Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-08
BASE BALL NEVIS.
Waterbury Administers a Drub-
 ping to New London.


 Hard-Clancy Pitched Winning Ball Springfield Trims the Bridgeports-
 Meriden Defeated by Norwich. and
 New Haven Takes Game from
 Hartford-Results of Other Games.
 The New London Telegraph gives this account of yesterdays game:
 The game started off brilliantly--and went to the bad before the first Ipnlng was over. Fitzpatrick was first up and hit fast liner which Wilson got handI- ly. Slater hammered the ball hard enough to send it away out into far center. but Finn judged it right and hy a long, hard run grabbed 1t. 1t was q beautiful play People began to thinls they were going to see a ball game. Pete Kiernan, who has just come back to earth, was next and landed little single in short left. Then Lusky got onto one of Paige's underhand balls and sent it cutting the grass to left. Just as it got to Rising it took nasty bound and got away from him, kier- nan beating the ball to the plate and Luskey reaching third on the throw. Next Henry sent a fairly hard ground CT to Kuhn and everybody thought it would be eaten. But it wasn't. for Kuhn made an elaborate tumble and Luskey scored. Immediately after this Kuhn made another tumble, this time of McCormack's grounder. Heury stole third. Lindemann rolled a slow one between first and second. Paige was so slow in covering first that when Ramon threw. he had to take the ball on the jump and lost 1t, Henry and Mccormack scoring. It looked as if at least one more run would be scored when Robertson drove a long fly to left, apparently out of Risilg's reach, but that rapid fielder got move on like railroad train and made q mirac- ulous one-hand catch, finally ending the agony.
 It was pretty uphill work from this point, and the audience was sitting un- der wet blanket for long while after the yellow inning. In neither the first nor the second innings did New Lon- don get a hand to first base, willie in the second and third Waterbury gave the audience palpitation of the heart, though no scoring was done by the wis 1tors. In the third New London broke the ice to the extent of one tally. Long got the first hit made off CIancey's pitching and stole second. ArmBtuster hit safely to center. The hit was not long one, but Long might have scored on It 1T he had haStened a little But he didn't until it was too late and was caught at the plate. Paige's out ad- yanced Armbruster to third He took long lead, and when Luskey threw to catch -him Mccormack dropped the ball and Armbruster lost no time in scratching gravel for home, arriving in safety. Kuhn hit to Clancy, but Slater dvopped the ball. Kuhn stole i and when Fitzpatrick let the throw go, reached third. Rising drew pass, but Finn was an easy out, Mccormack to Slater
 The fourth netted a run for either team. Fitzpatrick was out when Slater hit a red hot liner that Kuhn could not stop. Kfernan singled. Lus- key flied out to Finn and Henry's safe grounder scored Slater. Mccormack was out on foul to Moves.
 Bannon walked and was forced by Wilson. Noyes's single sent Wilson to third and he scored on Longs fly out to Robertson. Armbruster truck out
 The fifth netted pair of goose eggs, as did the sixth, though there might have been another story had i ot Will son been caught asleep in the latter in- ming. Wilson led off with a single end stole. Moves drew pass. Wilson took too long a lead and Clancey threw him out at second. Moves stole and got an extra base because the throw was poor, but Long and Armbruster both famed
 In the seventh Waterbury got a hand to third. but failed to tally. Then 1t was that New London got look in at the game and came out of the inning with a tied score and a chance to w;n. of frcf 1Z nh Rising was out, Clancey to Slater Finn cracked a single to left, scoring Kuhn. Ramon doubled to left, the ball jump ing away from Robertson, Finn SCOT ing. Wilson hit high fly to Robert son and when the fielder dropped it there was a jubilee aong the roofers. for the score was tied, with Wilson on second waiting for a hit from Moves to put the locals in the lead But tie hit didn't come, and neither did any more runs. then or later.
 Waterbury very promptly knocked out any swelling that there might have been in New London. heads. Fitzpat- rick was out on greunder to Bannon Slater singled and stole. F was not very much of a trick to get a safe hit in this inning, for Paige was handing up big underhand balls that the Bulke- t@ct p1dF CTS WOulQ nave 'SoO Iuer0 was little surprise when Luskcy also singled and Henry plunked out a two- base hit, the sum of the result being two runs. There might easily have been some more runs on the Waterbury score if Luskey hadn't got too gay off first and been thrown out McCor- mack went out on q fly to Finn.
 New London didn't get man to first in the eighth or ninth.
 It was too bad. and there was an aw- ful roar from the easily discouraged. The wonder is, with the difference in the batting of the two teams. that there wasn't greater discrepancy in the score. The score:
 WATERBURY.
 ABR. H. 20. A. E. Fitzpatrick, 2b .....5 o 2 2 2 l Slater 1b -..........4 ? 2 10 0 0 Kiernan ss .........5 2 4 0 3 0 Luskey, ..........5 1 2 5 0 l Henry, cf .....5 1 8 1 1 0 Mccormack 3b ...5 1 1 1 1 Lindemann. If ......5 0 1 o 0 o Robertson. If .......5 0 ? , 0 1 Clancy, p ......5 0 o 0 , o