Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-06
BASE BALL NEWS.
Unable to Hit the Ball, We Go
 Down to Defeat.

Waterbury Played B1ll for Four In nings and Then Came Collapse
 New Haven outbats Us and Was
 An Easy Winner-Springfeld De
 feated by Norwich in a Long Game
 New London Trims the Meridens
 and Bridgeport Has Fun With Hart
 ford.
 It was the opening of the base ball season in this city yesterday and more than 1000 fans journeyed down to tne Athletic field to see the first game pc tween Waterbury and New Haven. The American band had been engaged by Manager Harrington and they pa- raded around the streets before the game and gave several selGeflonS on the ball field. Promptly at 3:3U Mayor F. G. Kilduff, accompanied by Manager Harrington, walked onto the diamond, while the band followed discoursmg music. The mayor tossed the first ball over the plate and with a beautiful zig gag curve it caromed toward the bleachers and was lost to view. The crowd applauded and Umpire Morris sey of Norwich called the game.
 For four innings then followed as pretty base ball as could have been wished for. and it was a battle of pitchers. Jack Miriam. the old Derby -twirler, released by Hartford, was on the slab for New Haven, and Linde- mann was doing the work for this city. Tn the fifth inning, after two men mad hQRn rQfirn6 fn in, ,a f0l garden, Ramon knocked out q two-bag- ger to Weisbecker's territory. Tn at tempting to field it Weisbecker fumbled it and then wrenched his sore knee, and was done for as far as fielding was concerned. O'ConnelI drove Bannon home with single and the first run of the game was scored. That was the way the score stood until the eighth inning, when the local players and Um- plre Morrissey got a case of the ratties and New Haven scored three times. Ramon. the first man up, drove the bail to left field. Weisbecker could not run because of his knee and the ball went over his head and Bannon took third. The next man was retired and then Locke hit out a single and one run scored. The next man went out at first and then Braun drove another one to. Weisbecker and. as before, 1t passed over his head and the later scored on q single by Fftzmaurice. All through this inning Morrissey's decisions were questioned.
 Waterbury had good chances to tie the score in her half, but only succeed ed 1n getting two men over the plate. These men came in on Weisbecller's single and Skaters and Mccormack $ doubles. Henry had chance 10 do something here, but fell down, as did Luskey. In the ninth inning there was more doing and the umpire went up in the air for fair. Anklum walked free the first base that Lindemann gave in the game, and it was present Then O'Brien singled and Miriam sacrificed Ramon had been retired from second to first and then O'ConneII singled. Ii was here than an awful mix-up took place. Anklum was caught easily al the home plate, but was called safe OBrien was out by a mile at second but was callei safe, and Luskey. who stopped Anklilm at the plate, lost his head and hu led the ball at the nm pire- The ba went to center feId an6 O'Connell raC ed around the bases be fore it could be returned and all the scoring was tver. Waterbury could q, nothing in her half. although Clarcy who took Duckworth's place, did planf out safe one.
 The score and summary.