Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
PUTNAM APPLIES
 THE WHITEWASH
Manage McDermott's Speed boys Down the Fort Wright Soldier Team, 9 to 0.
Local Nine Plays Consistent Game and Has Tip Top" Day at Bat
 and h the Field

turned cn the water full force each Sunday morning. making water polo the only game possible on the old fair grounds, Thomas McDermott's husky bunch of horse hide pill pounders got into full action again last Sunday, and before the afternoon sun had set in the western sky. had forced the Fort Wright aggregation to make nasty retreat to the tune of to 0. It was poor base ball, but good training that IS, for the soldiers for any team that could stand up for nine full inn ings against the terrific bombardment of the Putnam willow swingers has little to fear of Old Kaiser Bills how itzers Life in the first line trenches Is an afternoon siesta compared with being in the field against the local heavy hitters But. as we stated be fore, 1t was good training for the khaki clad gun toters
 There were two main weaknesses in the visitors team The first was in the catching department. where Pet erson presided with a sore hand, which made it almost impossible for him to hold his partners shoots. The second weakness was "a Elkins, the Fort Wright pitcher His delivery. according to members of the Putnam team, had httle or nothing on it, and proved easy. picking. In the seventh Elkins ble@ up completely and when he saw that his offerings were being hammered to all corners of the dia= nond, he voluntarily retired in favor of Lampsen. who had been holding down third but who was able to stem the onslaught of MeDermott's Speed boys
 In the first inning neither team scored, but in Putnam's half of the second, things began to pop. Riyard started off with a dainty little tap that was good for single. and ad- Vanced a sack on an error that gave J. Philips life at first r Philips went out by the "one, two, three" route. leaving two runners on base. Then Forsythe came through with a timely bingle. scoring Rivard and Philips, and before the inning had fin ished, was himself able to complete the circuit
 Things then moved along in resula- ton style until the seventh It prov ed lucky seventh for Putnam, and in this one frame, the team batted completely around and tallied six scores
 Forsythe, the first man in the inn ing to faee Elkins. was given free pas sage to first, and took the first oppor- tunity to steal second Rlackmore famed Girard was passed Then Baruicle, heading off tne batting or. der, stepped up and connected for a double scoring the other two Moul ton followed with single. but was caught at second when Mcintyre grounded to third, where Lampson fielded the ball and shot t to os- borne. This feflder's choice gave Mcintyre life al the initial sack. Pet erson let Rivard's third strike pass, and everyone advanced. Philips scored Barnicle and RiSard with a single. Four runs T Philips was next, and catching the hattny fever prevalent in the Putnam camp. smash ed out drive that gave him one base. Rvard crossed the plate on this play. T Philips talled the final score of the inning, which ended when Forsythe struck out Neither side scored again.
 Putnam played vastly superior game to the visitors Particular strong was the pitching department, which was in charge of Girard He Is whirlwind delverer, and has lot of stuff on the ball He proved a jinx which the Fort Wright boys were uu. able 10 overcome. He was never in adHEtE. ana ntiu NtS opponents At ms beck and call from start 10 finish.
 Blackmore. Putnam boy played good game at right In the eighth inning he pulled down pretty fly from Watson's bat At the plate he received credit for single in the eighth inning He adds considerable strength to Manager McDermott' $ team
 J. Philips caught a good game His wing was in splendid condition, and only one stolen base is chalked up in favor. On the other hand, Peterson was weak in his throwing, and five Putnam runners pilfered sacks in spite of all that he could do. Barnicle had a good day at bat, and connected for two hits with a total of three bas- es. Girard made the only other two base hits of the game.
 4 fairly good sized crowd witnessed