Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-15
THE DIAMOND.
HOlyoke Takes the First of the
 Championship Games.

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 lowell Was Not Tn It Little Bit
 One Pitcher Pounded Out of the Box
 --Great Playing of the State
 Leaguers--Base Ball Notes of Inter
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 Lowell, Sept 15.-The first game of the series between Lowell and Holyoke for the championship of New England was played at spalding park yesterday afternoon, and Holyoke won in walk Rube Vickers was in the box for Hol- yoke, and until the sixth inning Lowell did not make hit off his delivery. h that inning, however, the Lowell play CTS began to find him, and before the game closed nine hits were piled up for a total of six runs. Holyoke won the game in the first two innings by SCOT ing no less than eight runs. Almost be- fore the spectators could realize it the game was out of reach. Bushey, or, dinarily good pitcher, was far from his true form. He was wild and when he did get the ball over it was usually slammed out into the field for a safe hit. Moreover, the team was not play ing at its gait. Manager Lake was away by reason of the serious illness Of his mother in Boston, and his absence made necessary a patched-up team. Merritt went to first base in his place, and Berry of the Haverhill team worked behind the bat in place of Mer- ritt The shake-up was damaging.
 The fielding features were contributed by Rossman, Grant and Mccormick. Rossman made splendid impression withAsthe Lowell crowd his hits being of the clean-cut kind. When he came up for-the third time the Lowell field CTS played deep field for him, other wise he would have scored three-bag- ger at least. McAndrews was first up for Holyoke, and after having two strikes called on him he smashed ths ball to left field for two bases. B1gn1e was slow in getting after the bal. Fitzpatrick bunted to first and Merritt had an easy chance for put-out, bu1 failed to connect Fitzpatrick was credited with a safe hit. Batch bunted to Rushey. who proceeded to make miserable tumble. McAndrews scored. Then Slater sacrificed, sending both runners along a base. Mccormick walked and there were three men on the lines Rossman cracked out beauty to center, scoring both Fitzpat- rick and Batch. Landy went out at first Mccormick scoring, and mo- ment later Schincef drew free pass With Rossman on third Schincel start ed for second The ball was thrown to head him off, but it went to center, Possman scoring and Schincel going to
 ~H. Center Fielder Grant tried to :; Sehincel at third, but made throw that went into the third base bleechers and Schincel went home. Vickers walked and McAndrews hit safely for the second time. The side was at last retired by a fly from FitZpatrick's bat which Bnshey caught.
 In the second inning Holyoke con- tinued the carnage. Batch reached first. on a bunt to third. and followed with neat steal of second. Slater flied to center. Mccormick walked, Rossman hit safely to center, scoring Batch. Landy flied to center. Bushey made a wild pitch, and Mccormick scored After this stage little out of the ordinary developed until the sixth inning, when Lowell scored two runs. Berry led off with the first hit of the game for Lowell, and was forced at second by Burbage. Hafford walked, Bigbie hit to left. field, scoring Burbage and Hafford Tn the next inning Low ell continued to find Vickers. it's by Connors, Berry and Bigbie, with base on balls sandwiched. in. scored two more runs for Lowell, the men to cross the plate being Connors and Berry. In the eighth inning another run came along the pike. Merritt hit to center, and was advanced by a grounder. on which Grant was retired at first. Con- nors hit safely to left, and Merritt /. scored. Holyoke got into the run game in the ninth. Bases on balls to Batch and Slater followed by hits by Mccormick and Rossman. and a two bager by Schincel, sent four men around the circuit. Tn the ninth Low ell scored for the sixth time two hits and a base on balls doin the trick Burbage. who succeeded Bushey in the third inning, pitched good ball, and but the game would have been exciting the game would ahve been exciting throughout. The score:
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