Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-10-15
BASE BALL
Putnam Gets Back at MOOSgp With A
5 TO ) Victory
Some Grizzly Veterans From the Big
Timber Strengthen Up the Teddys
tBy NJ. Wiley


Little Old New York ct al figured in
Putnam's batting order last Saturday
and the prettiest little old game of
base ball seen here in number of sea-
sons was run of in jig time before a
crowd of over 1000 enthusiastic fans
who would have liked to have had the
show started and run all over again.
Manager Cassent, who has from time
to time announced that his shows
would have celebrities in the cast,
made good again as glance at the
lineup will prove What the big fell
lows think of our little apology for a
playing field enclosed by river on one
side and an embankment wall on the
other is not known but il certainly
looked as if they were delivering the
best they had in last Saturdays game.
Grantland Rice, base ball writer for
the New York Tribune, quotes the
great Napoleon as saying, "Ihe gods OF
battle favor the side that carries the
heaviest artillery With all due re-
spect to the great general and the well
known sporting writer, Putnam fans
may well question this reasoning after
watching the game last Saturday. 1t
wasn't the heavy artillery that won,
had il been, Moosup would have car
ried off the honors, for while Putnam
with only a quartette of hits won the
game Moosup gathered in seXtette of
safeties and lost out.
1t was a pretty exhibition of box
work that Paul Perritt of the regular
staff of the Giants hung up for view of
the 1000 and more fans and gave Put
nam the long end of the to score
against their old rivals. Perrittis was
not the only new face in Putnam
uniform. There was Dyer and Wen
dell, also OF the Giants, a gentleman
under the alias of Graham of Toronto
on first as we'll as several New Eng
land league stars.
There was plenty of pep and the
game was well seasoned with tobaseo
in the form of several spectacular plays.
1t was notable fact mat although
the visitors did not touch Perrilt for a
safe one until the sixth that in these
last three innings they produced big
ger total of hits than Putnam got but
still lost the game. Paddy Green's
wildness was factor in Putnam's
run-getting for ne gave seven men free
tickets to first, enough to lose couple
of games if the breaks come right.
Putnam started the scoring in the
second when Dyer was given life on
Labelle's error, stole second and went
to third en- wild pitch. Then up
came Mr.. Keaney, who had success
full day at bat, and delivered a Timely
hit that brought Dyer over.
In the fourth Putnam annexed two
more. Burns walked and Sweat
forced him into double play. With
two down Dyer and Graham walked
when fortunately up came keaney
again and sent out wallop for a
double that brought the two men ON
across.
In the seventh Perritt pulled of a
little spectacular bit OF business not
down on the bill He got a good lead
and as soon rs Paddy began to wind
up made dash for the plate. He was
declared safe under protest but the
protestants were waved aside by UNI
pire McCauley.
The Teddys ran the circuit the last
time in the eighth. Dyer walked,
stole second and scored by wild
throw by O'Neil.
Moosup covered the diamond path
in the seventh and eighth due to
clean punching of hits and clever base
running