New Britain herald., 1919-07-21
|RAVES' VICTORY
 \. IS ND SURPRISE
I8 Crowd Watch Big LeaSuers
 Down Pioneers 6 to 2

A crowd estimated between 5000 @nd 1000 witnessed a number of &hings at the Ellis street diamond yes &erday afternoon, during the exhibi- Hlon game between the Boston Braves 8f the National league and tho Pio- @eers of this city. In the first place, Mhe locals were beaten. of course, Everybody expected they would be. nd the score was not half bad either, runs for the Braves and ? runs For the Pioneers; secondly the crowd Not their first glimpse of a big league Seam in this city in many years; @hirdly they saw George Stallings, the #1iracle Man, Rabbit Maranville, the # iminutive infieldcr, Jim Thorpe, the n oted Indian athlete, and Charlie #1erzog in action, and they also saw # ohm Scott twirl a very fine brand of Baseball; fourthly they saw an eXhi- #ition of crust nerve or just plain Fall, anyway you want to put it, a @,et on either would be q winner, #vhen a well known local individual @alny took a seat on the visitors @p ench, while factory workers and "a thers were paying good money and Mvere apparently satisfied with the # Arrangements made by the manage #aent.
 M Arrangements Very Good. M The Pioneer management is to be Congratulated for the excellent plans #nade for the big exhibition, there was @b ot hitch. and no disorder of any #1ind prevailed. Tn order that the fans Knight be treated to as good a game Els was possible, Manager Luby se- Reured the services of "Rubc'' Rich hrds of the Fisk Red Tops team of H-hicopee, Mass. His "rubelets' did svell on the mound, allowing only beven hits. It may be said that after hhe third inning, the visitors were Charitable, and did not make any at Eempt to get runs across the platter. Put Game on Ice. The contest opened auspiciously for he locals. when Maranville swung on ! he first ball pitched and the effort resulted in a fly which Fallon gobbled lip. Charles Herzog was given fine hand when he was introduced by Iames J. Naughton. as was all the Ntsiting players when they first went ho bat. Herzie stopped one of Rich krds' fast ones with his ribs and lRmbled off to first. Rawlings who was guarding the first station in the ab- aEense of Holke the regular player, { punched out a single.
 Red" Smith could not find one to Ahis liking in the offerings of Rich #ards and he took first on a free tick Bet, lcongesting the sacks. Big Chief SThorpe. was the next swatter, and she made good his reputation by polling gout single that chased Herzog and Rawlings across the pan. With two lon and one out, Tony Boeckel hit lone to right field that went for two |bases while Smith and Thorpe regis |tered. Dennelly and Wilson were |easy outs Feldman to Lynch. John |son the first Pioneer batsman to face |Scott hit to Maranvlle, and of course was out at first. Norfeldt took three healthy swats and sat down. Benny Lynch right here spoiled any visions Scott might have had for a no-hit game by cracking a single. The crowd pleaded with Eddie Goeb to Init one of his customary cracks, but Maranville gobbled his roller and fossed him out at first.
 They Get Two More.
 Tn the second inning after Scott had famed, Maranville connected with the ball, for his only swat of the day. and when Eddie Goeb mus sed up the works, Rabbit ran to second. He advanced on passed ball and scored when Herzog pulled g successful squeeze play.
 The Braves final tally was made in the third inning, when with one down, Jim Thorpe pounded out a long double, and scored on Boeckers single. This was finis of the scoring for the Braves.
 Pioneers Score.
 The locals were going out in one, two. three order in every inning, until 4he lucky seventh, when with two o,1t. Goeb doubled and took third on 3. bad heave by Scott. Eddie made g dash for the plate, and as he did ,FaIIon hit a. slow one to Herzog, and managed to get the decision over the throw at first base. Tn the ninth Johnson the first man up, was safe when Dennelly dropped his fly, he took second on a fielder's choice and registered on a double by Lynch.
 After the Braves had scored six runs they began to burlesque the
 game, the inflelders gathering around one another and discussing current topics, and Herzog and Rawl1ngs
 staged q little burlesque on that great
 indoor and outdoor sport, shooting
 crap. MaranvilIe evoked much laugh
 ter bv his witty remarks and antics,
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