The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-23
TAKES TWO HOURS AND FORTY MINUTES TO PLAY 10 GAME-PLAYERS BROWBEAT
 UMPIRE LAYTON
Mob and Players Mix It Up-Chubby Charlie Murphy
 Quells Incipient Riot With Club-Fines for k Some Bench for Others Mechanics Lose

A lively and belligerent foe are the scrappy bunch of ball tossers Dan O'Neil brought down with him yes terday from the Hardware town to oppose the coming champions. His boys were so scrappy that they were not content to argue it out with the umpire, but began to mix it up among themselves. Lest it be forgotten New Britain won To just because the Mechanics could not hit Hack Schu- man, who seemed to have everything that a good baseball pitcher should possess. To say the least Hack had the Speed Boys standing on their heads, only two hits being made, both of those by little Jimmy Hall who pulled through an afternoon of plea sure.
 The game was very uninteresting from a Bridgeport point of view there being but little to enthuse over. For those who like to sit and watch the players argue and dicker with the umpire, a bigger or better day could not have been bargained for. It was scrap, scrap and then more scrapping with MT. Lawton from the time he announced the batteries until the mad dash for the trollies.
 The game was lost in the sixth inn ing when a timely single preceded by two passes. disagreement of Wall CTS escutcheon which comes very sell dom, told the lone count. Marsans and Almeida had been deadheaded to first when Waterman drilled a hit over second base, Marsans dusting home with the only score of the mad afternoon. As Mayor Buckingham, who occupied the seat of honor in the press box, said, That run looks omi- nously big"
 Big Hack" schuman always had the name of a scrappy player in these parts He certainly did not go back on his name yesterday, for he took 1t upon himself to be the leader Of the discharge upon Ump Lawton. Lawton may be. a good ump, on balls and strikes and on decisions, but oi. oi, what a guy to run a baseball game. He is too easy letting the players walk all over him. The men took advan- tage of him showing him up whenever possible, neither club lacking in this particular. Those first few innings were very lethargic nothing happen ing. beyond a. few kicks, to mar the afternoons sleep. Perhaps the play CTS were preparing themselves for the warmer times which were to follow. The first piece of resistance to the will of the ump came in the nfth when Reggie Brown was chased to
 
 saying unkind things to Red" Waller. What for?" shouted Brown to Law ton, but he did not get his answer, as Joe Connor, who actually behaVed himself during all the strife, went into coach.
 The fun started in earnest in the seventh Hack Schuman was at the bat making bluff that he could hit the pill. He objected so strenuously at a called strike, advancing few steps from the batter box to the pltcn- CTS mound with his bat banging on the ground. that Lawton at a safe dls- tance behind Waller held up i've ing CTS. According to the original bunk the raised five digits translated meant that the league treasury would De en- riched five bones from Hacks pocket. Hack then went back to bat and struck out. When the Mechanics were taking their bats in the seventh and the Aviators were going out on the field, Rufe Rufiange and Marsans, who had wordy battle on the visi- tors bench. came to blows near the third base coaching boy. The other New Britain players rushed to their mates sides pulling them apart, but not before Marsans grazed Rufiange's jaw bone with hay maker. Lawton was in the midst of the fray in minute. Noting that Marsans was the aggressor he waved that player from the field. This was the signal for a rush upon the ump by all the visiting players, who hurled all kinds of remarks upon his head, some of which were overheard in the grand stand which was packed with ladies, if being Ladies' Day. Eddie Havel became so boisterous that he was also given the wave to the bench by Law ion. This caused a big shift in the yisisting batting order, Joe Connor and Tom Needham breaking into the game During the heat of the ex- cftement, when Marsans would not leave the field quick enough Lawton pulled his Ingersoll. What the trick was done for is not known. for Law