Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
THE DIAMOND.
City Amateur League Opens at
 Driving Park To-Morrow.


 Grounds-Holyoke Keeps on Win
 ming Games-Frank Fitzpatrick
 Elected Captain of the Team.
 The City Amateur league of base ball teams will open the season to- morrow at the Driving park, and a big crowd is expected to be in attend ance. There will be two games, one starting at 2 o'clock and the other at o'clock. Two trains will run to the gounds, one at 1:3O and the other at $40. Aside from this two buses will leave the center every half hour. The two. games tomorrow will be corking good ones, because there is little bit ter rivalry between the teams.
 The first game will be fought by the Pastimes and the St Josephs. Both managers have strengthened for to- morrow and each will make a hard fight for victory. Manager Lydon of the St Joseph team says he has the game cinched and will spring a few surprises on the manager of the Pas. times. Manager Mcdonald of the lat ter team only laughs at those threats and says if the Pastimes have as easy a time all season as they will have to- morrow the pennant is already won. The Pastimes will be strengthened by the return of Fred Henebry, who has been playing with Springfield.
 The second game will be peach and no mistake, and if you miss the first train get up there for that second game, because the Washington Hills and the North Ends are going to tackle each other. The Washington Hills will be strengthened by the return of George Mulligan, who has been eected captain of the team. He has some thing up his sleeve waiting for the North Ends and he will send that az gregation home looking like thirty cents, so he says himself.
 On the other hand, Manager James Thompson feels as confident of winning the game tomorrow with his North End bunch of hustlers as he does of winning the flag. He knows that Washington Hill would sooner beat his team than any other team in the league because he was formerly manager of the Washington Hills and quit them in the middle of last season because he did not have the time to give to the management. He knows what his present team can do and he will be on hand with some of the long green to prove he has the best team. That will be-a game worth going miles to see.
 < Holyoke, May 22-For five innings yesterday afternoon Holyoke and Mer- iden had a battle royal, replete with brilliant bits of fielding and fast ball playing. Then the Infants rose in their power, and right hard did they smite the sphere, not being content even un- til they had pounded Durnbaugh for thirteen clean hits and rounded out the score to as against for the wis itors, making themselves, according to the score, just twice as good team as that which represents the city of sil- yer tongues and other things.
 Until the sixth inning but one run had crossed the plate, F. Frank Wood ruff being the lucky man as he started out the inning by dashing around to the third corner before his dandy hit into right center could be felded. It was great day at the bat for the Holyoke captain, and if he could keep that batting eye he had yesterday he would not need to quit the game or to ask odds of any of the leagues heavy swatters. Woody hit the horsehide where 1t says ball every time he was up and his three-bagger might have been stretched for home run had he not been held on third
 But the good looking rightfelder was not the only man who had big day. Kid Mccormack at third base brought the spectators their feet twice by stops and throws which looked impossible. In one case he threw the ball while he was on his knees and caught his man, q feat which not another third base man in the league could duplicate. He got the ball away like a flash, and while the second play was not entirely so sensational, it. was in itself worth the price of admission. Besides this performance the kid hit safely twice and drove in the first run of the game with fly to left.
 Out in the left garden Batch was having a field day. Seven flies were sent his way and he chung to each with tender solicitude. Some of the seven were easy, but others were difficult, and there was one in particular that any fielder need not be ashamed of At LuC UdI DdlCu Olu dS w ell as in the fe.d Out of five times up he slashed out four stinging singles, everyone of which was without the shadow of a scratch. He was cheered to the. echo each time he came to the bat and always showed he liked the appreciation. Rossman, too, played strong game in the field and got in one of his vicious cracks at the balls for three bases.
 Ernie Wade was in the box for Hol- yoke and got away we'll with his game. The boy as rule sent then over straight and depended on his fielders to do the work. He used good judg- ment in this respect, for only six hits were obtained by the visitors, who were powerless against the brilliant fielding of the home team. Wade was fault lessly backed up by Weeden, who nailed the only man attempting to steal second. The game was played faster than any contest on the park this year. The score:
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