Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-07
THE DIAMOND.
Holyoke is the Pittsburg of the
 Connecticut League


 New London Fell Victim Yester-
 day Batting and Fielding Averages
 of the Players-Meriden Shuts Out
 the New Havens-Springtield Falls
 Down to Norwich-Bridgeport Takes
 a Great Game from Hartford.
 The tide rolled in at Holyoke yes terday and the glorious waves of vic tory covered over the mud flats of de- feat. New London was drowned out by the huge sea, but the Holyozes are not too loud in their cry over the vic tory. Bass was in the box for-the Pa per City team and was pounded right and left The visitors didn't bunch their hits, however. and or1y one run came sn. Tom Bannon took Marty Donovan out of the game again, and Rising, his left fielder and right hand assistant when there is any kicking going on, was put into the box. That was in tine sixth inning, and either be cause the Holyoae boys couldn't make connection with his delivery or thought they had done enough work for so warnna day, they didn't do much after that The game was remark able in that Tommy Bannon did no kicking
 Kid Mccormick was not in the game, 1t being the first he has missed since the beginning of the season The Kid was out of town acting as best man for one of his friends who REas launch ing his boat on the matrimonial sea. Handy played third base and did well. He improved all his chances and made s single an sacrifice that were both Y9oductfve of good. Woodruff is get ting down to business again and played yesterday as if he knew what he was about and took some interest in it, and Bass astonished the natives when he made a two-bag1e 1er-his first hit since he has been playing with Holyoke- Neither side scored in the first inning and but three men were up on each side. Hofyoke scored in the second, though. when Woodruff led off with single RoSsnran swung at the first ball that came shooting over the plate and smashed it along-the ground for a two bagger. Woodruff ran home on the hit, but ttRossy' got no further than second, for the side was retired before he could venture off the middle bag.
 Both sides ta1lied in the fourth. Tom Bannon slammed out double and Finn tried to 20 him one better, and rolled the ball along the ground just inside the third base line. Ramon scored before the ball was thrown in, and when Batch finally did secure ii, Finn was bounding acrcss second base. He should have stayed there. but he tried to stretch a good twolbagger and Batch threw to I,andy on third in time to retire Finn, who stro1led back to the bench to receive a few kindly words frona~f1fs noble ehieftain, Ramon
 That was the sum 6otaA of the runs secured by the WThdlers, and only two more of their men got as far as second. The Paper City club brought in a1JInch of three runs in the same inning Woodr1Iff got to first base on balls ana went to second on RnSsnanas single I.andy then pounded ont a beautiful hit that landed him on first, sent woodruff across the plate, and let Rossnnan around to third, and long f1y by Sc5iznceI to Finn scored Ross man. Bass then pushed a double along the ground just inside the third base line, and Landy came home. Me A1n1rewsAsent an easy grounder to Fall Ion, who tossed it over to Rockford in time to extinguish Mac" and the side. Woodruff got his second base on balls in the sixth and brought in his third run on a single by RoSSman, sacrifice H1v Lan1y, and a hong fly by Schincel to ,Bannon, who had just gone into left, Donovan having been taken out of the game, Rising put in the box, and Long irrho, ries31t field Slater was given a free pass by Rising in the seventh and a double by Woodruff was all that was needed to aetf him cross the plate. That was the last time the home team was able to score, but they already had enough to win the game hands hands down. The score