Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-22
WORLD OF SPORTS.

Ward of the Washington club broke his
 thumb the other day and is laid up for the season.
 Lutenberg. the first baseman of the Louisvilles. has made but two errors in 8 games. and but two hits in the last ten
 games.
 Out of eight pitchers that Manager
 Burns of the Springfields has tried this
 season, not one has been found who can
 be called a winner.
 Prominent base ball players say that the
 poorest team work in the league is that ex-
 hibited by the Philadelphia club. and yet it was one of the strongest points in favor
 of hiring Arthur Irwin in place of Harry
 Wright, that he could get more team work
 out of the players than the veteran.
 While Pitcher Petty. now of the Cleve-
 lands. but formerly of Washington. was in
 the latter city last week. he found that he
 had got into trouble with one of Uncle
 Sam's agents and was compelled to keep an engagement which prevented him from playing on that day as he had been an- nounced to do. The trouble arose ont of a certain letter Petty wrote to n young woman in Washington. which the latter did not like and she obtained revenge by complaining to the authorities. President Young signed Petty's bond and secured his release for the time being. It is said that the case will be pressed before the
 grand jury.
 George Lachance has a batting average
 of .3O1.
 A fake boxing exhibition was given in New Britain last night and almost resulted in A riot. The exhibition was run by Tom" Houlihan of AIiddletown and
 ''Sam" Chase of Bridgeport. who gave the c portant and unints resting. Houlihan and Chase came out and danced around the ring for three rounds without doing any fighting. They had advertised to fight fifteen rounds and when at the end of the third they retired. saying there was not money enough in the house. the 250 spec tators who had paid 50 cents apiece set up howl of indignation. The crowd made for the mems dressing rooms and if the police had not interfered Houlihan and Chase would have been mobbed. They
 were finally taken of in safety under police protection.
 The Fall Rivers defeated the Lewiston. 3 to 1 yesterday. Besides pitching a win. | ming game Duke" Klobedanz made q home run.
 Anson has been called home by the seTi ous illness of his father. Dahlen ot the ChicagoS has made hi
 in all but one of his last fifty-four games. Isn't it about time for Won der Abe tC suspend and fine Clarkson once more? For a long time Tommy Dowd of St | Louis has had the reputation of being ths
 fastest straight away runner in the league
 but since the advent of Martin Hogan ther,
 are those who doubt his claim. The twC
 will soon be matched for a 1O0-yard race: There is a movement among the re spectacle base ball players against being | compelled to associate with the rowd, element in the profession. and the league
 at its nt xt annual meeting will undoubt edly be called upon to take some radica | legislation on the subject. Cy Young had three wild pitches nr Monday, and had only made that number l for the whole season prior to that. Joe Sullivan has been doing some fin,
 batting for Philadelphia lately. In tn, last seven games he has made twenty-on' | hits.