The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-27
WATER VILE
MAROONS WIN IN
 GREAT SLUCFEST
Outhit Italian A. C. to Hold First PlaCe-CreSCentS
 Cop 7th Game

The deluge of base hits which has featured the games in which the Waterville team has partici- pated in both Park Department Amateur leagues this season, con- tinued with unabated fury yester- day afternoon at Fulton Park when the Waterville Maroons re- tained first place in the City Re- creational League by defeating the Young Italian A. c. of Rockville. 21-16 in ten-inning contest. The Maroons, defending titleholders in the league, who are apparently out to establish & league record for total runs scored and greatest number of safe hits, slugged their bats fiercely yesterday to amass q total of twenty-seven hits. includ- ing nineteen singles. six doubles, a pair of triples and two home runs, for total of fifty-three bases. Thirteen hits were secured off Plourde during the first four in- nings and the remainder off Mar ella, who relieved him.
 Sweeney, who pitched for the Maroons, lasted the entire game, but farcd little better, yielding twenty-one safe hits for thirty bases.
 Fans who like heavy hitting en- joyed this game with its forty eight hits for eighty-thee bases, even though thirteen errors fig ured heavily in the scoring. The rabid partisans of both teams were beside themselves with enthusiasm during the final frames as the lead changed hands several times.
 The Reidvilles took an early lead by scoring three times in the opening frame and as many more in the fourth while the Maroons scored once in the first and four times in the fourth. The Water- vile team then pushed across five counters in the fifth to take 9-6 lead. This was maintainedas each sixth and once in the seventh. The Maroons appeared to have the game sewed up in the eighth when he increased their lead to 15-12, but in the ninth inning the Reid vile team scored four times to tie the score. In the final half of the tenth the Waterville team fell heavily upon Marcellas offer ings and when the smoke had lift ed five runs had scored, these rep resenting the final margin of vic- tory.
 Maxwell and Tuckey led the Maroon attack, the former having a rerfect day at bat, getting five singles and a double in six trips to the plate, and the latter getting credit for a homer. 8 double and three singles In seven times at bat. Barone, with homer and a double in three trips to the plate led the Rockville batter. Fisher man, of the Maroons, also made home run.
 Yesterdays defeat by the Ma rooms halted an impressive win ming streak of the young Italians and pushed them into third place tie with the Washington Hill Car dinals. The Maroons meet the North End Eagles next Sunday.
 Crescents Win Seventh Game
 Tenth -inning finishes were fav- orites with both Waterville teams yesterday, the Waterville Crescents requiring that time yesterday to defeat the Recreation A. C., az, in one of the best games of the season at Waterville Park dia- mond. The veteran, Freddy Fra zier appearing in a Crescent uni- form for the first time this year, permitted but seven hits which were kept well scattered except in the third inning when the visitors pushed pair of runs across the plate to take 2-1 lead .wiping out the 10 lead taken by the Cres- cents in the opening frame Excel lent pitching and fielding on the part of both teams appeared to make the Recreation team lead look safe but an effective Crescent hitting and base-running in the last half of the ninth gave the Wa terville team the tying run and an- other run ip the tenth gave them the game.
 Keeley and Perin, who shared the pitching burden for the losers.