Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-19
BULKELEY WINS, ACADEMY LOSES
Umpires Error Spells Hard Fought Game at New Lon
don-Score 2 to / Against Academy ixup Over
In6eld Fly Rule

Buckley was robbed of clean-cut
victory and the Academy of a possible
chance to tie the score at least,
through wrong decision in the ninth
by Umpire Watkins of New Britain,
and the game was finished under pro-
test, BulkeIey taking the nerve rack
ing contest. to ]. at Armstrong park
New London Saturday afternoon. The
Bulkeley rooters apparently recognized
that there was nothing in it for them
TO sloat much over. and the crowd
filed quietly off the field when the last
Academy man went out in the ninth,
allowing the members of the Bulke-
ley team to do their own cheering in
a little knot in front of the grand
stand.
Quite in contrast to the quiet finish
was the continuous din made by the
two rival bands of rooters, in which
the Academy forces easily held their
own with the yellow and black of
Bulkeley. The Academy forces. con-
soiciois with red and white flags and
ribbons. numbered over hundred and
went down in an extra car from here
at 2.45- The celebration they had
prepared for the evening is temporari-
ly postponed, but they have no doubt
that it is coming later.
The week of rain that preceded the
game put the Academy in shape to
play the poorest game of their sea-
hawk from the built-up pitchers box,
and his supporters contributing errors
at critical points that kept the nine
in a hole most of the time, but at that
they gave great exhibition of crawl
ing out With the bases damned full
of Bulkeley runners, most of the game,
there was always some Academy man
to come through with the play that
turned back Bulkeley,s attempts to
reach the plate until the fatal eighth.
fast double play, Jimmy Murray
to Fletcher to Ed Murray. saved the
Academy in the first inning, since Bal
ley dropped fly just after that and
Croker hit the two succeeding batters.
Then he famed Lawrence for the
third out.
Catcher Mccormick saved a run by
hanging on to wild pitch in the next
inning with a man waiting on third,
and Eddie Mckay was Johnny on the
spot in the fifth when he scooped up
a grounder and shot it home to catch
Ryan trying to score. With all his
wlldness, Croker worked big drop
with deadly effectiveness at times,
tanning all three men in the sixth
inning and doing the trick on May
in the seventh for the third out with
the bases full.
Where the game went fleeing was
in the eighth. Lawrence singled and
was advanced. two more bases on
stand Noonan was out on a foul fly
to Croker, but sullivan waited and
walked, then stealing second. With
the infield drawn in, Martin was lucky
enough to pop little fly over Nc
Kay's head which scored the two
Buckley men. The next two were
easy outs.
Pitcher BRAZIL. the Bulkeley left
handler was in his best form, and
was the big obstacle to Academy prog
resS around the bases. On fielding
hunts he was lively as a cricket and
he had the number of all the Acade/y
batters except Fletcher and Geer
They each got three hits, but the rest
of the team hardly drove the ball out
of the infield. Fletcher's performance
was just enough to earn him the dol
lar which some friend had promised If
he got three hits. The Buckley team
gave their twirler great support. MOO
nan in right accomplished the unusual
feat of retiring the runner at first on
a grounder to his territory. and Law
renee. Berman and May pulled off
double that killed off promising
chance in the fourth.
One moment of weakness on the
part of Buckley was all the Academy
needed to make their only tally. Capt.
Jimmy Murray led off the sixth by
taking his base on balls and at once
stole second by a wide margin on
| there when Ryan on third fielded
| Flaherty's throw. He scored from
past first base
| In the ninth came Umpire Watkins
| chance for a display of incompetence
when, with one out and Geer on first,
| Standish popped up a fly to short on
| which Berman made a pickup but
| threw too late to catch Standish. Geer
| dashed to third on the play. but the
| umpire declared the runner out and