Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-02
ONE GREAT sWIPE
Swander Drives Out a Smash in the Twelfth-The Same Thing
 Happened in Springfield.

played a more enjoyable tune than
 it did yesterday in that twelfth inn ing run. The smash was good for
 three sacks and as the bases were filled at the time, 1t would have meantsthree more runs, but one was -all that was really necessary and
 only one can be. counted. It was a
 fitting and glorious finish to su- perb game on the part of both Wa
 terbury and Meriden. Bronkie and Tuckey were the opposing twirlers and the local boxman had 1t on the former Naugatuck boy in every way. Still at that, although Tuckey was
 hit for more than twice as many
 hits as was Bronkie, he had them scattered pretty we'll and the scoring
 was small as can be seen. Fielding stunts were being pulled of all the afternoon by both' teams. Miller,
 who shas just been traded to Oak land, signalled his departure from the city, by taking 1 1 balls that, came his way in excellent manner. One of them, a hard drive from the bat of
 Wade in the ninth inning, was knocked down with one hand and practically saved the game in that inning. With the willow, too, he
 was all to the merry, having two singles and a double to his credit. In the fourth inning Fitzy ran, out back of second base and pulled. down
 Texas leaguer from the bat of
 Golden. It was stabbed with one
 hand and brought. forth the cheers of the spectators. O'Hagan got in
 his little share in fielding stunts, as did Murphy, although the latter had two bad misplays. Barbour, Wade and Cote contributed some startling plays to their side of the house.
 Meriden began the scoring in the second inning when Golden slammed one out for three sacks and came We tried hard to do things in the first and second innings and, al- though we managed to get men on the bases several times, they werv nailed trying for the home station. In the third, however, we evened
 up matters. Bronkie singled, took second on Fitzy's drive to left, but was nailed at third on Swander's at- tempted sacrifice. Nichols then banged a safe one to center and Fitzy scored. Swander tried to do likewise on the hit, but died at the plate. Meriden took the lead in the seventh. Robarge popped up fly to short center, which Swsnder, Nichols, Miller and Fitz watched drop between them. On a sacri- flee he took second and scored on Barbour's double to the left field fence. It was then a pretty battle to our half of. the ninth inning. In that inning Nichols smashed out a 'two-sacker to left and took second On O'Hagan's beat out of a bunt. 0'Hagan did not wait long, but stole the second, station. Shincel waited for four. bad ones and the bases were. full. Billy Lauder, who has been signed to take Miller's place, was sent up to bat in. place of Null fancy. He hammered out long fly to the outfield and Nichols scored onI the sacrifice. The next two were easy outs. Then began battle royal with both sides striving for the victory until the twelfth, when Swander pulled of his smashing stunt. Miller and Murphy opened this inning with safe drives. {, Mur- phys hit was fumbled long enough by Wade, to allow the two to take another station. Bronkie hit hard to left, but Cote was on to. his job and eat it tip, Fitzy got a free ticket and the bases were filled, and then came Eddie Swander and the rest is history. Farley and Stevens um- pired. as Jack Wilkinson has not yet. recovered from that roasting he got the day before. and he failed to put in an appearance yesterday. Tha srora. s 5E'.