Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
DIAM ON D.
STILL MORE OF
 THE COMEDY WORK
Eight Errors For the Prodigal. Tell. the Story of Yesterday.
 Slugging Contest.

IL was shameful that alleged base
 ball game yesterday and it can be
 said without any fear of contradic.
 ton that the Prodigals as they are
 lined up to-day, with the same dispo- sltions that they possessed yesterday, cannot hope to win the pennant.
 Seventeen errors in two games of
 ball and all made by the same team,
 IS not playing baseball not even play
 ing at it. There were many guilty ones yesterday and the whole blame
 cannot be attached to any one partic-
 ular person. Eddie Swander had to
 start by letting ball get by him out
 in left garden which cost us two runs
 in the fifth inning In the seventh guilty Mike McAndrews let a ball go through his hands that was thrown to him to catch runner off his base. Some more scoring. Captain O'Ha- gan followed it up In the same inning by playing lawn tennis with a ball that was knocked in his direction. In the eighth there was a whole bar rel of sport for the visitors. Jimmy Walsh began the flasco by letting Lords smash get away from him and there was more scoring. Cooney Rice fell all over the ball that came his way, Captain O'Hagan tried to throw the ball into the earth instead of the catcher's init and Mike McAn- drews played puss in the corner with ball that went his way. The result of all this was heart disease for the fans and six runs for the visitors.
 It was an up hill and down hill game for both Waterbury and Nor wich up to the seventh inning. Wa terbury assumed the aggressive in the second inning, when Nichols was hit by the pitcher. went around to third on O'Hagan's hit and both came home on Thackara's two-base drive to the fence. In this inning Cooney Rice who had reached first on field CTS choice made a daring steal for second and accomplished 1t, but the steal cost Cooney some of his beauty, for when he arose from the ground, after diving head first for the bag, blood was seen streaming down one side of his face, from a cut which was torn open by contact with Lords
 
 ten minutes while Dr Hayes dressed the wound. Norwich tied us up in the third on a triple by Edmunds, a base on balls to Ball and single by Cote. The lead came our way again in the fourth on single and stolen. base-Ay O'Hagan and s{sleie~-by'- Walsh and Rogers which netted us two runs Again did Norwich tie us up in the fifth on another hit by Ed and single by Golden to Eddie Swander's territory, which that chap let go by him and the two men on bases trotted all the way around. Once more we jumped to the top of the heap in our half of the fifth after our first two men had been retired by fast double play. Nichols sin gled and stole second, O'Hagan one out into safe territory and Nichols was home. Thackara slammed one at Soffel and that wor- thy made a mess of the throw and O'Hagan was home. Norwich made one in the sixth and that one on lucky home run drive. The ball went to the left field fence and hid itself in hole under the fence until Perkins was racing for the plate. In the seventh Norwich took the lead for the first time. Cote had lied out to Rice when Golden ham, nered out two-sacker. Lord fol- owed with another two.bagger. sending in Golden and then Rogers vas relegated to the bench and Ho- yarty was called into the battle. It vas here Mike McAndrews began the work which seemed to impress all he others SO strongly that they were .apital imitators. The ball that was hrown to him went through his lands to the field and two runs were Icored up for the visitors. We tied he score in our half of the seventh n a hit by Nichols. another safe one y 0'Hagan and an error of Golden's. { was at this points that Edmunds vas called in and Stevens substi- uted.
 Then came that frightful eighth | ming where the Prodigals were | in the whirlpool rapids f the Norwich ball tossers, were altered out of all semblance to ball | Ilayers and were given such a rout | hat the fans wept in silent agony | nd departed for their homes won ering if they had been to see a ball