The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1907-09-04
BI-STATE LEAGUE.
BI-srATE LEAGUE STANDING.
It Looks Like Stafford's Cup.


Springfield, 9 ABS
Indian Orchard, 5 10 .33s
It Looks Like Stafford's Cup.
Stafford's lead now looks like q
sure winner of the cup. as the league
season ends on Saturday. We have
only to win one more game to be sure
Of the cup in case the unfinished
games with Indian Orchard and Mon.
son are played. II the protested Ware
game is forfeited to Stafford, that
gives us the cup any way. In all
probability the postponed games will
NOT be played and the season will
end with the Saturdays game.
Monday was a very wet day fol
Stafford, but if it had only rained
harder in the morning we would have
been saved from that dose of white
washing we received in Ware, and
our opinion of the Ware management
would not have undergone the change
it has on account of the treatment re.
ceived there. In the first place the
game was played under protest fol
Ware playing Mccormack, who il
said to be under national agreement.
If this is the case, Ware is liable to
have all games played with him on
the team forfeited or thrown out.
Monson also protested him in the
game on Saturday. In the next place,
when Stafford was given it's share OF
the gate receipts, which should have
bsen half, as it was a holiday, the
sam of $22 25 was handed over. In
spite of the rainy weather there was
good attendance at the game. One
report from Ware sent to q Spring.
field paper placed the attendance al
45O and another 400. The managers
Of the Stafford team expressed them
selves in very plain language to the
Ware management of their opinion or
both of these alleged violation of the
league agreements. In fact, it il
said that members of the Stafford
management we're told by two Ware
estimation of the crowd Stafford had
not received their half of the receipts.
The Stafford management has learned
since the game that the management
OF another team in the league claimed
to have received a like treatment al
Ware in the division of the gate re.
ceipts for holiday game. Stafford
does not kick ON being beaten at Ware
on Monday, as the Staffords played q
poor game and were, Outplayed.
SATURDAY.
The game at the fair grounds OF
Saturday in the first part was loosely
played. The SprinRfields scored fra
in the second inning. O'Leary wal
passed and was helped along by
Brooks poor throw to first ON Dau.
phinais' bunt. aud scored ON Weston 4
bunt Two more were presented tc
Springfield in the third. With two
gone Langley sent an easy groundel
to Merritt, who fumbled the ball.
Maynard sent short fly to left field.
Bailey fell as he reached the ball and
dropped it. O'Leary followed with
a clean three bagger to middle field.
scoring Langley and Maynard. Stat.
ford's first three runs were largely due
to errors. In the third, with two
out, Collins reached first on an error
by Mclean. Smith followed with
drive to middle which went by
Maynard and Collins scored. Francis
drove one between second and first,
but Weston pulled it in. In the sixth
Francis, Cobb and Knapp each reach.
ed first base on poor playing by the
Springfields. Cobb was caught of
his base between third and home.
Brooks, with a single, scored Francis
and Knapp. In the eighth Stafford
clinched the game with two earned
runs. Francis opened with a single.
Cobb flied out to Nield. Knapp
singled. Brooks was out on q fly tC
third. Merritt connected with the
ball for a fine three bagger to middle
and scored Francis and Knapp. Dris.
coll sent fly to middle, but it was
captured by Maynard. Nearly all the
errors ON both sides were costly. Ool.
lins lacked his usual control, but kept
the hits we'll scattered, and If he had
been given perfect support would have
shut the visitors out The attend.
ance, 48O, was the largest of any
game here this season, with the ex
oeption of holidays. The score -.