Putnam patriot., 1915-07-23
BASE BALL
Wilson Pitches No lii No Run Gamg
 and Shuts Out Webster 4. 4.
Game Was Called After 7ih on Account
 of Rain


 There was a fair sized portion of Put nam fandom that sweltered in the hot sun on the Morse field last Saturday. They felt well repaid for their effort to get there and the uneomfortableness of the situation for never was the local aggregation seen to better advantage. While the honors of ithe game go to Pitcher Peaches Wilson, who held the visitors hitless tthroushout the seven innings during which only twenty-two men faced him, his honors are shared by Francis Ryan, who made his debut at short and saved the hard.working moundman at least two hits by clever one-hand stops. Nothing in the game pleased the fans better than Ryan s work and he twice was called upon to doti his cap as he came to the bench after closing the inning with speetacu. lar plays. He covered lots Of territory and went after everything. Wilson had the Webster bunch looking like q lot of club swingers and the old veter. ans, like Mafeustry and Cassidy, couldn't get smell and admitted that Putnam was showing some pitcher. It was the cleanest line Of box work seen on the field this year.
 There were several pretty plays be. sides the two Ryan made. Cleveland
  made nice catch of Leddy's foul fly, Marcustry made nice one hand stop and threw out Cournoyer, Stewart made nice running catch of Wilson's foul over third and Wilson stopped a hot one off Giroux with one hand. The whole game was unusually good na- tured and Fighting Joe Marca try was not much in evidence except for some good-natured kidding. It was sur. prise to the fans and they asked the reason. The only bad feature to mar the game came after the sth inning started. Cleveland knocked up hikh foul fly that came down just outside first. MaeCormiek was waiting to catch 1t when Cleveland, with all the room in the world to touch the sack i, bumped him. There WIS had blood for a minute bnt Cleveland admitted his error and good nature was restored. Just ns the first of the sth began the rain began to fall and put an end to the contest with Putnam holding five runs.
 Falon was the first man up and put the first ball pitched over the canvas. MacCornick and Eeddy singled filling the bases with none down. L'Hereux filed out to center and tallon beat the throw home. With man on third and second the best GalIae her could offer was q fly to Donahue and Gour- noyer rolled it down to Marcustry and was an easy out.
 In the 2nd Paige started with q sin. gle through short. Ryan got a life when Donahue fumbled his grounder. Giroux then fumbled of Wilson and the bases were filled. Ryan was caught mapping at second. While the players were getting back to position Wilson grabbed the opportunity to steal second. Fallon went out on n foul to catcher. MacCormick was "Johnny-on-the-s and brought Paige and Wilson over with a safety through short. Leddy famed and closed the inning.
 Webster went out in order in the 1st and 2nd. Their first man to reach first was when Wilson presented Brodie with the sack on wild pitch on the third strike on which he reach , ed ,second as Cournoyer could not To- cate the ball until Teddy Cassent came to his assistance from the bench. He went to third on the next ball pitched which Cournoyer let go by. Giroux hit a hot one which Wilson knocked down with one hand and threw him out and the danger was past.
 Putnam made their last two in the 4th. Paige started with double be tween center and right and Brodie passed Ryan. Fallon scored both men with beautiful line drive to center. The only other visitor to see first was in their half of the 4th when l. Hereux threw blt wild letting Donahue on. He was caught mapping before the ball was pitched.
 There was no chance of either side scoring during the rest of the game as Putnam only got two men as far as first and Webster didn't even get in sight of the initial sack.
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