The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-15
TR|BUNES TAKE FIRST TITLE BY
 MARGIN OF 6-2
Jay, Mullen, O'Leary Shine in City League Cham-
 pionship Go

Tribune A. c. came back into its own athletically when the team rep resenting the lower Baldwin street organization captured the first City Amateur League baseball champion ship it had chance to win in more than decade of Sunday pay at Hamilton park. Tribes won a we'll earned 6-2 decision over the deend- ing champion North End Thoms club yesterday, after spotting tho Tommies two run lead in the third inning, passing them in the fourth and going on to win in the pro- verbal walk with two more runs in the sixth and another in the seventh of the fourt and title game between the two teams this season, each out fit having won two games, but the Tribunes took the one that counted most.
 Prior to leaving for the national tournament in Pitsburg, the Tri- bunes are expected to play several exhibition games with teams such as the Torrington A. C., the Savitt Gems of Hartford, a New Haven entry and possibly against the Brooklyn Dodgers with whom nego- tiations are still in progress for ap- pearance in this city September 12.
 Joey Jay spread out seven hits, two each by Greatorex and OLeary. but it was boot by Greatorex, who shared the hero honors week ago that did all the damage in yester- days game, when the usually de- pendable second baseman let Joe Maros grounder get away from him, Sipples and Utke scoring on the error. Art Haas, able southpaw of week ago, was batted out of the box in the sixth after singles by Vincent, Sipples and Curry put men on base with no outs. Joe Strokalai- tis replaced him, lasted an inning and Wally Berg finished up well.
 Aftermath
 Rumors of a protest by the Thom. as club capped an afternoon of wrangling about rules, balls, ball and strike decision and 8 hit by Sipples to right field, the ball brushed through the leaves of a tree where Boroway stood waiting for it but dropped the ball. Sipples went down to second in walk, believing his hit an automatic double under a ground rule, but he was tagged "out" and 8 long wrangle started as to whether the ball had come down to the right or left of a wooden pole that governs the ground rule and automatic two-base hits on balls hit into that territory. Both umpires, Stanton and Costaldo, ruled Sipples entitled to second base automatical- ly, which is the basis of the Thom- as club protest reported ready to be filed. Inasmuch as the umpires' judgment is the major point of argu- ment, it is believed that the protest will not stand up, or there was no disagreement on interpretation of ' the ground rule, the argument be- ing based on the fact of whether the ball passed the pole on the right or left before before Boroway got his hand on it.
 Mullen and Melvin
 Mishke, Vincent and Sipples got two hits apiece for the Tribunes, Utke with a sizzling triple to deep left field, a ringer for the hit by Schultz which won the game for the Tommies a week ago. Schultz, by the way, failed to show up yes- terday, Baker playing first base for the Tommies. Great play around shortstop by Larry Mullen, who made a brilliant catch of line drive off his feet, and two double plays, one of them unassisted easily gave fielding honors of the day to the veteran city leaguer, who start ed the season with the Washington Hills, but wound up with the win ners He finished the game by mov- ing into Bakers line drive through the infield, pocketing the ball to end the game and help give the Tribes their first title.
 For Harrl Melvin, Tribune pilot. it was also a great day as the Tribunes are the fourth champion ship team he has led in city league play, the last three in succession and three different teams, at that, winning with the Sacred Hearts in 1896, the North End Thoma sclub last season and the Tribunes in '38
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