New Britain herald., 1928-06-11
FALCONS SCORE VICTORY
 OVER NEW HAVEN HUDSONS
Game Constitutes Best Baseball Exhibition Seen at St. Mary's Field This Year-Contest Featured by Sen sational Fielding - Atwood Has Little Trouble in Turning Back Visitors-Hackbarth Drives One of Longest HOmers on RecOrd-LOcas Hit Hard.


 following it's withdrawal from Con- necttcut State baseball league the Falcons baseball team defeated the Hudsons Of New Haven yester- day afternoon at St. Mary's field by a to 3 score after torrid battle that was featured by sensational fielding by both teams and heavy hitting by the local club. The game was played in an hour and a half and was the best exhibition seen at St. Marys field this year. Both teams gave their pitchers great sup port and stopped rallies time after time with snappy fielding.
 "t.efty" Atwood former Hartford Eastern League pitcher. was on the mound for the Falcons and had lit it, trouble in turning back the New Haven team. He allowed but six hits and famed seven. Outside of the seventh inning Atwood was the com plete master of the game and had the battors popping up in the air with his outside ball. The New Ia- ven team had only two hits up until the seventh but brief rally n"tted them two runs on three successive hits.
 Bergeron. who hurled them for the Falcons last season, took the mound against his old teammates and was touched up up for Is bns les. including three doubles and a home run. Eddie" Hackbarth caught hold of one Of Bergeron S slants in the first inning and knock ed 1t in the general direction of the railroad tracks. Hackbarth rounded the bags and was seated on the bench before the fielder found the sphere. It was one of the longest ciouts ever made at St. Mary's field. being farther than any of the five sington battle in the early part Of the season. Patrus, Riley, Lewis and Mckiernan led the offensive of the Falcons with two safe blows
 The locals scored all their runs in the first three innings and althought
 
 late innings Bergeron managed to keep the home plate cleared Of runs. Riley was injured In the sixth when he made a wonderful stop of Der seron's hard liner with his bar" hand and was forced to retire from the game. Rose going in at short and Lewis moving over 10 the hot corner. Duffy Lewis continued his good work in the field and made two beautiful stops Of hard his smashes ."Yiggs" Patrus had a busy after noon at second and accepted nine chances with but two miscues.
 Petit was the star Of the New game at second base and lined out two hits off the offerings of Atwood. krall also played q good game in center field.
 The Falcons started off strong in the first inning and hatted out four runs 10 put the game on ice. Patrus led off with a single 10 center field and went 10 second as Riley was be- ing thrown out at first. Soule walked. Lewis hit long double 10 left field scoring Patrus and Soule. Hack barth then came through with his circuit clout putting the Falcons four runs to the good
 The locals added another run in the second and third. Atwood's single. Patrus' sacrifice bunt and a hingle by Riley put run over in the second and double by Me kiernen followed by ono base blow by Patrus pushed over the locals final run in the third inning New Haven scored run in the sixth in ming on q single by Bergeron and sacrifices by Ohidy and Schroeder. Three successive singles in the seventh by Petit. Cammerano and Coomhs netted the visitors two scores.
 With Atwood in the box the Fal- cons have one of the strongest line ups in the state and expect to make a strong bid for state honors before the season is over. Coach Ray Begl"y and Manager Cabay arc iuhilant over the work Of the team and arc sat lsiled that the team is strong in , every department.
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