Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-14
THE DIAMOND
WE BATTED
 OUT VICTORY
Mike McAndrews Was the Star of the WalIopers Other Games
 in This Circuit.

E Sir Michael McAndrews was the
 bright shining star out at Rockville
 yesterday afternoon, and for one day
 at least he came back to his own,
 and the hundreds of boys present, for it was the boys holiday, cheered
 Michael to the echo, while the older
 fans took up the refrain in hearty
 good will. The trusty old McAn-
 drews wallop. that used to be such a terror to the slab artists, was very
 much in evidence, and Twirler Plank
 of the Norwich team wore look of weariness as he saw his slants knocked to all parts of the lot by i that old battle scared Diff of the
 McAndrews family. In four times at bat Mike had a single, a sacrifice.
 a triple and double and scored two
 of the three runs of the game, and
 not only that, his last hit drove in
 the third run of the game, so that
 practically he was responsible for all
 the scoring for his side.
 Eddie Farley was another of the
 stellar attractions and he held the
 Norwich players down to seven hits,
 three of which came in the seventh
 inning, which made things look blue
 for our chances of victory, but the
 cool head of the Farleyites foresaw
 the danger and blocked the breach
 in clever style. Eddie was unusually
 slow in getting ready to deliver the
 ball all through the game and many
 of the fans wondered what was up.
 At times the umpire, MT "Shamokin"
 Kelly, became real angry and called
 for the game to proceed more in ac- cordance with his speedy views. Even MT Soffel, while at the bat in one inning, coincided with the um- pire and left his box, which caused Captain Nichols, who was doing the backstop stunts, to protest in fore full language. But nothing leased our twirler and he maintained his uniform style. Occasionally he varied 1t, and new trick, which he has been studying over Sunday, caught the fans in the funny parts of their anatomy, and caught the runners off first as we'll. Three times was he successful in nipping his man, but only twice were his side partners equal to the task of mailing him.
 There was another stellar feature which should be exposed to the lime light. It happened in that eventful seventh inning, after Soffel and Ac- | corsini had smashed out safe bingoes | to start the inning off. Soffel had | taken second on a steal and had | come home on Accorsinis drive, | the score 3 to 2. The next | two men went out on pop flies and the fans breathed easier. There was cause for alarm, however, a moment later, when Plank smashed a hard one to right which rolled away from Bronkie, but the latter was after 1t like a shot. In the meantime Ac- ,orsini was beating it around the bases on his way to the home plate with what would have been the wing run. Then came the great re- ay play. Bronliie grabbed the ball In right garden, shot 1t like an lrrow to Farley and the latter hurled 1t to Captain Nick, who stood ike rock and nailed Accorsini many feet from the plate. The Xxi is" of the boys and the hurrahs of he adults again shook the wind | through Maurice Reid's luxurious growth and Maurice himself did wister in his enoyment of the play.
 We scored the first run of the game in the fifth, when McAndrews tracked out a three sacker and came lome when Plank pitched wildly. This made Plank real wild and he ook satisfaction out the ball by try ng to make it disappear in the 'arth. We scored two in the sev- nth after two were out, when Me- snroe surprised Plank by hammer ng one of his curves along the third 'ase line for two bases and came lome on McAndrews's double in the anne territory. McAndrews trotted o third when Plank threw wildly O second and came home on the tumble by Pastor of Wards bounder. Norwich scored one in the seventh m Soffel's safe one, a stolen base nd Accorsini's hit, which latter rought out the relay play. The last . ne came in the ninth, when Ward ooted Golden's drive. Nichols threw adly to second to catch him and { hen Soffel sent Golden home on a , amfatter of a hit between first and econd. That was all the scoring