The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-02
YESTERDAYS BALL GAMES
DERBY TOOK 4 GOOD GAME FROM
NEW HAVEN At SATIN ROCK.

Freely While Mclean Held the Local
Batters Well wn--Bridgeport De-
feats Norwich Meriden Wins In Bris-
! toll.
The game at Savin Rock yesterday
between New Haven and Derby was
won by the latter team by the score OF
to 2. The game was we'll played one
| by both teams, and 1t was no fault or
the fielding of the Blues that they lost
/ The story of their defeat lies in the
base hit column. Four little singles
We're all that could be made off Nc
Lean who was in beautiful form, while
the Derby batters poked out twice that
number of safe ones. Both pitchers sui
fered by Umpire Best's decisions on
! balls and strikes. Time and again balls
would go wide Of the plate by at least
foot and they would be called strikes,
and 70 even up matters some that cut
the rubber in half and were waist high
were called balls. Umpire Best did more
evening up than anything else, and for
every bad ball that he called strike,
two good ones were called balls in re-
turn. Several decisions on the bases
We're the cause of considerable bicker-
ing by the respective captains and play
ers.
Taking all together the work of the
umpire was the poorest the New Ha-
ven people have had to put up with in
q number Of weeks.
Third Baseman O'Brien of the visit
ing team made two beautiful plays that
called for considerable applause by the
onlookers. In the third inning Hodson
made hit and was advanced to second
on Bones single. Battam was then up
and the second ball pitched he met on
the end of his bat and sent it spinning
down the third base alley. OBrien dove
for the ball, which looked safe, picked
it up, touched the bag and shot it over
to Calhower in time to catch Battam,
who is no slow runner, and completed
most brilliant double play knocking sky
high the hopes of the local fans that
the score would be at least tied
In the next inning Duff made beau
tiful bunt, but O'Brien grabbed the
ball as it took an ugly bound and shot
it to first in time to catch the runner.
Denny, Cusick and Battam ate every
thing that came their way, but Frlel
was rather awkward in hondlng two or
three grounders.
Lawler, the first man up, poked the
first ball pitched for a clean single over
Battam's head. went to second on
O'Brien's sacrifice ard scored on Con-
roy's single over third base In the
second inning Calliflower drew a base
on balls went to second on Murphy's
out and scored a minute later on Nc
Leans short fly to Bone, which he
dropped after a long run. Still another
was made in the third, and in this same
inning New Haven played dope ball.
O'Brien led off with a single Ladd
sent hot one to Cusick, who handled
it we'll and threw to first retiring the
runner. There was nobody within
twenty feet CT third ) base and
O'Brien kept on running with a clear
field before him Conroy then cracked
out his second single and scored on an
out his second single and scored
O Brien.
III LOe nlHln 1lnlHS DeHIy leu OIL
with a hit and was forced at second on
Murphy's grounder Here Friel had a
good chance for double, but his throw
was low and Murphy was safe. Nc |
Lean then singled, putting Murphy on
third. Mclean stole second, and both |
men scored on LAWYERS fine single over
second base. OBrien ended the inning |
by flying out to Battam.
New Haven scored in the first and
third innings but after that only one |
hit was made off Mclean
Jimmy Donnelly failed to show up as
usual, and the cranks. as well as the |
are beginning to wonder |
if he will come at all.
To-day Waterbury will be here and |
Saturday New London will meet the |
Blues at Savn Rock
The score:
DERBY