced to second | by Sommers' timely single, on which Far Tar scored, and moment later went to third on single by Sales. This made three men on bases and only one out. Manager Trott of the Troy team thought it time to take Taylor out of the box and substitute Shea, and he accordingly did so. Shea celebrated his appearance in the game by giving Pettee, the next man up, his base on balls and forcing in run. He then settled down and pitched good ball for the balance of the game. Hofford came to the bat and was greeted with considerable applause, but all the plucky little backstop was able to do in the emergency was to hit a hard one to Phillips on which both Pettee and himself were retired by neat double play.
 The local men hit the ball hard for the balance of the game but batted in hard luck and were unable to get them safe. | Their last run was scored in the seventh inning by Farrar, who went to first on called balls, was advanced to second on four balls to Lally, to third on a passed ball and scored on Sommer's sacrifice hit The visitors scored in the first inning on single, steal and two sacrifice hits, added two more to their score on two singles and double, and made their last run in the eighth on single, a steal and an error by Sommer.
 The features of the game were the bat tery work of Horner and Hoford, the fielding of Lang, Pettee and Henry, and the batting of Farrar, Jones and Nc. Query.
 The same clubs will play again this af. ternoon and another excellent game may be expected.
 The score:
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