The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-29
FARLEY hammered HARD
BY Detroit IN The ninth
Four Two-Baggers and a
Single, With an Error,
Score Five Runs.
COBB'S STICK WORK.
1000 People See Waterbury
Lose After Apparently
Winning in Eighth.

& Especial to The Journal and Courler)
Waterbury, July 28.-A crowd of over
+ 1000 people, the largest that ever wit
lessed baseball game at the Reidvllle
grounds in this city, saw the Detroit
N Americans defeat the local State
league team to-day by the score of
to g. Manager Durant picked Farley,
who recently twirled Orators to defeat,
a not allowing them hit, to show his
masterful form against the coming
American League champions. For eight
innings he only allowed but three scat
tered singles and a double, but in the
anal and fatal inning the visitors ham
mered him for four two-baggers and a
single, which coupled with an error by
Downes allowed Detroit to score five
4 runs.
The batting of Cobb Detroit's right
Helder, who got a total of four hits out
Of four times at the bat and the pref
A ~ throw by Crawford IN the first In
: ming, returning Swander's fly out to
e Archer, catching Ward at the plate,
\ completing pretty double play
"a Detroit went out in one, two, three
\ prder in the first inning Payne and
Coughlin rolled easy grassers. to Ward
4 and McAndrews and when Farley re-
4 tired the side by striking Crawford out,
a the crowd almost went wild.
The second inning bore fruit for the
\ Tigers. Cobb made his first hit Of the
j game, a two-bagger Rossman was fool
: ID, on Farleys speedy return, and fam
4 ned Cobb stole second and third and
scored on Downes' long fly to Swander.
Willetts popped high one to O'Rourke.
+ Then for five innings, both teams bat
4 lied without a man crossing the plat
ter. The Detroit team appeared to be
4 taking it easy, seeming to think that
~ thew could win the game whenever
r they desired. AT the bat they worked
y fairly hard, but not as hard as they
I usually do. The players seemed to play
more as ifthey desired to allow the
" Waterbury fans to enjoy themselves by
throwing into them some side cracks
Or carelessly allowing themselves to be
The yictom of Farley's benders In the
field they played fast and exhibited
Eeats which never have been exhibited
4 In the State league or probably never
NJ will
Waterbury took the lead and appar-
emily the game in the eighth Barrett
3 hammered liner to Downes which
F. that player allowed to roll through his
legs. McAndrews flied to Archer,
NJ Swander singled, Barrett going to Sec
~ ond. O'Rourke's two Dagger into left
field scored Barrett and Lachance's
timely single brought Swander and
O'Rourke across the rubber.
shincel flied to Coughlin, Ryan walk
ID and Farley rolled grounder to
Rossman. At the close of this inning
the waterbury enthusiasts nearly went
wild. The. game was apparently Wat
+ erbury's and the local town would have
The honor of team which would beat
the famous Detroit Americans.
A All these fantasies and dreamy
thoughts faded in the ninth when the
Detroit players came to life and ham
mered Eddie Farley all over the field,
Conglin was safe on a tumble by
ORourke. Crawford hammered out a
long hit into the crowd in right field
for two bases, Conglin going to third.
Coble did the same feat only the ball
went into the crowd in center field,
Crawford and Coughlin scoring. Ross
man continued the slaughter by ham,
nering out another two-bagger, scoring
Cobb. Downes flied to Ward but
y O'Leary measured one of Farley
waivers into the crowd in right field for
X two bases, scoring BOSNIAN. Eddie tenn
norarily recovered and famed Archer
amidst the sigh of relief of the 1900
fans. Wllletts promised and caused
more trouble and located another OF
Farleys benders for a clear single,
\ o'Leary rolling gleefully across the
platter. Payne stopped the panic OF
hits by flying to Barrett.
The local team tried hard in their
half of the ninth to score but Willetts
eteadied down and had the batsmen en-
tirely at his mercy.
willetts. although not one of De-
+roit's best twirlers, was effective in to-
DAYS game when he wanted to be, but
he nitched carelessly and was hit fol
nine singles and three two-baggers.
X Detroit