New Britain herald., 1926-09-20

now stands on top or the heap Tn
 the series with the Corbin Red Sox
 and also has an even date with the
 Falcons in the series with that team.
 A poorer exhibition of baseball
 than that put up by the Sox.in Sat
 urday's game, could not be imagin-
 ed. The team went absolutely to
 pieces and committed 13 errors be-
 hind their two pitchers. Flynn was
 removed from the game in the
 fourth frame but not because the
 kensington team was belting him all
 over the lot, but rather because a
 change would save him from un-
 necessary work.
 Yesterdays game was a pretty
 battle with Kensington coming out
 on top. Berg and Bucholz hooked
 up in a pretty duel that gave the
 small crowd of fans their moneys
 worth.
 The young ladies in Kensington
 and its immediate environments are
 all stirred up because of great
 many unkept dates last night. Fol-
 lowing the victory of the baseball
 team yesterday, all the fans gathered
 around the corners and the largest
 flaming bee in the history of the
 Paper Goods town took place.
 Kensington. we know, is the home
 ot good sports as far as the male
 population is concerned and it is our
 fond hope that the ladies will feel
 just the same over the failure of the
 swains to keep their dates last night
 as the boys do over the victory of
 the team.
 It goes to prove that the zest for battle is keener every time than the attraction of love. Still. Wednesday
 night is coming along and we hope that the Lochinvars of Kensington and the maidens fair, will be able to keep their engag gements under the bright moonlight the same as if yes- terday never was on the calendar. Girls, to tell the truth, all the miss . ing links last night intended to keep their dates, but they became so h- terested in talking the game over / that when they looked at their watches, 1t was time for them 10 leave your houses anyway and al- though they will come around the . .next tkne with fear and trembling, it was greater love than that which they hold for you that kept them away,
 Our choice for the class of third haseman since the two series start | ed, rests now on George Fields of |Kensington. George has been play ling a game that compares with any thing we have ever seen at third Ibase. He picks every ball clean and with d bullet whip. takes his time and then throws out his man. The batter is a wise one who keeps the | ball away from him.
 Starting with the 19-inning game Ia week ago yesterday, George had |1o chances without a miss. Satur- |day he made it IS and yesterday he added five, making his total 23 for |the three games. and not miss was |chalked up against him. His arm is getting the fastest men on the op- posing teams at first base. and when | The measures his throw. it goes straight and true. The Burritts are champions of the | City league Their victory over the Pirates Saturday ended the closest | race of that circuit and gave them a title In their second year of or ga nization. They were unpopular all season and had 10 contend with ad- verse crowds, although they had a host of followers of their own who Loyalty supported them at every game. Outside of this following, the rooters were with the Pirate young- sters, but the ineXperience of Charley Niller's charges cost them the game Saturday when they ap- parently had the title pocketed and the crowd could only say that the boys had done well in a first at tempt. Sympathy was with them.
 The Pirates lost through nervous ness and foolish throwing. Time and again when the play was theoretic- ally ended and the runners had stopped, Pirate would make an al together unnecessary heaVe to a base and the ball would so wild. Charlow, Zapatka, and Howard all did this, and every time 1t cost at least one run.
 But let no credit be taken from the Burritts. They fought to the last breath and made umpires' lives miserable when they thought they had been cheated, but they played baseball. With excellent pitching, fairly consistent hitting and fielding, and a recklessness on the bases , the difference between victory and defeat, they carried the fight all the , way and deserved their title.
 Another queer turn to the drop ' ped third strike came up when Con- nell famed in the fourth. The ball : fell out of Zaleski's glove, but the 1. batter started to walk to the bench. The other players yelled at him, and , te and Zaleski did a war dance for 7. a few seconds, Cornell then running :, around the catcher and to first. Zalesh figured Cornell had run out of line and would be declared out, T 90 made no play. There was ter s rible howl when Umpire Johnny r called him safe. but it V did no good. It was just another c rase of taking too much for granted F md not going through with the z play.
 The Pirate battery vas handicap