Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-10
BASE BALL NEWS.
Waterbury Defeated by Hart
 ford on a Cold Field.

No Umpire Appeared and Two Play CTS Who Tried It Were Not Sue ess-Bridgeport Thrashes the Nor wich Team-Springield Defeated Meriden and New London Was Downed by New Hayen-Results of
 Other Games.
 The story of yesterdays game as given by the Hartford Courant is as follows:
 The Vikings and the Norsemen played baseball on the Hartford park yesterday afternoon and Waterbury lost. The news agencies reported that it was showing at Saranac lake ana blowing great guns on the Wethers- field avenue grounds. Big Walker has early gained the reputation or be- ing Hartford's winning pitcher and he will also be known as great cola weather pitcher. The wintry blasts had no effect on the giant, while old Pete Kfernan, the superannuated 1n- fielder from Waterbury, suffered so much from the cold that his knees EHOOh auu al O1u luluSlIc1 mOuAQ htlfO thought he was playing the bones. The sudden change in the temperature was unexpected at the park and Groundkeeper Daniels had neglected to add q thermometer to his equip ment. The wind tore the awnings off the private boxes and the big stand trembled.
 When the pitchers warmed up they .fl1cy Fol- lowed suit. The wind played funny tricks with flies When they were knocked up near the plate the players would run around in little circles and when they put out init to catch the ball they would usually stab at the air. The outfelders had better sue cess and only a few balls were mis- judged in that territory. Denny Coyle was advised to go down to the park, as he was told the air would be good for his rheumatism. He found the air, but as he did not throw away his cane it was not supposed he was cured.
 About 250 people welcomed the To- calls upon their return from their dis astrous trip. A encouragement of the team was necessary, as Hebble had
 
 bench. Kane was at third and Will helm played short. Frank took a rest. A new first baseman has been engaged and his name is McGamwell He was seen here last season and comes we'll recommended. McGam- well was supposed to be here yester- day, but he could not be located and a tracer was sent out after him. With fhn fret hQ m m Hnc1y ger Reisling will take his regular turn in the box Phillips or Duff will be used against Springfield in the game there to-day.
 When the Hartfords returned from Bridgeport they registered a protest against the scoring methods there They claim that when they made sac rifice hits they were put in the AB. column and they were also robbed of three clean hits. Either an attempt is being made to boost the batting averages of the Bridgeports or else the scorers down there should invest 10 cents and get book of rules. Secre- tary ORourke should see that all the players get what they deserve
 No regular umpire appeared here yesterday and Lawson of Hartford and Clancy of Waterbury were sent out to judge the plays sre was trouble in the first inning. With two out and the bases full Reisling hit to third and when the ball was thrown 1t apparently reached the base at the same time the runner did. Accord ing to the rules of umpires the run ner is supposed to have the benefit of the doubt and Lawson properly decid- ed Reisling safe. The Waterbury players. from some unknown reason, thought the runner was out and left the bases uncared for while two runs came in. Objections were made to Lawson and Scannell took his place. In the fifth inning Quinn scored al- though he should have been an easy out. The ball was thrown from the outfeld and the catcher failed to runner with the ball as Quinn lodged. There was some objection to this de- cision, but the catcher made a second attempt to touch Quinn, showing that he had failed when the man should have been touched.
 Henry could do but little with Wal ker and he objected to C1ancy's decis- ions on balls and strikes when he was struck out in the third inning with the bases full As Waterbury was effectually outplayed none of the de cisions really affected the final score. Costly errors were made by Kiernan and Captain Fitzpatrick. Two sim gles and an outfield fly gave Water bury run in the first inning. With the bases full in the fifth Walker forced in run with four wide ones. The bases were still full and Robinson hit an infield fly. The wind carried the ball so it could not be caught and while the batsman was out the man on third scored.
 Nearly all of Hartford's hits were mixed in with errors by Waterbury and the double of Reisling was mis- judged by the fielder on account of the wind. The score:
 HARTFORD.
 ABR. H. 20. A. E. Prick. 2b ..........4 0 o 2 0 McCallister, of ......4 2 1 2 0 Wilhelm. ss ........4 2 2 0 1