The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-16
dame FORTUNE FAVORS
ELM CITY police TEAM
After Eight Innings Of See Saw
Fighting Local Patrol
men Win.
SILVER CITYS DOWNFALL
Condon's Single in the Ninth
Drives in Winning Run
of Battle.
SILVER cITY's DOWNFALL


Baseball records offer no rival in eX-
citement or in interest to the struggle
between the Elm City and the Silver
City guardians held yesterday after
neon at Hanover park, Meriden. The
outcome of the battle was undecided
urtil the final play and the see-saw
which had been the feature Of this
game, which had enkindled and
aroused the patriotic feeling, first
among the Meridenites and then for
New Havenites, finally toppled and re-
NAMED on the side Of the locals with
a margin Of but one point between the
two stages of total run-making. New
Haven had the good fortune to be ia
yored once over seven times by the
erratic see-saw, while Meriden could
not surpass this mark, although they
put their strongest efforts to their side
Of the machine in the ninth inning In
order to turn the tables on the Elm
City Bluecoats.
The New Haven police team left on
the 1886 train from the local depot
and attended by nearly a hundred fol-
lowers set off for the distant city,
wherein the battle Of blood was to be
fought. Among the many admirers Of
New Haven's finest were six fair maid
ems who held the official duty of chap
erones. They were Mrs. Connolly, Mrs.
Lippincott, Mrs Tracy, two beautiful
members of the renowned Roche fam
lily and Miss Tracy This party of the
fair sex enlivened the gloomy crowd
or the train, at the station, on the
car to the park and during the game
with their continued feminine cheers,
which as is we'll known are always in
spring, accompanied by the merry
toot, toot from their New Haven police
horns.
At Hanover park a baseball game
between teams Representing the wa
terbury and the Meriden colqred resi-
Dental sections, delayed the anxious
police fans, numbering nearly a they
sand, for about ten minutes. The Wa
terbury Coonville nine had the battle
all to their lonesome and the Meriden-
ties were willing to cut the game in
the fifth.
After brief practice, Joyce, spec
ial Meriden policeman, who held the
Indicator for the day, shouted "Play
ball" New Haven being visitors were
Of course privileged to first cracks. An
excellent start developed man on
second and third, but then Ives awoke
to the occasion and retired the side
without a tally.
Not so for Meriden, Dermody or
Tracy had not quite reached their
| highest stage of fastivity and five sin
| giles, coupled with wild throws by
Tracy and Lyons fished up four big
| runs.
In the second New Haven made a
| weak return, getting one run. Lyons
died, Sweet to Thayer Connolly bal
lconed sizzler into Sweets hands,
but this player allowed 1t to leak
| through him. Connolly tried to hook
second, but Doran's wild throw out in
t. centerfeld made this unnecessary.
! Woodthe, who covered the center gar
den, recovered the ball. and threw Vt
in the approximate direction Of third
base. The throw was wild by yards
and Connolly sauntered across the rub
Der with the locals first run.
| Sullivan started a rally in the third
which figured two more runs on the
recording board. He toppled one of
Ives teasers over second base and trot-
| ted to first Dermoty was there with
| the wallop and hit the spheroid far
out over the left-fielder's head to the
| center-t1eld fence, scoring Sullivan. Do
herty had his batting eye and meas
ured another of Ives benders for a
single, Dermoty webbing across the
platter. Sweet made easy work of
Lsutenbach's back breaker and both
Lyons and Connolly did the fan act.
The Meridenites pulled another play
er across the rubber in their half of
the fourth, Smith, who was safe on
/ Condon's misplay scoring on j. Doran's
timely wallop.
The Silver City aggregation renewed
their ammunition and continued their
finer plan of attack, in sixth, by bonn
harding Dermody's benders and carpet
ing the ball between third base and
shortstop, Doherty made easy work Of
E. Doran's roller. Smith and Woodtke
| loll6u Iu6 Udl U6lN6GH Lyon ana
Condor for safeties. Lyons allowed
Ives roller ito escape him and Smith
rolled across the platter Woodtke en-
deavored to score on this misplay, but
Connelly's throw to the plate was I'M
erring and the runner was out by near
ly q. mile. ]. Doran secured a flelders
choice on Condon's try to catch Ives
at second. Brown closed the work of
the round with single over third.
scoring Ives ]. Doran attempted to
steal home but was out on Reaches
return to the plate
With black clouds overhead and
| forecast of stormy weather, the locals
came to the bait in the lucky seventh
and came within an ace of tieing the
score Doherty secured his single Of
| the day, out to center deld and went