New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-07-26
PITCHERS BATTLE
IS Won BY ROBINS
Wilson Wins City League Duel
-BurritS Slug to Win
City League Standing

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Robins r...........1 1888
| Orioles '............0 ,00U
The Burritts continued their slash
| ing attack in the City league by
pounding out an Ill victory over
the West Ends and taking their
third straight one-sided victory,
while the Robins emerged on the
long end of FL battle with the
of the league thus far. 1t was the
, first victory of the season for the
Robins, who showed continued i'm
provement in their playing, and 1t
brought about a triple tie for third
place. The Burritts found the West
Ends easy, Roses pitching and hit
ting again being too much for his
opponents. The Pirates Orioles game
was postponed by agreement of the
managers and will be played at $50
o'clock this evening.
Tommy Wilson shaded Adamaitis
and Cabelus in great pitchers bat
lie and the Robins took their first
victory of the season by downing the
champion Rangers, FL. The little
Robin captain allowed but three hits.
all of which went for extra bases,
but two of them were due to mis-
judging of flies. He also famed
nine batters. Adamaitis, who started
for the Rangers, also struck out nine
and allowed a mere trio of safeties,
while a fourth was made of Cabelus.
Both Robin runs were unearned.
Wilson hit Lindgren on the head
with a pitch to start the game, but
no damage in the run column re-
suited With one down in the
Robin half, however, Roy polted
one at Lindgren. and the Ranger
third baseman was still too groggy to
field it clearly. Roy took second on
a passed ball and scored on Cowles'
single. The throw to head him off
struck him in the jaw and bounced
to Joe Argosy, who whirled it to
second and got Clifford.
In the third Recano got two bases
when bUltlGClll IllSSdh5Nu MO 49,
but Wilson struck out Swanson and
Adamaitis. Not another Ranger saw
first until Middleton doubled to LETT
with two down in the sixth. Casey
then slammed one to right and when
Cowles was trapped by the crowd as
he started for it he got a triple,
Middleton counting. Makula's error
and Il fielder's choice put Recano on
third in the seventh, but he wan
dered off the base to show his con-
tempt of Willie Roy's arm, and
Willie promptly caught him cold
with a perfect throw.
Meehan started the Robins
seventh with a single and there were
men on second and third with none
gone when Lindgren threw wildly on
Makula's grounder. Adamaltls tight
ened, getting Denton and Steffick on
strikes and Middleton tossed out
Suess.
Adamaitis injured finger between
innings and Pete Cabelus took his
place on the mound in the eighth.
The Robins proceeded TO win the
game without delay. Botticelli welT
coined Pete with single to left and
kept on to second when Casey let
the ball go through his legs. A
passed ball put Botticelli on third
and he scored when Cabelus threw
the ball into the, dirt behind the
plate. The Rangers made a bid for
the game in the ninth but lost on
poor base running. Wilson lost con-
troll and walked Middleton, but Roy
caught him stealing. Casey and Joe
Argosy also received gifts from Will
son and took some things themselves
by stealing third and second respec-
lively. Then came the climax of the
game. Cherry famed, but Roy
dropped the third strike. He picked
the ball up, hesitated minute, and
then threw it to first. Denton getting
it back with q snap throw in time to
double Casey trying for the plate.
The work of the opposing pitchers
overshadowed by far that of the
other players and made the game
quite uninteresting with the
monotonous succession of outs. Will
son was accorded almost perfect sup
port, while the Rangers put up an
iron front with men on the bases.
Hayes made several nice catches in
oenterfeld and Denton played a
pretty game around first In spite of
the bases resembling a first class
swimming hole. An odd feature of
the game was that Recano, at short,
did not have fielding chance, while
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