Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-28
American Learna
Won IOs
Eastern League.

fans that crowded into every available spot on the Main street grounds Sunday afternoon to watch the Nightingale Morse team of this city play with the I. Ii. Early team of Providence saw a game that was as full of thrills as a three ring circus, and one in which the locals were forced to fight even to the last of the ninth inning before com Ing through with a to victory. At the end of the eighth inning Putnam was leading by one run, and in the first half of the ninth the visitors wiped out thls advantage by getting a runner across the plate. Determined that their winning streak should not be broken. and the season record of six straight wins smashed, the Nightingales came to bat with the set purpose of winning the game Then, when L'Heureux had walked, Arthur Nelson, the Putnam cap- tain and catcher, walloped the ball with crack that the fans knew meant hit On and on sailed the ball, and L'Heu- reux dashed home with the winning run. No one stopped to see where the ball landed, for it was still travelling when the tally that gave Putnam the game was scored. It was Nelson's second two base hit of the day.
 This was not the only thrill of the game. The Putnam fans had much cause to worry in the first of the ninth when the first Providence batter touched one of Cournoyer's shoots for a triple. Then Cooper, the visiting pitcher snapped out a single, and the score was tied This was followed by another clean hit, by Walters. With two men on base Cour- noyer rose to the occasion and retired the side with three strikeouts. At sev- eral points in the game, it looked as though the Nightingales were going to be caged, anr had it not been for the fact that Cooper gave seven Putnam bat ters free passage to first, the story might have been reversed. The Putnam team was not able to hit, and only Cooper's generosity accounted for the fact that men reached first, and subsequently, scored. Tn the fourth three of the To- calls were passed. and two runs resulted. Again in the ninth L'Heureux reached the first corner on balls, and was scored on Nelson's drive. While the Putnam batters were getting six hits, the visi- tors touched Cournoper, who was not in top form, for ten safeties. It was some sensational fielding that saved these hits from becoming runs. for every time that the Nightingale pitcher got in hole, the felderS came to the rally with some brilliant handling of the ball. Carey pulled down long fly in the fifth that looked dangerous, and Auger dug one ball out of the bank in left field and killed the chance of a Providence score
 Iutnams first score came in the open ing inning when LHeureux hit three base drive, which, scored Latour who had been passed. The Early team evened . things up in the fourth, and Putnam scored twice again in that. inning, only to have this lead cut down in the sixth. The score was then to g. Putnam scored once in the eighth. and then this advantage was wiped out by the visi- bors in the ninth. Nelson's clout saved the day in Putnams half of the ninth Miles of the visitors played the fastest game and is credited with three hits, an assist. and five putouts Faucher was the only man to steal a base on him.
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