Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-30
WORLD OF SPORTS,

Jimmy Donnelly of New Haven has signed with the Detroits.
 Bob Petit gets to first base on called balls in nearly every game.
 The New Ravens won a game at Wor- cester yesterday. Now let the heavens fall.
 The Chicagos and Pittsburgs are the only league clubs whose showing is worse than it was year ago.
 Merrick of St Paul made three home runs, a double and a single, five times at bat, May 23, off Pagan of Des Moines.
 John J. Burdock, the veteran, signed with the New Havens yesterday. He will captain the team and play second base.
 Games this forenoon: Indianapolis 6, New York 5; Philadelphia 13, Pittsburg 6; Cleveland ?, Washington 1; Boston 10, Chicago 8; St Louis 8, Brooklyn 4;Ath- etic 3, Cincinnati O.
 Mickey Welch has won six games and lost two, Keefe won three and lost one, Crane won two and lost three, Ewing won two, Hatfield won one and lost four and Titcomb won one and lost two.
 The score of the walking match at the close of the third day was as follows {: Cartwright, 91; Hegelman, S7-13 :; Carlton, 76-2; Taylor, S1-2; Golden. S4-S; Connors, S6-1O.
 The Milwaukee club has released Pitcher Wells, Catcher Fuller, Outfielder Hassamager, laid Pitcher Shenkle off without pay, and signed Catcher Jerry Hurley, once of Waterbury. The club will also give a young local pitcher named Riley trial That's all.
 Pete Golden will have charge of the days race, four-hours-a-day, to take place in New Britain commencing Mon- day, June 10. All the pedestrians now in the race here will be contestants. Seven hundred dollars will be given away in prizes. The American Sporting association of New Britain have the general management of the race. Of yesterdays New ork-Indianapolis game the World says: Roger Connor tolls not, neither does he spin, but he is lily of the valley with the fence rail that he uses for bat. He went to the plate four times and on each occasion plunked the leather just where it would do the most good. Mike Herman is also a nodding spring daisy when it comes to tall and harmonious slugging. In the seventh inning he broke the left wing of the angel which was sitting on the edge of the cloud watching the game. The
 
 poor-house, and is probably going yet. Games to-day: National league-In- dianapolis at New York (morning and afternoon), Chicago at Boston two games}, Cleveland at Washington (two games), Pittsburg at Philadelphia (two | games). American aSsociatiOn.-St Louis at Brooklyn (morning and after noon,) Cincinnati at Philadelphia (two games), Louisville at Columbus (two games), Kansas City at Baltimore (two games). Atlantic ssociation-Mornine l-Newark at Jersey City, Easton at Wilkesbarre, New Haven at Hartford Worcester at Lowell. Afternoon-Jer. sey City at Newark, Easton at Wilkes barre, Hartford at New Haven, Lowell | at Worcester.
 l Anson does not have much of an opin. ion of New York. In an interview pub lished in the Sun, he says: "Chi cago will finish first with Boston and Philadelphia fighting for second place, with the chances favorable to Boston because of their hitting proclivities. He thought all three clubs-Chicago, Bos- ton and Philadelphia-were all capable of playing better ball than New York and that the latter would have some difficulty in beating Cleveland and Pittsburg. He said that in his opinion last season the pennant was won:by New York simply by an overwhelming amount of luck but the work of this year would show where the club ought to be.