Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-29
THE AMATEURS.
GAMES OF
 ! MUCH INTEREST
Consolidated Team Does
 Battle Again..Great Game J In Manchester Saturday. Other Games. z

All kinds of excitement and sport kwere to be had at the Riverside Ygrounds yesterday. Close and excit- | ing games were the feature and so |{interesting were they that the spec }tators remained to the very end. | Twas an ideal day for the game and the teams went at one another with a dash and vim that was indeed pleasing to lovers of baseball. The crowd, as usual, was beyond control and interfered time and again with the players of the different teams. A number of times the games were stopped and the crowd pushed back but only for time, for, like the mighty ocean, it refused to stay and surged in again and again on the play and players.
 Pastimes Defeat Hills.
 The first game started at o'clock between the Hills and Pastimes. 1t was q closely fought contest from start to finish and the result was i'll doubt until the last inning was play ed and the last man had been put out. Kelly of the Pastimes and Null iigan of the Hills didn't play with their respective teams yesterday and both clubs missed the presence of }these two players. The Hills didn't N hit in their usual heavy manner and lost because of the lack of timely hit ting on their part. While the Pas times didn't hit very much heavier ior much oftener than the Hills their hits were made just when they meant runs and this enabled them to keep just a few runs ahead of their op- ponents throughout the game. The score: R.H.E. Pastimes g 2oo0 Is Il 4 Hills ....s3 o 0 0 0 1 ? o 0-6 ' 6 ] Batteries-Barker and Spellman; }Slocum and McMahon.
 I} Merrimacs Close Call.
 This game started at o'clock and 1t was a hummer. It was ten-in- ming game and was bitterly contested from the first to the tenth inning. The ]. North Ends are next to the last team Y in the percentage column, while the Merrimacs are in second position and striving hard for the cup. If the MeIrimacs lost it meant their chances for, the pennant, while nothing was to be- gained by the North Ends if they did win. But, nevertheless, they were they were out for the game and fpiSty Su luGlE ulISutlGoI LO uOWA LLC {boys from the eastern section. Wal jlace, the North End pitcher, was the lmainstay. The Merrimacs started Jeff like winners and soon had scored two runs. But their joy was short lived, for the North Ends passed them soon after by banging Rymer's deliv- cry for four runs. This was in the early part of the game and from that to the end it was very closely and bitterly contested battle. The Merri- macs overhauled their opponents a couple of times and tied the score, but the North Ends would steal ahead by one run again and kept that advantage until the end of the tenth inning. But the Merrimacs were af- ter that game andthe cup and played the most desperate kind of ball. With the score a tie in the last of the tenth the Merrimacs came to the bat. And with this inning came the fun. Me Nellis was first up and knocked a grounder to Carley on first base
 Carley mauled and mauled the ball and finally threw it like shot at Wallace, who was covering first base. Twas hard ball to handle but Wal lace caught it i'll good shape and re- tired Mac. Bill Cleary next at the bat Bill knocked liner to the in field and the ball was thrown to Cur. lg. He caught it, but failed to touch yhe base and Cleary was safe on first. Cleary stole second. The next ibatter knocked another infield hit and lthe ball again was thrown over to 'Curley, and again he failed to find the base. The runner was safe. In the meantime Cleary, who was on second, tried to steal third. Curly saw him and threw wild to third and Eleary kept on running and scored the winning run. The score: R.H.E. Merrimacs i 1 o 0 2 1 1--S B N. Ends 70 2 0 0 0 0 i or ' 7 Batteries-Byrnes and Slavin; Wal < aace and Foley.
 < BROOKLYNS WIN LAST GAME. It was a strangely built team the
 Brooklyns presented against the St
 Josephs yesterday in the game at 2
 o'clock. Dwyer, the original catcher,
 was not in uniform, and Johnny Kelly
 the old war horse pitcher, was behind the bat. He did good work, too, and played like a veteran. Two or three other new faces were seen in the game also, as Iegge and Cunningham were not in uniform Notwithstanding this the Bfooklyns went after the game with d vengeance and had scored five times when the fifth inning ar rived. Here the St Josephs took a spurt and pounded out four runs, and Interest ran high. In the next inning however the Brooklyns got after thc St Joseph twirler and pounded in seven runs, and although a change in pitchers was made the game was won right there and the Brooklyns closed their season with good chances fo1 taking the pennant. The score:
 RH. E 4 BrookIyns 70 O 2O72 ? 1-14 14 . ] St Josephs 70 0 0 o o O.
 Batteries Commerford and Kelly
 Moran. Byrnes and Gaffney.
 CITY AMATEUR STANDING.