Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-07
THE DIAMOND COLD BUT THE
 GAME WAS HOT ODrain Made a Splendid First Ap- pearance-All Other
 Results.

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 ing a one as the former Holy Gross
 twirler could well wish for. It was
 a cold, chilly. day for pitcher tG
 step up for scrutiny and be weighed by the management and the specta-
 tors alike. He stood the test well and was not only the real factor ir
 keeping the New Britains from pull. ing out victory, but was the chappy
 with the big stick that drove in the 1 two runs made by Waterbury. But four hits were made off his pretzel
 shoots, two of those being two sack
 CTS and both of them placed to the
 credit of Marsans, who Is healthy l chap with the stick and in the left
 garden, and halls from the wilds of l Cuba. The four hits, too, were scat
 tered through the same number of innings, which was telling whole
 story in itself of the twirling that
 O'Drain was doing. Four errors
 were recorded against the locals, but
 not one of them was costly. The
 New Britain Mountaineers played er-
 rorless ball and some of it was of
 the snappy variety. Owner Hum- phrey has now team of ball play:
 CTS that he need not be ashamed of, | for they played midsummer ball l yesterday and gave Chappy Ward diamond pure support. Ward was
 no slouch either in the pitching line, 1 for he allowed Waterbury but four
 hits. Two of these also were two sackers, but they came together and proved the undoing of the Noun taineers.
 There was nothing doing that was startling or exciting until the fourth inning. New Britain then got busy. Marsans, the first man up, smashed out corking two bagger to center, was sacrificed to third and came home on Burns's long fly to center, which proved to be the only run that the visitors could chalk up. Bunyan got a base on balls and Rufiange was safe on Bastian's wild throw, but the. next man went out from Singleton to Lachance. Tn our half of the fourth we made stab for tie score. Swander had died from pitcher to first, when Lachance
  passed ball he took second, but was nailed there, when the next ball was hit to the pitcher, although Umpire Wilkinson had many doubters in the grand stand. The next man also was retired from the infield. In the sixth the Mountaineers made another great try for score. Marsans began again with another two baser. Finn popped up a fly to O'Drain, which the latter took nicely, but in trying to catch Marsans at second he threw wildly and the Cuban took third. It looked like another score sure, but O'Drain settled down to business and Burns flew out to short, while Swan der took care of Bunyan's drive to left. |"
 In the seventh was where we feal- | ly got into action. Schlncel died l from short to first, when Singleton | waited for four bad ones. Cooney | Rice popped up a fly just back of | third. on which he took two bases, while Singleton occupied the third | station. O'Drain was next up and | he waited for good ona from his former pitching comrade when both | were Whalers. He met 1t nicely and 1t sailed into the right center 1 garden and when recovered Single ton and Rice were home and O'Drain was smiling on the.second bag. The next two men were retired. We did nothing in the eighth either. New Britain had made another desperate attempt in her half of the eighth and if McCabe had not tried to steal second base there might nave been doing. Connaughton started that inning by flying out to Kelly. McCabe then drove a safe one to left and Marsans was at bat. As the latter had been hitting the ,all hard, McCabe should have given Jim another chance to drive him Iround. In fact those were his or- lers, but he was the same old Me- ,abe that Waterbury once knew. He thew better than all the others just what to do. O'Drain had beeu or lered to pass Marsans and he was loing this and had given him three lad ones when McCabe started a teal. Schincel threw nicely to Fitz- Iatrick and McCabe was a dead one, Fhile the Cuban looked as If he ould eat him. Marsans was passed. ut he was left waiting at the hurch. for Finn died from short to rst. In the ninth the Mountaineers lade their last effort. The first two alters had flied out to Eddie Swan CT. making six for our clever left elder. Page was then sent up in lace of Ruhange and he was given
 free pass. Padron, the other clever , uban. who beat Waterbury in New ( iritain the day before. was then , snt to bat in place of Ward. Cold { liyers by the score were added to ie multitude of others with which le fans had been afflicted as theyI " Singleton tumble Patrons slow I rounder. and there were two on sEez. The best Waterman could do. : DHever. Was Co drive one at Bastian ld the latter scOoping ,t up nIcely. mt it to big George and the game as over. The score
 Waterbury. |
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