Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-12
BASE BILL NEWS.
Waterbury Puts Dent In SPRING
fields Pennant Aspirations.

The Scrappy Bunch from the Massa-
chusetts City Outplayed and outbat-.
ted-Umpire Steve Ashe Browbeaten
and Bullied by the Visitors-Linde-
mann Was Found in Just One In
ning-An Exciting Contest Until the
Last Man Was out-Results of Other.
Games.
There was excitement enough at
the game yesterday to satisfy the most
ardent fan and everybody rooted to his
or her hearts content and even the
rev friends of the Springfield team
TOOK a hand in the game and tried
hard to have the Springfield stickers
hit her out and win from their own
city. There were only very few Of
those fans, however. and they were as
silent as dead duck when the game
was over and the alleged champions
We're sent back to the Massachusetts,
city beaten in contest that was
marked by many distinct features.
In the first place the home team had
10 light hard to win out because Steve
Ashe held the indicator and he was
two members of the Springfield team
and not q fine was charged up to a
player nor was any player removed
from the game. Time after time did
Ed Connors and Joe Conner delay the
game TO argue a point with Umpire
Ashe and the fans in the meantime
begged for the game to continue. How
much differently this same bunch of
players acted when Dan Shannon held
the indicator and what q difference
there was in the unpiring When
Shannon was here the decision was
given and that settled it. There were
no lengthy disputes nor arguments.
Neither was the Springfield team al
lowed to shout and coach from the
bench as the players did yesterday.
Shannon was an umpire who COM
manded respect, while on the other
hand Ashe was afraid TO say his name
was Ashe for fear some of the Spring
fields would object.
Another feature of the game was
the great one-hand catch of Croughan
out in the center garden in the last
inning. 1t saved Waterbury from
possible chance of defeat. Peter
Kiernan's slide home for the plate in
the first inning and his very bum err
ror in the seventh, which almost sent
his team into the air again, were also
features. The general good playing
of the locals and the ragged work of
the visitors were also noticeable.
Springfield started off scoring in the
first inning. Tansy had been retired
from Fitzpatrick to first when Ed Con-
nors banged out safe one. J. Common
then tried to sacrifice. but Slater got
it and nailed Ed Connors at the second
H. INST <xro
minutes to come in from the field, so
sulky was he, and he looked mad
enough to eat Catcher Joe. The lat
ter stole second and came home on
Hoffman's eorking single. That was
all the scoring done by the Spring
fields until the seventh. Not another
hit had been made by the Springfelds,
either, up to that inning Hoffman,
the first man up in the seventh, ham,
mered out pretty single. He would
have been nailed at second on the
fhrow-down, but Peter Herman had
to make his one bad error and then
the fun began. Berry went out to
Slater and Henry, O'Connor and De-
laney followed with clean singles.
Hoffman In the meantime had come
nome and Henry tried to do likewise,
but young Sullivan had captured De-
the plate Henry ran many feet out
side the line of base and Scanlon, who
had the ball, chased after him with
both hands. Henry was declared out
and then another kick started. From
one corner came Joe Conner and from
the other Ed Connors. while all the
other players chimed in from all parts
of the lot. Ashe stuck to this de-
cision. Francis was given base on
balls and the three corners were filed.
Tansy was next up and one ball pitch
ed went over his cap. It did not
move It a hair, but Umpire Ashe said
1t did and one run was forced in. 1t
looked as though Ashe was trying
hard to land the game for Springfield
when Ed Connors disappointed him
and the Springfield bunch by flying
out TO left t.
Waterbury went after the game in
the first inning and succeeded almost
in getting enough to win. Herman
drove the first ball pitched through
Berry's legs and took two bases on 1t.
AfcAndrews banged out q safe one to
center and Peter made dash for the
Dlate. The ball came high to Joe
Conner and Herman slid under his
legs and the run counted. McAn-
dreyys in the meantime had taken Sec
Ond Slater and FITZPATRICK Went out
TO third and center respectively, when
Croughan sent hot one out to center
and scored McAndrews on Henry's
tumble. Croughan Kept on to second.
and he came in moment later on Lin
demands hit. Another run came to
Waterbury in the fourth without hir
Iindemann sent fly to Henry in cen
fer and he dropped it. Short tried to
sacrifice and Norman. who got the
han. threw it mile wide and Linde-
mann kept on around the bases to the
home plate. Our last run came in
+he seventh on q single by McAndrews
and a corking two sacker by Ned
slater. That was all the scoring
dona on either side. The score and
WATERBURY.
Alb. r. 1B. P.o. A. p.
Kiernan. IS ....4 o 4 2 !
45cAndrews. 3b a 2 3 o o /
Slater Id .....3 o 2 10 o.