Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-01
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 STILL WITH US Umpire Wilkinson Gave a Sorry ExbibItitiOn Yesterday = All
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One of the worst exnlDltlons UT cold pedals ever seen at Reidyllle was that furnished yesterday by MT Wilkinson, the umpire, who goes all to pieces when the grandstand does not applaud his work. He must have had sand in his eyes all day for his decisions on balls and strikes and for that matter every thing else were just horrible and when the game ended with the score 2 to 1 in favor of Bridgeport many in the crowd felt like making this parody play the part of the goat. But Bridgeport suffered as much as the home team and on one occasion Bridgeport really lost a run because of Wilkinson's judgment.
 With man on third and man on first and two down, the runner on the initial bag started for second but stopped long enough to allow the runner to score. Wilkinson said the run did not count and the Ora tors clustered round his umps
 like a swarm of flies around mo- lasses. Father ORourke rom the bench a moment later when Wilkinson yelled Batter up" said:
 "Yes, that's. all you're good for is to yell batter up. It is about time you got on to yourself and got into the. game, why don't you use your eyes and head a little." The crowd roared.
 Not long after the grandstand man incurred the displeasure of the Waterbury rooters and they made it so pleasant for him that he was seen to become enveloped in vel low cloud. When he saw that the crowd was about to tie the can on him he acted not unlike a little dog acts when can is tied upon it's tail. Throwing down, the muzzle he left his position behind the catcher, went out behind the pitcher and for the last four innings would not even come. in to brush the plate off. At the beginning of the game he was yelling "B-A-L-L ONE, but towards the end he was faintly cry ing tballone." It was an awful come. down and was quick change from the part of the comedian to the role of a tragedian.
 As for the game itself the fact that Waterbury had Il men left on bases tells the story. The home team got on. all right but when the needful bingles were due, Jerry Nops could not be found. Rogers and Nops twirled good ball and the southpaws had a rather even bat tle In the early part of the game it looked as though Jerry would have an array of strikeout victims as they were going down fast, Fitz- patrick, O'Hagan, Swander and Null laney connecting, with the air all within three innings. But towards the end of the game the Bridgeport sidewhesl had trouble holding his own and a good wallop almost at any time would have sent the game to smash.
 A base on balls to Swick, a sac riflce by Nops and crashing single to center by. O'Rourke scored Bridge ports first run, coming in the third. Their other came in the seventh when Cassidy singled, went to second on Swander's error and completed the journey when two sacrifice hits followed.
 Waterbury had men on bases in all innings. but the only tally came in the eighth. O'Hagan led off with a single to right, went to second when Hit failed to. hold Shincels low hot drive and both advanced a base on Mullaney's sacrifice. Fo'Ha- gan scored on Miller's long fly to Ladd but Murphy ended the inning by going out, 0'Rourke to Phelan.