Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-26
THE DIAMOND
THAT WAS THE
 GAME THAT RUNG
Bronkie Was the Boy With the Arm and Swander and O'Hagan
 Had the Sticks.


 Dowd's face yesterday afternoon, as he saw visions of that promised pile of the long green fading away in the distance, for the Runaways are being checked in their headlong dash for the pennant pole and the poor de- spised and much abused Durant az gregation spiked another spoke in their championship chariot. It was base ball., too, of the real calibre, the quality that turns sane men into fit subjects for the padded rooms. It was the sort of ball, that once was wont to pack our grand stands to overflowing and filled every corner of the field with thousands of the; faithful fans, who have wandered far from Reidville in the past few. weeks. But they will come back, rest as- sured of that fact, if the locals put the vim and life into the game that was in evidence yesterday. There was something doing every minute to keep the ardent fans in action. If we were not clouting the ball with stinging crack, that played sweet music for our side of the house and a funeral dirge for the Dowd outfit, we were pulling off some spectacular and startling fielding stunt. that gave all a chance to exercise the lungs, which have been enjoying such a prolonged rest.
 Bronkie was the one big factor in this rout of the alleged champions. The Hartford sluggers, who have been going through the. circuit swat ting and betting the curves of the twirlers of all teams, were as pig mics to this Manchester boy, who has done more work for his team than all the twirlers in the league combined. Seven times did they bite the dust without even brushing the dirt from the ball. Among those who found the air so beautiful to hammer at were Charley Fallon on two occasions, big Yancey the same number of times, Harry Moves, Eddie Justice and Twirler Rice once each. Then, too, when it looked dangerous on couple of occasions, Bronkie broke the plate at all corners, while Dowd from the side lines watched him for the least sign of balloon sail ing. Bronkie was not in the mood for aerial flights, however, yester- day, and he bottled up the Hartford stickers with an ease that was ag- gravating to the pennant usurpers.
 And what of his team mates, were they doing anything? We'll some, and then some more. Swander and Captain Harry O'Hagan supplied six of the seven hits made off Rice, each taking three sacker, without any flukes. Right in the very first in- ming after Wallace had walked and Fallon had hit safely, when things looked good for score for the vis- itors, Bronkie knocked down a stiff one from the bat of Pulsifer and nailed Wallace at the third station. The next two men were easy outs by the infield. In the third inning after Eddie Swander had dropped the fly from the bat of Connery, he picked up the ball quickly, relayed 1t like a shot to Murphy and the lat ter made lightning throw to the plate and Pulsifer was nailed by inches, although he had turned third corner before Swander picked up the ball. In the sixth Frank Fitz- patrick, who by the way has come back to his own old form of playing, grabbed a stinger from the bat of Pulsifer while on a dead run. a play that would make Dan O'Neil she'll out a ten spot. In the seventh after Moves had reached first on safe drive, Nichols took care of Yancey S drive to center, Bronkie famed Jus tice and then Miller ate up the drive of Rice and spotted 0'Leary. who had been given a free pass and was trying for second. Al through the game it was such stunts as those that had the fans on their feet. yell | ing words of praise to players whom | they had been abusing so many | times. It was such twirling. too, by | that had the Hartfords doing | all kinds of twisters and it was no wonder they were retired from the | field with but one man reaching even | he third corner.
 Our runs came as follows: Fitz- patrick in the first inning waited for 'our bad ones. Swander sent him ilong to second on a slashing drive 10 right. Third came his way on Vichols's sacrifice, and on o'Hagan's nit to second he crossed the plate. One more came in the sixth on Swander's smashing three sacker to he score board and 0'Hagan's nice ' placed drive over second We cooped in our last two in the eighth ln Bronkie's hit to Moves. which the alter fumbled, the sacrifice of Fitz- .atrick, Swanders single smash 10 lght. which sent Bronkie home. anG )'Hagan's winged three bagger to he right field fence which scored wander. The score:
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