The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-13
SIX TEAMS SET
FOR 3 CANES;
HILLS VS. Av|CS

Two City Amateur League games
and one exhibition tilt featuring the
North End Thomas Club against
the Meriden Endees will comprise
tomorrow's baseball program at
Hamilton Park starting at 1:4S
p. m. With the teams ready to
swing into their second week OF
play, there are still only five teams
entered In the race, however, there
Is still a possibility that q sixth
club may be entered by week from
tomorrow. II none can be secured,
then 1t is reported that the league
will definitely function as q five
team loop.
Tomorrow's league slate calls for
the Brooklyn A. G. and the Tribune
A. @. to clash at LAS, while the
washington Hill A. G. and Avn
glianese are down for the feature 4
o'clock event. Both games are
carded for No. ] field. The North
End Thomas Club, winners over the
Tribunes last Sunday are supposed
to have an open date tomorrow, but
instead will keep in trim by taking
on Tommy Sipple's Meriden Endees
In an exhibition game on No. 2 field
at 2:30 o'clock.
The opening league affair Of the
afternoon between the Brooks and
Tribes is attracting quite a bit Of
speculation, especially so because
the Tribes were upset opening day,
and because the Brooklyns under
the direction OF skid" Dumscott
and Phil Sacco made quite an inn
preston last Sunday with their
kid" lineup against the champion
Hills. The game went four innings
to scoreless tie when rain put an
end to the proceedings. Gerry
Flood, the New Britain school mas
ter, will in all probability do the
hurting for the lower Baldwin street
crew, with big Ray Kasparek OF
Bridgeport on the slab for the
B.A. c. It is rumored that the
Brooks will show several new faces
in their lineup tomorrow. Joe
OConnor will call the balls and
strikes with Leno Casteldo working
the bases.
Main Game
The feature attraction at 4 o'clock
will see Pat CUTTERS Washington
Hills taking on the Aviglianes A. c.,
the dark horses" Of the 1914 cam
paign piloted by Tony Romaniello.
The Avigs were idle last Sunday
but are reported to have one Of the
strongest entries in the race. Man
ager Romaniellos pitching choice
against the champs will be either
Sailor Teddy Grabeck or Lefty
Verderame. Advance reports have
1t that the Avigs will show Handy
ndy" Santillo of New Haven behind
the bat and a quartet OF other Elm
City stars dotting the lineup. This
Is the year we want that flag said
Romaniello last night, and / don't
think we can miss with this club"
Bill Stanton will handle the ball.
and strikes with Joe O'Connor or
the bases.
T0mmies Meet Meriden Eniees
In Exhibition At $3.50
A triple header program will b.
rounded out with an exhibition or
No. 2 field at 2:30 o'clock between
the Otto McCann's North Enc
Thomas club and the Meriden En-.
deeS, He club which may yet wind
up as the sixth member of the
league ere another week passes.
The Tommies gained themselves
a lot of prestige and a lot of fol-
lowers last Sunday by upsetting the
highly touted Tribunes 5-4. Their
opponents, the Endees defeated the
strong State Prison Gold Sox at
Wethersfield last Sunday AS and
are reputed to have one of their
best teams in years. Manager
Tommy Sipples' pitching selection
will be either Stan Partyke or Paul
Pechuk, the former Middlesex
league hurting ace. The rest of the
Endee lineup will include Woody
Wallet behind the bat, Melcarz al
first, Putnam or Mahaffey at Sec
ond, Callahan at short ,Hergert at
third, st. John in right, Iwanici in
center and Wrinkle in right. Other
membe.s of the Endee squad in
clude r5wers, Rabetski, Belair, Ur-
go and OLeary. Jim Mobile will