The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-21
EVENTS IN WALLINGF0RD
THE RAMBLERs SCORED 4 FINE
 SUCCESS.


 Features of the Races-A Big Attendance Saturdays Final Big Baseball Contest at Meriden-Victory for the Borough Team General News.
 The bicycle races at the Center street track Saturday afternoon given by the Ramblers' Cycle club were a decided success and largely attended. The first of the events was a one-lnile handicap with nine starters, and was won by A. w. Bailey; A. Y. Lane, second Harry Haywood, third; A. c. Breckinridge, fourth. Time. 2:3O. Bailey had a fifty yards handicap. Lane and Heywood were scratch men. The prizes were: First, carving set and cuff buttons; second, watch chain and orange spoons; third, layatory set, soap and perfumery; fourth, lantern.
 The next race was the one-mile in vitation, paced. This race was to break the 2:15 record. There were five en- tries. Harry Haywood won; time, 2:15; prize, gold ring and orayon picture; A. Y. Lane, second; time, 2:24; prize, watch chain, charm and box of cigars; Harry S. Hall, third; time, 2:24 1-5; prize, barrel of flour. J. R. Cottrill made it in 2:26 and J. P. Craig in 2:26 3-5.
 The next was a boys race, which was won by Clarence Ebert, who made the half mile in 1:1O with a tandem pace-maker; Fred Perkins second, t:14; Fred Todd, third, 1:17; Eddie Gif- ford, fourth, 1:1s 3-5; James McGaugh- ey, fifth, 1:211a; Marsden Hubbard, sixth, 1;2411a.
 The ten-nlile handicap had fifteen starters. Harry Haywood won; time, EYE minutes; prize, banquet lamp; A. w. Bailey, second, table and cover; A. Y Lane, third, saddle and golf stock ings; Arthur Atkinson, fourth, shoes and gold ringi A. C., Breckinridge, fifth, bars and rimsS c. A. Johnson, sixth, box of cigars and cyclometer; J. R, Cottrill. seventh, box of cigars; Clar- ence Ebert, eighth, pair of slippers. The time prize was g. macintosh, which was won by Haywood, who was one of the scratch men.
 An exhibition tandem run of half mile, with Curtis and Barnard of Mer- iden as riders, was made in 59 seconds.
 There wAs quite delegation of wheelnen from New Haven and Meri- den present. Curtis and Barnard and Ingraham and Badger on tandems pac- ed some of thesriders in the invitation race.
 The Ra1nblers gave a smoker in the evening in their club rooms, and en- tertained several sof the visiting bicy- cIists.
 A big delegation from the borough accompanied the Wallingfords to Hanover Saturday afternoon to wit ness the last game of the series with the Meriden Amaranths. The Wal lingfords had as their battery Lloyd and Rothfuss of Newark, N. J., and the Amarantlls had Welch, pitcher, and Sullivan of the Hartford Atlantic league team. There were about three hundred spectators over half of whom were from Wallingford. From the first it was evident that the borough team was bound to win, and there was little or no betting, although the Walling- ford money was freely offered at odds with no takers. The sandeaters scored in the first inning. Rothfuss got his base on called balls. De Mills hit safe- lyNand Downey got first on called balls Rothfuss scored on an error Lolyo went out on short hit, closing the inning, Taylor and Gardner, the first two batters, having gone out at first The Amaranths went out in one-two- three order for three innings and, ir fact. in nearly all the other innings Sullivan made a two-bagger in the fourth inning, but got no further thar second, as Sweet, who had got to hit base on an error, was put out on the home plate on a short hit by Welch tt the pitcher, which was sent home 1T time to put out the runner and end thf inning. The Meridens scored their only run in the eighth inning. Spencer hi safely. White followed with a hit tt left field and Spencer scored. McDon ald made a safe hit, but was put out a second White went out at third an' Sweet flied out to Gardner at secont base. The Waliingfords scored thre, runs In the sixth, ore in the seventh and two in the ninth by safe hitting assisted by errors. When the Meri dens went in for the ninth it was get ting too dark to play, but the unapir would not call the game. J. Lewi struck out. Sullivan hit @ foul owe the fence, losing the ball, and then bat ted the second ball over the fence on { foul, and as there was no other bali t use the game was called. The umpir ing of Donahue was not of the best am the visitors got the worst end of it ol balls and strikes.
 The Wallingfords have won three ou of four games with the Amaranths, an are now in the lead in the league race having won five and lost three. Tn Wallingfords played a fine Heldln game, being credited with but two CT TOTS. The score by innings was as fol lows:
 Wallingford Il o 0 3 1 0 2- Amaranth ....0 0 o 0 l O-
 Hits-Walltngford, 8; Amaranths, { Errors-Wa allingford, 2; Amaranths.