Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-04-23


A three base hit, wild pitch, base
on balls and home run proved to be
Putnam's undoing in the first league
game of the season at Webster last
Saturday when the r. IL. s. nine was
taken into camp by Bartlett High,
10. The fact that the Bartlett team
applied the whitewash TO such & eat
extent was not altogether the fault of
the local team, but also to luck, which
broke against the Putnam boys. There
must have been jinx lowering ON the
Slater field for every time the local
nine would get man on base q phe-
nominal play by their opponents
would spell defeat for them For
eight innings the game was fast. shaw,
who was ON the mound for Putnam,
had held the opponents TO five scant
hits, While his rival had been cores
pondingly fortunate. Up till the
seventh the score had stood SO. But
the eighth! The first man up hit the
bail for three bases. The umpire cal
led il foul, and then decided IL was
fair. Shaw lost control and hit the
next man, while the next walked.
Then the bubble burst. Connelley
came TO bat and tapped out circuit
drive, that ended Putnam's hopes.
Neither side scored again, but that one
inning had put an end To Putnam IS
chances. Shaw, who ttwirled for the
locals, was on the mound for the first
time, but he showed he has the stuff,
and will probably develop. Putnam
was weak with the batting and failed
TO hit when hits were needed, which
accounts for the fact that even when a
man reached third it was impossible TO
get him home. Even though they
were defeated the Putnam boys are
still confident of winning the cham
pionship and are not In the least dis
couraged.
Score by innings:
l234 $3.50
b. IL. S. OIL 0 % 20 OF
+. II ;. o o 0 0 o q o o 90
Hits off Shaw s, of Bartolomei 9.
Umpire, Mahan. Time, 800 AS.
Putnam High was defeated last
Wednesday by Pomfret School 1871.
The following have contributed To
the high school baseball fund during
the past week:
Bosworth's Grain Store, V. Chapde-
laine, j II. Geeson, j b. Byrne, g. e.
Talbot, G. j. Hartman, Jerry Labby,
Ernest Morse, A. NJ. Towne, H. T.
Tucker, Armand Lizotte, r. Cloutier,
T.. II. Burt, l.. ii. Fuller, b. ID. Bug
bee, &. Il. Child, George Il. Dresser,
E. ID. Packard, David f'lagg, G.. A.
Richards, Smiths Barber Shop, If. s.
Bruce, Richard Carpenter, A friend,
NJ. j. Lynch, II. b. Wright, Charles
Bove, q. II. Gilpairic.
Last Friday evening the gymnasium
OF the school was gayly decorated In
blue and gold and presented a fine APP
pearsnce at the Prom given to the |
Seniors by the class OF 1916 Both |
classes were we'll represented and there
was present, also, q large number Of
the parents and Of invited guests.
The patfonesses Of the evening were:
Mrs. Backus, Miss Keith, Miss Pierce,
Miss Beck, Miss Cashman, Miss Rob-
bins, Miss Bowler, Miss Osborne.
The music was furnished by Heyes !
orchestra of WhitinsviIle and the |
work of preparing for the dance was
done by the following committees:
Decoration, Della Davis, Bertha
Richardson, Hazel Fox, Kenneth Bal
lard, and Lawrence Baekus.
Invitation, Maud Carpenter, Joseph
Flagg, and Leodore Maynard.
Souvenir, Edna Mann, Della Davis,
Anna Furlong.
Refreshment, Edna Mann, Grace
Kensry, Miss Robbins.
Music, Catherine Russell, Constance
Russell, Samuel Walsh, Edward Fish.
or, and Ernest Chapdelaine.