New Britain herald., 1920-07-31

But at that, Rufe, was. one of the
 hardest workers in the league. How
 sore he used to get wheA he struck
 outS+because he knsw syffa Dppey DinkA Freer of ths.Hartforaa courant would oesurc to par him stahe follow
 ing morning." ss k. The tscker began to, sputter at this
 point in. the conversation. ''The Res
 olute wins!' one of ,fhe fans shouted.
 ,- 'Sthaf SOP inquired the oldest fan
 present. f@'Say, d'y remember the day
 Springfield was beaten out in the
 ninth when they had the game sewed
 up, to I? T thought Jack Zeller would rupture sblood.vessel, he was
 so mad. Jack waszall ready to go
 home with another victory cnaHked up
 for the Ponies when New Britain
 struck its batting gait; Everybody hit the ball. Soon the Score was 8 to 5. There were two out and even the most
 optimistic fan present. hardly expected New Britain to win.s But the score i crept up until it was a tie at eight all. The crowd was yelling at Teller,
 who was in a rage when he saw the
 game Slipping away. He had changed
 pitchers about .three. Stimes, but no
 matter who went toSthe mound the
 New Britain battsrs laid him rout in
 lavender, tFinallyys O'Nells men put { the final punons. to the exhausted Springfield team and N.,n, ; to S.. SE q ,tfslhe sporting writers. Knowing Eel dea,sefemper, had been keeping up a ( 4tha3fcr of comment ref1ectins on the apffits, of the Sprin gf1eld pilot. w hen the last. run came trickiing across the plate it was more thanF Zellerscould . bear, and leaping into the gran etstand
 he made ae rush for the sof enuln n gs snewsyaperrans Tt looked like aFHel i to the tiea3h but finally the sHfirigAsid man was molliffeab and. made to see what an exhibftf5n Inc wIsfn1alsing of himself. I sure thought. there was go- ing- toy be a rioE @ a. 1.he talk d, ed to ,other players,
 p'lls Y, Nsa aternia who was at one time
 sIprrse Tprran Parhs, P5 1a ,s Ses Britain club: ztse team: Ragsie sr sSsa. issSiist ssatetr went to the Dig show; saAxssns aa-,t brera, Louis fadron and. other~=ina m i, grants from thessRear1 of the Antilles It was recalled -that ar ball trayeled
 like bullet whe1f it leffs Paron,s
 hand H IS the truth thatsSew playr
 CTS could hold" Padroil when Ass9at his full strength behind the baW Inc Observer recalls that one day the Neg Britain first baseman-his narire, is oreotten-protested against Padron
 throwing so swiftly. And Padron.
 that day. was playing over al. third base. Aftert every abrow byEs the
 Cuban wizasd. the FSfrst baser1an ,th, palm ' of bis hand to learn
 whether it Vas intact :
 Marsans ywassoneeof the most fin
 ished outnSldcrs fiat ever graced as- baseballs lot Standing in deep left, he often yyn swiftly to the third base foul line land gathered in high, pops from the .batxnten~ InAwas as fleet
 and as graceful as a gazellea When < he got on stf1e bases he was saary sell dom eaught
 Cabrera c"Cabbys,. and "caabage.o
 was a fast ,favorite with eevery fan. T During his latest season he appeared to be out of condition and was unable
 to field or Vat with his pristine vim.
 When he came to bat every fan used to pray for a hit, not because of the
 good it would do but because they
 wanted to see Cabrera gain further
 one of the most steadfast fans at 1 Electric field Was thes' late \. Officer 4 DcnnIsN O'Keefe.s He.fvas possessed Of an unusually loud voice which confdes ,se haard acgoss tie diamond, He. was the iSSs. Test kind of a ioyal rootef, aIio a eve rsstq ou gh LBS 1>eW. ii n -teasn ; as oesti,e lgsf,1 eTi lis splrlts I Was one of .. sfe attrasifons If .tlle sga me. < sI e. sa&srh ioved to.ss.ina his1 Cha fts 9of+sy1tss af Hfu Crook, x who. pnyea fafsfs f3r sstIles Brddgeporta tes na. sS i5ress SJsf 1.lSeEfe x. sho5iteH .; y.HeE ToSf h4t 'y- sWans?'' si | sacEsr.! z c rslIss slI ' T sss pics Rt: ,.ls !.