Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-30
WORLD OF SPORTS.
Successful Opening of the Spring Meeting
at the Driving Park

Successful Opening of the Spring Meeting
at the Driving Park.
This is an ideal day for the spring
opening at the driving park and the
meeting promises to be the most success
full ever given by the association. The
track is in perfect condition and the list
of entries is large. A special train of
three cars crowded to the roof left the
Naugatuck station for the park and
fully one hundred sports were disapI
pointed not being able to obtain seats or
even standing room. Nearly every thing
in the line of a carriage to be found in
town was headed toward the track this
afternoon and the attendance is large.
The events scheduled for to day are the
1923 and $3.50 classes, local ''go," and
+ three bicycle races. Tomorrow the
2:25 and 2:35 classes are on the program.
The AGNES and Naugatucks are play
1 ing ball on the grounds of the latter this
afternoon.
At last accounts from the relay foot
4 race from New Haven to New York
Portchester had been reached one hour
ahead of schedule time.
The Cleveland papers are still trying
| to make Cleveland cranks believe that
Cleveland didn't get the worst of the
| Ewing Davis deal, but columns of gush
| been batting hard for New York. And yet
the only reason for the deal given out
was that it was sought to Strengthen
| Cleveland in batting" by the exchange.
1t is a straight fact that the Brooklyn
1 team has never been a strong drawing
| card in Boston. Boston, like all of the
old league cities, has never taken kindly
to ex-association clubs, perferring to
cling to the old league standbys like
Chicago and New York. They, no
matter how weak, are always sure to
draw we'll in the old league cities. The
| ex-association clubs, on the other hand,
always draw we'll in the cities which
once had association clubs. This in.
stinctive flocklng together is significant.
The game yesterday between the High
school nine and the st Thomas cadets
nine resulted in victory for the for.
mer by score of II TO Z.
The Waterbury base ball club went tc
Torrington this morning and will play
two games with the Torrins ton team to.
day. The team which the Waterbury
club took with them is as follows: NJ
Daily, p; John Delane, If; J. Shanahan
10; J. DAILY, 2b; w. Lawlor, 3b; W.
Klobedanz,ef;T T. Hemlock, C; FL. Delane
IF; and T. McGrath, substitute.
Pitcher Ed Crane will have another
CIldl' Ills zen udyb nOClC6 OF release
has been recalled and the big fellow has
been requested to get into playing form
Kings ten days were up on Saturday
and Ward told him he was free to sign
any club.
The deaf mute Washington outfielder
Hoy, is learning to talk. So far his
vocabulary consists of only swear words
for use against umpires.
Stein and Terry-both cast offs, the
one from Chicago, the other from
Brooklyn-are doing about the best
pitching in the league. In base ball
more than in any other business, you
can't always tell where you are att
Much indignation is expressed at the
manner in which the cellar for the new
Bronson library building is being pre-.
lpared. Some of the old graves In the
Icemetery are said to be at least eig hi
feet in depth, while the cellar has only
been excavated to a depth of about -four
feet. Below this in several places the
ground is soft, showing that coffins and
the remains of some of Waterbury,
former residents have not been re
moved. 1t is the intention to cover the
cellar bottom with broken stones with.
out any further effort to remove the
bones to some more hallowed spot.