Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-28
RASE BALL NENS.
Much Better Playing Was That
 Of Yesterday.

Bridgeport Was Almost Given shut
 Out-An Error Allowed the Visitors
 the Only Run-Ned Slater Ham,
 mers Out a Home Run-Springfeld
 Ousted From Second Place By New.
 Haver-Meriden Again Trounces
 Norwich Has Elm With
 New London.
 The team that represented Water bury on the Athletic field yesterday ill the game against Bridgeport was not the same team which gave such dis astrous exhibition on Thursday Not by long shot. The Waterbury team of Thursday had been driven to the woods and in it's place came forth q team of ball players. If you don't be- lieye it ask Gene Wilson, Dan Sullivan, Dr Hayes or any other base ball crank They will all tell you that the Thurs day team was still sleping and that 1t would be a pity to awaken it. In its place had come a pennant winning team. Ia Pittsburg, and the first one to rub up against it the honorable James O'Rourke secretary, dictator and shining legal luminary down iPthe village of Bridgeport The honorable had brought along with him tWirler tion of ball pounders and d twiller whom We kindly sent down to him q few weeks ago. Yes, Lyman was here with his wide curves and his tremen- dous drop and to tell you the truth, the local hitters did not find him q very easy proposition. They did man. age to whack d few hits out and send a few runers over the plate but there were q few misplays that helped us as we'll
 The worthy James II. sat on the bench and pondered deply as to wheth- CT he should call out the fire depart ment and Waterbury's new fire engine to help him or as to whether lie had better take the ash himself and line out a few into the deep gardens. Wisely he decided to remain a spectator for blondy Lindemann was twirling for the locals and James did not admire the twists he was getting on the ball. Too Ihany of the elan of the O'Rourkes were striking out and the sage whis pered to James '.be seated" Water bury was playing gilt edged ball too. and the only wrong doing of the day was committed by the little German in the left garden who let an easy one get away from him and as conse- quence the O'Rourkes scored their only run. Robinson, better known as Bobby was out in the right garden he was the chap who was mysterious ly missing in Thursdays game and it was said he fell overheard from the ob servation boat i'll New London and that he was waiting for the glove. mask and protector to dry out before he started for Waterbury. Bobby was there. however. and his star catch i'll right garden may make the local manager a little lenient when it comes to settle up tonight.
 Slater had his eye, too, and his hit over the left field track for a homer was a corker Mccormack and Court ney also had thrown away their glass es as they banged those drops with ease There was q new fixture be hind the bat in the person of Jack Scanlon of Torrington and that chap is all right. He was as lively as q crick ct and it looks as if he would make valuable substitute for Luskey
 Bridgeport's only run was made in the third inning when after Lindemann had struck cut. the two first men up Yale hit one out to left field. Louis w. let it go through his legs like croquet ball under a wicket and when he recovered it Yale was smiling on third. It was easy then for Hi Ladd to send him home with safe hit. Wa terbury scored in the third twice. F'itZ- patrick had forced Scanlon at second and Kiernan had been retired when Ned Slater smashed three or four stitches in the ball and sent it sailing far out to deep left. Around the bases went Slater and Fitzpatrick waited for him and both trotted home together like a pair of winning colts. Another came in the fourth one more in the seventh and the last one in the eighth. The score and summary:
 WATERBURY.