The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-08-11
lockwood WHITEWASHE
MERIDEN NINE RUNS AWAY WITH
THE GAME.

score IL to 0-Bad Luck Began in First
Inning-Heavy Hitting and Errors Did
the Work-Several Hundred at the Game.
Manager Chapman sat in the grand
stand yesterday afternoon at Elm City
park looking very much pleased. His
pleasure increased as his boys from
the Silver City piled up run after run.
They gave Edgewood a dose of what
weeks ago at the hands of the Water
bury team-precisely the same thing,
even to the score, which was II to 0.
And the worst of it was that not sim
gle run of the eleven was earned. Cor
coran was in fine fettle and proved too
much for Greist's men, He had good
speed and good delivery, and his drops
We're puzzlers In fact, Edgewood could
not get more than two hits, while Meri-
den pounded out ten or eleven of Edge
| woods twirler. 1t was an off day for
| the local team, and the leaders of the
| little point.
| The trouble for Edgewood began in
the very first inning, when two runs,
really gifts, were credited to Meriden
on wild throws. Buckley had been
given pass to first and Dietrich bang
ed out one to Johnston. He threw too
low and Beecher could not stop it be-
fore Buckley had crossed the rubber
and Dietrich was scurrying on to third.
| The ball came back to Johnston, who
averaged up his throws by singing the
ball over Cameron's head That gave
Meriden her second run. Leslie looked
thoroughly Disguised, and thereafter
worked very hard to retrieve himself.
Somehow another old and reliable
player was "off'' yesterday; that was
Beecher at first. in the early part of
the game, but his errors luckily did not
count for very much Indeed, if all the
errors were to be enumerated, all but
three or four of the Edgewoods would
have occasion to feel sore. After Diet
rich had come in Donovan flied 80 to
Greist, who played great ball in left
field. but was weak with the stick yes
| terday Gardner gave Robertson a
pretty catch out in the other corner.
Pfnninger sent grounder through
Beecher's gloves out into the long grass
but Bone gave Percy Greist another fly.
retiring the side.
Cameron walked to first, and john
ston put a well placed hit in left field
| Tommy Atkin advanced the men on
bases one bag apiece on a sacrifice.
Doc" Hamlin hit to Bone, who caught
Johnston coming back to his base and
| assisted in getting Hamlin out at
first. 1t was a neat double play and
left the score to 0.
Courtney was disposed to dispute
Umpire James O'Brien's decision when
he had hit to Atkin and was out at
first, but he found no encouragement
among his brethren. Kelly sent one to
Atkin just as Courtney did. Tommy
fielded it quickly, but the perverse ball
fell out of the postmasters glove. Cor
coran hit to McHugh, who assisted At
kin in a put-out at second, with Kelly
as victim. Buckley caught bender
and safely turned it to right field.
whence Robertson made capital throw
to third, straight and swift. Dietrich
was I'D again, but did not get to first.
McHugh doing quick work with Beech
er's assistance.
For Edgewood there was not much
in this inning, with four men up and
only one man, Brennan, getting to Sec
ond
In the third Donovan gave Cameron
a pop-up. Gardner followed with a
vain hit to short, and Pfinninger's fly
was taken in by Atkin, who starts at
the crack of the bat when anything
turns his way Another whitewash
bianched the faces of the Westville
rooters.
In the next inning Bone got hit into
center. Courtney got first on balls
Kelly's hit was taken by Johnston, who
threw well to Beecher, but the glove
or something else caused another error
that filed the bases. The fielders got
away out now, expecting long drive
Corcoran's crack however, went no far
Their than second, where McHugh threw
in, catching Bone nesr the plate with
Brennan's aid. Buckley got hit, thus
forcing in Courtney. Tt did not pile up
any more runs for Johnston's quick
work on Dietrich's grounded put two
out He threw home, catching Kelly
at the rubber and Morris sent the ball
to Beecher Just in time to tag Diet
rich.
Another shut-out and Chapman
crimson-cappe boys were on the bench
again. Donovan's fly fell into Greist's
basket. Gardner got clean hit to cen
ter. Pfnninger hit to Johnston, who
1 assisted in turning Gardner back at sec
ond. Tommy Atkins assist on Bones
grounder caught Pfinninger at second
That gave Edgewood a chance, but q
| pop-up fly, an out at first and Gamer
on's being touched by the ball on the
way to third when Tommy hit made
them feel blue.
In the sixth Detrich's long drive over
Hamlin in center brought home Corcor-
an and Buckley after there were two
out. and Dietrich himself made the
third out, being caught between second
and short.
A crowd of three or four hundred saw
the seventh inning, a number of rub
bers scrubbers and race-track hangers
on having perched on the low rail fence
when Donovan commenced the inning
for the fourth time. Donovan went out
at Beecher's bag. Gardner, who fol
lowed brought in tally number six or