Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-25
BASEBALL BREvITIEs.
Norwich tomorrow.
 Accident in the last three games.

 Still very close to second place.
 Umpire Theisen was right and wrong.
 Those are big scores that Holy Cross is running up.
 Pretty small to pick Cy Voorhees, to run for Thackara.
 Get a line on the crowds of people that watch for the Democrat base ball scores furnished at D. B. Will sons every evening.
 If Norwich is only defeated to-mor- row the Prodigals will be, oh, so close to the top. Durants men have already taken two from Jack Tighe's bunch. One week from tomorrow the city of11cials journey to Bridgeport to show the politicians of the burg how the national game should be played.
 All the dignitaries of the Connec- real thing in base ball in Waterbury. President Sturgess Whitlock was on hand yesterday.
 Many of the fans expected to get look at Slavin doing backstop work yesterday, but there were disappoint- ed, as Thackara was we'll enough to get into the game.
 Lucky Wagner started the trouble again yesterday and that ripping two bagger down the third base line went like the wind in that first inning, which gave us our first two runs.
 Bronkie had everything yesterday and he used rare judgment in tight places. His pickup of Miller's hit in. the sixth inning and putting the runner out himself was a clever bit of work.
 Captain Frank Fitzpatrick is stiil eating up those base hits down by the second bag. He gives good encour- agement to his men, too. and 1t is for that reason Springfield never lets up until the last man is out.
 Away of on balls and strikes was Joe Theisen yesterday and away off on that decision at the home plate, where he called the ball fair, which started the trouble for Tom Crook. The ball was decidedly foul one.
 Game Thackara should look out for that injury he received. He is too valuable a man to lose and. if 1t were possible, another catcher should be secured. until all chances of the injury proving lasting should have vanished.
 Flanagan's stop of Swander's scorcher to first was another of the sensational features of the game. All those good plays by the visitors were given plenty of applause by the local spectators, which showed true sports manship.
 Captain Harry O'Hagan refused to allow Voorhees, to run for Thackara and Dan O'Neii called from the bench to give him any runner. Thackara finally decided to run himself and did as far as third, where he had to be relieved
 How galling 1t must be for some of the players who knew Joe .Theisen in the old days to he put out of the game nowadays. Joe was one of the worst umpire beraters in the business. and yet it Is but fair to make the players know their places and keep them.
 "I have it." said Arthur Nichols yesterday in the last inning. as he all most scooped Flanagan's hit from the ground. Out" said Umpire TheIsen. "Murder.r cried the Sprinshelds from the bench. Skid doo' for yours. said the bat boy. and the game was over.
 Too bad young Burke could not have remained in the whole game. That was an injury that is liable to happen fo the best of ball players. The first and only chance he had was taken nicely. and but for that pebble bounding the ball into his face he would have probably retired Nichols
 Paddy o'connor is aching to 90 against somebody. When Bronkie ran into him coming home from third he followed the pitcher to the plate. looking for trouble. Bronkie faced him and there might have been some thing doing had not Nichols got be- tween them and showed Bronkie to the bench
 CT Miller wfll Eo up against an umpire that will certainly penali1e him for d bsIk 1T he continues the style of pitching be did here in the last feE innings Perhaps Theisen woaId have done so yesterday. only he reaIited that he had had strenu- ous time all afternoon and wanted little quie,ness-
 Norwich. the leading team. comes to-uorrow. and if It's a fine day the prodizzls viIi shov you a crowd of that oniy holiday could stfrsct in other piaces- That uiIl be a game porth xning niles 10 see and Waterbury vi1 make the greatest ef- fort Of the season t0 dOvn Jack Tizhes husky bun<h-
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