Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-08
WORLD OF SPORTS

EX-Manager w. r. McCaull, of the Dubuque club, has assumed the editori- al management of tho Monmouth. Ill.,, Journal
 + will seem sort of natural to Balti- more patrons to once more sec the Ori- oies figure at tho tail-end of tho Associ- alton procession.
 The St. Paul club claims that Catcher Frost, late of Peoria, signed with St. Louis after accepting the terms of Man agcr Watkins.
 Bug Holidays spirits arc affected by his batting. anl when hc hits best he is loudest. At present. ho is rather sub duod.
 Waffle FrSsCndcn has been appointed substitute League umpire, to otficiate in case of illness or absence of tho regular umpire.
 Tae way CliHCarrol has been playing bail this season has been surprise to everybody. It. was thought his ball days were over.
 IT. is safe to say th"rC will be a cyclone of rUmorS and a hurricane of interviews from now out until the finish of the basr-hall season.
 The wonder of the season is tho third base play of "Chipp," Mut!arr, who was net strpnr Nnou~h for tho Western As soriauon fast season
 Il looks d.. if, iEst"ad of winning tho A$Sociation pcnNant, tho Browns will have their hands full to keep second piacc from Columbus
 Martin Sullivan i, as. straight as a string this season. and his fine work shows what he is capable of when he takes good carr nf himself.
 Latham lost n big roll of bills ih Gin cinnati the other day, but this did not seem to worry tim in the least. They were tailor's bills.
 Umpire Hurley. of tho Illinois-Iowa League, has laid off owing to bad health. and onc-lcgged Umpire Kilpat- rick has taken his place.
 Clcvcland's young pitcher Young, scCms to be q staver. He is not phe- nomcnon in League company, but a steadily rising pitcher of promise.
 Elmer Smith, of tho Kansas City's, hits tho ball harder as tho season grows older. He promises to lead the country in homo runs this season.
 Rochester is said to have paid Newark S1, ,Oo0 for Ctilbort and Miller, which is cheap if Rochester can manage to hold the men for next season.
 J. Palmer O'Ncil claims to have put nearly S2O,0O0 in the rittsburg club, and expects to recover at least half that sum, if not all of it.
 Tho rule requiring players to address
  times respectful in their remarks to him is evidently dead letter.
 Glcnalvia, AnSOn's A0upg second base. man, has braced up and iS a fixture. He has been hitting the ball hard and play ing fine fielding game.
 J. Palmer O'Ncil and Pitcher Bow man, late of tho Pittsburgh League Club, arc on the outs. Back salary is the cause Tho twirlcr threatens suit.
 Bradford has signed new short stop named Mclaughlin. and Goungman will play second base. Jack Rowe has been released at his own request.
 Charles Hclfer. tho noted first base man and about the beStin the Now York State League, has quit ball playing and gone to work at his trade.
 It is said that Stern tried to unload Foreman on Harnie. But the attempt was vain, as S4.2O0 pitchers who can't pitch are too rich for Baltimore blood.
 Anson says he could make a first-class player out of Burkett if he had him. No manager can make a player first class if the player hasn't it in him.
 Eleven ten-inning bail games. three of eleven innings, two of twelve inn ings. one of fourteen and one of fifteen have been played at Chicago this season.
 The interest is unquestionably grow ing in both pennant contests, and, in- flation aside, the figures of attendance are becoming gratifyingly large all around,