Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-02
THE DIAMOND.
Hartford Defeated Holyoke in
 the Last Inning


 Does the Trick to Bridgeport in the
 Last Inning-Mike Delaney Was
 Very Much in Evidence-Results of
 Other Games.
 Hartford snatched victory from the hands of Dan O'Neil's boys at Holyoke yesterday, and won the game by a run. Up to the eighth inning the visitors were four runs ahead of the Holyokes, and then the home team took a brace and tied the score. It looked as though 1t was going to be a ten-ipning game, but in the ninth Walsh smashed out three-bagger and scored when Downey pounded out another of the same kind, and Holyoke was unable to bring in a run, though Batch got as far as third. Both pitchers were pounded hard, and for several innings poor exhibition Of base ball seemed likely, but after one or two false starts they were off and the last half of the game was full Of excitement. Woodruff played center field and made two errors that cost his team the game. They were both high flies and took some running to get under them, but he had them in both hands and dropped them with no ex- cuse whatever. Umpire Houle handled the indicator and was the victim of a nasty blow from a pitched ball.. It was in the third inning, and Bass was working up some terrible speed. Houle stood behind the bat and got the full force of the ball on the head. The mask offered some protection, but he received bad cut on the head and the blood flowed freely for several min trtes He was obliged to go to the bench, and it looked for a time as though he would have to let his mantle fall on another. In a short time how ever. he was able to resume his duties, and though somewhat the worse in ap- pearance for his bandaged head, he umpired a good game.
 McAndrews, the first man up for Holyoke, hit the first good ball, and ran around the bases as far as second. Fitzpatrick then came up and struck out. Batch then rolled the ball along just inside third base, and while Me Andrews was running across the plate he rushed down to second. There he stayed while Slater went out on long fly and Mccormick got to first on balls. Rossman then smashed out a single that scored Batch and put Mae" on second, but Woodruff ended the inning by fly to Battam. The visitors were unable to tally until the fourth. when q hit placed Donovan on first and he scored on a sacrifice by Daley and a single from the bat of Morrison. The fifth was the decisive inning, and a series of bad plays by the home team sent three of Reil1y's bunch over the rubber. G. Thomas, the first man up. went out on long drive to Rossman, and Walsh expired the same way. Bat tam was good for a single, and Dono van gave Woodruff chance to end the slaughter then and there, but Woody dropped the ball and before he could recover himself Battam had talIied and Donovan had got as far as second. Daley then duplicated the previous hit, and Woody duplicated his error. Donovan made for home and when Fitzpatrick threw to catch him at the plate the ball went wide, and Daley got to second Wallace then hit into the far right and reached second before anything could be done about it. but Morrison sent long fly out to Batch, and ended the inning. Daley was the first man up in the eighth. and Bass hit him hard with the ball. Wallace then hit to McAndrews. but Slater let the ball go through him and both Daley and Wallace moved up a base. Morrison then hit a pretty single, and Daley and Wallace contributed two more runs. Morrison reached second on Kelley's sacrifice and third when Thomas, the catcher, hit, but Thomas, the pitcher, sent one to McAndrews, and he in turn passed it over to Slater, and the act was over.
 The score was then to 2, in favor of Hartford. and despite the coaching of "Rube'' Vickers from the grand stand the Holyokes couldn't bring them selves out of the hole though they made a good try and furnished little excitement for a time. Batch went to first on balls. and got as far as third on Skaters hit. An error by Daley, who let NcCormick's grounder go through him. let in Batch. and Slater got around to third by it. Rossman then made single that scored Slater, and while the visitors were kicking on Howe's decision as to a strike on Woodruff. "Rossy'' literally walked to second. Another error by Daley let Woodruff to first, and Rossman moved along to third, where Mccormick had Just been put out by throw from Walsh to Battam. Woodruff stole third. and after Schincel had got out at first and Bass had been given a free pass to that same bag. scored on a beautiful single by McAndrews. Fitz- patrick then went out by high infeld fly. which Wallace captured
 That was the end of Holyoke's runs. and Hartford was able to bring in one run in the ninth. and so win the game. Walsh hit for three bags. and scored when Daley did the same. The Hart lords were not able to tally again, but the last run was enough to win the game. The score:
 HARTFORD.
 AB.R.H.P.O.AE. Walsh, If ............5 i 1 O| Battam, 3b ..........4 2 o OI Donovan, 1b 3 3 1 10 n n