New Britain herald., 1929-07-01
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! II t'A''' ''' BurrlltS ........... .ohI West Ends ....... .6G7 Holy Cross ......... l l 800 Cardinals ........... l .oVp SeneCaS .........,... .VOJ Two complete and surprising up sets were scored in the senior City Baseball league Saturday when the | Pirates bowed in defeat before the Holy Cross team and the Burritts went down under terrific ninth | inning rally of the West Ends. In the other game of the afternoon. l the Cardinal team shellacked the Senecas and drove the successors to the Rangers deeper into the cellar position.
 Holy Cross 5-Pirates Encouraged by the excellent pre- formance of it's pitcher, krystopa. the Holy Cross baseball nine defeat | ed the gue-leading Pirates Sat urday afternoon in one of the big gest upsets to mark the play of the senior league this season. The final score found the Millermen on the short end of a 3 to l count.
 The winners played heads-up | base ball all the way and flashed two double plays to nip Pirate rallies in the bud. As a direct contrast, the l Corsains had many lapses and seN- eral "bonehead' plays cost the lea gue- leaders the game. Carlson's fine 1 hI Fl i11cr hv hasa running and some very inferior fielding
 The Pirates had golden oppor- | tunity to go into undsputed possess sion of first place Saturday as the West Ends upset the undeafeatod Burrtts shortly before the start of the Pirate Holy Cross contest. Bu at the close Of Saturdays game, the Millermen found themselves in d triple tie for first place with the | West Ends and the Burrts.
 krystopa enjoyed a great day on the hill. Although a trife wild, he profited a great deal by the foolish playing of his opponents and look ed like really fine pitcher during the nine innings. He passed seven Piratemen but the excellent support Of his team mates pulled him out of several bad holes.
 At times. the Pirates exhibited some stellar baseball but these were | few and far between. The losers gave a fine defensive exhibition in l tha vii o ba Cross outfit had filled the bases with no outs. Stan BudniCk opened the sixth with single into left field. l Si Budnick was safe on Charlow's S wild heave 10 first base. Grail walk ed, filling the bases, Morelli's gath cred in J. Budnick's hopper and threw 10 the plate to force Stan Budnick at home. Mangan complet- ed a double play on a return throw 1 to Moreli. The side was retired without a score when Garro hoisteI to Morelli.
 Neither team scored in the first two innings. The winners broke into the scoring column without the aid of hit in the first half of the third session when kredar reached first after Yankaskas dropped his short fly into right field Tronsky was safe on Morelis misplay and Kredar raced home with the initirl tally of the game. The side was re- tired on a fast double play.
 The Holy Cross team scored again | in the fifth when kryStopa singled and scored on Roses error The l losers scored their one and only tally in the sixth canto. Rose Was out on a hoist to Garro. Bergcron was passed as was Yankaskas. The former was out when he attempted to pilfer the third sack. Morelli crashed a triple into left field, Van | kaskas scoring. Smith was passed but was caught stealing second base a moment later.
 The winners put the game away in the eight inning when they SCOT ed on three occasions. TronskS singled into left field. Stan BudnicN flied out to third base. Si BudnicE
 
 field. Grail hoisted a long fly into left field and Rose, misiudging the hit completely, allowed the ball tc get by him and Grail made the cir cult. two runners coming in ahead of him. The Pirates were powerleS, in the last three sessions. the team being retired in order until Morclli second batter up in the last half oi the ninth rapped out a single. Tn, hit went for naught, however, a$ the next two batters proved to Dc easy outs
 Grail and Dalkowski were tho bright stars in the Holy Cross vic tory, the former polling ont a circmt clout and the latter playing q sen sational game in the shortficld Bergeron and Morclli led the Pir- ates' attack. The summary:
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