Connecticut western news., 1907-09-05

tanned. weymouth StOle snlrQ ana OCan- ton second, Whittier struck out. Miller ton, Jenks hit to F. Stanton and was put out at first, H. Rion hut safely to left and was put out trying to steal second. Grant hit to Whittier and was out at first. No runs.
 Fifth-Merrimen hit to center for two bases and went to third on R. Burns huff of the ball when an effort was made to catch him asleep on second. Bierce gave realistic imitation of man strik- ing out, H. Rion captured Cudney's bunt and put him out at first, R. Stanton took two bases on hit, scoring Merriman, Thompson hit to left, scoring Stanton, Weymouth famed. Millerton, J. Burns struck out, Hughes hit to Whittier and was out at first, O. Rion flew to Merri- man. Two runs for Canaan.
 Sixth-F. Stanton banged the sphere over short stop for two bases, P. Stanton flew to Grant, Whittier hit over short stop and was put out at second, F. Stan ton scored, Merriman out on fly to Grant. One run. Millerton, Barnum reached first on Cudney's huff, Grant flew to Cudney, R. Burns to Whittier, Barnum stole home, Jenks famed. One run for Millerton.
 Seventh-Bierce and Cudney famed. R. Stanton hit to right for two bases and went to third on passed ball, Thomp son flew to Grant. Mlllerton, Whittier stuck his paw up in front of H. Rion's hit that would have been good for two bases but could not hold it and Rion reached first, Grant famed, J. Burns fouled to Weymouth, Hughes was given free transportation to the first cushion, O. Rion hit to center, scoring Rion and Hughes, Barnum hit to F. Stanton and was thrown out at first. A tally for Millert0n.
 Eighth--Weymouth failed to get his stick on the ball, F. Stanton banged it to center, reached second and stole third and scored on Barnum's poor throw to Traver, P. Stanton made more holes in the atmosphere, Whittier sent grounder to right which J. Burns went after head first and could have reached had he been twelve feet longer, stole second, Merri- man famed. One run. Millerton-It was in this inning that pitcher Stanton did his prettiest work, striking out four men. Weymouth dropped Traver's third strike allowing him to reach first on a high throw to Thompson. Then R Burns, Jenks and H. Rion went down in one, two, three order. One for Canaan, two for Millerton.
 Ninth-The Canaan boys went to bat m this inning with the score four to four. Bierce was the first man up and hit sizzler to short which Rion failed to hold. Then Cudney's club passed three times through the desert air and Bierce pur- Joined second and came home on errors. Ralph Stanton sent grass cropper to right which umpire Bates mistook for 8 foul. When Stanton went back to the plate he was unable to connect bat and ball and was called out on strikes. Then Thompson tapped it to center for base and was left standing there when Wey- mouth failed to land on the ball. Score to this stage to in favor of Canaan. When Grant of Millsrton walked up to the plate in this. the latter half of the ninth, excitement was at fever heat. He landed the horsehide safely in right field for base. Then J. Burns struck out and Canaan hopes rose. But they were doomed to fall with thud. Hughes was the next man up and he hit safely to right for base and stole second while an attempt was being made to head of Grant on third. Then came up Charles Ryan and began poking around in the ar with his stick. All of a sudden the ball came along, hit the stick and bounded out into right field Cat any rate it consoles to believe that is the way it happened. As the ball started out of the diamond Grant started for home at a 40 clip, tieing the score, and right on his sulky wheel came Hughes with the winning run. All over, Millerton SIX. Canaan five. Here are few details: MILLERToN
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