Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-18
coNNoLLVs STARS BATTLE
 PUTNAM TO A TIE.
Darkness Put Damper on the Game Players from Four Big League Clubs.
(speciM to The BuIletin.)

Putnam. Oct. 16AMembers of worlds championship teams, past and present, major league stars and repre- ized bah battied on Morse field Sat urday afternoon to a to tie when Putnam met Joe Connolly's An-Stars. The gathering shades of night put an | end to the pastime without allowing a | positive decision. and probably it was just as well.
 Upward of 5000 fans. easily the largest gathering eyer at a game in this city, came out to see the stars billed to gambol for their pleasure. and it may be said in all truth that most of them were disappointed at the article of ball produced, the playing running all the way from first class diamond performing to stunts that would have got the hal hal in the bush leagues, about which towns that have major league teams delight to l josh.
 While the game in many of its phases was of the back lots variety, notwithstanding that two big league stars were the opposing pitchers, it must be said that no fan who paid his | Cor her) little two bits to get through I the gate didn't get all their money entitled them to. In the lineup were representatives of the American and National leagues. of the Red Sox and | Braves. of the New York Giants and New York Americans, of the Interna- | tional league. the American Rssocia- | ton, the New England and Colonial | leagues. and some lesser organizations. Pieh of the New York Americans was on the mound for Putnam, while Davis | of no-hit, no-run fame did the twirl- | ing for the visitors and tried to up- | hold his reputation as a member of the | hurling staff of the Boston National | league team.
 Barry of the worlds champ Boston Red Sox was at second for Putnam. and Devlin, a famous Giant star of past days. was at first The field day for diamond lights brought forth for the gaze of fans from every corner of the county Rondeau of the Minneapo- lis team, former. Danielson boy and formerly with Boston and Washing ton. Shean of the Providence Interna- tional league club, Ruen of Spring field and Burns and Porter of the Port land club of the New England league. MT. Maranville. failed to appear.
 There was little doing on either side during the first inning and 1t looked as ie the game might be tight. but In the second Putnam grabbed a run and added two more in the next ,inning. The All-Stars. with Joe Connolly of the Boston Braves at their head, did and it looked all off with them in the fifth. when Putnam started to. pound Davis delivery and, with errors and dumb playing to aid them, garnered four more runs. giving them to lead. Kicking away at the old game, the visitors came to life in the sixth and put over two runs, getting three ir 5 the eighth when they began to look 5 danserous. and three more in the ninth, when they assumed the lead : Many things. Including hitting, occur red to allow this. Putnam. in the gathering darkness
 managed to put across two runs in the $ ninth and tie the score and everybody then seemed agreeable to calling 1t of
 In left field for Putnam was the old
 steady Fallon, formerly with the Con.
 necticut league, who pulled down c
 heart-breaker in left center that wal 8 surely good for three pillows. and ht T contributed hit to the cause. Aside from a chance to look at them
 the big league stars proved disappoint. = ing. Things didn't break right to al y low them to show their real class
 Barry had a bad afternoon. He mad,
 a couple of hair-raising stops, only tt
 follow them up with il-dropping CT
 TOTS. the kind that make the littl = league fellows yelp Take him outi |; though. of course, they hadn't tn 3. temerity to do that to the distin ?. guished MT. Barry, who contributes one hit during his appearances at tn l. plate. Joe Connolly got through tn B. afternoon without landing a single saf 5, swat. Pieh passed him to first twic,
 
 wallpaper, getting the hits when the
 were due to pay dividends. With tn
 bases crowded he swatted out tn
 longest hit of the afternoon, a doubl
 that scored two men and was the al
 rect cause of the four runs that Put
 nam eventually coralled in that in
 ming.
 As the crowds were leaving tn
 grounds Manager Cassent the ma
 who put Putnam on the baseball mal
 ha yOtal
 meet again in Putnam next Saturda,
 Score by innings:
 Putnam ............ ofo0 f. of All Stars ..........0 O O g. s7 Two base hits ROndeau. Keeney. Porter. I'm ot base hit L<pine- Stolen bases. BaEy, Sweat. R tn ell. Sacrifice hitA Fallon. Lepine. Double plr of Barry to Deylin. Bases balls. of Davis de on Pieh 3. Struck out. by Davis 5: by Pien -' - Hit by pitcher. Porter by Davis Passed bal " Lemieux 8; Gflson (. Left bases. Putnam rS All Stars f. Wild pitches P1eh. DEvia Ump 5c McCzulley. Time hours.
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