Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-14
AMATEUR SEESON CLOSED.
The Cup Goes to The Washing
 ton Hill Athletic Club.

ton Hill Athletic CluD.
 The Defeat of the Brooklyns by the
 Jeffersons Saturday Prevented An
 other Game-History of the League
 That Has Created So Much Interest
 An Exciting Game Was the One
 Played on Saturday-Each Team
 Had Many Professionals.
 It was a mad scene of excitement that was witnessed at the Athletic field on Saturday afternoon, when ill the last inning Lachance, who was playing third for the Brooklyn "A. C.. threw wild to first base and two men scored before the ball was found. and thus the JeffersonS won one of tue most exciting games ever seen at the Athletic field. Thus the pennant and the handsome silver trophy becomes the possession of the Washington Hill A. c. The game waxed warm through out. A crowd of about 500 persons saw the game and the rival rooters made the distant hills reyerberate with their yells and shrieks and roars to rattle the opposing players. It was a battle for blood. If the B. A. c. won, they would have a chance to win the championship of the City Amateur league by defeating the Washington Hill A. c. If they lost-well, they did lose, and they lost everything.
 Both teams were strengthened for the occasion. The victors had Waller, Drew, Delaney, Kiernan, of the State league; Connor of the American league and Camp, ex-State leaguer. The losers were represented by such men, as Garry of Hartford, Lachance of the American, Derwin of the New Eng land, Quinn, ex-pitcher of the local State league team; Fitzpatrick, Hoff- man and Scanlon. What else but a first class game could be expected from such players. It is no wonder that the rooters shouted themselves hoarse at the different plays. They had good cause for it. A lightning double play by Connor and Drew ill the last inning did more than anything else to kill the B. A. C.'s hopes for vic tory The pitching of. Quinn was one of the features of the game. He had nine strike-outs to his credit and he re- ceived good support. Waller was hit more freely than Quinn and received worse support, but at the critical stages of the game he was well nigh tnvincible. To their inability to hit the ball when hits meant runs the B. A.
 
 Several times they had two or threes players on the bases with one or no no one out and the best they could do was to score one run or none at all. Several of the professionals worked a few tricks. Fitzpatrick did some hold ing of players. while Connor cut third base about twenty feet and scored from second base on single. The B. A. c. protested against this. but as the umpire was watching the play at first base nothing could be done in regard to it.
 The batting of Cronan and SIavin was feature of the game The latter helped considerably in winning the game for the Jeffersons.
 The BroOklyns had two men on bases In the first inning and no one out, but l the next three men were unable to do | anything. The Jeffersons scored three | In their half on three successive s:n- gles by Delaney, Connor and Slavin, an out, two bases on balls and a long | fly to center by Bride. From this | stage of the game Quinn was unsolva- | ble. Only two singles were made off | his delivery and he struck out uine | men, A fine pitchers battle it was then | until the end. In the ninth inning q | base on balls, an error by Kiernan and | two by Delaney and a force hit pro- | duced two runs. Pandemonium broke | loose in the eighth when the B. A. c. tied the score on a single by Connor, two bases on balls. and a sacrifice by Fitzpatrick. The B. A. C's scored one in the ninth and victory seemed to bes theirs. A huff by Bride of Garry's grOunder, a double by Hoffman and a single by Scanlon put three men. on bases with no one out. Garry was thrown out at the plate by Delaney on | hit; CrOnan made a single and Hoffman scored, but Drew and COnnOr put an end to the scoring by | making a double play on Edmond's hit In the last half of the ninth Camp was hit by the ball. Kiernan lined an easy one to Lachance who fumbled it and then threw wild to first Before the ball was returned the two men scored and the game was wOn- Bedlam then broke forth. The winning players were surrounded on all sides and congratulated on their splendid victory. The score and sum- mary is as follows:
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