The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-24
BUNTSBEAT BAG IN FIRST CANTO,
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Defending Champs Score 5.3 Decision in Sea.
 sons C. A. L. Finale
ny JOHN A. CLUNEY

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 eound and smart baseball. plus . couple of hits that meant runs and m tiRht decision on Q play at third hnse which went in their favor, hroueht the Sacred Hearts the 1886 baseball championship of Water bury by 0 6.3 margin over the Brooklyn A. Q. yesterday afternoon before 5000 -delerious fans sur. rounding the second diamond at Hamilton Park. On Thursday, Sep- tember 10th they will leave the city for Cleveland to have another shot at the national amateur champion" ship.
 Smart stuR
 Taking advantage of heavy Lefty Atwood's known inability to field bunted balls fast and surely, and the added fact that the intield was soft and Q little muddy from Q pre- yious rain, the Hearts laid down Q bunting barrage intermingled with q sizzling single to left field that gave them 0 four run start over the Rrookiyns before the first three outs of the game were made. Pitch CT George Blinn's home run into the right field bleachers in the sev- enth inning accounted for the oth- CT Hearts tally which provided good insurance against D. A. Q. threats in the fourth and eighth innings.
 Right from the start, Brooklyn Rot to the verge of doing something ir1 the way of scoring only to wind up with nothing, through one thing and another. In the very first in- ming, Colby walked, Jasilunas sae- rificed him to second base, then went to third as Bill Flanagan beat an infield bingle. With Q possible run on third base, one out and Fla nagan on first base, Harnick hit to gometas, who faxed 0 throw to first base. Colby, behind him, darting ioi the scoring dish, only to have Sc. metas Whirl on him with the ball an his hand and tag him out. The play was one of the Smartest Of the season. Atwood, up after Create. rex. who walked, tapped to Blinn who under r-handed toss to his catcher Martel, for the third out which went, no runs, one hit, no erTOrS.
 Hit Worth Two Runs
 eemetas also was the player who crossed up the dope in the first In. ming, by slashing e single into left fiald while his teammates were bunting Atwood and N Balinsky into a state of exhaustion.
 Prior to Semetas single, which scored two runs, OToole got away with 0 slick bunt, which rolled slow enough and just inside the foul line, to allow him to pass Bubbles Ba. linsky who tried to field the ball and tag O'Toole as he ran past him, but was an eyelaSh too late.
 pronovost's handling of 0reatorex sharp single to left field in tho fourth inning, led to Brooklyns first run, as t.o red-haired Heart fielder tried too hard to play the ball safe- ly. the sphere bouncing through his legs, allowing Qreatorex to pull up at second, instead of first base. At- woods infield hit pushed him along to third, from which point he scored on B. Baiinsky's nice smack over third base. Devito fielded Turek'S long fly to center field to end the inning.
 The B. A. 0. entry got its second run in the seventh inning, when JasilunaS Hit hard to centerfield to score Turek, who also had singled, Moore grounded out and Colby walked. Blinn'S homer in the same inning squared that account.
 Bad News
 An almost disastrous eighth in. ming was yet to confront the Hearts before they could figure on the game and tho championship, Har- nick singled to right field, dreato- rex walked and with the count two balls on Atwood, the Hearts went into 6 huddle with Blinn, who was getting himself in 8 hole with near ly every batter. Jablonowski came in for Blinn, and he too, had plen- ty of trouble locating the plate, walking Atwood, but famed Ba- linsky Q timely hitter and gave T'u- rek three balls and a strike, then hit to Kunzig, Harnick scoring on the play. Moore flied to Pronovost for the third out.
 Again in the final inning, Colby walked for the fourth time, Seme- tas fumbled JaSilunas grounder, and Flanagan, at bat. bunted in front of the plate, Martel picking up the ball and whipping 1t to third, where Colby slid into the plate and was promptly called out by Umpire El- liott. Many fans thought Colby beat the throw, and oddly enough, the same player was the victim of two breaks" at the third base spot, both outs being made by SemetaS. Harnick and Greatorex flied out to end the game.
 Looked Good
 The pitching on both sides was not good, though backed up by some fine fielding, DeVito, Doran and O'Toole making some excellent catches for the Hearts, the latter picking a number of pretty bad throws out of the dirt around first base for putoutS that otherwise might have pulled him off the bag and put Brooklyn runners on base, Kunzig's play at second was excel- lent while Semetas at third played . whale of a game in the field and at bat. For Brooklyn, Bubbles Bal insky, Harnick and Jasilunas stood out in the strong effort to win.
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