Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-03
SEMI-PROF GAMES.
Independents Lose a Close Game to
 Coe Brass.


 Coe Brass.
 Torrington, Aug 3.--Coe Brass de- feated the Waterbury Independents in hard hitting contest here Satur- day afternoon by the score of 10 to 5. Burke, who started in for the locals, was taken out of the box in the fourth inning after nine hits hits had been secured off his delivery. Hoar succeeded Burke and pitched fine ball. Slosher of the Independents was hit hard throughout the contest. The efature of the game was the hit ting and base running of Maynard.
 Coe Brass started scoring in the opening inning. After the visitors had been retired, the locals counted thrice on singles by Maynard, A. Brimble and Baldwin, Homer's triple and Smedick's double. The Independ- ents counted twice in the second on singles by Mulligan and Noonan and Thompson's wild heave. Coe Brass increased her lead in the third, add ing two more runs on Maynard's tri- pie, with two down, a pass to A. Brimble, passed ball, steal and Gilmartdn's safe drive. The visitors got two in the third on singles by Clifford and Edmonds. followed by Thompson's triple. In the fourth they took the lead, getting three runs on five successive bingles, including a double. This round saw the retire ment of Joe Burke for the first time this season. With three runs in the fifth Coe Brass took the lead. These were secured on two errors, two steals, singles by Homer and Mora ghan and Smediek's double. The In dependents went ahead again in the seventh. Hoar passed Mulligan and Legge and both runners moved up a peg on a passed ball, slavin's rap sent them home. A pass to Baldwin, a steal and slosher's wide throw en- abled Coe Brass to tie the score again in her half of the seventh. She added another in the eighth on sim gles by Maynard and A. Brimble and Gilmartin's sacrifice: The score:
 R.HE. Coe Brass ..32o 3 0 1*--10 13 Independts 0223 002 O0-- 913 4
 Batteries--Burke, Hoar and Brim- ble; Slosher and Slavin.
 The Naugatuck fire department baseball team went to Ansonia Satur- day afternoon and was defeated by the nine of that place by the score of 3 to 2. The Asonia team made all of its runs in the first inning on a mis- judged fly by a Naugatuck fielder. Kiely struck out three men and al- lowed only four hits, and Tripp for Ansonia allowed three hits and struck out six men. The score:
 R.H.E. Ansonia ....S00O 0OOo00'-S 4 2 N. F. D..... .0001 100 0 0-2 8 8
 Batteries-Kiely and J. Sweeney; Tripp and Ginder.
 A game for blood was played be- tween the Unionville and Bristol teams Saturday afternoon on the Un- ionville grounds, the Unionvilles put ting 1t all over the Bristol team, win ming 5 to 8. Thomas, the Unionville pitcher, had the Indian sign" on the Bristols, allowing them only three hits while he had fourteen strikeouts to his credit.
 Winsted defeated Watertown in one-slded game in Winsted Saturday afternoon by the score of 14 to 0. Finn was hit hard and given poor support. Poole of the home team was in fine form and allowed the visitors only three hits.
 The Essex-Ivoryton team lost to Deep River Saturday afternoon on grounds, to 2. The visitors outbatted the home team, ? to 1, but fine pitching by Wilcox pre- vented Essex from scoring after the first inning.
 At Putnam, the home team defeat cd Wauregan, 10 to 6. Mccarthy pitched a good game for Putnam.