The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-24
State League.

New London, Aug. 23.-Through a fortunate combination of hitting, aided by errors due to over-anxiety to make the play, Bridgeport scored two runs in the first inning of the game with the Colts this afternoon, but for the rest of the game the visitors were blanked. To the New Londoners the home plate seemed beyond reach, though at several stages of the game the outlook for scor- ing was very promising. Cling and Dun- leavy both proved very effective and were it not for the disastrous errors in the first inning, to-day's game would have been one of the prettiest of the season. The score:
 New London..0 0 0 0 0 o co Bridgeport ...2 0 0 0 0 0 0-2
 Hits-New London 6, Bridgeport 5. Errors-New London 5, Bridgeport 8. Batteries-Ging and Hickey; Dunleavy and O'Rourke.
 Waterbury, Aug. 23.-Six hundred people witnessed nearly four hours of fierce ball playing this afternoon be-
 tween Waterbury and Meriden, which resulted in both teams breaking even in the double bill. Meriden, however,
 had the satisfaction of shutting out
 Waterbury in the last contest
 In the first game Mansfield was in
 the box for Waterbury and pitched
 with his usual effectiveness, allowing
 the Silver City team but four hits.
 Howell pitched both games for Meri-
 den and his work was one of the feat
 ures of the day. He was touched up in one or two innings in the first game, which, with Mansfeld's effectiveness, allowed Waterbury to win.
 In the second game, however, he was invincible, allowing but four hits. The
 closing innings were played in the darkness, while the whole crowd went wild in their eagerness to see the home team win out but nine goose eggs was their portion at the close of the game. The scores:
 First game
 Waterbury 10 0 0 0 3 0 i *-6 Meriden ....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 Hits-Waterbury 8, Meriden 4. Err I rors-Waterbury 3, Meriden 1. Batter | ies-Mansfield and J. Connor; Howell
 and Thiesen.
 Second game
 Waterbury 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 GO | Meriden .....2 0 0 o 0 0 1-3 Hits-Waterbury 4, Meriden 8. Err | rors-Waterbury g. Meriden ?. Batter | ies-Prentiss and J. Connor; Howell and l and Thiesen.
 AT DANBURY. ! Danbury, Aug. 23.-Though the New l Haven management had given notice I in advance that they would not play a l double bill with the Matters this after
 noon, there was some disappointment
 among many of the spectators when it was learned that only one game was to | be played, but before that one was con- l cluded there could not be found per- l son but felt that he had got his mon- i ey's worth. It was a scrappy game 1 from start to finish, and as usual the local rooters contributed with their Gin | towards rattling the visitors. "Kid' < Morris was somewhat cratic in the I first few innings and hits and passes to | first enabled the visitors to score three ! runs in the first three innings. After | that, however, he settled down, and, | aided by good fielding, the New Haven team had nothing but goose eggs to | add to their score. Danbury was | blanked up to the sixth inning, when
 after Dorsey was given his base on
 balls and two singles, aided by two er-
 TOTS by Clabby, the score was tied. | Danbury again scored, which proved to be the winning run, chiefly through Dietrich dropping an easy fly. The ! score:
 Danbury .....0 0 0 0 8 1 0 *-4 | New Haven...0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0-3
 Hits-Danbury 7, New Haven 6. Er-
 rors-Danbury 1, New Haven 3. Bat
 teries-Morris and Phelps; Johnston l and Luchia.