Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-12
KaCeys Take Close Game From SaxonVIIe

In a game that was marked by sharp and sensational fielding, together with some long hitting, the local Kacey team took a close score from the Saxonville Town team Sunday afternoon at the fair grounds by a score of to 3. The. game was witnessed by crowd of about 1900, together with those who roasted in the trees outside the grounds or looked through knotholes in the fence The police officers on the grounds had a busy time chasing away the trespass- CTS that insisted on climbing over the fences.
 The Saxonville team with somewhat changed lineup from that originally an nounced was composed largely of the players from the famous Cornet team of Lynn. These boys put up stun exhibition of baseball and fought for the game every inch of the way. The Kacey boys also played clean. snappy game with the sensational fielding fea- lures going to Adams, Mckay and Bia- grift. Berry. in the box for the local team, showed up we'll. having lots Of stuff on the ball and keeping the hits well scattered. Clabby and Berry took the hitting honors, the former getting a tripls and Berry connecting for two doubles Merritt who did the mound duty for Saxonville, was touched TOT seven safeties and having only one strikeout victim.
 Connolly, who has played with the Dorchester A. A. team all season, made his first appearance in Kacey uni form and favorably imressed the fans both with his snappy fielding and with his hitting. he getting a double ana single In four times at bat.
 The first inning was blank for ootn teams but in the last half of the second cIabbv. the first man up, hooked on- to one of Merritt's outcurves and drove the ball to deep left for three sacks Clsbby scored on Bergen's single. The third inning was a blank as was the fourth
 In the fifth inning Lynch after one was out connected for a scratch hit and was held at first while Keefe famed. Geary. who positively had no form at all after having two strikes called on him swung wildly at a ball foot over his head and luckily connected, dr1Vlns the pill to deep left for three bases scoring Lynch. Merritt flied out to Mc- Kay.
 The Knights got the run back in the last half of the inning on a double ny Berry. who scored on Sank's single. The local team scored again in the sixth on a double by Connellyt Who was oN vznced by Bergen's sacrifice and scored on Adams hit. Mckay hit clear lv and Adams was thrown out at the plate. trying to score on Berry's roller to short. Twitchell flied out to Keefe The final tally came in the eighth when BlaErif was safe on Jones' error ad- vancing to third on the next two put outs. Blagriff scored when Connolly got his second hit of the game.
 The Saxonville team also scored Tn the eighth. driving two runs across. Merritt the first man up. drew pass. as did Dempsey. who followed him. Jones, the third man to face Berry connected for two bases. scoring Merritt and Dempsey The ball hit the roof of the exhibition hall and Jones easily made third on the hit but was sent back to second by Um- pirs Corcoran who claimed that the ground rules allowed only a two-base hit as the ball rolled Into the crowd af- ter rolling off the roof. Umpire Corco- ran however, neglected to send the run ner. who was on first back to third. and allowed the run. Berry frightened up and the rest was easy. Tn the ninth in- hing Robinson. former Dartmouth star, was sent for Keefe after two were out and crashed a long nigh fly to center field which was taken in by Mckay af- ter long run.