Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-18
THE DIAMOND
THE LEADERS
 ARE HUMBLED
Waterbury Takes a Fall Out of the Dowdites es-Results of Other
 Games.

Bill Rogers was it in every depart
 ment Of the game yesterday and al-
 though he was hit for double the
 number of bases that we culled from
 the curves of "Cozy" Dolan, our hits
 came opportunely, while Lefty" Bill
 used the lemon juice as freely as Jack
 Hess snlears saliva over the leather,
 and 1t served as deterrent to the
 smashes of the boys from Holyoke.
 Back of Bill too was veritable stone
 wall in defense, but quick firing gun
 in offense and in activity. Two mis-
 plays were all that was charged up
 against us, and only one. of those
 cost anything. It was costly indeed,
 for it allowed Holyoke to start a
 rally, which saved them from shut
 out in the very, last inning. And as
 luck would have 1t, it was our new
 second baseman, just purchased from
 New London, who was responsible for
 the play. He had been playing a bril-
 liant game at second prior to this and
 was loudly applauded couple of
 times when he assisted in lightning
 double play. There was some excuse
 for the Jungle, however, for it was
 pretty dark on the field at the time
 and the ball was hard to see, and when
 ORourke let it go through him there
 was not murmur, because of his
 previous fast work.
 To show the speed at which the To-
 acls were travelling it Is only neces-
 sary to rehearse few of the in
 nings. In the first. after Ahearn had struck out, much against his will too,
 Ramon slammed safe drive to left garden. Lepine popped up q foul to Schincel and then Massey hammered one so hard that 1t looked as if 1t would never stop until 1t went over the fence. Swander was after it, running with his old time speed. He turned once to gaze at the leather as it whizzed through the air, and again dashed on towards the fence, and as the ball was about to pass above him, he raised his hands, while still run ming. and pulled down the sphere amid the cheers and yells of the spectators. It was great catch, perhaps the greatest that Eddie Swander has made on the local grounds, and he has made a whole lot of them. In the third. after Thackara had struck out, while the crowd jeered the former Water burlan., Dolan got life on McAn- drew's error. Ahearn then smashed another to McAndrews,' who nailed 1t quickly to 0'Rourke, and he in turn, after touching second, sent it like a shot to Lachance. and our first fast double play was the resuit. In the fifth after Grubb started off with d two sacker, it looked like troublt for our side. Swander took Bakers fly, however, but Boucher was walked free. Thackara then sNashed one to Moody Mike, which was snapped up quickly, third base was touched, re- tiring Grubb, Lachance received Mikes throw, retiring Thackara. ana he second lightning double was down l Dn record. In the seventh another | iouble between McAndrews, O'Rolfke | md Lachance stopped another man | from scoring. In the eighth, with one | put and two men on bases, after sing l ing safely, Swander captured the next | two drives, the last one another | beauty. Then came the ninth where hey scored. 0'Rourke ret Massey's l yrounder get away from him and | irubb drove him around to third on | mother two sacker. Massey came lome on Bakers out to SwandCr, | Boucher struck out and ,irubb cross d the plate on Thackara's single
 Our scoring was funny in several instances. We made two in the second liter two were out. Schincel and Ryan hit safely for a base each. skelly then rapped one to Massey and he latter did some lofty ground tumbl- ng. while the ball rolled away from Jim. and his team mates were spell ,ound, for when they came out of heir trance we had two men over the date. Another came In the next. and without hit. Ward got a free pass, ook second on a passed ball, was acrIficed to third and come home on he next out to first. Another cnme n the next inning and still without T It. Laehance walked free. stole sec nd. was sacrificed to third and came ome when Massey threw badly to econd fo catch Ryan who had been flowed to walk free. and who was lmost caught mapping at first We ook another in the sixth on a fielder's holce which put Lachance on first. ave him second on the next out. and ent him home when Ryan banged out
 two sacker to the fencee. Our last ne was made in the seventh on free ass to Ward. sacrifice and q sin- le hy O'Rourke which sent Ward in.