Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1919-08-22
WESTERN GOODYEAR
DEFEATS GOODYEAR
Eastern Mill Team Nosed Out
At Akron
First Game Lost 3 to l; and Second
s to 5.

The Goodyear Cotton Company's
ball team which went to Akron. Ohio,
last Thursday and played two games
with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company ball team, losing both games
returned to town Wednesday, follow
ing most enjoyable trip. The men
that made up the party were royalty
received an dentertained at Akron,
number of social events being held in
their honor during their stay. A trip
through the mammoth tire factory
was a part of the program.
The local mill team gave a good ac-
counting of itself and though the play
ers returned a defeated crew. they
made powerful bids for the decisions
in the two games and kept their OPP
ponents humping every minute. They
dropped the first game to and the
second on Monday afternoon, 6 to 5.
Speaking of the first game, the Ak
ron Times says the following:
punching their hits in the first and
second innings, Bill Powell's Good
year Industrial leaguers took the dia-
mond crew of the Goodyear Cotton
Mills of Killingly, Conn. into camp to
the tune of to at Soldering Field,
Sunday afternoon, The invaders from
the east put up a tough battle and
played good base ball throughout the
encounter. They supported Nichols
in great style, having clean slate so
far as the error column was concern
ed.
Chef Yon allowed nine hits, the
same number handed out by Nichols,
slabster of the Connecticut team.
Joe Connolly, former big Lacquer,
who now holds down the left field job
of the Connecticut Goodyearites,
made one of the most spectacular
catches ever seen at Soldering Field
in the second round of yesterdays
battle. In that frame Wentz led Off
with a triple to right. After Yon
popped out, Payne drove the apple to
left. Connolly managSa to snag the
pellet with one hand after a long run
Wentz easily scored on the throw-in
us Connolly was almost to the score
board when the catch was made.
The local Goodyear combination put
over the two TALES that gave them
the game in the first inning. The
third and last tally of the Akron
Goodyear crew came over in the sec
ond, when Eddie Wentz tripled and
counted on Payne's sacrifice hit
The Connecticut Goodyear outfit
landed their lone pointer in the fifth
stanza. Reddy and Gagnon singled.
Mac Donald pasted out one bagger
that sent Reddy over the skillet. With
none down and the Fasteners hitting
the ball savagely, things began to
look dark for the local FASTENERS. But
Yon was equal to the occasion. He
famed the next batter and forced
Shea to ground out. Connolly was
purposely passed and Nichols whitfield.
First sacker Macdonald OF the Con
necticut Goodyear combination was
the leading swatter of the afternoon
with three safeties to his credit.
The Sunday game was the closest
of the two, the eastern Goodyear team
losing chiefly because of inability to
come through with hits when needed.
The Akron club got start in the first
with three runs and added one each in
the 9th, 9Th and Sth. The Killingiy
players annexed one in the first also,
drew another in the second and an
nexed three more in the 9th, when
they staged batting rally and threat
ened to upset their opponents. The
run that would have tied the game
was on third when the last man went
down. Jennings hurled fine game
for the Killingiy club.
The Akron team is to visit Good
year tKillingly) on Saturday and
Sunday, Sept. 6 and 7. The focal out
fit declares that it will even the score
at that time on their Akron oppon-