New Britain herald., 1929-08-26
HOLY CROSS TEAM GOES
 INTO FIRST PLACE TIE
Pirates Toss Away Chance of Victory After Getting to Lead-Battle Is Extended Into Tenth Inning Five Home Runs Feature Heavy-H Hitting Encounter -"Starhead" Budnick Saves Day By Brilliant Stop at Tnird-Fnal Score Is z to 6.

T lS lltiiS all uplllll Ddllle all lHt way, the Holy Cross baseball team went into a tie for first place in the City baseball league Saturday after noon by taking a 1O-inning battle from the Pirates by the score of ' 1 to 6. The game was an encounter postponed from two weeks ago be- cause of rain at that time.
 Saturdays battle was a contest of hitting on the part of both teams and two gift runs by the Pirates that prevented them from taking the victory in nine innings. Five home runs were belted out during the afternoon, two of them by Bill Man the others by Matulis, Partyka and J. Budnick. The gift runs came in the fifth inning when DalloWski got to second by Mangan in an attempt "Chicll' Charlow and a bad throw to second by Ma0ganin an attempt
  The ball was low and went into right field. Dalkowski came home on the play. The other came in the eighth and tied the count. Star Bud nick had singled and had been sacri- feed to second and third when 'Huggy' Carlson uncorkcd a wild pitch that sent him across the plate.
 The Pirates started off with q three run lead in the first inning and it appeared that the game was over then and there. Rose singled stole second and third. Bergeron then hit his first home run bringing BerGeron in ahead of him. Another home run by Matulis in the fourth. gave the Pirates four.
 The Holy Cross team couldn't score until the fourth. Then Si BudnicI connected for a single and Partyka followed with home run. This made the ore to ? in favor of the Pirates.
 The Holy Cross came through with another run in the fifth when Dalllowslii went around the circuit on two errors. Then in the sixth. the winners went into the lead. With two out Partyka singled and came riding in as Jo Budnick slapped a home run between left and center.
 The Pirates brought their rooters to their feet in the eighth when CharloW led off with a single and Rose sacrificed him down. Berger on flied out to the catcher but Man. gan connected for his second home run of the game and the Pirates went into the lead. to 5.
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 In the last half of this session, the Holy Cros team returned to the wars and tied the count a"ain when Star Budnick singled, got to third on two sacrifices and Carlson hit the screen behind the plate with his wild heave.
 Neither team scored in the ninth and the Pirates, although Rose got to third in the 10th, could not bring him in. Star Budnick got his third hit of the game to open the ninth. Sl Budnick went o sacrifice him and Carlson hit the runner with the ball as he was going in to first. Par tyka flied out to Yankaskas Then j. BudnlCl bunted and Carlson field ed the ball but held it, the batter getting single on the play. Mar clnczyk, an easy out in four times at bat, then crashed a single over sec ohd and the game was over.
 Starhead Budnick and his broth CT Joe were the hitting stars for the winners. The winners collected l2 hits and the losers nine. "Starhead" Budnick pulled the best fielding play seen at Walnut Hill park this wear when he l.ade a one handed stop of CharloW's drive over third base in the 10th and threw the runner out at first. The ball went so fast that the spectators were unable to sec 1t travel but Budnick made a back hand lunge and got it. saving the game for his team. The summary.
 PIRATES