Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-29
CLUBS BEAT PENS.
Policemen Hustled the Newsies Into
 Quod Saturday.

So excessive was the heat at Reid
 vile Saturday afternoon where tht
 baseball battle between the police
 men and newspapermen took place
 that one of the scribes was partly
 overcome from the burning rays oi
 sold sol" and had to be taken from
 the game. The player was no other
 than "Biff" McNiff, who up until the
 time of his departure made a stren-
 uous effort to land on everything
 that went to the sunlit garden
 let 1t be said that "Biff' had a rath-
 CT busy day. The score''? "Oh,
 yes" the Renzine Knockabouts were
 ahead at the finish by the score of 6
 to 5. Manager Lahey considers that
 the game was lost on general prin-
 ciples.
 There was doings aplenty in the
 game and No 62, who occupied first
 base for Superintendent Beach S
 darlings, said he has not had such
 an exciting time since he has been on the force.
 Although the laboring men start ed off like a pair of Tom Lunny's trotters, the policemen set a pace not unlike that of a 40-horse power buzz wagon. The f1nish-the police men were going like a plug on it's way to the cemetery. while the lit erary gents were piling up runs so fast that it was rather difficult to keep track of them.
 When limp Miuue Slavin called the teams on the field there were about 200 fans in the stand, in- cluding 'Kido" Fitzpatrick, Mir Lahey's guardian angel; Attorney McNiff, Pape, Maloney, Scullyt and Hayes. Cross came rather late and to his absence was largely due the loss of the gamei!i
 In the first inning the policemen with a few good wallops placed be- tween a couple of splashy bungles brought trio of runs across the rubber and the crowd groaned. Foxy Quiller" in right field took on his hat pushed back something 1 from his forehead, yes it was a lock Of hair, and said lot of cuss words | to himself. 'Stickemover" slocum. who was elberielding around short stop was sending forth some of | those sidesplitting expressions which so dearly delight the ear of o. Javs lin Howe, while everybody in gener- al except the dinky little short stop or the policemen, Mir Madden, was having a good time. Meanwhile the ieftnelder was noticed to be stag gering. On investigation 1t was found that it was almost a case of sunstroke and Master McNiff had to De taken to the dressing room. P. Virtue Curley succeeded him in the heat belt. The features of the game outside the brilliant ston of Murray's at first base in she third came in the seventh and eighth. n Hayes was conspicuous in both. In the eighth he tried to work tbe squeeze play with two out and Guilfoile at the bat.
 Tom Dodds almost crushed him. to leath as he tagged him. But nine -he play in the eighth. With three |, 1n base and two down Hayes semi , three oagger to the centerfieid ] snce ana was barely nipped al the 2 'late, making the score to 1. <
 AS The ninth began-Manager l. -aney held a hurried conference : with Elmer Slocum, he who is mak- ng the town of winsted famous and :, ls a result some find who halted Ike a nut was put up as a good ticker. Now" said the mananer IS he smacked his lips, opened hIs mouth a little and gave a good i'm z tation as If he were eating ..slam ' out. This batter churnad Inc [ IT so much that 1t vas simply aw- n ui Terrible judgment, Last inn n ng best team one run. other feI- T ows who by this time were tuice D heir normal sire in their upper tories no need to bat. Score: N Cops-WalIace D, Dodds q Hor,n s. D, Cutting 2b. Madden ss. Kiers.eI- 2 ?. Stevens If. Mclean cf. Maener P Newsies-Hsves C. McDonald larray ID. Dawson %. slocunn ss ID uiifoile SD. McNin and CJYIex if \, eecner ef. LaheY If. The score. B ops . ...5eo2ooo1.ss5