Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-06
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 Holyoke, June 6.--Consistent and heavy swatting, backed up by good work in the field, made yesterdays game an easy victory for Holyoke, and enabled the Infants to climb peg higher in the race for the pennant. Pitcher Mclean threw portly looking spheres over the plate and even the murky atmosphere aided him none in suppressing the batting streak, for hls delivery did not reach the catcher's mitt much more than half as often as it would in the ordinary game. The score was 15 to 4, Norwich falling on Kid Wade for three singles in the eight. which brought some runs. Mc- Lean was given good support in the main, the exception being Nelson. the newcomer, who essayed to play right field. His portion was two glarlng er- TOTS on balls that couldn't have come more directly into his hands if he had a string hitched to them. Young Wade was given brilliant support Fitzpat- rick. Slater, Morgan, Mccormick and Landy contributed hair-raisers, and what the others had to do was done well. The error of Batch was on his failure to handle cleanly a hit that went his way and Landy's was poor throw to first.
 Rossman. who is being pointed out as the slugger of the league, had great day with the stick. In five times up he hit for a triple. double and two singles, and Kid Mccormack was not far behind with three pretty singles. Pop Slater was doing bit OF slug- ging, too, and his two hits were beau ties. Besides doing some clever Work at short. Landy was with the others at the bat and hit three times for total of -four bases. Neither Fitzpatrick nor Wade landed a hit, though each or them connected with the ball every time at bat.
 !" Ernie Wade pitched steady ball near ly all the way through and when he did lose his stride for minute the men behind him came to the front with some bit of big league playing that shut off runs. Tn, the fourth Wade passed Harrington. and when Nelson connected with the next one, Kid Nc Cormack went after it like flash and started negotiations for double, Fltz- patrick and Slater doing the rest with out trouble. T1andy started similar play in the eighth after Nelson had been given first on balls.
 Holyoke started off at hot pace, Batch getting a hit. and then scoring on d dandy drive for two bases by Slater. Mccormack and Rossman also hit safely. and two more runs came in when Nelson obligingly dropped fly from Morgan's bat There was no rest for the weary red coats in the second. as Wade was given base on balls and right off the reel Slater sluggeu the ball for triple. Mccormack got in his second hit. and so did Ross1nan. the latter's being good for two bases. Four more runs were scored, and the only question was as to the size of the de- feat.
 Mclean was given his worst poundr ing in inc fourth. when two doubles, a single and a triple was the harvest. They netted another quartet of runs, and Norwich was still showing no abil ity to score. The hitting continued right up to the call of time. and Hol' yoke might have made more runs If any were needed. One of the features of the game was. the failure of the heavy-hitting Tighe to land safe one off Wade. The score: