Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-28
THE DIAM OND
WE LOSE IN
 STRANGE MANNER
Several Chances to Win and No Advantage Taken of Them U
 Other Results.

Before the writer starts to write or say anything about that game yes
 terday he would like to ask a few
 questions. Those questions are not
 in the nature of knock, either, but
 we might combine them under the
 name of little scolding. Why did
 Captain O'Hagan in the sixth inning,
 when the bases were full, stand at
 the plate and let three good balls be
 called on him without making the
 semblance of an attempt to hit any
 one of them? Why did Parry Thack8 ara make one of the most foolish
 kicks in the last inning on strike
 that was as cleanly over the center
 of the base as could be put there?
 Why did he persist in the kick by
 going into the field after the umpire
 and get himself fined and put out of
 the game? Why was Johnny Hughes sent up to bat for Eddie Farley in the
 last inning when a hit would have
 won the game? The records do not show that Johnny, with all due re- spect to the little catcher, has proven
 himself a better pinch hitter than Eddie Farley. These few things rahkled in the breasts of the thor oughbred, dyed in the wool fans as they were returning from the game yesterday, and they asked the above question of themselves and of each other and the winds answered them.
 The game itself was battle of the two best twirlers in this league, Ed die Farley for Waterbury and Jack Hess for Springfield. The hitting was remarkably light on both sides, as both the slab men were in good form and held the batters at their mercy almost in every inning. The seventh inning proved the winning one for the visitors. In this inning after O'Connor had flied out to OHa- gan, Bill Yale hammered out safe drive to left garden. Steamer Flana- gan waited for good one and then he laced out one along the right foul line clear to the fence, bringing in Yale with the only run of the game and putting himself. on third. In trying to make the hNme plate on Standards hit to Jimmy Walsh he was thrown out at the plate and that was as close as Springfield came to scoring again.
 Waterbury had opportunities to score. but the opportunities were ne- glected. In the sixth inning Eddie Farley started off with single, was sacrificed to second by Rice's out to first, McCabe then flew out to right. Swander got his base on the error of six while Farley went to third, Swander stole second and Jack Hess deliberately passed Nichols, filling the bases. Then came our chance. for Captain O'Hagan was up. To the surprise of all the fans present he never even offered at three good balls that were sent over the plate and he was called out, leaving the baset filled. In the eighth Paddy 0'Connor made kick on the ball in play, but after some deliberation it was allow ed in use. At the close of the inning, however, the ball was tossed under the Waterbury bench. but McLaugh- lin of Springfield was watching the act and running to the bench pulled 1t out and 1t was put in play once more. We had fair chance to do in the ninth when O'Ha- gan started on with hit. Thack- ara tried to bunt and had two striker on him. The next one cut the heart | of the plate and he was called out Then came the senseless kick. of | and his retirement from the game. Walsh followed and was given a free pass. McEnroe struck out and Hughes, who was sent up tc ba. for Farley. went out from second to first. The score: