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

One of the best played games and 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- macs of Waterbury. The game was 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 3 to Q at the beginning of the ninth inning. and with three hits, two bases on balls and one error, managed to score six, runs before the 3d man was put out. NewtOwn then went in for their half of the ninth inning with the score to 3 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 a base hit, sending Haugh home and landing safe on first; the next man up, Walter Nichols, one of NewtOWn'S pitchers, caught the third ball, pitched to him on the face of his bat, and sent it far, far into left field, driving Schielke in across the base tieing the score at to 6. Then pam demOnium reigned and how the crowd did yell. The next man up went out on d long fly to center, making the third out. The tenth inning began with the score 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 a 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 6 in favor of Newtown. A claim was made by the 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 grounds, as welt as some of the local team. The game was therefore al lowed to go as it was. Never before was such 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 o'clock sharp. The greatest rivalry exists between those two clubs and people from all quarters of the town as well as from Brooktield, New Mil ford, Danbury, South Britain, South bury, Oxford, WOOdbury and Shelton will be on hand to see the game. It promises to be one of the hottest games ever played on the local field and, 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 tt
 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.
 merits. Admission, 25 cents. Teams free.