The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-28
EVENTS IN WALLTNGFORD
IT VAS 4 GREAT BASEBALE DAY
 SATURDAY.

WalIingfords Defeated New Britains in
 Both Concluding Games-Are Now the
 Leaders in the Central League-Falsirs
 Have Busy Day Also-Real Estate Sales,
 Etc.
 Saturday was a great day for base ball in this place as the Wallingfords met the New Britains for the last time this season and were victorious in both games and are now the leaders in the Central league with a score of seven games won and three lost, and have but two more games to play, both with the Meriden T. A. B.'s. The first game Saturday was called at 2:45. Lawson, catcher of the New Britains, did not arrive with the rest of the team and the game was delayed sometime in conse- uuence, but was finally started up as Butch" Barry of the Wallingford re- serve, was induced to go behind the bat for the visitors, and did well until Lawson showed up in the third inning. The game started in well for New Britain, as Kron, the first batter, scored a base hit off Casey. Quirk hit to Casey, who sent the ball to Gard ner at second, and he to first, making a pretty double play. Kiniry hit for two bases and scored on an error on which Sullivan got first. Barrett went out on a fly to Casey, closing the in ming For the Wallingfords, Taylor went out on long fly to right field. ma q hit hit DeMilIs hit for two bases, and Gard ner scored. Mcclure got a base on called balls. Downey and Rundell went out at first, closing the inning. Score even, each having one run. The visi- tors failed to score in the next three innings, during which two pretty double plays by Downey, Gardner and Me- Guire were made.
 In the fifth inning another run was scored, and in the eighth five runs were scored on two safe hits and sev- eraI errors. This ended the run get ting for New Britain. The Walling- lords scored one in the third, fifth and sixth and four in the seventh, which gave total of eight runs. Taylor, Gardner and Downey's hits for bases and the errors of the New Britain short stop helped to make up the runs. The score by innings is as follows:
 New Britain..1 0 0 5 CT Wallingford Il 1 O 1 1 0 4 0-S
 Base hits-New Britain, 10; Walling- ford, 8. Struck out-By Casey, 6; by Morse, 5. BasA on called balls-By Casey, 4; Morse, 3. Errors-New Brit aims, 8; Wallingford, 7. Umpire, Frank Taylor.
 After a few minutes rest the second game was called, White taking Casey's S place as pitcher for the local team, while Morse kept in the box for New Britain, instead of having Roach pitch, as was scheduled, and that was where he made his mistake. The first two in- nings resulted in ciphers for both teams. In the third the New Britains Nby two safe hits and assisted by several costly errors scored five runs and the spirits of the spectators went down, as it looked like sure victory for the visitors. The home team failed to score in the third, but in the fourth the fun began when Ted Gardner started in with safe hit for first base. White got first safely, and Taylor hit safe one. George Gardner was nit Dy ' pitched ball and took first. DeMills hit safely, and Gardner and White scored. McGuire and Downey got theil bases on errors. Bundle, Gardner and Taylor made hits, and the pounding was kept up until fourteen men had crossed the home plate. The excite ment during this inning was intense and everybody shouted themselves hoarse, and the racket was heard in all sections of the town. Nine safe hits including two two-baggers by the Gardner brothers, were made during the inning which, with four bad errors helped along the run getting. The um- bring of Frank Taylor was satisfacto- ny to both sides. The home team did some sharp playing, and no less than six double plays were made, George -