Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-07-11
THE SPORTING NEWS.
THE AMATEURS.
ENTHUSIAST
WAS RIFE
Thousands of Lovers of
Base Ball Saw the Con~
tests Yesterday-The Best
Games of the Season.

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Games of the Season.
Were you at Riverside park yester-
day? No? Well you don't know
what you missed. The City Amateur
league teams met there and gave an
exhibition that the spectators Will
never forget. Gilt edged playing was
the feature from the start to the fin
ish, with lots Of excitement and fin
thrown in.
Twas the largest crowd of the sea-
son and the players showed their ap-
probation by playing for all they
were worth. Over 5000 people pere
present at the games and they showed
their interest by applaudlng every
good play. All the old rooters were
there to encourage their favorite team
OH to victory and time and again the
old Riverside grounds fairly rang with
the plaudits of. the crowd. Twas q
typical baseball gathering, and TO all
American that's sufficient. des-<iptlon
of the crowd. Yes, the includes
rooters, conservatives, radicals and
the girls. Among the foremost root
ers We're Mike Madden for tile Brook
lyns and Dick Sheehan for the Hills.
Pat Cavanaugh, the sporty barber for
the Merrimacs. Jim Frenzy was also.
there and so was Navy Gleason.
Navy" is a regular attendant at the
games and roots long and loud when
any of the players Of his favorite
team makes good play.
All the big players of the league
were in the games Sunday and a finer
collection of stars couldn't be found in
amateur circles in any city Of Water
bury's size in the country Among
them were Slayin Of the Merrlmacs,
who handled Red Phelan's hot ones
with his usual skill; George MulIigan
of the Hills, who seemed to have no
trouble in batting out singles, dou
bles and three baggers; Jerry Shu-
grue, the genial first baseman of the
Brooklyns, who in the most exciting
moments of the game was as cool as
the proverbial eucumber; Fritz Hene
bry, the mighty third baseman of the
Pastimes and Maloney, the crack cen
ter fielder. of the North Ends. Numer-
Gus other crack players contributed to
the sport and entertainment of the,
crowd and gave an article if baseball.
that kept the onlookers right UP on
their toes until the last man of the
afternoon games was put out.
Merrimac-St Joseph Game.
The Merrimac and Saints were
scheduled to begin at o'clock, but
failed to get started until 2:45. Red
Phelan was in the box for the Merri-
macs and Mike Slavin figured behind
the bat. Tom Ryan twirled for the
Saints and a gentleman of color rel
nnirnd hn fe,fn in
prime condition and had the Saints
batters at his mercy all through the
game. The auburn haired youngster
allowed the Saints but one scratch hit
and shut the temperance boys out by
score of 8 to O. Not Saint got fur
Their than second base and few indeed
We're fortunate enough to get that far
The east enders played an almost per-
feet game only one error being made
on their side. At the bat they seem
ed to have little trouble in connect
ing with Byrness delivery and bang
ed him for fourteen good hits. Bur-
CESS, Mike SIavin and Ed Hayes did
the best work at the bat for the Mer-
rimacs and not member of the nine
failed to get at least one hit.
The Saints have good fielding ma
b.
baE. They've been up against the
hardest kind of luck this season and
are just beginning. to get their team
into shape. Pat Cavanaugh their
crack catcher, was injured in the ear
~ part OF the summer and will be I'm
able to play any more ball this sum
mer. That was big loss to the
Saints, for Pat was a fine batter and
one of the best catchefs in the league.
The colored catcher is doing well be-
hind the bat, but is far from being in
Pats class, Common, a Niagara uni
yersity player, is captain of the
Saints and holds down third base in
good style. He understands the
game thoroughly and is a big addition
to the tcRm. Jack Scully and Herb
Dews are two more men that Mana
ger Eagen has succeeded in signing
and with few more men of this kind
would be able to give the leaders a
good run for the pennant.
only eight innings were played 30
the game had to be stopped at d
O'Clock to make way for the other
teams. The score was to O in favor.
Of the Merrimacs. Billy Bowe of the
Washington ELL club umpired.
Washington Hill -Brooklyn Game,
And now came the game of the day.
Strange that such an interesting game
could take place between the leaders
and the tail-enders But the Hills
have been Strengthening up their
team and have at present a SET Of
players that will make the leaders hon
from now until the end of the season
Both mines We're out for the game
and it was nip and tuck between
them until the very last man was nut
out. The Hills were determined 70
win, and SO were the Brooklyns. Pete
Lawlor captained the Hills and Fred
die Lallier the boys from over the
bSidge. SlOcum twirled Fow abe
Washington Hills and Mcmahon of
Waterville caught. Commerford was
in the box for the BrookIyns and
Dwyer officiated behind the bat.
Neither side scored until the third
inning when the Brooklyns succeeded
in cnopinO fyu0 rims ~