Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-19
WORLD OF spORrs.

WONLO OE 1PONTS, HhdsUn, of the St Louis Browns, refuses to sign with the Louisvilles.
 It is probable that Gentle William Mur. phy will again sign with the Hartfords.
 Jerry Dorgan, the old time ball player,
 is suffering from delirium tremens at the county jail at Haddam.
 Brouthers made his tooth hit Tuesday.
 He is the first of the league players to do A difference in spelling: Washington has
 Daily; Indianapolis, Daily; Boston, Daley; Columbus, Daley.
 Eight weeks ago the Detroits were tail
 enders in the International league; now
 they are in first place.
 In six games the Wilkeabarres made 1Ol runs to their opponents 2S. They scored
 IA hits, with a total of 18S. They stole 3s bases.
 Co G's base ball team will hold an i'm portant meeting tonight Manager Collins would like to see every member present at
 the armory at o'clock.
 The Acme and Waverly base ball teams will battle tomorrow on the West End
 grounds for $25 side. This will be an interesting game and should be patronized There are prospects of lively time ta Newark to-day. The Newarks, it seems,
 had arranged an exhibition game with the Athletics, but as the New Ravens have . postponed championship game to be played off Manager Burdock will take his team down to the ground and claim the game and his guarantee.
 Every time Sanders, of the Phillies, pitches ball, he loses his balance and swings clear around. One of these days, 1 while he has his back turned and goes
 through his go-as-you-please act towards first base he will catch hot liner in the
 small of the back, which will at least lay him up for a while if it does not paralyze
 him.
 Jimmy Calvin recently received q letter
 with a stamp inclosed from a young man
 in Buffalo. The writer wanted to know by return mail how old Jeems was, when
 and where he was born, and the exact
 hour of his coming With an eye to busi
 ness, the old man replied that the infor.
 nation was worth, at tho lowest market
 ates, 8 fifty dollar note.
 Arrangements for the foot race between
 Ed Roach and T. J. Daley ill Ansonia are
 completed. The stakes will be $500 6
 side; the distance one-f fourth of mile. Ii
 will take place in the driving park Satur.
 day, August 10. Daley has secured s. J.
 Farrell of Rockville, the champion one -hal1
 mile runner of the world who has just re-
 turned from England, for trainer and will at once commence to put himself in
 condition for the contest.
 Denny has made more home runs thar
 any league or association player. He has
 made 13 this season, 15 doubles, and has yet to make triple. Tho fact that he has
 not yet made triple is largely due to the
 character of the Indianapolis grounds. A l long hit there is either good for two bases or it will go over the fence and be good
 for a home run. It was on July II that
 Glasscock succeeded in making his first | three base hit of the season.
 On Monday night Say, Hartfcrd's s third
 baseman, went into the Continental hotel in Newark. Manager Henry accused him
 of drinking and then fined him twenty five
 served, maddened by the fine, went for Henry and gave him black eye. The re-
 suit was that the Hartfords signed Farrell | of the Baltimores. He will be played at | short and Foste, will cover third base. President Lang of Hartford last night | fined Say two hundred dollars and sus-
 pended him without pay. Say is one of
 the best third basemen in the business
 and his suspension means that Hartford
 will be materially weakened.
 On July 8 Hogan, the missing aeronaut, gave an exhibition at Auburn, which in cluded q descent from the balloon by means l of parachute. There was some hitch in
 the ropes, and the parachute refused to
 open until he had fallen nearly 2, ,5OO feet
 Then it slowly opened just in time to pre-
 vent his falling on a housetop. Hogan | toppled from the roof to a picket fence,
 broke the fence down, and received a | severe wound in the left thigh from a
 sharp picket. Although he was unable to | stand on his feet he crawled to where the
 parachute lay, folded it together, sat down
 and waited for somebody to turn up. His
 friends carried him to the village and a
 doctor sewed up the wound.
 The announcement in yesterdays Sun
 that George Hartlett of Stamford, Conn.,,
 was willing to bet $500 that he could pro- duce a man who could travel 100 yards from standing start in 9a seconds has
 caused many opinions to be expressed, for l such an offer as the one Hartlett makes can come only from one knowing exactly what he was about, or else one who is totally unacquainted with athletics. There is nothing half way about it, for the best authentic record in the world for this lis tance is 4-5 seconds, and man who could make the time which Hartlett men tions could beat g 4-5 man by over three
 yards. Several patrons of sport in this city are thinking of accepting Hartlett's
 daring offer, for the opinions are that it
 would be like finding money IN. Y. Sun.