Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-19
THE DIAMOND.
|OUNDING INTO GOOD FORM
|ew York Americans Play. led a Close Game With Att
 llanta-U Unglaub Doing Clever WOrk-Other News

Atlanta, March 19.--Both closeaess q excitement were supplied to the
 w York Americans yesterday in Dir first exhibition game of the sea- D. They beat the Atlantas by to z
 a game uncertain as to outcome. i Il, when it came to pinch, the wis rS were right there. Six pitchers
 yed on the Atlanta team, but the ter were reinforced by Unglaub,
 nrey and Beville of New York and an of Boston, whose respective posi- ns were second base, third base, Echer and shortstop.
 The batting was hard on both sides h the fielding good. The Atlanta
 chers are no easy marks. Hughes
 ched the first five innings for New rk. The Atlantas made no runs and &y two hits off him. He was in rare $m. His control was perfect and he q speed and puzzling benders.
 When the southpaw, Putnam, went
 b the box in the sixth inning the
 ch began to evaporate. Puttmann Is wild and ineffective. His arm
 s not in good working order and lat with being hit hard and his poor Atrol the locals scored in punches. fn the sixth inning he was peppered a double, two triples and a single
 succession, and in the other innings
 was wild. However, he struck out Fen men. Hughes famed five. In ] fun- getting of the Atlantas the bor- Ned New Yorks were most active. |glaub was the star of the game. He |ide two triples and single and his &ding was fast. He covered lots Of pund.
 Irhorey also played we'll and once {e catch by Anderson robbed him or hit. Anderson's fielding in the face i the sun was tip-top, as was Fultz's BI Conroy's. Conroy took care of Eo difficult foul flies and batted in ] winning run in the ninth inning. made three hits and F'ultz two. Eultz had a number of long hits to hse and he said after the game that hitherto bad leg was not bother ] him at all. Elberfeld was very he yesterday and limped painfully.
 R.H.E. w York A 900 oo1 Is 10 1 tsnta l.. co 0 0 o 3 ? 0 2-7 10 l Batteries-Hughes, Putnam and eGuire; Ely, McMackin, McCay and kville.
 NATIONALS AT PRACTICE. Birmingham. Ala, March 19.--The Nv York Nationals put in two ses- |ns of the busiest kind of spring prac- |e yesterday under the most favora- b atmospheric conditions they have \ had. The weather was clear and E. Besides devoting much time to heral work such as bunting, base kaling and base running i'll the ab- |act, two short practice games were byed between the regulars and extra kn. one in the morning and the other the afternoon. Dunn explained the Enagan force and kept the regulars |sy to the finish during both con sts. The big team won by score 6 to 4 in the morning and to m e afternoon, but five innings constl- Eed a game. As to the results, had he innings been played there was q ference of opinion among the rival Ayers about the hotel corridors last kht. McGinnity umpired in the brning. In the afternoon game ray handled the indicator. Southpaw |tcher Milligan is hard at work on an lderhand raise ball, a la McGlnnlty, the development of which the ram |s .sIron Man" is coaching him. Mac ys his pupil is getting it down pat [d will have something on all the her southpaws in the business.