Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-11
THE DIAM OND
THE PONIES ARE
GOOD MUD HORSES
They Have An Easy Time Beating
the Prodigals Norwich Has
Great Sport.


has to sit down and write up
game like that Of yesterday after
dilating In glowing terms of the two
games Of the day before. In fact
there Is but very little to write about
as regards ball playing on the part
OF the Prodigals, but there are few
things that might be written that
would not look well In print. Natur-
ally the explanation will come that
1t was a wet day and the ball was
heavy and unmanageable. Perhaps
then the same reasoning power will
attest that because Of those condi-
lions the Springfield team was filled
with ginger, while the Prodigals had
fmbibed some embalming fluid and
were practically dead to the baseball
world. It might be told, too, that
because of the stormy weather Cy
Miller twirled in championship fash
ion, while Parker Treat played rag
time with the leather. And as a
last excuse 1t could be said that the
visitors, because Of the dampness Of
the atmosphere, hammered out safe
drives, sufficient to win the game,
while the Prodigals hammered the
rain drops that fell over the plate.
There is one thing that came near
being forgotten In the desire to for
get all about that exhibition of yes
terday and that was the sharp base
ball trick of Captain O'Hagan, which
savored strongly Of the McGraw
tactics. Umpire Eddie Curley did
the only correct thing possible un-
der the circumstances and that was
to remove the Prodigals' captain
from the game. The circumstances
surrounding this trick are as follows:
In the eighth inning, Hughes, the
first Prodigal up, got free pass and
stole second. A ball was called for
by Umpire Curley and a new one was
thrown from the bench. At once
Dan O'Neill smelled rat, and called
for three balls as the rules prescribe.
Captain O'Hagan ignored the demand
and grabbing all the old balls In
sight took them to the water pail
and gave them better soaking than
the rain had done for them. He then
threw the balls on the ground and
told the umpire to take three balls
IL he wanted them. He sat on the
key that contained the sawdust to
dry the balls and refused to allow
them to be dried. Umpire Curley ex-
postulated with him and finding ex-
postulations were Of no. avail be
promptly told him he was out of the
game. The umpire then dried two
Of the balls as best he could with the
sawdust lying around the ground and
the game proceeded. When II came
time for Waterbury to take the field
Captain O'Hagan went to his POSI-
ton at first base. Umpire Curley or
dered him on the field and It was
several minutes before he complied.
Finally he did quit the game and
went to the club house. 1t is good
betting that, II Harry O'Hagan could
have recalled all that scene of yes
terday he would have done 80. for
he must have realized as soon as the
trick was perpetrated that 1t would
not go.
Waterbury scored the only run in
the fifth inning on two double-sack-
ers by Captain O'Hagan and Jimmy
Walsh, which scored the captain.
Springfield scored once In the first
on double by Tansey, sacrifice by
O'Connor and a hit by Yale. Two
more were counted up in the fifth
on two-sacker by Burns. an error
of Cooney Rice, a sacrifice by Cy MIL
Ter and single by 0'Connor. The
run for. the visitors came in the sew
enth on single by Burns. sacrifice
by Nichols and a hit by Tansy. Feat
ures of the game aside from the un.
pleasant ones, were great one-hand-
ed catch of McCabe's in the third
inning. when he ran long distance
and took Bill Yale's hit which looked
good for two II not three bases, and
phenomenal stop by Robarge when
he robbed Treat OF hit back Of sec
ond base. The score: