Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-17
THE DIAMOND.
Holyoke Receives First Defeat
 By Lowell.

Kid Wade's Curves Pounded All Over
 the Lot-Holyoke Could Not Bat a
 Little Bit-New London Plays With
 Woonsocket-Res of Games in
 All Leagues.
 Lowell. Sept 17.--Lowell struck her proper gait yesterday afternoon and made the Holyoke team look like bad money The old standby, Lew Cross, was in the points for the locals, and what few hits were batted out by the visitors were scattered, while Kid Wade got his bumps to the extent ot twelve hits with total of nineteen. A semblance of inside ball was evi- dent now and then in Lowell's play. With the score against them the Hol- yoke crowd quit like gang of school boys. They could not stand defeat like the local aggregation. Six hits with a total of seven was all the heavy hitting Holyoke crowd could do with Cross's elusive shoots. while little Wade, a mere boy in size, was ham, mered all over the lot. Tn the eighth inning the Lowell bats bumped his shoots for five hits with total of eight. This was his, worst inning, al- though there were other times when he was hit hard, but fast, clever field ing came to his rescue and pulled him out of the hole. Every man on the Lowell team touched up the sphere for a hit. Berry leading with three for total of i've Bigbie secured two, while all the rest of the members re ceived one hit apiece.
 For Holyoke, McAndrews and Landy were the only ones in the visitors line up who could seem to solve the Lowell twirier's curves for safe ones. Each are credited with two hits. Lowells infield was working in good trim yes terday, and the Holyoke batters found it next to impossible to get ground ball by them. Mclaughlin at short gathered in everything that came his way and threw to the bases in his usual clever style, while Connors at second performed in his usual brilliant manner. Hafford's one-hand stab at a hard batted ball was feature of the game. Bigbie was served up with some difficult propositions in the way of poor throws, but he solved everyone of them. For Holyoke, the whole in field put up good ball. Schincel per- formed well behind the bat, while Mo Andrews at short accepted several diff ficu1t chances.
 Lowell scored one run in the first. Hafford was presented with a free pass to first and was sent to third on drive to center by Bigbie. and came home on a ground hit to the infield. Hoiyoke failed to score in her half. Tn the second both sides went out in order. In the third Lowell crossed two men over the plate. Hafford worked his way to first on a base on balls, and was sent to second on bunt by Big bic. the latter player reaching first on the play. Hooker and Grant went out on fly balls, and Barnie Mclaughlin sent both base runners home on a hit between center and left. Connors re tired the side on q pop fly to Schincel. Holyoke secured her first run in this inning Landy hit to right field, and Schincel beat out a bunt to first base. A sacrifice advanced both runners, and a base on balls filled the bases. Fitzpatrick sarcificed toward second and Schincel scored, Fitzpatrick being put out at first Batch flied out to cen fer h the fifth each team completed the circuit once. Berry, the first man up, cracked cut three base hit to the left field fence and scored on hit to short. Holyole got her second and last run on a free pass. to first, hit to right and a sacrifice The eighth in ming proved disastrous for the vis- itors. Cross hit to right for a clean single, and Hafford sent him along with hit to left. Eligible sent in one run with another crack to left and Hooker sent the ball against the left field fence for three bases. Grant touched the ball for single, which he stretched into a two-bagger, SCOT ing Hooker with the fourth run of the inning. Mclaughlin and Connors went out. Two hits, one two-bagger, gave some life to the Holyoke bunch in the last inning. but Cross steadied down and finished up by striking out little Wade Umpire Kennedy gave satis- faction as decision-maker. A surpris- ingly small crowd was in attendance Both teams left last night for Holyoke. The score:
 Lowell.
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