Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-27
THE DIAMOND
GREAT WORK BY
 THE OTHER SIDE
New Haven Gave Us a Shut Out Battle-Results of All Other
 Games.

The most ridiculous kind of fielding, execrable umpiring on the part of Rorty, who was again called on many times by many of the lead-i ing fans to tender his resignation, inability to hit the ball by our side of the house and base running, that would have made a one-legged man hug himself wi,h glee, were he in the race, faultless playing on the part of the visitors, smashing of the ball at opportune times, sufficient quantities of ginger injected into the opposing side to enable them to carry on winning fight, were the causes of that shut out administered to us at Rockville yesterday by the New Ravens. Close decisions never come our way when Rorty. officiates and the mysery to the fans is, why is he sent here so often. He has been at Rockville two or three times more than any other umpire in the league and while some of the oth- CTS might be just as bad, a change of faces would not be displeasing to the fans. The culmina.ion of his ragged work, with the indicator, came in the last of the eighth in- ming, when he called third strike on big George Lachance. This strike was just as bad as one that he had called in the first inning, when the big first baseman was retired again in the same manner almost. La chance naturally was incensed ana so were the fans. He said a few things to Mir Ump, which the fans could not hear, but they cost George s5 and his expulsion from the game. Rorty then, instead of going about his business, struck an attitude of defiance, as if he dared the big local man to strike him or continue the abuse. It was just as well for Rorty that Captain Frank Fitzpatrick took hand in the af- fair and advised George to take his seat. Even then Rorty kept his face turned toward the bench invit- ing Lachance to give him more abuse, if he dared. So it seemed 10 the fans at any rate. The umpire should infiict his penalty, if he be- lieves he is compelled to, but he should not try to rub it in, by fur ther invitation to be abused. Shin- eel took Lachance's place at the first corner in the last inning.
 Those first two innings gave the fans heart failure, for they saw New Haven romp away with the game without half trying. O'Drain was on the mound for the locals, but an O'Drain nor Matthewson, nor a Donovan, in their palmy1 days, could expect to pull out victory with the team behind them pulling for the other side with all their might. and main. Cornell started of by get ting hit with the ball, Pleiss, who later, was to become factor with the stick, famed the air in his first time up, Havel was retired from third to first and then began the rout with two men out. Singleton jug gled Simmons's hard roller just too long and Simmons was safe, Zacher drove out safe swat 70 left and Eddie Swander ler 1t go through hii legs and, when the ball was recov- cred, two runners had crossed the plate and Zacher was on third o'Drain fumblad Duggan's drive and Zacher came home, while Duggan went down to second on the next play and kept on to third, when Lucia threw badly to catch him al second. Hayward then drove him home with a safe hit. but Sherwood accommodatingly fouled out to the catcher.
 That was four runs in for the wis. itors and in the meantime we were helpless before Phil Corcoran. II the second there wGs some more ol 1t. Corcoran started of with a drive to Fitzy and She latter threw high to Lachance and Phil was saft at second. Cornell sacrificed him on. to third and home he came or the safe ping of Pleiss. The latter stole second and trotted home with another score on the safe drive oi Hayel. That was all the scoring done then, until the ninth, for o'Drain settled down and did excel. lent work allowing but five hits In the next seven innings. The visit ors scored one run in the ninth or a base on balls. a fielder's choice and a safe swat hy Ple!ss.
 We had several opportunities tc get a man over the plate but fel down mostly through 'he slackesi kind of base running. At that. thi: man Simmons on second was eating them alive and in the third inning he knocked down a ball from tho bat of Swander that was going like the wind. Lucia in this inning. tht first man up. got free pass and | he could have run fast enough tc keep himself warm. wouldm have made second. but the ball was wait ing for him. when he got there The same thing almost happened ir the sixth when Lepine was caught as he slowly forged toward the sec ond bag. We couldn't hit a little hif any way. 60 the results could