Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-16
THE DIAMOND
SCRAPPY GAME
 IN HARTFORD Thackara Chastises an Insulting Rooter and the Prodigals Won
 the Game.
The Hartford Courant describes

the game of yesterday as follows:
 Judged solely on its merits from scientific standpoint the base ball game here yesterday was not as inter- estlng as the circus. But there was a one-round go between Parry Thack- ara, the muscular Waterbury catcher, and Joe Powers, stock and broad shOuldered rooter, and this attracted more attention than the game There was plenty of excitement all through the game and if anybody didn't get his moneys worth he can have a rain check at the box office. There was a lot of bad blood engendered through out the contest and if Umpire Holton had not ruled the scrappy Waterbury players with rod of iron it is not known what would have taken place. Led by Handsome Harry O'Hagan and Mike McAndrews, the Waterbury players were on the verge of a muss several times, but the ump waved them back with lofty wave of his hand.
 It was when Waterbury was at bat in the seventh inning that the most spectacular event of the day was pulled off. Parry Thackara, the Wa terbury catcher, was once Hartford backstop. He was with Meriden last season and when Waterbury bought the franchise he went with it. Thack ara is well thought of in Waterbury and his friends there recently gave him a gold watch and fob. Joe Pow CTS, we'll known Hartford rooter, made some uncomplimentary re- marks about Thackara's playing when he was with Hartford and the Water bury hackstop hurdled the fence close to the grand stand and gave Powers wallop that would have flattened out less sturdy man Powers grappled with Thackara and got jiu jitsu hold on his neck. It looked as If he would strangle Thack- ara, but the two men were pulled apart. g ll The police jumped into the fray in the nick of time and prevented riot. One rooter gave Thackara a punch and got away before the police could grab him. Two of the Waterbury players hustled Thackara out of the enclosure and led him to the bench, and Martin Walsh, the big pitcher and several others went to the assist ance of the police and scattered the crowd. There were cries of Put him out" and Thackara was notified that he would have to go to police head quarters. Captain O'Hagan begged that Thackara be allowed to continue i in the game as he said he did not nave another catcher and the removal of the backstop would put the game on the blink.
 Manager Durant of the Waterbury team was not at the park. but MT Butler. a stockholder, was there and he and others joined with O'Hagan in trying to save Thackara from going to the lookup. While the dis cussion was being carried on an out slider tried to wedge in and he was thrown through the gate without any ceremony. The Waterbury men made a determined plea to save the catcher, but the fans shouted, '.Officer, do your duty" and Thackara was then seen to change his spiked shoes for those for street wear. At the police station Powers declined to make a charge against Thackara and the lat ter was not held Nichols went be- hind the bat and caught good game.
 l Chief Kennedy received a telegram at noon yesterday from Umpire Ma lone, who asked for a day of. He was hit in the head with ball the day before and he has not fully re- covered. Chief Kennedy could not find A. E. Woodford. the regular sub stitute umpire, but he secured J. J. Holton, who umpired last season in the Insurance league. Holton did not don the mask and wind pad and as he stood back of the pitcher he missed a hit that Nichols made in the second inning to left field. It was called foul. but as the umpire was not in position to judge the hit the mistake was overlooked. Holton had number of difficult decisions to make and for a tenderfoot be did very we'll.
 There was some awful work in the third inning. Baker walked, Rice sacrificed. and Voorhees, was given | four wide ones. Baker took a big lead from second and no one covered the bag when Kritchel threw down. The ball went out to center field and Baker scored. McAndrews famed, but McCabe hit safely and Voorhees came in. Hartford got the runs back in their half of the inning. Cast meyer doubled and reached third on Swander's error. Fallon drew four balls. O'Leary flew out to center and Gastmeyer came in. Fallon stole second and got to third on Thacka- ra's error. He came in when the ball was thrown past the third baseman.
 Tn the fifth. McAndrews singled after two were out and stole second. He scored when Bone dropped Nc Cabe's fly. In the next ininng Nich- ols singled and reached second on FaIlon's error. O'Hagan attempted to sacrifice and Moves threw the ball past the score board. Nichols came in and O'Hagan got to third. Thack- ara beat out an infield hit. As he started for second O'Hagan tried to score. He was being run down be- tween third and home when he put up his elbow and prevented Kritchel from catching the ball The umpire called O'Hagan out for interference and Thackars. who also crossed the plate. vas sent hack tO third Thsck- ara vas caught between third and home and Voorhees ended the inning by flying out to Moves
 Waterbury got tvo more in the eighth. Two singles and a double and a steal accomplished this result. There vas peculiar play In the sev-