New Britain herald., 1930-07-28
League Standing

flrates .,.,.'...''.... ,b35 Sokols ............. .714 Burrltts ............ .b66 Holy Cross ..... 3 .571 West Ends ......... , .285 Senecas .-.......... .0O0
 The Pirates maintained their fast pact in the City Baseball league Sat urday afternoon on Diamond No. l at Walnut Hill park by trouncing the Holy Cross team IS to l and keeping their position at the top of the league. The Corsairs belted five pitchers unmercifully and pushed the Parish team into fourth place.
 The Sokols kept on the heels of the league leaders by getting to forfeit game over the West Ends Tn Diamond No .. The Polish team was leading fl to 3 in the eighth when Captain George Campbell of the West Ends protested a decision at second base. When he refused to leave the field after t1re minutes of delay and allow the game to con- tinue, Umpire Crowley forfeited the game 10 the Sokols,
 The Burritts remained in the league race by defeating the Senecas 10 10 in an interesting game. Za- leski was on the mound for the Bur rItts. This was the third game of the afternoon.
 Pirates IS. Holy Cross
 Eddie" krystopa and the Holy Cross team. who held the Indian sign" over the Pirate nine for the past two years, were completely smothered and beaten down Satur- day when the heavy slugglng Cor sairs took terrible revenge for pre- vious defeats by clouting their way 10 an IS to victory. With tlrst place at stake, the Mllerites play cd like an inspired team and the Parish nine was showed under Il deluge Of long distance hits. Five pitchers were treated unmerCifully by the Pirate batters. They show cd their opponents no sympathy in their desire 10 get revenge for an 10 defeat suffered earlier in the season. The game was figured an f-NFI ltI anu LiiF II 1N'S ON"l wheIming victory left the fans stun ned.
 krystopa who had stopped the Pirates on three different occasions, started on the mound for the Par | ish team with Armand Brooks op- posing him. The Pirates started right after him in the first inning and scored three runs on two walks and three hits. The Polish pitch CT managed 10 hold the Corsails 1 scoreless in the second inning while | his teammates scored two runs through Pirate errors.
 fingered by their display Of poor fielding. the Corsairs came back in the third inning and scored three more runs when Nate" LipmIn couted a long home run with two men on base. Three more runs crossed the plate in the fourth in- ming when Blanchard hit a circuit clout with two on.
 Three successive hits in the fifth sent krystopa to the showers, the first time in four games against the Pirates. Kulas took the mound and before the inning was over, the Pi- rates had four runs, the climax be- ing Beagle's home run 10 center, For the remainder of the game the Corsairs scored at will as kulas, Joe Budnick, klapacki and Zuiko attempted to stop the Pirates by taking up the mound duties. In the eighth the Parish team decided that it had enough and the game was called
 Armand Brooks pitched his usual strong game and held the Holy ! Cross batters helpless. their only runs coming on errors in the cru cial moments. He worked leisure ly at all times and never exerted himself Twice with man on third and no outs, Brooks gave q wonderful display Of pitching by retiring the next three men without letting the ball go out of the in field.
 Besides the three hosne runs made by Beagle. Blanchard anI Lipman. the Pirates lost three oth- CTS. Fink and Sokoloski were rob- bed of circuit clouts when their fierce drives hit the bench on the second diamond. Brooks crashed out a hit that was easily good for q home run but he ran the bases slowly so as to reserve his pitching strength
 The bright light in the Holy Cross defeat was the work Of the two veterans Si Budnick and Fitzpat- rick, who made many good stops Joe Budnick and Liss hit hard for the losers. Every man on the Pi- rate team hit safely at least once except Ross who batted only once The five Holy Cross pitchers walk ed 12 men, only one inning passing in which at least one Pirate did not gain first on d free pass.
 The summary:
 PIRATES
 AB R II 20 A F Sokoloski If o.. 3 | 0 Ross, If .....,.. Q 0 Begley ss ....2 ? } 0 | Beagle 1b ...... , 2 3 2