Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-17
CITY LEAGUE.
STRENUOUS WAS
 THE BIG GAME
With Darkness 0vershadowing the Field Umpire Hill Calls the
 Game and Brooklyn Won.

the ball park yesterday afternoon during the progress of the last game between the Brooklyns and the Washington Hills. The fifteen hun dred people present were all about equally divided as to favorites and the roofing they did would put New York audience to shame. It was an important game, possibly one of the most important that has been played this season. The BrOoklyns were fighting to maintain their position, 8 tie with the Pastimes for the first place. The Hills, the avowed enemies of the Brooklyns, had out their strongest combination, and they were there determined to prevent Brook lyn from again becoming factor in the pennant winning. Dave Hill of Seymour, than whom no fairer or squarer umpire ever held an, indi- cator, had been engaged to act in that capacity. Never in all his his tory as umpire has Dave Hill ran up against such strenuous struggle as the one of yesterday, and his decision at half-past that the game was called showed the stamina of the man. He must have realized that no sooner had that decision been made, no matter which side was hit, he would have to face a storm of pro- tests and perhaps something more serious. He saw, however, that 1t was impossible to play further, as even ne himself could scarcely see the ball as it came over the plate. There was possibility of some one of the players getting hit with the ball and suffering serious injury be- cause the infielders could not see the ball when 1t was bunted toward them. He realized that 1t was farrell cal to try to continue such a game, no matter how much he disliked to call 1t, and he did fearless act when he faced that bowling body of spec tators and declared the game at an end. While it was rather dark at the seventh inning when the Hills asked to have the game called, yet the ball could be seen by both the infielders and the outfielders, and as an evidence of this the ball that Bill Lallier hit for three bases in the eighth inning, which won the game for Brooklyn, was seen by the left fielder, for he tried to get under It. but 1t was too far away from him Then. too, in that same inning. when Lallier tried to get in from third, he was.ruR iewn between the bases and almost all the Hills were in the mix up trying to catch him. and George Mulligan did nall him at the plate The ball could be seen then, for 1t was thrown from one to the other Tn the ninth the darkness closed in so quickly that 1t was impossible to see the ontflelders and there was not spectator on the stands that could tell where the ball was hit. No one knew whether 1t was foul or fair un. til they saw the infielder groping for 1t. It was then the game was called.
 Johnny Kelly almost lost the game himself in the very first inning. He struck the first man, gave bases on balls to Delaney and Mulligan, and then gave nice one to Pete Lawlor
 which the latter drove to the fence for three bases and three runs were scored. Before the Hills had fin. ished that inning two more runs were scored and 1t looked like q cinch for the Hills. Kelly settled down after that and pitched good ball. The Hills were not to be de nied, however, for they secured two more in the third. The Brooklyn. were up against Eddie Barker. and the latter was twirling pretty fast baseball. In the fourth Brooklyn squeezed two over the plate but the Hills made another in their half Encouraged by their manager Mike Madden who kept the cras~ ~ro"-' down along the coach line, the
 Brooklyns scored three more III tn, sixth and the Hills made one more
 in their half. In the seventh tht Brooklyns tore things loose. Eddie Barker was found two safe swats snt
 he was sent into the outfield and Bill Thompson took his place. Bill filled the bases and Bill Lallier. the hops of Brooklyn stepped to the plate. H'
 met a nice one and sent 1t to the lef field fence and when the ball was re turned Bill was sliding for third bal and three runners had crossed thu plate and the Brooklyns had taker the lead. Lallier was then caugh
 between bases.
 In the ninth Bill Thompson strucl out the first three men at the bat the Brooklyns claiming they couls not see the ball In their half tn, Hills started bunting while the In ielders started .hunting for the ball Bagley hunted and took first befor' Reilly could find the ball. McMahor
 also bunted and the same thing hap pened. Lallier claimed that Eagle,
 was out. at second as the ball hat
 been tossed to him on time. Undei
 ordinary circumstances he migh
 have been out but the ball was no
 found in time to field 1t. Lallier pu
 up a big kick and wanted to quit th'
 game. Manager Madden and thu rest of the team prevailed on him [.
 stay In and the game began again
 On the next ball pitched to Eddil
 Barker. Umpire Hill could not see 1
 himself and he promptly called th'
 game He vas assaulted on his va, to the dressing room but there va ,osNfr~ sersowa .houf ff The srore