New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-07-26
FALCONS SET BACK
ELM CITY HUDSONS
Locals Hit Hard Throughout
Game and Win II to5

Hitting the ball hard throughout
| the afternoon the Falcons turned
back the Hudsons of New Haven
Sunday at st. Mary's field by a score
of II to 5. The locals were In rare
form and piled up many hits at the
expense of Johnson, who pitched for
the visitors and who of late has
been going like a house afire.
The game was filled with thrills
galore, with some heavy clouting,
hashy fielding, and snappy base
running. The visitors were a snappy
bunch of ball players, but were IN
able to match up with the locals,
who shone in the field as well as at
the bat. The Falcons inf1eld work
ed like a clock.
The whole burden however, was
not entirely on the shoulders of
Falcon infielders, for there were
fly chasers aplenty which Huber,
Kredar and Ferguson bagged. Kania
turned in a fine game, burning them
over with speed galore, while Waddy
Kopec held them in neat fashion.
Although the Falcons took the
lead in the opening innings, they
did not have the game safely tuck
ed under their belt until the seventh
frame when the Hudsons cracked
under the pace set by the local lads
and as result several scored. The
visitors fought on until the last man
was out in the ninth, but were un-
able to solve the slants of KAMA.
and took the short end of the score.
With two out in the first inning
the Falcons started a barrage that
netted three runs. Stanley Budnick
reached first when Haber was
thrown out on his grounder to the
shortfeld. He moved to third on
Joe Kanias' double to left. Simon
Budnick then brought the fans to
their feet by crashing out hit that
and landed out of sight of the spec
.tators. 1t was a home run, the like
of which is seldom seen. 1t can
safely be said to be one of the long
est home runs made on st. Mary's
field. With two scoring on the hit,
this accounted for three runs of the
Falcons total.
The local bats remained silent I'M
til the third when Stanley Budnick
lined one at the first baseman that
he was unable to handle. Simon
sent the runner to third on single
to left and the bases were filled
when Klatka was walked, Kopec
sent one down along the third base
line and Stanley scored. Ford pre-
vented further scoring when he got
in front of a hot grounder off the
bat of Kredar and threw him out at
first for the final out of the inning.
Several free tickets and misplays
by the visitors brought the Falcons
another run in the fourth, which
was brought in by Haber.
The visitors had their inning in
the fifth, and made the most of it,
tying the score at five all. In this
frame the first two batters singled
to center. Then came q nice bunt
along the third base line. KAMA
made a hurried throw to first that
went wild, allowing one run to score.
On the next play, Gammerand, who
was on third. started to steal home.
and Kopec, seeing this, attempted to
push the batter out of the way to
get Kania's pitch. The batter, how
ever, stepped out OF his box and
hunted one down the first base line.
Two runs scored on this, but Umpire
Lynch sent one back, and ruled the
play interference, which entitled the
batter to first base. Johnson singled
over second, sending a man In and
a runner to third. On Ford's long
single to center two runners scored,
knotting the score.
The Falcons went ahead In the
sixth when Kopec reached first on a
force out. With two runners retir-
ed IIredar singled to center, scoring
Kopec, but was thrown out when he
tried to stretch the hit into a double.
The seventh saw the real fireworks
with the Falcons putting the game
on ice with five runs to the good.
Misplays on the part of the visitors,
coupled with the wildness of john
son aided the locals. After this, how
ever, the pitchers held the stage and
retired the batters in order.
simon Budnick's heavy stickwork
aided the Falcons considerable In
turning in the win, while Kredar
and the KAMA brothers came
through with extra base clouts,
which did considerable damage.
Nelson was the heavy sticker for the
visitors.