Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-27
THE DIAMOND.
Holyoke Puts Another Rink in
 Springfield's Ambition

----------- S# Reports of the Game Say That Spring
 field Was Easy--New London, New
 Haven and Meriden the Other Win
 ners-The Davis Matter is Stirring
 Up Strife.
 The Springfield Republicans account of yesterdays game ds as follows:
 Manager Comforts team was pain fully outcldssed by Holyolxe on Hamp- den park yesterday, the game being much easier for the visitors than the score of 6, to 1twould indicate. Batch McAndrews & Go pounded Thomas hard enough in the first three innings no win most games, and there was no dOulbt about the Issue from the start; but having once lost the game the Pc n4eS made the defeat smart worse by playing various kinds of bad ball in Che field, while at the bat they were like helpless children till toward the end of the game, when they began to find Olancy's delivery a little. The atght of a Holyoke man seemed to throw the team into trance, and the large crowd relapsed into jeering mood before the game had progressed very far. Allowing for all the hard luck, for men beiag out of the game on account of injuries and for men playing out of position, the game was q good deal worse than the Springfield team has any right to play, and the s0Omer nforcenents come the sooner will Roger Connor win back his popu- aarity. It is not pleasant to be jeered ct by Holyoke. or the home knockers.
 Springfield did not make a hit for six innings, during which time but two men reached first. Joe Connor got hit by the pitcher in Lne fourth, and took third on a wild pitch, but though there was none out, Springfield did not score, Joe finally being caught on third on O'Copnor's 9rouhder4 to Clancy. In the sixth Landy dropped q fly, Holyoke's only error, and Thom- as got to second on 1t, but the Connor brothers could not score him. The crowd was beginning to wonder whether Clancy would equal 1nomas's no4hit record against New Haven, when in the seventh O'Connor and Henry led of with clean singles to left. = Henry was cut off at second on Aardesty's grounder, and the same fate ibefell Hardesty on Kellogg's: both plays advanced O'Connor, and he crossed the plate with Springfield s only run. Three singles were made after that. two of them with none out sn the ninth, but aside from them the same S1iseouragingly weak hitting pre- vailed, and Springfield was not able to ecore again.
 Holvoke opened up on Thomas with great vigor and some luck The first ball batted in the game, by McAn- drews, hit the third base just as Joe Eonnors was about to gobble it. Con- nor then made bad throw to catch McAndrews at second, with tue result that he went to third. Kellogg field ed Fitzpatrick's grounder nicely and prevented AfcAndrews fgom scoring, but Batch pounded out a two-bagger to right. Slater sent twister off the end of his bat that bounded clean away from Flynn, and took second on d throw to the plate to catch Batch Me Cornick scored Slater with clean single, and no end of runs seemed to be in sight when Roger and Joe did a brother act and put out two men on Rossman's grounder, Joe f1eauing Ross man out at first and. Roger returning the, ball in time to nail Mccormick, who was trying to sneak two bases on the play, at third. Landy got in a tygo-bagger at the Beginning of the second inning, and went to third on Schincel's bunt, McAndrews bringing him in &ith a single. Another run was made in the third, on singles by Batch and Mccormick and a sacrifice by Slater. After that the Holyokes had difficulty in scoring, though they hit with some frequency and Spring. field played lot of dub" ball that cannot be recorded in the error col, unlra. The Paper Cities made one run in the seventh. when Batch placed 8 fly in right where nobody could get 1t, gaining two bases on the hit, and scored on Slater's single after O'Con- nor had qnuffed pop foul that drop ped squareiy in his hands. A catch by Batch of shard-hit ball, three catches by Short, one of them onla bal that Henry shirked and Short finally took with contortions. and Kellogg felding of a grounder early in the game were the features of the game aside from the pitching of Clancy and the batting of the Holyoke team, par Geilarly Batch. The score:
 Holyoke. a
 A.B. R. B.H. 20. A. E.