New Britain herald., 1929-08-21
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By far the largest crowd of the season or of many seasons past was present last night at Walnut Hill park to see the championship battle between the Fafnir and Stanley Works baseball team. Witnessing the 1 to 0 victory of the Dragons over the Buttmakers well repaid them for their interest in the con- test.
 Fafnirs won the game on what many of the fans considered a mighty lucky break. The situation was as follows: Ferguson was on third with Lefty" Haber on sec ond in the first inning with two out. Joe Kania was at bat.
 Kania hit a grounder to Abramo- wicz at third and his throw just pulled Parsons off the bag. Mike Lynch was umpiring on first base and he was stationed in the diamond towards the pitchers box. As Par sons foot left the bag, he tagged kania. To many, both Stanley
 
 ed that kania was out
 Umpire Lynch. however, was on the side opposite from the play and he could not see it. What he did see was Parsons foot leave the bag and he declared Kania safe at first. In the meantime, Ferguson had scored with the run that was to be the winning tally in the battle. Neither team scored after that.
 We take this occasion, because the Industrial league is all over but the shouting, to state that as long as we have watched baseball in this city and that dates back to the days of the old Ward league and as long as We have played the game, which | goes back some years before the | war, we have never witnessed or seen better baseball than was play l ed this season in the Industrial | league.
 Interested baseball fans enjoyed | more than a million dollars worth l of glt-edged baseball. The teams, i for the most part, were eXccllently | matched and they played the game , for all they were worth. Three l to 0 games during the season, an other 12-inning 1 to 1 tie, and other close contests will go down in his tory among the epic contests of the city in amateur baseball.
 It is no wonder, with such con- tests being staged during the week that fans aren't so much interested in the play on Sunday. Certainly the most rabid fan gets his fill with the Industrial league the Junior and Senior City leagues and other games played during the week.
 The Sacred Heart baseball team will practice Thursday night from to o'clock at the Washington school grounds. The Sacred Hearts are scheduled to play at the Wash ington school grounds in a home game Sunday.
 We would ask the managers of the teams entered in the city title series to let us know where tn, games next Sunday will be played We haven't been told, as yet, of the place for the three contests on the schedule.
 President Kenneth Saunders of the City leaguc, a former manage of the Pirate baseball team, has be come incenSed over the reports cir culating about the city that the Pirates are planning on throwing saturdays game to the Holy Cross ; team.
 Coach Charlie Miller also refutes the charge. His team. he says. might win or lose, but they will be Tn to beat the Holy Cross team if such thing is possible. The two teams will meet Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Walnut Hill park. win for the Holy Cross team will place it in a tie for the lead in th,, City league. while a victory for the Pirates will give the Burritts thn championship.
 Patsy Bridgott has few choice seats for the aplan-Trabon fight to be held in Waterbury tomorrow night. Fans in this city who are I planning to watch the former tcath. erweight champion in ac'Eno his long layoff, should get in touch ! With Mr. Bridget for the ...., the bout. I Two games are being played at Walnut Hill park today in the Ro- V tary Boys league. t The American Legion team will q meet the Y. NJ. (. A. in the Inst scheduled game in the Junior City { league tonight. The Phantoms and q Golfers have q postponed game to l play in the league yet while there are other postponed contests on the schedule. q hfee teams stand a good chance r .o De tied in the Industrial league ! TOT second place. Fafnirs has won , the championship while Corbins and \ I-anders have a chance to tie Stan. l. 'ty NofNS Tor second place The Norplh team meets Stanley Rule in me fnal game on the schedule To- n morrow night while Landers anl r the American Paper Goods have , T postponed game to play off vet
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