Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1921-07-19

smoke thinned somewhat Mr.. Taylor was
able to get to the sink for water and
soon had the fire. extinguished. Soon al
ter the fire, was discovered Mr.. Taylor
told a boy to run and give the alarm.
The lad met Pedro Clarke, who went to
the corner of South Main and Grove
streets and pulled in box Is, which is
not the proper box for the location of the
Taylor home This delayed the depart
ment somewhat in getting to the fire.
Mr.. Taylor is colored man and one
of the best known citizens of Putnam,
where he has lived nearly half a century.
He is the last or one of the last survivors
of the crew of the famous northern ram
Monitor that "cheesebox on single"
which put to rout the southern armored
cruiser Merr;mac and sank her in Hamp-
ton Roads during the Civil war.
The loosest kind of baseball playing on
the part of the Nightingale Morse team
Sunday afternoon on the Main street
grounds gave the Crimson Athletic club
team of Hartford an easy victory over
the locals, to 4. More than 1000 fans
assembled to watch the Nightingales go
through their PAGES, and highly dis
gusted lot of rooters it was that sat
through the game while their favorites
did everything that we'll regulated and
smoothly running ball team should not
do. The error column tells the story es-
pecially when coupled with the sudden
blow-up of Cournoyer in the sixth. This
was the frame when the visitors got their
first man on through a tumble by Bou-
lay, the Putnam ahortstop, and then pro-
ceeded to knock out six consecutive hits,
including a triple by NORM. 1t was
nothing short of a miracle that more
runs were not chalked up for the visitors
IL,
on the job and the locals could not stop
the terrific onslaught of the Capitol City
nine. They not only brought the tradi-
tional pinch Of salt to aid them in
catching the Nightingales. but their
heavy artillery as we'll, and this they
used industriously. 1t was disastrous for
the Putnam ball tossers, who were
swamped by the deluge of hits pounded
off Of Cournoyer's delivery. 1t was the
first time that the Putnam box artist has
been knocked from the mound. This
served to take all the pep from the
Nightngales, who for the rest of the
game played a brand of ball that looked
TO the fans like a contest in the grammar
school league. Had not Keegan stepped
into the breach. the story might have
been yet more doleful. This new wearer
of the Putnam uniform is a great asset
to the team, for in addition to being a
good pitcher he can play any position on
the field. He started Sundays game at
right, but replaced Cournoyer when the
latter collapsed. In the ninth inning,
with a siX-run lead against them, the
Putnam players attempted to stage a
comeback which did net them three runs
But this was merely a dying gasp and
did not serve to bring victory within
/ their grasp. LHeureux did drive out q
pretty three Dagger for the locals as
( well as a single, but these with three
| other scattered singles were all that Put.
| nam could connect for. In short. it was
Putnam's off day both in the field and a
/ the pat. Just why the slump came j:
| hard to explain, considering that thu
| team has been playing good ball all sea
son. But it did come, and with it defeat
which in its turn brought determination
on the part of Manager Ernest Lorriani
pets to do better next time.
/ The score: