The Newtown bee., 1904-07-01
MANAGER nAUon's BALL TEAM
PLAYS A WINNING GAME.

Philip Haugh, fireman for the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad and manager of the BOtsfOrd Hill Blue-Jays, an organization of ball players picked up from the once fa- nous Clay Valley Coon club, put up an recent afternoon that would have done credit to Jim O'Rourke's Orators, re- sulting in complete shut out for Long Hill to the tune of IS to nothing. The ease and dispatch in which the Blue- Jays put the All-StarS to rOut was easier than sinking Russian warShip land that from all appearances is the easiest thing on the calendar). Long Hill felt so confident of success that the very trees poured forth cooing ca- dences of delight, for the Stars felt so keenly the need of beating Manager Haugh's team that they sent to Boston for a pitcher, by name Johnny Poor, and "POor Johnny's" curves were so poor that the Blue-Jays twisted them all out of shape and several times lost the ball. Keating, the first man to the bat, hit the first ball up for home run, and remarked: "Fellows, Poor Johnny throws a dandy ball to hit," and so it proved. Haugh followed Heating, and as ''Phil" is in the habit of using slice bar (which weighs about l5O pounds), swung at the ball and met the hOrse-hide with 3OO- pound whack, that put the club out of commission and reminded one of the discharge of one of Uncle Sam's l3- inch guns. The last seen of the ball at rate of speed that alarmed the natives. Then right here is where Robert Ashman, the supposed crack-a- jack baseman for the home team, put up kick. He thought the visitors ought to contine the ball to the field limit and anyone hitting the ball cut of the field, be declared out. He was sustained by the umpire, and as the visitors knew that was the only chance Long Hill had of putting them out with Poor Johnny Poor from Boston in the box), allowed it. Sweeney thought that when they made such a drive as Haugh did, the side should be declared out. This also was allowed, and the game continued. "Russ''
 Lynch would have done credit to the he stole bases, while the double plays by Reiner, Lynch and Briscoe were the lively features of the game. When nearing Upper Stepney on the way home an amusing incident took place. A farmer hailed the genial driver, Ed" and wanted to know if the Japs had taken Port Arthur. Ed replied that to the best of his knowledge they had not. He said that he couldn t ''accOunt nOhOw fur that air cannon ball that tore up my nOrt' medder this afternoon, stating that lat about 3.30 o'clock that air ball struck my med der, tore furrer ten feet deep in the field and landed up again a ledge of rOck," and to use the words of the genial farmer, "smaShed the ledge all to smithereens, an 1 bin tryin' for nigh onter forty year to blarSt it away with dinnymite.' An investigation was at once entered into by the play CTS to account for such strange occur renee in this otherwise peaceful vil- lage, and headed by Phil and he of the thin locks and sage brush whiskerS they soon came to the north "medder," which certainly did look like wreck, and proceeded to search for some clew, when a glad cry was raised by one of the searcherS. For Jim Lynch held up to the gaze of the astonished searchers what. proved to be the stitches of the horse-hide that Phil hit so hard in Long Hill. This was all that remained of that noble ball. No further incident worth recording happened until the victorious party reached home, hungry, tired and hap py.
 The line up was as follows:
 Long Hill All-StarS: Homer HOyt, c;