The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-28
TOPHEAVY SCORING STUDS CATHOLIC
 LEAGUE CONTESTS
St Francis Turn in Stellar Win-La P0inte Blanks Carriers - Champs Fin- ish With TwO-Run Lead

More than forty runs were manu- factured from less than thirty hits during three parochia1 School Base ball League games yesterday after noon at Hamilton and Fulton parks, to mark the opening day festivities which included a parade. presenta- tion of prizes and short snappy speeches full of vim, vigor and vi- tality.
 Marty McDonaId's St Francis Xavier boys from the hill turned in the shock of the afternoon. bat ting out a 12 to 6 win over Eddie DiNapoli's St Joseph kids from Brooklyn. A nine run drive In the third inning did the trick. Eight hits, coupled with a couple of mis- kas belted out q double and home run in the two chances he had to bat, Grady allowing but six hits to the Josephs. All games went but five innings. The score:
 St Francis o2 9 x-12 8 5
 St Joseph's Il 2 o 2--6 6 2
 Batteries: Grady and Mccormack; White and Varaikas.
 slam, Bang!
 Heavy hitting in the first and third innings, which accounted for nine runs. gave the St Mary cham piOnship outfit, coached by Harry Melvin. a safe margin which waS threatened in the last inning by q determined Sacred Heart array which lost out 9 to z. Tom Browns homer in the first accounted for two runs. Speers cracked out the second home run of the game off Conway in the fifth inning. The score:
 St Mary's 5o4o x-9 6 2
 Sacred Heart 0 o-7 6
 Batteries: Conway md Murphy; Graham and Speers.
 Almost Pcricct
 One hit was all that St Margaret swingers could get off the delivery of LaPointe, who accounted for q 2 to 0 shutout in favor of Frankie Conroys St Thomas crew. Two errors also contributed to the down. fall of the boys from Cracker Hill. while seven of them went back to the bench on strikes. A six run barrage in the third off Heeney's pitching sewed up the game. Ma zurk turned in the fielding feature of the game. The score:
 St Margaret Q % 0 % ?
 Batteries - LaPointe and Colgan; Heeney and Lawlor.
 The Winners
 Prizes were awarded to the vari- ous teams as follows: Largest num- Der of players in parade-Won by St Marys school. (silver cup donated by Daniel Baldwin,. Best appearing team Won by St Francis Xavier (silver cup donated by Shea Broth ers). Best marching team-Won by St Francis Xavier tsilver cup donat- ed by Building Inspector Patrick sst lin tt.yf E< lNNr Tom Brown CPete Fo1ey's autograph sbalD. The judges were Mayor Hayes, former Governor Charles A. Templeton, former Mayor William H. Sandland. Deputy Superintendent of Police Edward J. Mullings, Fire Harry Minor, George Casey. Joseph Connor and Thomas Kelly.
 Others on the reviewing stand were William H. Ennis. Peter Foley. pr Raymond Quinn, Patrick, Carlin, Peter J. Shea. Frank x. Bergen. James Calvin. William J. Derwin, William b. Shea. Irving w. Harri son. Joseph Brennan. John Mulville, James Carr, Lieutenant Colonel William Shanahan. John Kairus Rev Francis Breen. Rev Peter Kel- James Woods. Rev Richard Morri- sey. Rev John Ryan. Rev Thomas Hanley and Rev James Butler.
 Army Supervision
 Sergeant Frank O'Brien United States army officer stationed here, supervised the parade of the players in conjunction with Wallace J. Inglis. national guardsmen, Fulton's American band and St Francis Fife and Drum Corps played for the march and between the innings of the games.
 A platoon of police under the di- rection of Sergeant James Gibbons did duty at the field and paraded with the youngsters. Those in the platoon were John Phelan. James Moore, Charles Klauberg. John ORourke and Joseph Flavin.
 Joe PaIooka