Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-31
THE DIAMOND
WE WIN ONE
 TIE ANOTHER
Red Waller Pounded All Over The Lot in Afternoon Came
 Other Results.

Oh, what swatfest! Five home runs in four innings. all over the cen- ter field fence, were what the Prodi- gals got off Red Waller, Bridgeport's s star tWriller, in the game at State league park yesterday afternoon, and these were the breaking up of the game. They took all the heart out of the visitors and although Red" settled down after the fourth inning enough runs had been made to make it look all velvet for Waterbury, eleven tallies having been chalked up on nine hits and couple of errors. After the fourth Waterbury did not get hit or run, but it did not need any as Bridgeport was never danger ous.
 What a crowd there was at the game. There was not enough room left in the grand stand or on the bleachers to squeeze a fly in. The field was black with fans and the fel- lows were even sitting on top of the fence around the field.
 The crowd was hungry for base ball and when the teams were some what slow in coming on the field the former became impatient and yelled for the game to start.
 Farley was again on the rubber for Waterbury, while Red Waller, he of the auburn hair, was doing the slab work for the dead team" from the Park city. Farley just pitched five balls in the first inning and Bridgeport went out in order.
 But what did the Prodigals do? McCabe, who was up first, got first on an error of Phoenix, who fell all over himself trying to field the ball. Next came Swander. who had had three hits in the morning game. Red was sending them over the plate like cannon balls. Swander picked out a nice one, swung, and how that ball did, sail. The fellows on the fence had to look up to see it, the hit being one of the longest yet seen on the diamond. Nichols died. but Wag- ner and O'Hagan did not. Red fixed his cap, took his regular pose and sent another with speed to burn over the plate. The ball struck Wagner's bat with crash and did not stop going until it landed in a mud hole over with the frogs. Take him out" yelled the bleachers, but Red simply ground his teeth and once more struck pose. One can picture the doings of the 5000 fans when O'Hagan connected with one of Reds straight ones for a homer Put some one else in" they hollered.i .iibut no change was made and in the sec ond inning Waller again walked out for slaughtering. In this inning McCabe got into the home run col umn, while Swander cracked out two bagger which with Nichols's hit and an error by Phoenix was good for three more. In the third Waterbury got one run without making hit, Castle making bad error and Beau mont having a passed ball.
 Whatever chance the lifeless ones had of winning the game was lost in the fourth. when O'Hagan made the crowd howl when he landed on Red for another homer, the ball just clearing the fence. Two more came our way in this inning on Swander's third hit of the day, Wagner's single and a couple of outs. After this in- ming Red worked his curves to good and there was nothing in the line of run scoring for the home team. Bridgeport, who by the way had more hits than Waterbury, got two in the second on three hits, base on balls and an out at first. Three more were added in the fifth on hits by Castle and Beaumont, er- TOTS by Baker and Bronkie, who gave the fans the heartache at times, and a passed ball by Thackara. Two more went their way in the sixth. in the eighth and one in the ninth. when the team looked as if it might tie the score. but he of the rusty hair died with two men on base. The score: