The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-08-07
bass CITY Police Win
i THE TENTH INNING
Frmoty Fans Twenty-one
Batters but Receives
Poor Support.
(By Albert L. Donnelly.)

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(By Albert L. Donnelly.)
The fates were certainly against
w Ravens finest yesterday after
bn in their ten-inning battle with
4 bluecoats from the Brass City.
ze final score, 8 to s, in favor of the
s terbury guardians, should have
|n at least inverted with the Elm
NJ cops holding down the larger
#nber of tallies. The defeat Of the
xals in this game means that Water
~ has won the series and that they
4 no doubt ;be the police champions
the state.
#bermoty, who had been selected by
#ptain Lautenbach, to fill the slab,
Hched gilt edged ball, striking out
&enty-one men. The reason why
bbably half of these didn't count
Is the poor work of Cassidy, who
lmed to deem it necessary to drop
ball on every other third strike.
ssidy worked hard while he occupi-
the position of back stop, but he
s handicapped by a wickedly sore
lmb. Tracy, who succeeded him,
rked in glory for a couple Of in
lgs, but then struck the old rut
bin,
rhe sixth inning was the scene of
w Haven's slaughter. Three hits,
fompanied by errors by Sullivan,
rrigan, Roche and Cassidy broke the
m which had held back for five in
hgs the Waterbury runs, and then
{ BY poured forth in ever increasing
zpidity, five being scored, a total
slich New Haven could not over
#me.
IA royal fight between Connolly and
hgner was the most interesting feat
Il of their comedy of errors. The
znors were Connelly's up to the
nth inning. The local fielder had
lily famed the innocent ether four
hes, while his worthy opponent fan
ID five times. Connolly has some-
f bat redeemed himself by banging
5t a single in the ninth. In the
nth Magner turned the tables by
hashing out a two Dagger, which lit
billy cost New Haven the game. Mag
III, who up to this time had not
4 me within two or three feet of the
Iii on each swing, met the spheroid
( d to his surprise it went far out in
left field. Magner, amazed and
smewhat stupified, dashed for first
] se. This was the first time during
L game that his legs were called into
ition and when he came within a foot
the first base he toppled over like
4 bag, not striking the base but roll
4 to the left of 1t. His coachers ad-
bed him through the mite signals,
go to second, which he did. Con-
lily, into whose territory the ball
+ d rolled, threw the ball to Sullivan.
lie latter player, knowing that the
nner had not touched first base,
rev the spheroid to Lautenbach,
! no thereupon tagged the initial bag
lring this brief period Of catch as
tch can baseball, Umpire Carroll
Id been doing, and when he was
He'd upon to give his decision. he Of
urse said "safe!" A row ensued, but
ze all officials who would rather cut
Q game than change a decision, Car
& IL stuck to his. Then it was that
i llivan allowed Horan's grounder to
ak through his legs and the fair,
Hpngated Magner strolled across the
Hbber.
Sullivan and Madden performed in
Hbnor with the willow. Both found
oposing twirler for three hits,
lille Madden heightened one of his
ito two Dagger. In the field Mad
IN played clean and remarkable base
Iii, his many pretty catches saving
ore than half a dozen runs for the
Ecal worthless.
both tWirlers, Dermody and Wallace,
slowed twelve hits. Dermody, If he
.Pd received the support which was
=tnded to Wallace, would have walk
away with the game, as he out
ripped him, striking out nine more
en-. Both twirlers allowed one man
walk to the first bag, and Wallace
4 bid one wild pitch. Dermody and
Fallace also filled their positions to
.erfection.
4 AS was the trouble with the localities,
Iaterbury's backstop was very weak.
he choice between Dodds, Cassidy
hid Tracy would be hard to decide.
sn the first bag Phil had his opponent
bat by a mile. Doherty on second,
lions on third and Connolly in left
BID outplayed their worthy oppon-
hts. Madden at short played rings
Found Sullivan. Mclean in center
bid and the long statue Magner in
sght had it on Kerrigan and Roche
i they had no chances to show their
.pility.
During the ninth and tenth innings
4 the contests intense excitement
eigned. In the ninth the New Ha-
|bn worthless fielded perfectly and
len hammered out the necessary
lumber of hits to tie the score. An
] her stage of the error line of base
|all seized the Elm City pretenders
hid Waterbury silently slid in the lead
hid won the game.
The score:
Waterbury.
r. h. p.o. q. e.
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