Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1921-09-23
NIGHTINGALES WIN In TWELFTH
BY MAKING TWO DOUBLES
DEFEAT NORWICH cOLoNIALS 9 TO s.-cAPTAIN MEL
SON is INJURED IN NINTH INNING AND HAS
TO RETIRE FROM GAME
Goth Teams Make Three Runs In Ninth Inning and Two More
In Eleventh-1,5O0 Fans Attend.

BY making two doubles in the 18th
INNING, the Nightingale-Morse baseball
team defeated the Norwich Colonisls
Sunday in what was probably the
most exciting and interesting game
this summer The score was to 3.
In the seventh inning the score was
tied, and a tie IL remained up until
the end Of the twelfth In the ninth
inning, with the score 3 TO 3, the Wis
/ itors added three more runs to their
total. Many fans left the field, think
ing the outcome of the game a eer-
tainty But in Putnam's half Of the
ninth the local men sent three of
their players across the plate and the
score was again a tie During the
tenth inning ne one scored.
In the eleventh inning two more
runs we're Tailed for the Colonials
when Bouley made his third error Of
the day. But the NiRhtingales staged
another rally and made the score tie
again. No score by she Colonials in
the twelfth. and heavy hitting by L
Heureux and Faucher. made the game
another local victory.
The Nightingales slightly bettered
the visitors at hitting The local men
made . hits. of which five were two
baggers and one a home run. The
Colonials made l3 hits
Most ball games on the Main street
grounds this year have contained
something out Of the regular baseball
routine, and the game Of Sunday was
no exception IN the ninth inning the
event Of the day happened Ringland
was at bat. and either because Of the
Joy Of making a hit which let IN two
runs, or for some other reason, per
haps just plain earelessness, ne let his
bat fly. and II struck Captain Nelson.
catching for Putnam, on the left leg.
Though the leg was found but slightly
injured, the hurt was very painful,
and Nelson was unable % finish the
game.
Cournoyer. who used to catch be-
fore he went into the box some years
ago, took the captains place behind
the plate, and Arthur Faueher. for
mer pitcher. but this summer center
fielder for Putnam. twirled for the
rest of the game. Planter was sent
to center field.
As pitcher Faueher proved sue
cess. lie allowed but three hits in the
three and two-thirds innings that he
labored. struck out two and walked
one. Cournoyer il eight and third
innings allowed twelve hits and passed
two, while ten men famed the air.
Coreoran was also in good form, strik-
ing out eleven, passing one, but allow
ing fifteen hits, eight Of which were
for extra bases.
The Nightingales started the scor-
ing by sending man across the plate
in the first inning. Benoit, the first
man up. singled, went to third on Bou-
Iley's single, and scored when Nelson
sacrificed. Cournoyer easily held
down the visitors in this frame, no
man getting beyond first. In the sec
ana ana tHliH lNiitASf Hh eAHiitE Nt9
done. though Putnam promised to do
some when IN the third Bouley pound
ed a two-base hit with none out, but
the next man up famed. and then the
two following did the same.
The visitors in the fourth scored
twice This all came about on three
successive hits. singles by Wilde and
Steele. and Harrington's double.
The Nightingales took the heavy
end of the score again in the fifth,
when Latour doubled and after L
Heureux had flied To deep center, Carl
Nelson. catcher and captain Of the 10
Gals. caught one of Coreoran's swift
balls on the end Of his bat, and knock
ed it out Of sight behind the blutf IN
left field. where it was lost. A tie re-
suited when Lesseman. visiting third