Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-28
WORLD OF SPORTS.

Pitcher Staltz has been signed by the Manchesters.
 Roger Connor lost yesterdays game for the New Works by missing slow hit ball, after which four runs were scored by the Phillies.
 The races at Derby to-day were post poned on account of rain. As the track is one that dries very quickly it will doubt less be in good condition tomorrow.
 By losing yesterdays game the New Works lost considerable ground, because they were in position where the differ ence of game won by them and one lost by Boston would have put New Works in third place.
 Record breakers" is the term properly applied to the Chicagos again. It re- mained for Anson and his players to ad- minister the first dose of real "white-wash'' to the present champions. New York and Philadelphia are yet to receive their first shut-out this season.
 If Gruber continues to improve in pitching, the Detroits will have another twirler equal to either Conway or Getzein. The former is getting in some mighty fine work, as the game with the Indianapoli7 team shows. Only one scratch hit w"s made off his delivery.
 Captain Ewing has covered himself witt glory in the short trip of tho New Works. He has worked like beaver, batting and running bases as he never did before. His work behind the bat has been simply astonishing, and if every man in the team would initiate his example, the standing of the club would be materially changed inside of two weeks.
 T,ha Worcester nanapement last nipht released Harry Wheeler, the captain and left fielder, and P. J. Sheehan, third base man. Neither has played ball up to ex- pectations. Wheeler has played in 36 games, and had a batting average of only .217, while his fielding average is 1928. Sheehan has played in 27 games. His bat ting is .211 and fielding .959.
 The Norwalks won yesterdays game from Waterburys in the first inning when they landed on to the delivery of Fitzgerald for nine runs. After that Williams and Begley tried their hand at pitching and only three runs were scored by the visitors. Only six innings were played as the Norwalks wanted to catch the train for home. The Waterburys batted hard but could not overcome the big lead the visitors took in the first inning and lost the game by the score of 12 to S.
 Bates, Harvard's crack pitcher, has given it out that next year he is going to Yale He doesn't like the way he has been treated at Harvard. The Harvard players are all the while kicking at him, and this has a bad effect on his pitching. He says that when ever hit was made off him the Harvards would stop the game and lecture him be- cause he let the batter hit safely. He says he is disgusted with such treatment. Um pire Mclean says it is shame the way the Harvard players use Bates, as he is only a freshman, and that he could pitch twice as good ball if left alone. Although Stagg will not pitch for Yale next year, the championship is already assured if Bates sticks to his decision. There were over thousand people at the second days race at Derby yesterday, and clear honest trotting was feature of the l days sport. There were seven starters in the 40 class which was started after eleven attempts at scoring, and was won by King Flaherty's Joe s. in three straight heats. l Alice K., Maud, Billy B. Fiction, Dan and Manhattan followed in the order named. Time 2:39a, 2:344, 2:334 In the 2:28 race there were a like number of starters. Will liam was the favorite with Anna Knowl- ton good second. Williams supporters fell off, however after he had come in third in the first two heats but he made a spurt 1 then and won the next three. Andy Welch the bookmaker raked in quite sum on the race. Anna Knowlton, Cyclone, Frank M., Atlantic, Regal and Annie B., followed in the order named. Time 2:314, 2:3344 2:3O3, 3:3044, and 2:324.