Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-04
THE DIAMOND
HE DIHW0NO SHUT OUT WAS
 OUR BEST SHOT Eddie Farley Twirls His Last Game For Waterbury - Results of
 All Other Games.

l that game or yesterday III very lew
 words, devoting much of its write-up to the retirement of Swayne. Ia fight between fans, and | the loss of a pair of shoes by
 one rooter, whose enthusiasm had de- scended to his feet and he had remoy- 1 ed the coverings to cool off his pedal l.extremities. The following is the ac- count: {
 Either Hartford was very good yes l terday or Waterbury was very bad, | for the score was 12 to 0, and 1t is likely that both of these conditions prevailed. Some of the Hartford
 plays pulled off looked very fast, but
 the speed was no doubt heightened by | the earthorse effect of the Waterbury
 play. While the game was lopsided
 and from a local standpoint there
 was everything coming in and noth- | ing going out, there were many stir
 ring incidents and enough action to
 supply a plot for one of Harry Du-
 rants sketches. Most of the plot con-
 cerned Ed Farley and Pete Wilson,
 with the latter in the hero's role. | One of the greatest demonstra-
 tions ever seen on the field was made
 in honor of Frank Swayne, who was sold to Binghamton. Very few knew
 of the sale but something was sur missed from the wonderful game that
 the fielder was putting up, both at the
 bat and in the garden. He covered
 all kinds of ground and made three
 fine catches. He made two good hits,
 stole a base and ran the bases like a deer on a railroad track. It seems
 that he was anxious to wind up his l job here in blaze of glory and that
 is just what he did. After the third
 inning Hogan Yancey moved over to
 center field while Fallon went out in
 left. Swayne exchanged his uniform
 for his travelling rig and new straw lid that he won by making three
 base hit and then went over to the Hartford bench to say farewell to his
 mateys.
 Word passed about quickly that the
 great fielder had played his last game
 in Hartford and after he had secured
 his big glove and started for the
 private gate near the dressing room,
 there was an outburst of applause
 that spread from hand to hand and
 went over the big stand like a great
 wave. The applause was started in
 the press stand among the high brows
 the grand stand patrons took 1t up
 and passed 1t along to the bleachers
 and finally there was such volume of sound that Swayne blushed like
 girl who goes out for trolley ride and finds when the conductor comes along that she has left her nickel at
 home. Swayne is faithful player and he is deserving of the great dem onstration afforded him. He left on the evening express, taking his faith full glove with him.
 Manager Dowd said that he was sorry to lose Swayne but he preferred to play in the New York State league, near his home. It Is also thought that there is another attraction up that way, but the Hartford manager didn't know anything about that. Manager Dowd said that if the Burke case was decided in his favor he would be obliged to buy that player, who is also with Binghamton. The Hartford club received the same amount for Swayne that was paid to the St Louis Americans for him. Swayne, while anxious to get away, was thankful for what he had learn ed here under Dowd's instruction. Manager Clarkin said he was sorry to lose Swayne but he knew there was something doing, for the fielder bought two extra collars on Tuesday night.
 The fans had their attention drawn from the game towards the close of the contest by a one-round bout be- tween a bleacherite who was we'll lit up and a soda peddler. The fan thought that the soda boy was ob- structing his view of the game and he told him to beat 1t. The boy came back with some fancy Neapolitan con- versation and when the lit up party | made a lunge his distance was bad | and he fell against the railing, where l he received one nice plunk in the jaw. 1 By this time the fans were on their | feet trying to get a good look at the | disturbance but everything was quiet | when a cop came along. During the | excitement, fan who had removed | his shoes to give his corns some re- lief, found that his shoes had been | stolen. Police! Me shoes are pinch | ed!" he shouted. They could not be | found and after everybody had gone home the fan was waiting on the sidewalk for a friend to bring him ! some shoes to walk home in.
 Waterbury could do nothing with | Pete Wilson and the chances of the | opposition to score were very slim. A great running stop by Gardner and a fine stop and good throw by Justice were features. Wallace's base run ming and the clever way in which Yancey drew a throw so a run could be made were noteworthy plays. In the first, Wallace walked and reached second on an error by Farley. swayne bunted. but reached first. Gardner's put scored Wallace and Svayne SCOT I'd when Connery reached first on Bas- tian's error. Singles by Ysncey. O'Leary. Wallace. Swsyne and Gard ner. a steal by Swayne. Justices sac rifce and errors by Singleton. Ken nedy and Shineel gave Hartford five In the second. Although Wilson was struck out in this inning he scored a run for the catcher dropped the third 'trike and the ball was returned to he plate to catch a runner. no att iempt being made to put Wilson out It the bag.
 Moves walked In the third and 'cored on Ysneeyis new straw hat hit.