Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-29
THE DIAMOND.
THE FINAL
 {, DECISION.
No Games Can be Played
 Before Two O'clock - Opening of the Conn. < League Season.

try and make arrangements 50 that both the amateur leagues of the clty could play base ball, but the enort failed It was declared once and TOT all time that no games could be played before ? o'clock and the Greater Wa terbIry league will therefore have 10 retire or break up all playing by scheduling games for the morning. This will not be done, it is believed, for many of the managers said last night that they were ready to give the fight up and let the big league games go on. In fact, several had indmated that even if the games were allowed at IF o'clock they would be unable 10 get their teams at that hour. There IS no doubt but what this comes as hardship on some of the teams, but the members of all the teams are true sports and they do not propose, be- .ause they cannot play, to try and pre- vent the game from being played at all This would be poor satisfaction for all the players in the city, and for the pub lie who wants to see base ball. The City Amateur league officers and man. agers have done everything possible to make arrangements for the smaller league, but they were unsuccessful, al- though it looked favorable up to last night.
 Holyoke, April 29.--Like the saftey valve of an overtaxed engine, the opening game of the Connecticut Baseball league season yesterday gave vent to the pent-up feelings of !, the denizens of this district of whom exactly 2,6S7 paid their good, untaint' ed money into the box office and wit messed the downfall of the Paper Weights the debutants falling to Springfield by the score of to 0. In the first six innings only 19 visitors faced the pitcher, and of these none passed the initial station.
 Nj It in the eighth the trouble hap s be1h 3nd by an unhappy combina- Stion U.g circumstances the visitors were enabled to tally the one run < which probably prevented the game ',lfrom going to midnight. Accountable Vfor the lone tally were O'Connor's ' twoIspot, Hummers error and Deals untamable ardor. his excited imag- ination leading him to believe that vickers and Rementer were incapable of handling driblet unaided. < First man up in the eighth. the vis- iting catcher sent beauty to right garden, taking second on the effort. 2 while the crowd arose 'andn thwafseu words to the batsman. Putting one over to Hummel, Nagle should have been retired at first, instead of which he reached that station through the poor throw from the fielder. while O'Connor covered the 30 yards to third in jig time. Then Dillon drooled a little one along the first base chalk line, for which both Vickers and Re- menter started, the pitcher winning out and grasping the elusive leather. Arising to throw it, however, he was confronted, by the vision of an empty sack, while Deal stood helplessly be- side his colleagues and wished he had stayed where his presence was need ed. Judging from the tenor of their remarks, the spectators wished so, likewise. So astonished was Hickey at Deals desertion that he stood for a moment transtixed in his tracks, ar- irving in the uncovered territory some time after Dillon had recovered his wind.
 And in the meantime O'Connor had crossed the rubber with the lone-the winning tally. The score:
 Holyoke 70 0OOO o o o co 5 2 Springfield 70 % 70 OO1O-1 4 2
 Batteries-vickers and Schincel; Bowler and O'Connor.