New Britain herald., 1927-08-22
CORBIN RED SOX VICTORS
 IN FIRST SERIES BATTLE
Score Win Over Falcons In Initial Game By to 3 Score-Large Crowd Views Contest - Divergence of Opinion On Umpire Crowleys Decision In Fifth Winners Bunch Hits In Fourth and Eighth h. nings-Score Is Tied At Three-all In Seventh
The Corbin Red sox baseball team


 Mary's field when it took the initial game from the Falcons by the score of to 3. The contest was q bitterly fought battle and was marked by hard hitting, good pitch ing, spectacular fielding and a row
 over a decision by Umpire Crowley
 that almost ended the game.
 Since Jack Dempsey was credited
 with knockout victory over Jack
 sharkey, there has been an unend-
 ing argument over the question of
 whether the finishing blow was fair
 or foul. After yesterdays game,
 these arguments will be forgotten in
 the battle of words between the
 fans who saw yesterdays game as to whether Umpire Crowley ruled
 rightly or wrongly in the fifth in- ming.
 The situation in brief was this: Jimmy Green was on third and Lolos was on first with two out. Lolos started for second with the pitch and Orifce threw to Patrus Green set his heels flying for home. fatrus threw nicely to Oriflce but he dropped the ball as Green slid in "1th the run that made the score three to two in favor of the Red sox. The ball rolled under Greens back,
 Lolos had reached second safely and started for third. Green waved hlm down the baseline but failed to get off the ball. The play was blocked to Umpire-in-Chi sautter's eyes, but Field Umpire Crowley saw Green on the ball and he declared Lolos out because of Greens inter- i ference. This made the third out and stopped a further possible rally l by the Falcons that might have given the game a different result As it was, the Falcons tied the | score at three-all in the seventh but two-run rally in the eighth by the ! Red Sox, gave them the necessary i margin of victory. Bergeron and Berg opposed each other on the mound. Berg was touched up for 10 hits in all while lthe sox hit seven off Bergeron. The Corbin team, however punched it's hlngles in two big innings. to score it's five runs, while those of the Fall cons were spread over the nine in- nings.
 It was a pretty game to watch and q large crowd attended despite the drizzle that continued all after noon. Both teams were evenly matched but the "break" that came in the fifth on the umpire's ruling, seemed to take the heart out of the Falcon crew. Whether Umpire Crowley was right or wrong is 8 matter for experts to decide.
 The Falcons were the first 10 score. They broke the ice in the second inning when Simon Budnick hit the ball over the crowd in cen- ter field for three bases. The ball hit small child in the back but as it was over the crowd, it went for IS many bases as the runner could make on it. Johnny Klatka smashed one into the right center for two bases bringing Budnick across the plate.
 The Red sox staged big rally in the fourth and scored three runs. Huber was safe, with one out, when si Budnick booted his grounder. soule singled over second, Huber pulling up at third. Riley struck . out but kopec dropped the third strike and played for Riley at first. The two runners on, executed a dou- ble steal on the play. Fitzpatrick , drove a clean single over third . bringing the two men in. He stole z second and scored on Blanchard's long double between center and right.
 The Falcons got run back in the fifth on the play in which Green scored and Lolo. was called out at third because of Greens interfer- ence. They tied the score in the seventh when Kopec and Bergeron singled 10 put two men on. Green sent a fly to center and soule dropped the ball after a hard run. There were three on and one out Haber bounded to Fitzpatrick and Buggy played for double. The throw to first was beaten and Kopec scored. Lolos was thrown out at first
 With the score tied, the Red sox staged another rally in the eighth for two runs. Soule flied out to right field. Lefty" Haber making sensational running catch of the play Riley single into left. Fitz- patrick drew walk Blanchard scratched an infeld hit to St, Bud nick at short and three men were on, Orif1ce got a two bagger into the crowd in center field and Riley and Fitzpatrick scored. Blanchard was put out at the plate on Berg's roller to short and Snyder flied out to klatka
 In the ninth, si Budnick got double but died on third Both teams went out in order in the ninth
 Lefty Haber's catch of soule's drive in deep right field was the fielding gem of the day. Riley played him a close second with teaplng one-handed catch of Kopec's drive in the last of the ninth hredar played a nice game in cen- ter while Fitzpatrick starred for the Red SoN at short. Both Budnick brothers were bulwarks of stren2th 'n the defense,
 Sl Budnick with three hits 3 trl- 'le, double and single was easily he heavy hitter for the Falcons While Bergeron with two ran him lose second for batting honors, Al 3ianchard with three out of four vas the only man on the Red soy cam to get more than one hit. The ummary,
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