The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-06-08
YESTERDAYS BALL GAMES
THE NEW HAVENS WON TWICE
FROM BRISTOL.
All the Other State League Games Were
Postponcd-Great Playing Yesterday
by Murphy -scorcs In Other Leagues.

| grounds yesterday afternoon between
the Bristol and New Haven teams, and
a fairly good sized crowd braved the
bad weather for the bargain counter
| attraction. There were about five hun
dred present. New Haven won both
games but only after the hardest fight
in the second one. The scores We're Z
to and 7 to G. The second game was
one OF the finest of the year despite
the fact that drizzling rain fell al
most during the entire nine innings.
The first game came to a close at half
past three and almost as soon as the
last man was out the rain began to fall
as though it meant 1t, causing delay
of forty five minutes. Captain Cana
van wanted to start the game and the
Bristols didn't and so they packed up
their bats and started to move as the
two captains walked across the lot
from the dressing room In right field,
where they had been making observa-
lions of the heavens. This was at 4:10
and the crowd believing that the game
was called off also started to leave the
field. There were a hungry few who
yelled play BALI and kept yelling it
for thirty minutes and their yelling be-
came contagious. All Joined in and at
o'clock Captain Caravan ordered his
men to take the field. They stood out
there for over five minutes, the Bris-
tolls refusing to make any sort of a
move to start the game Finally Fran
els, the first man on the batting list,
took his stand at the plate and the
game was on. 1t was game Of games
and there were more good plays in 1t
than have been punched in any two
games on the grounds this year. Ev-
erybody played ball as if the pennant
hung on the result.
The bright light of this dark after
noon was Murphy, "Our" Murphy. He
was at bat nine times and cracked out
six hits, including two two sac1ers.
Two of these hits We're on beautiful
bunts and in each case he was loudly
applauded as he sped over first base
ahead of the ball. In the fourth in
ming of the first game he threw a man
out at third from deep center field and
three of his four put outs In the sec
ond game were Ion chances of the most
difficult kind. In the fourth inning of
the second game Murphy scooped a
ball off Reisling's bat on a dead run,
the ball being about half a foot off the
ground when it was caught. He was
going so fast that he fell all over HIM
self after the ball landed in his hands
and turned two somersaults before he
could stop, The play brought every
body, to their feet and as the popular
player walked to the bench he was
made to take off his hat To see such
ball playing is we'll worth the price of
a game and you always see it in Savin
Rock. Another play took place in the
third inning of this game which, If
carried out would have stood in a class |
by itself for the rest of the season,
and but for the foolish inter |
ference of a Bristol player world have |
been carried out. In other words a |
beautiful triple play was spoiled. 1t |
was like this: Bone reached first base |
on an error Of Reisling, who failed to |
hold a low ball thrown him by Berry. |
Murphy hunted safely, Bone going to |
second. Captain Caravan then beat
out another petty bunt along the first |
base line and the bases were full. A |
couple of runs were almost sure things |
Bannon came to the bat with fire in |
his eye and on the second ball pitched |
sent hot liner about two feet higher |
than 'Shorty" Francis head on third |
base. This little player sprang up in |
The air the necessary two feet and the |
ball banged up against his left hand
It dropped towards earth but before it
got there Francis grabbed 1t, tagged |
third base, catching Bone off by two
Yards and then threw to Owens, who
was covering second. The bali was in
.ercepted by Berry, who evidently |
thought it was coming to him and in
the great play was spoiled,
Murphy getting back to second before
he ball could be put there. 1t was a
great play and Francis got the glad
land for two or three minutes. This
hanged the whole situation and as
Fitzmaurice famed no runs were
scored.
A regular comic paper play occurred
n the seventh Inning Of the second
,ame with Bristol at the bat. Refs
Ing drew base on balls, went to Sec
md on Lindsays hit Anderson then
made single, but was thrown out a
minute later at second on Roehs' hit
0 Bone When Roehs was at bat
>eering sent wide ball to Luchia, the
all striking his glove and bounding
yer to the bench of the visitors, Lu-
hia tore after it, coulrn't find it and
ropped on his hands and knees and
cratched under the bench like a cat, |
tut there was no ball. The two base |
unners scampered across the plate and
fter & minute or two up came the ball |
mid the laughter Of the crowd. This
tarted trouble Francis drew base
nd went to third on Owens two bag
er to right. The ball was fielded to
aptain Caravan, who made q throw
. the home plate in an attempt to
atch Francis The ball was about ten | !
aet wide and ON the throw both Fran
Is and Owens crossed the rubber, ,
lal1ing a total of five runs, putting d,
hem two runs to the good.
In New Haven's half IL the inning, |
fter Caravan and Fitzmaurice had
ngled Kuhn landed on one of Roehs'
endere for two bases, scoring the run
ers and tieing the score. At this !
Lage of the game Captain Reisling re-
loved Roehs and substituted himself,
lock going to first The move didn't !
leet with great approval by the spec
,tors, who thought It was little I'M
list. Reisling got the laugh when he
mt Luchia to first on balls and later
,e merry Ha Ha was given him when |