The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-23

No. 2, 3:45-Washington Hills VS.
Scovills.
Seven weeks of play have elapsed
and there are eight more to go. The
Hills have nine games to play be-
cause of that abbreviated tilt with
the troublesome Sacred Hearts two
race is as hot" as the first, Ham
ilton park will offer no help for a
weak heart on Sunday afternoons.
AS a move in the direction of get
ting the games C-er earlier, Pres.
Bill DerWin announces that the fea-
ture or feature games each Sunday
will start at 3:45 o'clock or not lat
er than o'clock.
Although it was previously an
nOunced that there would be only
one feature game Sunday, a change
in the schedule calls for two fea-
lures and one early afternoon con-
test. The Hearts and Middlebury
outfits will furnish the early after
noon fireworks while the AvigS and
Naugatuck are spotted on No. at
3:45 and the Hills and ScOvills on
| No. 2 at the same hour.
The Aviglianese have earned a
star bout" position Sunday by vir-
I tue of 80 innings of scoreless ball
which have been turned in by their
pitching duo, Ted Grabeck and Pat
| Pattonelli.
The league games continue to be
close which is apparently what the
| fans like. At least, the majority of
them express themselves to that ef-
feet. Two shutOut games last Sun
day brought the total of kalsom-
innings for the season to nine. Seven
games have been decided by SOL
itary run.
Wonder why the Scovill manage
ment doesn't make the most OF
those new uniforms and make every
player wear one? They are one OF
| the nattiest "uniS" ever sported by
City league club
Manager Milt Weissman of the
Naugatuck club was not in uniform
Sunday because of an attack of oak
poisoning in both of his lower fore
arms.
A two weeks suspension notice is
in the offing for players who make
practice of umpire batting. The fans
are enjoying the ball games too we'll
to have them held up by gripping
players, especially in these times
when five minutes means missed
bus and an hours wait for the next
one plus Geld supper
In their Impotence to "hOp" on
umpire Bill Stanton Sunday when
he called Bob Palmer out at the
plate in the Middlebury- Hills game,
the fans overlooked one of the pref
test pieces of backstopping that
has been turned in by City league
catcher in any moons.
| Catcher Bill Pop" Doyle called
| for an outside pitch to Pat Rose,
Middlebury pinch hitter with Pal
mer on third. Palmer started nome
with the Windup. Rose carrying out
| his assignment to help the runner
pushed his bat out in front OF the
pitch and missing it by food. Doyle
caught the ball and hurled himself
| at the onrushing Palmer tagging
| him out before he could cross the
plate. Umpire Stanton was right on
top of the play and called II
promptly. If there was any Illegal
stepping across the plate by the
batsman, Stanton would have seen
it, but Bill stuck to his guns" and
| that was that.
Naugatuck stole a march on Mid
dlebury by securing big Vic Radze-
yich from Torrington to play with
them. Vic can play almost any posi-
ton and is probably the heaviest
sticker in the leaguge. Against the
Hearts Sunday "WictOr' got HIM
self a single, double and triple IN
five trips to the plate.
Bernie Burke checked" IN early
Sunday afternoon and thereby
saved his life membership privileges
in the Idylwood A. G. Monitor Nor
itor Morgan Burke says There's
lust one more prodigal now and
that's Matty Shea. The clubs
bleacher delegation grows larger
each week.
Pat Quilter, Hills pilot, reports
that Pop" Doyle may not be able
to take his place behind the bat
Sunday. This, coupled with the fact
that Eddie Salvatore and Herb
French will also be missing Sunday.
is liable to endanger the league
leaders perfect average.
Ray Dizzy Decker who came up
from Bridgeport to pitch the HIS
to that great 10 triumph over Mid
dlebury took two showers before he
went out to pitch. "Diz" showed up
at 1870 and "shagged" flies during
the Naugatuck-Sacred Heart pre-
game practice session then went to
the showers. When the Hills came
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