New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
MORTON STRIKES OUT
 FOURTEEN BROWNIES
Waterbury Pitcher Allows Locals
 One Hit and Wins, ! to 1.

Waterbury, the New Britain club was as helpless as babes yesterday after noon and dropped the game, ? to 1. Morton could have sent the other members of Lee Fohrs outfit back to the Hotel Connecticut and still have won his game. He famed fourteen stout hearted Brownies and allowed only one hit, which was within hair of being putout.
 New Britain could not seem to fathom his speed, which he depended on entirely. In the first inning he struck out two, in the third three feil before his arm, in the fourth three more died in the same manner, in the seventh two more succumbed and in the second, fifth, eighth and ninth one each walked discontentedly back l to the bench. To cap the climax he struck out Ray Hancock, who had been sent in as a pinch hitter, and the game ended there.
 The one hit credited to New Britain was made by Cap" Browne in. the third inning Browne hit a low liner to right and Nixon all but got it off his shoestrings. Had he speared the pill Morton would have had clean slate.
 Baumgartner featured in the hitting by boosting the ball over the left field fence for a home run in the fifth in- ming.
 Moves Excels in Fielding. In the fielding line Harry Moves, the local third baseman, had everyone l else outshor1e. He gave as pretty an exhibition of fielding as has been seen in. this city in years and made sev- eral phenomenal stops. He started early and in the first inning made brilliant assist, getting Nixon's hot grounder with his finger tips and throwing him out at first. In the fifth he made one-hand stop of a terrific drive off Smiths bat and dou- bIed Fohl at first. While at the bat Moves failed to get hit, but man. aged to land on third base in the second inning and on second in the ninth inning.
 Davis was off color in left field for the home team. In the second he and Zeimer did an Alphonse and Cas- | ton on Shields Texas leaguer. He nisjudged FohFs fly in the sixth and allowed, Nixon to score with the run that meant the game.
 Umpire Phelan Has Bad Eyes.
 Umpire Phelan made his first-and . the fans hope his last-appearance. He misjudged strikes and balls con- . tinually and was as impartial to one team as to the other. He was con- tinuaIly jeered and hooted by the spectators and laughed at by the players. His wild decisions detract- ed from the interest of the fans. He had several close decisions to make on the bases and his Judgment in that respect was not questioned. But om strikes and balls he fell flat.
 One raw decision that might have weighed in the balance in favor of New Britain came in the fifth inning with Coffenberg at bat He received Morton's delivery full on the hand, the ball rolling into fair territory. F'oh1 picked up the ball and threw to Shields and Phelan called Coffenberg out. The New Britain backstop with a delega- ton of home players ran out to Phelan and showed him Coffenberg's bruised hand, but he was obdurate and claimed that the ball struck the bat and not the hand.
 Among the spectators were L.. J. Fuller, Ralph Locke and Miss Nan c. DeVoe of the Lyceum Players. Miss DeVoe is an ardent fan and never misses ball game when not other wise engaged.
 Morton Starts Tanning Bee.
 There was nothing doing in the first except when Fohl gained first on an error by zeimer. In New Brit aims half Morton famed two.
 Shields reached third in the second on a single and two putouts but was left there at the post. Morton showed signs of going to the bad when New Britain came to bat and this was his only unsteady session. He started off by hitting Moves. After Zeimer had offered himself for sacrifice, Morton gave Davis base on balls and hit Nasher. With two down and two on bases he whipped Coffenberg.
 Waterbury was passive in the third and New Britain secured it's one hit, Browne's low smash to right field. Browne stole second and Sullivan end- cd the inning w.th three blows.
 Clever work by Moves shut out Wa terbury's expectations in the fourth. FohI singled cleanly to right. Smith leaned against the ball which dug through the air full tilt at Moves, who captured a with his giove and threw to SulIivaa, douJting Fohl, who was making desperate efforts to re- rover first. Shields hit a dinky Texas 1earner over second and was safe. sullivan collared Williams foul.
 New Britain Gets Its Run.
 Each scored one run in the fifth, waterbury's coming on Baumgart- ner,s elevation over the left field fence. For New Britain Washer drew rebate check to first and went to ..
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