The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-12
EVENTS IN WALLINGF0RD
BIGGEST CROWD OF SPECTATORS oE
 THE SEASON

ures of the -WalIingford's Fine
 Victory Gong Succeeds Whistle-Trotter
 Starmont-G General News.
 The ball game between the Walling- lords and Athletics of Merden on the local grounds drew out the biggest crowd and proved the most exciting game of the season. The visitors came here with Garter, the crack colored pitcher from Middletown, and Gilbert, formerly an expert catcher of Norwalk, as the battery, and when in the first and third innings Taylor, one of the Wallingford's sure hitters, struck out, 1t looked as if the home team was book hit for two bases in the first inning; but six men went out on three strikes. The colored pitcher was doing phenomenal work and sending across the plate lightning balls The visitors scored three runs in the second inning, one each in the third and fifth innings on three hits and sundry errors. In the sixth the visitors started into hit Casey and Demo began the fun with a two bagger. Powers followed with a home run hit over the right field fence into the garden. O'Brien and White fol- lowed with safe hits. and it looked bad for the home team, but the run getting was stopped by Gilbert going out on three strikes, Carter on fly to De Mills and Lavaughn from Downey to Barry at first base The score was then to in favor of Meriden. In the last half of the sixth inning the Wal lingfords got in their work. Barry struck out. Gardner took first on an error of Demo at second. Casey got first on called balls Taylor had a life given him at first, Gardner scoring. George Gardner hit grounder toward first base, which White fumbled and threw home to cut off Casey, who was running home. The ball went wild and
 Taylor scored Gardner going to third
 base. De Mills went to the plate and hit a beauty over into the garden down
 in right field for a home run, bringing in Gardner. Mcclure made a safe hit.
 Downey went out on fly to center
 field. Bundle hit safely, bringing in
 McGuire Bundle stole second and
 third, and scored on an error on which Barry got his base. Ted Gardner end
 ed the inning by going out on strikes. Seven runs were scored, putting the figures Il to in favor of Wallingford.
 The visitors scored one in the eighth.
 The local players got two in the sev- enth on a base on called balls to Casey, a three base hit by Taylor, assisted by errors, and one in the eighth on one hit and errors. The scene during the sixth inning was one of the widest on rec
 ord here at ball game, for when De
 Mills hit for four bases and scored the
 excitement was intense. Everybody
 was shouting and throwing up their hats, and the din could be heard a mile away Carter pitched a great game, but
 was not supported as he should have been. Uncle Bill Casey did great work In the box. although he got little off in one inning when a two bagger, home
 run and two singles were made off him in succession. The next inning he struck out three batters in succession, and in the entire game he retired twelve men on strikes. Rundle had an off day and made several bad errors at third base, which gave the Meridens several runs. Ted Gardner
 behind the bat played a great game, putting out thirteen men without an error. The score by innings was as follows:
 Wallingford O 1 2 T 2 1 0-14 Meriden ...0 3 Q 1 2 0 0 l.
 Hits--W Wallingford, II; Meriden, '. Home runs-De Mills and Powers. Three base hits-Taylor and Barry. : Two-b base kits-Taylor, De Mills and 1 Demo. Struck out-By Casey 12; by Carter. g. Bases on called balls-Off
 Casey, 5; off Carter, A. Errors-Wal- lingford, 6; Meriden, 10 Time of game Two hours Attendance, 1,500. TTm-
 pire-Frank Taylor.
 By winning Saturdays ball game the
 receipts which amounted to at least
 $50 more, and the losing team had to pay all the expenses.
 The newly organized company in the
 wheel shop has disposed of the disa- greeable whistle on the shop and sub stituted gong which is far more pleas ant to the residents in the vicinity. N F. Ingraham contemplates dispos- ing of his trotter Starmont by lottery.
 It is proposed to sell tickets in two classes from one cent up to $1.50-a to- tai of 200 tickets, the same to be secur- eC by lot. One man in each class is to
 get a chance for one cent, and the oth- CTS from that sum up to $1.50
 A roast pig was rallied at Stanley Botsford's Saturday evening. The win ner donated the little porker to the
 others in the place, and 1t was eaten up inside of fifteen minutes
 The new board of selectmen met Sat- urday for organization. Selectman J. i M Mckenzie was present, it being his first day out since his illness. A marriage license was issued Satur- day to Alexander Ring and Miss VII hemena Gustatson.
 A hearing in the probate court on the estate of the late Ansel P. Johnson will be had this morning.
 The democrats will hold a caucus in
 the town hall this evening to nominate a judge of probate.
 Assessor Cowles has completed the central school district assessment and the grand list now is 2,72OS57, an in- | crease of 10000 over last year. The Wa1lipgford football team was defeated in Torrington Saturday by a score of to 0.
 Saturdays ball game is probably the last to be played here this season. r. 4oI rrsr-