New Britain herald., 1914-07-09
POLICE ARE STARS
 AT BALL PLAYING
''Dan" Richardson Cuts Off Home
 Run-HoW ?-Read.

All yesterday afternoon and until far into the evening the policemen and their friends at Schuetzen park
 enjoyed the~time of their lives. Re-
 treatments there were galore and in the afternoon the Dixie .Minstrels gave a lengthy entertainment during which the lend men" cracked a large num-
 Der of clever jokes at the expense of we'll known local and visiting police men. After this entertainment the party broke up into little gatherings some of the men preferring to stand or sit in groups and swap stories
 while others indulged in more stren- uous sports, such baseball and bowl ing.
 Reporters Vs. Cops. That the great American pastime has ardent supporters amongst the police and press was demonstrated when a picked up team, represent ing the Reporters Union" played a picked up team of policemen, cap- tained by Officer Pat" Howley As there were but two reporters present at the time it was necessary to ring in'' several lawyers and policemen to make the full complement of men. Officer Mat" Rival caught and Fred Wagner was on first base. It was
 thought because he had ball players , name that he would be a tower of strength and when he smashed out l home run it was seen that this con- fdence was not misplaced. When however, he was caught out on third base, it was conceded that he was no relative of the famous Hans. Officer "Butsey" Lyons played short stop, but had nothing to do, while Dr. Kelly tried to hold down third base In trying to hold down this position the physician fell down in one in ming. Other members of the re- porters' aggregation acquitted them selves with more or less credit 1 chiefly less, judging from the remarks ] from the ''bleacherites."
 KIett Shining Light. However. the shining light of this team was Prosecutor George w. Klett. 1 Klett was a veritable whirlwind and when he cut loose with the ball there was no telling where it might go On Dn6 secession he slammed it into l the pit of Chief Danes stomach as the latter was sitting on the side-
 lines eating a dish of ice cream. Cuts Off Home Run.
 The 1nost&exciting play of the day occurred in the third inning when l Wagner, A the Flying Dutchman," ]" slammed out As hit that would have 1 been good for a home run had it not been for Second Baseman Officer l Dan" Richardson. As the speed !, ing Wagner was rounding the key
 stone sack the guardian of that cor
 ner grabbed him by the shoulders
 and threw him to the ground and
 held him there until the ball was
 relayed in from deep left field. Chief
 Belden of Bristol. also distinguished
 himself by taking kindly to one of
 Officer Hart's offerings and facing it I for the circuit.
 Officer William HaTt twirled for | Howley's team and if his opponents
 had not hit him so freely he would 1 have been a success. Officer Strolls caught and stopped them once in a while. Other members of the team
 were also conspicuous for their work,
 or lack of work.
 Game Ends a Tie.
 When the shades of night had 1 fallen on the diamond and the score l was tied at seventy-seven runs eatl1 l 1t was decided to call the game in l favor of the press, as it was agreed l by the members of that team to abide l by the newspaper decision.