Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
|IE DIAMOND.
I Exhibition of Base Ball by
 Holyoke

The Crack Players of the Team Do
 Wretched Work-New London Ad-
 ministers a Whitewash to New Ha- ven-Norwich Defeated Springfield, and Hartford Fell Victim to Bridge port.
 Holyoke, July 3.-Unusually ragged playing lost Holyoke the game yester- day in their own city.
 Up to the fourth inning things were quiet and there was nothing doing for either side Walsh led off with daisy to Mccormack, but the "kid'' threw low to first and even Pop Slater couldn't be expected to get it. The ball went into the crowd and Walsh went down to second, which was as far as he was allowed by a ground rule, which gave only one base on ball into the crowd. Weisbecker then tried to sacrifice, but the ball fell right into Charlie Clancy's hands and Walsh got no farther around the bags. Manning pounded out clean single that sent Walsh across the plate, and when Ken nedy got hit with the ball Manning moved down to second. The next play was the one that did the mischief and allowed the visitors two nl-deserved runs Hoffman came to the plate and sent the ball screaming down to Nc Andrews. Mac pinched it and toss ed it to Fitzpatrick, who was covering second to catch Kennedy and then to double up Hoffman at first. Butt, strange to say, s'Fitz'' muffed the ball and before he could get 1t again Man ming had scored and Kennedy was making for third. The Holyoke cap tain threw to Mccormack to catch the runner, but the throw was wide and Kennedv crossed the plate. Hodge then batted a high fly that Woodruff was dead sure of-until he dropped it, and Hoffman completed the course and added another to the rapidly y-increas- ing score Larkin was the next man up, and he got to first when McCor- mack. who stopped the ball, chose to play on Hoffman at second. Fitzpat- rick retired him all right and then tried for a double at first, but was un- successful. Altizer hit safely and let Larkin to third, while he himself stop ped on first. Drew then got to first when McAndrews failed to handle the ball properly and at the same time Iarkin added another run and Altizer rested on third for moment and then he. too, scored. Walsh ended the hl- ming by batting one which McAndrews did manage to keep, and by throwing it to Slater he retired Walsh and ended the awful inning. They brought ill another in the next inning, when Weisbecker scored on hit, sacrifice by Manning, followed by another errol by McAndrews A hit. stolen base and a hit by Walsh, scored Altizer fn the sixth, and that completed the hits that were run up by the Connecticut boys.
 Holyoke was not able to score until the sixth and then i've men came home McAndrews was the first man to the plate and he swung his stick for a neat three-bagger that made the fans believe there was good baseball in him still, and for the time. at least he was forgiven his errors. Fitzpat- rick dropped fly just out of reach of Altizer and McAndrews came home amid great rejoicing. Landy then ad vanced to the plate with that peculiar walk of his and Batch himself, who was not in the game yesterday, could not have done better. He got to the initial bag on pretty hit that nobody reached and "Fitz'' took second on the play. Hodge then began his work or Slater and the man on second slipped up to third. Slater was retired on g hot one to Aldzer and Mccormack bat ted a long one out to Walsh, and il looked as though Holyoke had got its last run. But the fun wasn't over yet Rossman was the next to wieId the stick and everybody trembled, fol "Rossy' hasn't been doing anythine wonderful lately. He rose to the occa sion though, and made hit that SCOT ed "Fitz'' and he got to second durins the excitement The bleachers wer, Just about crazy by this time and yell ed and cheered for the Paper Git team. and when Woodruff came to ba seemed to know just what was wanted and slammed beautiful fly out be yond the helders and before anythin, could beedone about it he was safe ol third. Shincel then showed out do1 ble that scored Woodruff and gave HoI yoke it's last run. Clancy got out or an easy grounder and the game wa practically at an end.
 Batch was not well yesterday anc Landy was put in his place in the field He did everything that Batch coul, have done and perhaps more Botl his catches in the field were difficult and 1t was only after long runs tha he was able to get them. With tn bat he proved himself equal to the oc casion. Both pitchers were weak ant were batted hard Clancy had poo control yesterday and was far iron his best. The score:
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 A.B. R. B.H 20. A. F Larkin, ss -. 1 o Is