Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-14
WITH HE AMATEURS.
Washington Hills Fail to Show
 Up to Meet the Jeffersons.

Several of the Team Refused to Play
 and the President of the Club and
 Captain Could Not Get Team To gether-The Matter Will Be Thrash ed Out at the Meeting To-MorroW Night--Results of the Games ill the City Amateur, Greater Waterbury
 and All American Leagues Yester-
 day Standing of the Clubs.
 | The Washington Hill A. c. baseball | team did not put in an appearance at the Waterville grounds yesterday af- l ternoon to play it's scheduled game with the Jeffersons and consequently the game was forfeited to the Jeffer- sons by the score of 3 to O. Hun dreds of spectators who journeyed to l the Waterville grounds yesterday an | Iticipating q warm game were much disappointed and they expressed their opinion of the w. H. A. 0. team in no uncertain terms.
 1 Neither the officials of the club nor l the members can be blamed for the non-appearance of their baseball team. 1 President Edward Parker and Captain James Madden did all in their power to gather team together in the morn l ing, but their efforts were unsuccess- full owing to the activity of one or two former players on the, team. True to their word, Mulligan, Hayden, l Camp, and perhaps one or two others, would not play with the team. Their action i'll refusing to play lost for them many friends yesterday. The fail ure of the team to appear at the grounds and play it's scheduled game did mu ch in jury to the Washington Hill A. O., which was not to blame. Even with the desertion of the above players q team would probably have been formed if a decent battery could have cen secured. 1t is said that the few members of the opposing party gloated over their defeat of President Park<f's attempt to organize team. The question asked on all sides now I is, "Has the Washington Hill A. c. withdrawn from the league?" Of l ficially it has not done so yet, for Pres l ident E. l.. Maloney of the City Anna l teur league has received no notifica- tion, verbal or written, of the with I drawa1 of the team. But from talking with members of the club yesterday, one might say that the baseball team l is as good as disbanded and that the l probability is that the club will with draw It may not do so and it's many l friends hope that it will not, but that l it will set to work, choose new man. ager, and form team, excluding sev- eraI members of the former team, and the public in general will be pleased.
 There were two games played in the City Amateur league yesterday after noon, and both attracted big crowds. The games were played as follows:
 At Riverside Park.
 I The Brooklyn A. c. and the Pastimes crossed bats at Riverside park and it was warm contest from the first to the last. The Pastimes are an aggres- sive lot of players, particularly at the bat, and they pounded out plenty of hits. but they were so well scattered that the Brooklyns managed to forge to the front on the good hitting they were doing, and stay there. There were innumerable errors caused by tue poor grounds. The score:
 RH.E B. A. c. 10 o5 POP ? *-13 1s { F. A. O. 70 O 1 o ell g. Is
 Batteries Kelly and Laughlin; Nee han, Campbell and Stone; umpire Keilys
 At Driving Park.
 The St Josephs and the St Thomas Cadets faced each other at the Driving park This was a game replete witt batting and the pitchers were given . severe drubbing. Early in the game the St Josephs took. big lead, but the Cadets began to find the ball and they pulled up alongside the St Joseph boys The finish was a warm one and 1t was by narrow margin that the St Josepl N team wnn nlt The score.