Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-10
THE DIAMOND
WE HAD ONE
 VERY CLOSE RUB
A Hit in the Last Inning Would Have Changed the Aspect of ca r
 Things Yesterday. x

E WdCerDury QlQ not earn that Vlc- tory yesterday because of stick work, but for the most part by reason or poor playing on the part of Hartford. Seven errors are chalked up against the visitors and every one of those misplays helped along the tide of de- feat for their side of the house. Wat erbury scored two runs in one inning and one run in another, without the semblance of hit. We came close to beating, for had Volz just placed that last ball hit little more to the left of Joe O'Rourke tie would have resulted. They kidded Eddie Farley, the Hartfords did, and told him just what they were going to do to his delivery, and, to tell the truth, they did do things to him. Fitted against our premier box artist was an anna teur, named Buckley, but the way that amateur held our swatters in check was aggravating to the hand- full of spectators who witnessed the contest. Six hits were all we could manipulate off his delivery and those were divided between four men. Five of our stick bearers fell before him just as easy as if he were a Matthew son or Rusie in their palmy days. How the boy ever kept up his courage with the foolish plays that were be- ing pulled off by his comrades is a mystery.
 Both sides scored in the second in ming. Hartford got one run in this inning after one was out, on O'Leary's single, Eddie Farley's bad throw to first, which gave him sec ond, from where he came home when Clark drove out single to right, which Bastian threw badly to the plate. O'Rourke started off our side in the second with two sacker, took third when Moves failed to touch him on receiving Lachance's drive. and came home on Moore's two bagger. Hartford toook the lead again in the fourth on Moves three bagger, which Moore misjudged and O'Rourke's dallying too long with Nehrings drive, which he threw badly to first, which sent Moves home. They in creased the lead in the sixth, when Justice rapped out two bagger, was sacrificed to third and came home on Moves fly out to right. Then Hart ford began to play her funny stunts. In our half of the sixth, after one was out, Swander got four bad ones, stole second, and when O'Leary let Lachance's drive go through him, Swander came home. In the seventh was the comedy of comedies. Moore, Farley and ,Bastian faced Buckley and Justice, Nehring and Clark and Nehring again made the worst kind of blunders on each of the drives of our three batsmen. Those errors sent two of our men over the plate without even little scratch hit and we had taken the lead In the. eighth Justice started off again with another error on O'Rourke's drive. The lat ter was sacrificed to second and came home on Farley's safe swat. That was all our scoring. Hartford made a desperate effort to land the plum in the ninth and came close to it. Neh- ring opened with two bagger and took third on a fielder's choice. Ro- barge was sent up to bat for Brooks, and he made good, for he rapped out a safe one that sent Nehring home. Clark then went out from second to first and there was man on second, two out and one run wanted to tie. Volz took Buckley's place at the bat. He smashed one toward second, which O'Rourke just got in front of and the game was at an end. The score: