New Britain herald., 1926-06-05

fessional baseball in New Britain lever produced. He celdom got base on balls because 1e could hit any thing within three feet of the plate and all kinds cf pitching looked alike to him. wards the end of his playing days, Conlin became quite heavy md a weak ankle slow ed him up. but he overcome the handicaps by hitting the ball far thor than he formerly did and thereby got the extra bases.
 Speaking of Conlin. one of the old timers remarked that he would never forget the final game in the champ pionship series about ten years ago, between the Pioneers and Jim Luhys Independents at the old Ellis street field. Henry Flanagan was pitching the Pioneers and his team was ahead by run coming into the ninth. A win for the Pion- eers would keep them in the ruHSing and mako another game necessary. IL would also mean plenty of money for the packers of the South End club, who had gone down heavily on their favorites, on the strength of a wonderful seasons record and the comparatively poor showing the In dependents had made to date. The South End rooters, however, appar- ently overlooked the fact that the teams the Independents had played that year were the fastest in the state. while the Pioneers had been playing few top-notchers. On pa per. the Pioneers looked like the stronger club, but the Independents clean sweep of the series told diff ferent story.
 Well, to get hack to this game that Conlin broke up. In the ninth inning, Bill Berry, lead-off man for the Independents. caught Jacko Ke- hoe. Pioneer third sacker. flat-foot- el and beat out a pretty bnnt. Der | ry one of the fastest men in the game, promptly stole second. Eddie Goeb was hit by a pitched ball, putting men on first and second and nobody out. Conlin came up and the
 Pioneer infield gathered around the l pitchers box and implored Flanagan 1 to pass him. He was a slow run 1 ner. they argued, and would be out of the way on first base, as any old kind of hit you'd score Goeb and Berry. Johnny Schroeder and Rod Campbell the next two batters Ih9d been hitting them on the ground Iar day and if they did it again, there
 would be a ne chance for double killing.
 Flanagan, however, wanted 10
 pitch to Conlin. Mickey Noonan, back of the bat, signalIed for a waste ball. but Flanagan put one over the heart of the plate and 1 Conlin nailed it for two bases, SCOT
 ing the two runs and winning the game. Schroeder and Campbell fol-
 lowed ith infield grounders and
 were out, but the damage had been | done. and the Pioneers went out in
 order in their half of the ninth. Just about this time the entire crowd at the Corbin-Landers game | was thrilled ny SOlld SiHdSl lntt
 center field by "Yiggs" Patrus and ! the tw fans who were spilling the
 ten year cid dope shouted them
 selves hoarse for him to round the
 bases, which he did. "'Who is that kid. anyway" one of them asked
 "Socms to mo I've seen him before.'
 Well you certainly have seen him,
 the other replied. "1 remember wher
 he started"
 pushed up a little closer 10 lister
 for I often wondered where the fast Hu'a Corbin infielder got his start
 and inside of few minutes. I was
 carried on memory's wings 10 a field
 called Andrews, somewhere in the
 north part If New Britain. q don't
 know just where it was, but your
 readers will probably recall it).
 "Yes. sir" the fan went on
 "Patrus was shortstop a dozen years
 or more az on team called the