The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-11
SIX and A half ACT
COMEDY At THE ROCK
The Worthy Aldermen Meet
With Humiliation at
Hands of Scribes.
FINAL SCORE 10 TO 4
Congressman Sperry Twirls
First Ball Across Plate
in Farce Contest.
FINAL SCORE 10 TO 4

The Pharisees, better known as the
honorable board of aldermen were rep
s resented in six and a half act base
ball comedy at the savin Rock grounds
yesterday afternoon by nine men toy
ged out in suits of various assortments
from pajamas to bathing suit, herald
ed as masters of the art Of curves and
accompanied by nunfberless rooters and
q key of beer. To make the statement
more complete it might be added they
were only just represented, for the nine
rtwo mines OF Scribes scheduled to try
to play practice game with the
worthless did justice to their names and
played their way to victory through the
ranks Of the Pharisees with an unex-
pected acceleration. The scorer Of the
game had no trouble recording the
work Of the Aldermen only in the error
column, but only after two hours work
did he at last determine the total of
runs for the scribes as 10. The work
Of the Aldermen in the seven innings
resulted in only two tallies.
'Bilr' Peet, the manager Of the
newspapermen's team twirled splendid
ball. His reputed glass arm never
failed and only two of the opposing
batsmen were capable Of meeting any
of his benders. Loos started the game
in the box for The Aldermen but he
was forced to retire In the fifth. Loos'
spit ball and cross-fire ball worked only
for four innings, after which they suf-
fered fearful humiliation. Keleher
succeeded the captain of the doomed
nine In the box and pitched steady ball.
In inshoots and drops he had it on his
worthy predecessor, but Loos' pretty
out drop could not be excelled. Peet
deemed it advisable to give Loas' ag-
gregation little rest, so he retired in
favor Of Carroll in the sixth. The lat
ter find could locate the lin OF drive,
but could not distinguish the altitude
which the ball had to reach to be call
ed strike. As a result the ball on
nearly every occasion rolled llstlessly
along the ground. George" Stevenson
occupied the slab in the final inning.
He was all there with the goods and
retired the side in one, two, three or
der.
The Scribes and Pharisees travelled
to the field of honor in special car.
They were surprised to find awaiting
them hundreds Of admirers anxiously
awaiting the beginning of the battle of
love. Congressman Sperry honored the
occasion by pitching the first ball over
the plate, and was loudly applauded
by the four hundred present.
Pop" Haight on first base was re-
markable stumbling block to the AL
dermen. His neat work in getting
pickups and high balls being of the
professional order. Robinson behind
the bat for the victorious scribes work
ed hard and played splendid game,
his two wild throws in the first inn
ing being the only thing that marred
his superior playing. ed" Sullivan
in right field might have done some
beautiful work If he had been given
the chance. He displayed chestworks
galore and might have appeared as an
other shining star If 1t had been a
show. AT the bat he seemed to first
have 1t in for Umpire Hackett and
again for the sweet smelling and in
nocent ether.
A box of cigars Offered by Albert
Nv. Nation for the first player ham,
mering out home run" was won by
Peet, or at least was given to him.
Peet made a three-bagger out Of what
ought to have been only single and
came home on an error by Healy.
Mulvey and Allen performed we'll with
the stick for Aldermen, both men bat
ting. 1893
The latter part of the battle was a
farce, an entire new team being sub.
stituted by the scribes. The score
would probably have gone up into the
hundreds had not this change beer
made.
The appearance of Henry osullivar
f In Yale 'O1, commencement uniform
In the seventh inning was the cause
4 of much excitement among both the
players and their rooters. AS their /:
a rule that intoxicating liquors are
not allowed on a baseball field the ap.
pearance of the ".cop" caught much
anticipation as to what the cause o
his presence was. O'sullivan pushed
the players right and left and ther
made one dive for the key. His at
tempts to empty the benefactor to tn,
baseball players were futile as he coul
not hold one-thlrd of its contents.
Both the newspaper men and the al