Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-20
KACEYS TOO MUCH FOR AMERICAN CHAIN

The Norwich K. of c. defeated the fast American Chain of Bridgeport yesterday at the fair grounds by the score of to ,. With the exception of the second inning the game was fast and full of exciting plays; there was plenty of hitting to keep the fans interested and also some fine fielding. sherman, formerly of the Hartford team of the Eastern league, joined the local team for the rest of the season, and had no trouble winning his game yesterday. Armey, another Eastern leaguer, was behind the bat and held up Sherman in first class shape. The addition of both these men to the lo- cal roster has wonderfully strength ened the team and the club played with them like big leaguers.
 Norwich sewed the game up in the second inning when they took advan- taEe of few of the misplays Of the American Chain And pushed i've runs across. The Bridgeport team became confused at the number of bunts that were sent at them, combined with few line drives, and when the inning was over five runs were tailed up Norwich scored again in the fourth on a base on balls, a sacrifice, stolen base and an error by the third base man. The last runs that the local team made came in the sixth. With a man on first, Sherman hit to deep center for a home run.
 Bridgeport scored one run in the third inning. After one, was out and IIowsky on first, Briggs hit between left and center for two bases, scoring Lowsky In the fifth Hurley hit for two bases and scored on a single by Briggs. The American Chain tried to even things up in the seventh in- ming when they sent three runs across. Frey hit to right center for three bases and scored on a single by Low sky. Briggs contributed his fourth hit of the game when he knocked a home run in left center.
 Gallagher was the heavy man with the stick for Norwich, getting three hits out of four times at bat. Sher- man felt thet he was not doing enough by his superior pitching so he gave the tans a little more to talk about by hit ting one for the circuit. Stapleton stabbed a hot grounder one hand that was labeled for extra bases and retir- d the runner. Kelliher gave another of his exhibitions of perfect throwing when he sent a ball in from deep left and caught the runner by inches. The lnfeld gave an exhibition before the game that was bubbling over with pep and kept the same life during the en-
 
 Briggs took the honors for the Am erican Chain team by getting four hits, one for two bases and one for the cir cult. Hurley played the best fielding game accepting difficult chances. TrOutH1an made a circus catch of a hard hit ball, rolling over several times. but retaining the ball. Sean lon pitched a fine game, allowing the local team only five hits. Poor sup port by his team mates lost the game for him.
 In the game next Sunday with the Philadelphia American league team, the Norwich team will use the same lineup as yesterday. Sherman will pitch and Armey will catch; the rest of the lineup will be the same as used all season. Sherman was formerly with the Philadelphia team, pitching for them in the beginning of the 1915 season. In one of the games he pitch ed he defeated the Washington Am