Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-27
BASE BALL NEWS.
A Very Farcieal Exhibition of
 Base Ball Yesterday.

Waterbury ana dafIIoru NelS my fenders-Errors and Hits Chased Each Over the Ball Field-Waller Founded All Over the Lot and Hart ford Used Up Three Pitchers-Frank Reisling Fined and Put Out of the Game-Luskey Was Badly Injured. Of all the exhibitions in the baseball line that have ever been perpetrateu on the public, the one of yesterday was the most farcical. Those present. however. seemed to enjoy the sport, 1t was so ridiculously funny. In order that those who were not present may get a little of the fun out of it, 1t is here given just as it happened.
 Hartford was the opposing team and in the first inning was retired without a run. Waterbury made two runs in her half of the first without a hit. Fitzpatrick knocked the first ball down to Landy at short, and he fell all over it and fired it mile wide Of first. Kiernan flew out to center and Slater to try out Landy once more slammed another one at him and again did he try to throw into. the bleachers Lindemann slammed one to second and Slater was ill. following Fitzpatrick who came home on Lan- dy's second wild throw. Lindemann got his base because Slater beat the ball to the home plate. Luskey hit to second and double play was ac- T 4, ci1
 In the second and third innings both sides were retired without runs, Hart ford without a hit and Waterbury with but one. In the fourth the fun com menced. Hardesty, the first man up for Hartford, smashed out single. Waller tried to hit a couple of the scorers back of and above the catcher and Hardesty kept going around the bases as far as third. Truby flew out to left and Hardesty scored. Miller smashed out single and Quinn smashed ball to the infield. It was returned tc catch the runner at the plate. but Luskey dropped it. Then I.andy hit q safe one to right and Lin demann made bungle of it on bad throw to third. Reed hammered out another safe one and went around to third on Luskey's bad throw to second to catch him stealing Wilhelm struck out and Mylett and McCallister found two nice drives off John Waller, jr. Hardesty in his second time up went out from short to first and six hits, three errors. wild pitch and five runs was the result of all this work.
 Waterbury was not to be outdone, however, for in her half the locals drove Wilhelm to the woods Linde- mann, the first man up, walked free on four bad ones, Lusl1ey was safe on Mylett's error. and Weisbecker smashed out q single, sending the two around the circuit. Courtney struck out and Mccormack took first on an error of the right fielder Waller sur prised his friends by hammering out a single and Fitzpatrick smashed out a nice two sacker. Kiernan then drove one at the pitcher and Fitz was caught lodging between second and third Slater hit another to Landy and that worthy again made a mess of it. He followed it up by q bum throw for his second error of that inning and the runners kept going across the plate Lindemann stepped up to keep the in terest alive and he smashed one SC
 
 garden and when it was recovered Lindemann was resting on the bencf with a home run to his credit. Lus. ey then walked free and Weisbeckel ended the fiasco by flying out to cen. ter. This netted four hits. five CT TOTS and eight runs. and Waterbury prenared to take things easy
 Hartford wanted more and she go +boT1a in thu fl ff11 iruipO ffo,. U,,.,,1,, went out to center, Miller, Quinn ant Landy landed for singles each. Reee went out to short and Con Cassid, was sent up to bat for Wilhelm H, was equal to the occasion for h found clean single, helping along tn scoring. The next man went out second to first. and the result wa four hits and three runs.
 Waterbury did nothing in her half but in the sixth Hartford rubbed it il for fair. Twelve men were at ba and John Waller was very tired at tn finish. There were three singles two doubles and a triple chalked u against him. two errors and a bas on balls All this amounted to seve runs for Hartford. Luskey was als injured in this inning in order to mak
 
 tip from Con Cassidy's bat hit hi finger and dislocated it. He was al tended by Dr Hayes. who said the il jury would keep him out of the gam for some weeks. There was Il catcher available. as Robinson diG nc show up, and old reliable Peter Kie nan went into the breach and finishe out the game He did well, too.
 Hartford took another in the se' enth on a double and long fly to lief two more in the eighth on a base o balls. a triple. and an error by Cour ney. who was playing short in plat of Kiernan. One more came in Il ninth on a base on balls and an errt by Lindemann. who went to center take Courtney's place. Waterbul scored one more in the ninth on
 double by Mccormack and long f to the outfeld. The score and sun marys
 WATERBURY.
 AB. R. 1B. 20. A.
 Fitzpatrick, 2b 6 3 O
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