Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-16
THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

The Bridgeports were defeated D to py the Meridens Saturday night.
 At Hartford Saturday night, the New Ravens were defeated 10 to z.
 The Waterbury polo team will appear in new suits tonight. They are blue black with old gold trimmings.
 Dan O'Neil manager of the Waterburys of 1885 is an applicant for an appointment upon the league staff of umpires.
 Doe played his last game with Meriden on Saturday and leaves for Boston to-day. His successor has not yet been found.
 There was cock fight between Nauga tuck and Waterbury birds for s35 side, near this city Saturday night. One battle was only fought, the Naugatuck bird being the winner.
 The Waterbury and Bridgeport polo teams will play at the rink tonight the Smiths appearing here with the visitors for the first time. The Waterburys will play in their usual positions.
 The polo games played between Merid 7 and Bridgeport have averaged the smallest scores. those between Hartford and Water bury averaging the largest. In nine Bridge port -Meriden games 49 goals were made, while in seven Hartford Waterbury games 81 were scored.
 An exchange queries: Why don't New Haven, Hartford and Bridgeport help out Waterbury by letting her have a player! Hartford could let her have Shea or Will Hams, New Haven, Cunning or Leydon, and Bridgeport, Kirk or Short Make her stronger and it will be better all round. They will draw better at home and abroad. How Waterbury would draw in New Haven if she had Cunning, o1 at Hartford if she L said of Bridgeport and Meriden. If you don't want to sell those players, lend them.
 Shomberg needed less than dozen hits last season to make him champion Fatter of the league But for his heart trouble he would undoubtedly have scored the neces- sary hits. In no less than 25 games did this afHiction come over him, and then he could do absolutely nothing. The disease fairly paralyzed him and he freq, ep fly stood at the plate and was called out on strikes when he was powerless to raise his bat. It marred his fielding in the same way As soon as his heart began throb- | ping he could not throw the ball across the diamond, and it was only by labored eff fort that he could draw his breath.
 This is the way the Buffalo correspon- dent of Sporting Life sizes up Waterbury player: Micheal F. Walsh was born in 1866 | at w atefDufy, COnn., where ne SClll resides during the winter. He is feet inches high and weighs 155 pounds. In 1884 he pitched for the Meriden club, which finish ed second in the Connecticut State league. His catcher was Mack, now of Washington Petit and Campana were also members of the club. In 1885 he pitched for the Meri- den and Waterbury clubs of the Southern New England league. In 1886 he signed with the Manchester club, which wasxnde- pendent of any league, and so not under National Agreement. Manager Chapman was cognizant of this fact and so procured his release from Manchester and signed him for Buffalo. Walsh did fine work under the old rules in 1886, and when the new pitching rules were adopted it was gen. orally thought that he would suffer by them. Contrary to all expectations, how ever, he did not seem at all affected by the change and had it not been for the unfor- tunate circumstance of his straining his arm while pitching against the Wilkesbarre club on August 8 last, he would undoub- tedly have brought the pennant to Buffalo. As it was, he led the International pitchers in percentage of games won and lost, Twin ming 27 and losing g.