Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02
N. |. INDEPENDENTS TRIM ALL NORWICH

Sunday afternoon on the Falls dia- mond the reorganized All- Norwich team proved themselves if anything little bit worse than their predecessors and were gloriously walloped by the New London Independents, the final score being 13 to 2. The two runs se- cured by the All Norwich team came as gift from the New London man. ager, who replaced Ballastini with McGrath. There was only a small crowd present and the crowd grew smaller by groups as the game pro- gressed until at the end of the ninth there was only about corporals guard left. The local team has dds- banded again. which still gives them time to reorganize in time to play series with Ashland before Christmas.
 The game started in good fashion, All-N Norwich having two New London men out with one on first when they blew up and let the visitors score five runs. After that it was all of. Brooks deprived of all visible support became discouraged and was replaced in the fifth by Sergeant Elkins of Fort Wright. Elkins pitched gilt-edged ball and moved serenely on regardless of whether his infield was booting them or heaving them in the general direc- tion of the North Pole or. as occasion ally happened. fielding one clean. There were no stars on either team, the local boys because they really couldn't play and the visitors because they didn't want to play hard. The game was featureleSs and slow.
 McGrath, the first man up, was hit by pitched oall and Cavanaugh sac rificed. Sullivan was safe when Mc- Grath was out at third. Leonard at short booted two in succession. Bal lastini and Oliveri hit and Leonard booted another one. Corners walked and McGrath, batting for the second time during the inning, was thrown out, but five runs had been scored Burns was the only Norwich man to get on base. and he was cut down by Coyle when he tried to steal. In the second three successive hits, followed by an error by Leonard and another hit, put across three more runs | Brooks collected all three outs during | the inning by good pitching Clabby opened the Norwich half with a double to left Callahan famed and ran it l out Clabby going to third. Fritts was hit by the pitcher. He was out trying to steal and Clabby lost a chance to | score when he stuck to the bag like death to a dead German. Calkins end l cQ t4lO lillliiiS Dy llyluS lO Lue OullIelO. Cavanaugh should have been out in the beginning of the third, but Calla- ham, who had shifted with Leonard at short and second, heaved the pill at least six feet over Calkins' head. Cole mans error put Shea on base Before | the side was retired a double, a single ] and free pass netted two more runs, bringing the total up to 10. Norwich went out one, two, three.
 l The New London team did not try
 in the fourth and did not score. Me
 Grath went in for Ballastini and slam
 med one through thilS1. Calkins was
 hit by pitched ball. Clabby singled
 Burns scored on a wild throw. Calkins
 scored when Callahan forced Clabby
 F'ritts popped up. Coyle was the only
 New London man to get around on
 Elkins' pitching in the fifth and he was called out at the plate when he
 tried to score on a passed ball EIkins
 hit safely in the Norwich half but died
 on the paths. Two errors, an infield
 out and a hit resulted in two more New London tallies in the sixth. Burns
 hit safely but was forced out and Cal