The Newtown bee., 1902-08-01
HOME NEWS. A HOT BALL GAME. VIEWPOINTS WIN OUT.

One of the best played games and one of the most exciting and senSa. tional finishes ever seen on the local ball field took place at the Fair Grounds, last Saturday, in the game between the Newtowns and the Merri- the equal to professional ball up to the beginning of the ninth inning and those who witnessed it will not soon | forget it. The score at the beginning of the eighth inning was one to nOth- | ing in favor of NeWtOWn; in the last half of the eighth, Newtown added two more runs, making the score to 0 at the beginning of the ninth inning. The Merrimacs then went to the bat and with three hits, two bases on balls l and one error, managed to score six Newtown then went in for their half of the ninth inning with the score to } against them. The first two men at the bat went out. Jack Haugh, cap- | tain and catcher of the NewtownS, then came up and smashed the second ball pitched to far right field for three bases; Adolph Schielke, the next man up, hit for base hit, sending Haugh home and landing safe on first; the next man up, Walter Nichols, one of Newtown's pitchers, caught the third
 
 bat, and sent it far, far into left field, driving Schielke in across the base and making home run himself, thus tieing the score at 6 to 6. Then pan- demonium reigned and how the crowd did yell. The next man up went out on a long fly to center, making the third out. The tenth inning began with the score a tie amid great ex- citement although they had one man left on base. Newtown then came to the bat; again two men went out. The third man up got base hit; the fourth, the same and the fifth d base on balls; then Wright came to the bat and smashed a single past short and drove two men across the plate, making the score to in favor of | NewtOwn. A claim was made by the MerrimacS that Wright had stopped running before he reached first base and, according to rule, was out. After considerable arguing back and forth, the umpire stated that if Wright had stopped running, though he did not see him do so, he was out; but, by that time, most of the spectators, thinking | NewtOwn had won the game beyond the question of doubt, had left the team. The game was therefore al- lowed to go as it was. Never before was such a batting rally seen on the local diamond.
 On Thursday of this week the New towns go to New Milford to play the New Milfords and, on Saturday of this week, the great game of the year be- tween NeWtown and Woodbury will take place at the Fair Grounds at l o'clock sharp. The greatest rivalry exists between those two clubs and l people from all quarters of the town as well as from Brook field, New Mill ford, Danbury, South Britain, South bury, Oxford, Woodbury and Shelton will be on hand to see the game. It 1 promises to be one of the hottest games ever played on the local field land, with the NewtOwnS putting up the ball they are at the present time, you may expect to see a great game. An out of town umpire has been en- gagged to umpire the game in order to insure fair play to both teams. Only the captains of the teams and the umpire will be allowed to dispute any point and no one else will be allowed to interfere in any way. It is hoped the crowd will be respectful and or derly so as to insure an A No game and may the local team win on it's merits. Admission, 25 cents. Teams | free