Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24
BASE BALL


 a,e in inc tie for first place as Taftsille carried out its part of the hoPed-fof program by putting Nanregan io sleep over back Of the cemetery in their own Eiule yillage But they didn t,and they no~ have the undi>puted title to third position, the tail end Of the first disis- Son.
 The game was really il pitchers bat 1le wiih honors about even, hits were shade of Mclaughlin, and : off Tatfo,
 ouf total bases were h all. II k one Of she mysteries Of the game how when Mclaughlin comes 10 Putnam he x X seinch for the eolis bul OH his own rub. Ser, surrounded by friends, he k pug gle to even our Lest stickers. He was certainly handing them over nice sal afday, with plenty of speed and coll tfol, and the only man that could find slim with any regularity WAS Diott' who. by thc way, bids fair to give the leaders in the batting q hard run. And sfieTe is not bit of fnult to find with IaiFu's work. II was gill edge. The HT.a, which went foF double, was a scratch, as If would have been all easy o1i fsf fast fielder, and this would have changed the aspect of things ma. ienaily Or had we had the batting ability in the outfield that should be shpJe iO make winning teau, the sto- v would base been different but these are al 'ifs The Jews beat Hs faif and square mol because they entpiaSed sls. they didni, look at Inc error col nmn. Net beeaase they uuf0ntled nss they didn 1, look al The tetal bascs bit for. But ane or the other had to win and Ii happened ike this
 Marion was the first man up and hli te NlIns. Williams sn3ed the fbifd basemnn an error bY scooping m his bad throw, and Maton Was out. Ii. xeiie put safety over shoft hht wns anf tfxlng tu steal. biott Naa the third ont. Mclaughlin To Williams.
 Willis was first np fol the facais and
  gle WIS slow on tbe gei away and only got near enough tn il h put ani his un= giofed hand and hit Il as Il descended causing IL to roll down the side hill. while Willis kept on to second Iatfo nii Rnill Willis stole thifd, the onlY stolen base of the game, We da mol score stolen ha~e With q man nu thifd ns tl,efa K never any attempt to catch him and Raill went down oa the throw to enteb Willis Williams fanned and l.aleftson filed to pahttel foI He second oaI i tteuhaS WIS aita eone ziftkel .haatea the anp rhrn ean1 lonz siue hl thnI Wenl l,unudtue eat tp tHhl close ta he f9Hi q se. and the uaIe hand of Ruiaam ftaz held tatif beeHh ateai halia beiiowrd the official aud every oae .afa,.ss1 saashl Putnam , pitcher '..s Eoine to eei out ot the hole, hul t was mol fo ba Hih7 mad down through lHe aiamaaa bounded lhe hose hidel pat into short center between buhftrl aud Aiafiea u sled, mud al the saAae time ANiils and haitl uere speeding home Ml9A tbe eHly tWe ans The iees made iu ihe game MeanM hile niott n 8ufHeti lhe eal tu Farley, aud wtlon tlIr batter saw ~hH wa~ happening he nlanrd for sceoud hnt waS an ensA third eat 6s HI accurate throw pfo pelled hs fahes fight whip
 When Mckinney came to bat in the second raacy saw something in the end of his bat that looked iiAe plug fbe uuplfes attention eas ealie'l b t and he ihrcw thr hnt eut Putnam onsieae o4ed lo haee htm dtelafe the sifst two runs as uut counting but ihs Hr refused s.1 tla ilr then anaauaeed ihat ruinaw dni~lted thc game under prpie.l 0l v9alse plagsed hats afe fas,oed aerafaInR ta Ruie ia,w hieh saN thas the bat shall ee made "entHei, of har1 wood, nat at hest The hteach N q. technical and Wa~ ~ no means ine. Tor in winning and the bat was thrown out as soon as discovered 1ewett 1ilA eiaimed the elah had been bored eHt anal iilled mith cork to make t lighlef Two men tfled lo steal in ihis inning, but the hall was there waiting for Them beiofe they arrived. In fact kaseyas throwing ta second was one ot the features of the game.
 I, ,ys. fourth ht..If Agaff.Al .xiaA a singla Tairo hunted, Willis was on fo his job and got II on the tls doubling Dioii at first II was agood piece of work
 Not man saw third until the sixth, N when after the hrsl two men famed, D.ou copped on, clean triple close hy ihe ieft field tiag Tate was up hut he only cui swaths in The atmosphere and Mclaughlin MAS credited with his third strike oag in the inning, all he ssot in the game
 II was in the ninth that the Colts saved The shut out and had fine chance io tie or ~in. i.isatte batted nFsi Willis fambled his grounder and he was safe nlo,l eel his ,hird hin- gle ln thc game, and lAmJ,e, ~ho had faashed sev0fd on aaes,,si bali scored saiaa Nrni to seSond on the return tut n0atd hase teen a4t hah aatlifen stah a0plata thv haii rum pat ' sins
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