Putnam patriot., 1909-04-23
Base Bal


 The eanndi4ns found no trouble n shutting oHi tAe F. II X. in ihe pfae tiee game lsst Saturday. Neither teaa had had much practice and thefe weft ID feature ria9s. Tlae seefe ~as Ii l. q
 Considered ffam different iaw point. both teams looked pfetiy good, r II k as scioai ieaa4 aud lhe tanadl Ats as naenbsf fs If the league All thing eenaidpfed The lielaiBe wHs satlsfacto' y, but fhe Coils @iil need snHe hand bat practice. as thelr inability to gel srofe hits oa sehooiioy pitcher does not potieud any batting .fests when they gel nr asasnst ,iie lcague twificfs. Jhis K mol diseeaitinR lbe work ai Rlell in iiIe Jak .as hs E aaus#ali9 ; azt fo, youna pitcher of 50 iHffe eSpl ri. enee
 Dubois pitehes. six innings without allowing hil. but he fsliea ou curves and showed ua sleH- of speed. 0u the other hand BuHlu WIS using straight bulls, thinking # toe carly to tuke chances with his atn on curves II k early to efiticise box work ,tut is gen. eraIIy conceded thnl this k now the only spot where any doubts may be entertained
 innings 2 1 i q : x 2 GA t. ! q l { 0 1 0 n-i4
 Hits, (. \. C. ?, r. II. x. ,. Errors, = A (. !, F II S.3 Two base hits, Marion, Shaw .6agEe. Innings pitched, Arnold l, Dubois i. Kich | Bonin [. struck out by Arnold I, Rich 1, Dubois q, iionin 1. Base on balls. Arnold :, Rich |, Dubois ;. Stolen bases, G \ ]. = !, r. II. K |. Double play, Lizotte to Tibbetts
 Isenoits band of Rosebuds got theirs in their practice game when Westerly af theRhode Island Connection leag ue trimmed them au their own grounds hy scofe of ib to {. h hits were nnde oil Boucher andsia errors were made tiy the field Some of the teams besl tuen we're not in the game.
 Everything wenl ofi smoothly at the fFak1t iittilHk AHA4f 8'f' so changes made in the schedule. All fetietis have now teen posted. ftesi= dent Reeves has announced the follow .ng stan of napitesi Henry caisSe, Putnam Joe White, Webster. Ar ihur Roy, Iemctt City.
 The High seheol boys have no place fstfnat.. ...a.{s |. ,.t4ittt.. playground.
 Next Saturday the league season will open. Putnam will go up against Jeweit City in their own dooryafd. isss& season we bumped the Jews both it the eitN and on their own grounds, the score in each instance heingtb to q. We will hoise for something similar this year.
 Last week we stated that Armand Farley had returned from Canada. We xet the news from A reliable source but 1t was nevertheless false. He k still al hts books al Holy Cross, hal II k the pne safe bet that Monsieur reads the hast ball news in this column with anAAAa more interest than he does hic l4ai :. snslauons.
 Norwich. .raavllle team l. playing on the cooperative plan this season, that tx the plaNets share in the profits st the season end. Putnam is thus left the only team in lhe league paying men straight salaries,
 Every manager in the league is ciaii4 ag his leam k the fastest ever, aad alrvady has mortgage on Inc s,cunaat. There k no objection te this Gtsnae of mind In faci il would he moro objectionable II any manager ee- gan the season hs eonceding te any othes team superiority over his own. Frank Chance captain oi the worlds champions. .komes out with little pre- seasaa advice for ball players who wan, te a,tsia success, Chance passes u aul this way,
 Go to bed esrly snd cal regularly. Eat light meal before going te the grounds. Get hst that suits your strength. NJ any a good hitter is spoiled by his has.
 Keep your eye on the ball.
 Keep thinking. Never lose your head.
 Remember iha, inside work k ofsen '. sae effective than hitting.
 tiefnemhef lhal your team mates are part of the machine, and whea you feel friction heip eliminate it.
 Boost the soongssers. le.at words
 DON'T
 It anxious to start the seaSan.
 Try to gut in shape belofe training begins.
 Worry about making your team. If saa fail other ieanas wiii nessd ysa.
 Try 10 show osl in Inc spring and ln- }ate saBr arm.
 Get sweliesi head when the papers lssst son.
 saoke too many cigarettes or tobac- co
 Get down hearted Remember a calling down x ter .yaar good.
 Drink. Tt.is x slle worst thing a PAs,ef can do.