Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-05
PUTNAM AND FREMONT SPLIT
 EVEN IN DOUBLE HEADEI

The Nightingale Morse baseball team of Putnam celebrated the Fourth by di- viding a double header played at Putnam with the Fremont A. c. team of New Bedford. Mass. In the morning the To- calls came out on the small end of to score, but in the afternoon they were winners to the tune of 3 to g. Both gamsa were exciting all of the way, and had the Putnam players in the forenoon given heegan a little better support and also played more heady baseball they would have had a double win. The morn- ing game was featured by heavy hitting on the part of the Whaling City nine Tetreault pounded out home run in the seventha with one runner on, which gave rae visitors two easy scores. In the fore noon game keegan, new wearer of the Putnam uniform, did the box work. and made a good showing. In he afternoon he played at short, letting Boulay cover the first sack. Again he won the favor of the fans. who would like to see him In the Nightingale lineup regularly. Be sides being a good fielder, Keegan can lace the ball In the forenoon he got two singles out of three trips to the plate. and in the second game he got one double and a single in three times up. His double in the last half of the ninth gave Putnam the game. Therien and Martin of the visitors also had good day at the bat Martin drove a circuit clout in the fourth frame of the second contest and scored Therien, who had sin Eled just ahead of him. These were the only runs the Massachusetts team chalk ed up in the afternoon.
 In the forenoon the visitors started out strong, and Lacroix, who was first to face Keegan, slashed the sphere for a long double. He was soon caught nap ping at second. Keegan hit the next man and then passed two in succession. Bourchard scored on a fly by Martin, and the first run of the game was hung up on the scoreboard. Putnam evened things up in it's half when Benoit led of with a single and scored when LHeureux 1oubled It was the birthday of the Put nam second basenan, and he celebrated lt in his own fashion, which was 8 time ly hit that brought in the first Putnam score
 The visitors scored again in the sec ond and twice more in the third, while Putnam had to be content with a lone tally in the third. Two more runs in the sixth, coming from TetreARlt's homer gave the visitors a big lead which Put lam proceeded to cut down in it's hal1 of the frame. At the end of the eighth he score was all Boulay fumbied ar
 
 tourneau life at first and he scored on . long drive by Therien. This gave tn. Iremonts a lead of one run, but it va. enough to win the game as Putnam -ould not score in it's last time at th, pat.
 The morning game was featured b1 .he heavy hitting of Gaucher of Putnam who got single, a double and a tripl put of foW times at the plate. In tn fifth inning Boulay was robbed of a hi when Le:ourneau resshed over his hea' and pulled down a high drive with hi pare hand The Putnam team cauga The visitors in two double plays, ant themselves were trapped once.
 In the afternoon both teams were tire. because of the intense heat in which tn morning contest had been staged. Ther ivas less hitting and Putnam players go only five hits to the visitors 10. Cour most part. and they were not turned int runs. On the other hand, the Putnam players punched their drives, which gay them the game. Putnam's first two run were scored in the first on a combinatio 0s New Bedford hits and errors. Tn locals did not score again till their Sec ton of the ninth, and after the two run of the visitors in the fourth ths SCOT was tied until the very end. PutnaI came to bat in the last inG;ng and Ket gan drove a two bagger. LHeureu sacrificed him to third. and then Nelson catcher and captain of the Nightingale pounded out a single ard drove in tn winning run. It was Nelson's second h of the game and his third for the day.
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