Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-11

AS through the gates the croWds ulu
 pass.
 They raved and stormed and many
 swore
 For Nichols failed to tie the score
 Twas the Hartfords shouted
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 ols was up and he got three balls
 It wasn't Casey at the bat in that eighth inning yesterday, but there must be some strong relationship existing between the famed Casey and Messrs Bastian, Mulholland and the generally old reliable Arthur Nichols. Just think of 1t, not a man. out in that fateful inning every corner covered with base runner, and then Peter Wilson proceeded to fan the aforesaid three supposed to be swatters, and the thousand or more fans, who had been shrieking wildly as victory loomed in sight, fell back in their seats saying horrid things of MT Wilson and still more horrid of the three wind farmers. It was an aw- full catastrophe and deep gloom settled over the stand, where a mo- ment before enthusiasm was as rampant as band of painted sav- ages on the war path. Casey had been beaten mile and three new celebrities had come forward to be written of in prose and poetry.
 It was one of the weirdest, most exciting and heart breaking games of ball that has been played on the local field. Dopey batting and field ing on the part of Waterbury, crashing hits by several of the Hartfords, the most ludicrous kind of pitching on the part of two of Hartford's twirlers and two of our own, the same peculiar judgment exercised of late by Mir Rorty, com- pleted a baseball melange that gave the home spectators dyspepsia and was very appetizing to the visiting batsmen and their friends. The stands were filled with strangers, who were attending the druggists conference in this city. They mar veled at our lack of prowess and some were not convinced even to- day that they had not drifted into the wrong baseball field, when they saw how utterly useless we were with the stick and how easily the twirlers could find every spot but the right one. The majority, how ever, knew what was what just as soon as they saw Tommy Dillon out on the coach line. coaching the coacher. But even Tommy could not plug up the holes. tn the air, nor stop the senseless playing, nor make the pitchers, all of them, with the ex- ception of Pete Wilson, realize that the batter was not the home plate, nor was the back stop the ob- jective point. It was frightful Ma bel and the angry and sorrowful tears fell unrestrainedly.
 The banquet table was splendidly spread in the third inning, but our side of the house was not in on the banquet. Edmundson, our new southpaw, was on the mound and between his wildness and the cracks he received. he sent four of the visitors over the pan. Gardner started the festivities after one was out in this inning, slamming one for three sacks to the left field fence. Into the clouds went Edmundson and he walked Connery and struck Moves belt in the ribs and the cor ners were filled. The fans got a breath of safety as he famed the next man. but when Justice bent one to the left garden for three more sacks, clearing the bases. the gloom began 10 deepen. Captain Fitzpatrick them frmbled oLeary's drive and Justice came in This tumble caused one of the fans on the hill bleachers to say some naughty things to Fitsy and the lat ter tried to induce the said fan to adjourn with him to the rear, where they could talk undisturbedly, but the manager said nay. nay. In the fifth Hartford piled on two more for good measure on a single by Moves. a triple by Yancey, another tumble by FitZy and double by O'Leary.
 We did a few things ourselves in our half of this inning and after the two men al bat had been struck out at that. Murphy and Edmund son drew two free passes. although strongly protested by Chic Ev- ans. Fitzy redeemed his bad plays by hammeTing a safe one through the pitchers box and then old Nick smashed out a two-bagger between left and center and the result was three runs. In the sixth after Ed mundson had passed the first man up, he was yanked out and Mulhol- land was sent in. Mulholland was a joke, even if he was not hit very hard. He was considered a joke as we'll by Manager Durant. for after the game he was sent back to his stamping ground In Binghamton. l One run was made in this inning by l Hartford. making the score to g l in her favor. In our half of the l sixth. on a free pass. an error by Evans and one little hit ve brought 1 two In and we were within fighting l distance. Schuman was sent up in | place of Evans in the seventh and l dropped fly by Yancey we scored am other run. But Hartford had | scored one before us on a single. a sacrifice and double by o'Leary. The latter vas caught of second. but spiked Murphy trying to get back and Murphy retired in favor of Bas- tian.
 No more runs were scored by the visitors and our chance came in the eighth. Lschsnce drew pass. Toner got a life on an error hy Justice and ShinesI was hit. which filled the bases Things looked good. Out came Pete wil- son then fo do the houorx and ha