Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-29
STOPPED Bull ELEY'S RALLY IN 9Th
Academy Won From New Londoners, to 5-Croker
Came Back When all Looked Lost-BraziH Tighten
ed Up After Bad First Inning.
,n1ssscHolAsrrc LEAGUE STANDING

Four savage singles by the first five
Academy men up. scoring three runs
in the opening inning. gave the n. f
A. a fine start in the league game
against Buckley of New London on
the campus Saturday afternoon. When
these TALES were increased by three
more at intervals in the later inn
inas, while Bulkeley could collect only
three runs against the mastery pitch
ing of Charles Croker it looked soft
for the home boys, but the New Lon l.
don visitors had dying spasm left
which came near being fatal to the
local students, who got together just
in time to stave off BulkeIey's chance
to tie or win out in the ninth. AS it
was. the Academy won, to 5, in a
blcod-stirring finish with Bulkeley
runners waiting on second and third
TO gallop across with a couple of extra
tallies.
envy maintains its lead for the cham
pionship of the Eastern Connecticut
1nterscholastic league.
Bulkeley's near-Garrison finish put
the game in the nerve-racking class
trebling the efforts of the cheer lead
ers, Bruce of the Academy and Taylor
Of Buckley. who had kept their CO.
horts going at every opportunity ali
through the previous innings, so that
1t was only by the vigorous efforts of
copper Con Murphy that the space
around the home plate was kept clear
Nof the vigorous roOters.
Right at the start the Academy
tvirler, Croker, showed that he was
In top form for the tough trial ahead
of him. tanning five of the Bulkelev-
ties in the first three innings They
bit at about everything he had to Of
fer and took their seats after three
healthy swipes at the unoffending at
mosphere.
BRAZIL, Bulkeley's southpaw depen-
dence in the box, started nervous. and
Jimmy Murray. Ed Murray Fletcher
and Lord placed four solid singles
through the inheld that sent three
runs seampering over the plate Three
singles and Lawren's error gave the
Academy another tally in the third !;
they got one more count in the fourth
when Flaherty dropped a fly after a
hard run. and they got their last in
the seventh when Geer singled. went
TO second and third on successive wild
pitches by BRAZIL and then home
when NooHan threw to center field in
an effort to catch Mccormick steal
ing
Hits off Croker were as scarce as
hens teeth for Buckley only 4 result
ing during the fracas Ran got the
first in the fourth and would have
been easily doubled at second on
~-teNiAA rap " Ell Out EQ
tossed the ball wild to Mckay. Ryan
scored on Flaherty's out, which was
well played TO first by Ed Murray. and
BRAZIL scored on wild pitch.
"A passed grounder which Captain
Jirnrny let go through his legs gave
Buckley run in the eighth Begin
ming the ninth, Mckay made a mess
or srounder that put F7laherty on
first, which was followed by more dis
aster when Croker rang up two strikes
on May and then gave him one right
over which the batter laced TO center
Tor two bags, scoring F7aherty Gro.
ker lost control and buried the ball
in Lawrence's short ribs and the
Bulkeley rooters went wild But it
was right here that Chas fooled
them by giving a demonstration that
sometimes they% do come back Mar
tin and Noonan were his victims bv
strikeouts. Pinch hitter Crowley was
rushed in by Bulkeley and delivered a
single that put the New London bows
within one of tying the score. Again
Chas was on the job and the best
Beruan could do was a twister to
Mckay, which was neatly handled for
finish of the game.
Fielding honors for the day were
carried off by Captain Murray of the
Academy, who scooped them up all
around third base, while left fielder
Sullivan of Buckley robbed Fletcher
Of couple of two basgers by clever
catches. Lawrence had a bad dav t
short, fumbling grounders at critical
times, to the advantage of the Acad-
envy run column. Ex-Mayor Arm
strong of New London was among the