Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-11

total of 627 stolen bases and the lat ter 620.
 Matthewson has the most shut-outs to his credit ill the National league, having wielded the kalsomine four times. Chesbro has writewashed op- ponents three times. Griffith leads the American league with three shut-outs.
 Now we're off! We'll be with you soon, Bristol, New Haven and ye oth- CTS at the top of the ladder. Goodbye, New London and Waterbury, we're bound for the region where we belong. Norwich Record. We sent you in that direction yesterday. Warm isn't it?
 On stipulation of facts, no witnesses being sworn, Police Justice Thomson of Syracuse yesterday convicted Mich ael $. Roach of Philadelphia and George Pfanmiller of Louisville, Ky, members of the Syracuse team, of playing base ball on Sunday. The men were fined $2 each. They will appeal the case.
 The Mills who has been purchased by the New York team from the Sche- nectady club of the New York State league is not our Sam Mills. Our Sam is still around somewhere playing the game. but he is hard to locate. So is George Prentiss, and there is no doubt but that Manager Connor would like the addresses of both men.
 Weisbecker had a star record yes terday. He had but one chance in the field, but that was brilliant catch. At the bat he had percentage of 1000. Three singles and double and two bases on balls is q record to be, proud of. It is work like this that will make Weisbecker the valuable man that he was when he first landed ill this city.
 ''There was one umpire in the Ma tional league a few years ago whose antics amused me greatly" says Hugh Jennings. .He was Billy Stage, the crack sprinter. In order to see that his decisions on the bases were cor rect Stage would always run with the ball, and nearly always reached The bag before the runner. Whenever man would slide Stage would do the same and on arising he would brush himself off, remarking as he did so, That was fine slide you made, old man, but you were out
 President Patrick Powers of the Eastern league was in Rochester yes terday. He said his visit to Rochester
 
 situation. Regarding the rumor that the Syracuse team nfay be transferred to Newark, MT Powers said he had nothing to say excepting that that was a question for the local owners to set tie. In regard to the suspension of Kuhns of the Hartford club, who threw a bat at Umpire Warner a few days ago, Mir Powers said he allowed the three days suspension to stand, but that the matter is not settled Powers declared that the prospects of the Eastern league are brilliant.
 The Indianapolis Sentinel says: "The disentegration of the Indianapo- lis base ball club will occur following the game with Grand Rapids to-day. The players have all been cared for by the management and, it Is understood. that four of the best men will go 10 Cincinnati. Messrs Watkins and Rus chaupt. the club owners, will retire from the Western association. It is understood that Marion will be dropped and the organization will play the season with six clubs, as follows: Grand Rapids, Toledo, Fort Wayne. Columbus, Dayton and Wheeling Lack of patronage In Indianapolis is the cause of the withdrawal of Wat kins and his partner. They are over $2,O00 behind on the season. The av- craze week day attendance has been but a few over 400.
 Whoever compiled the records of the pitchers of this league made a mis- take on two of the Waterbury pitch CTS. The record published gives Wal- Ter twelve victories and three defeats. That is wrong. Waller pitched up to and including Saturdays game, six teen games. He won up to that time eleven and lost five. On Tuesday ffp won another game. which makes his record to dateatwe welyeyfctories ahd five defeats. Clancy, up to and including Saturdays game, was given credit for winning seven and losing nine games That also is wrong. Clancy, LID to Saturday, had won eight and lost eight games. As he won again yesterday. his record is nine wins and eight de feats The mistake was probably made i'll the games where pitchers were exchanged. It is just as we'll to remember that if a pitcher is taken out of the box for being hit hard and the team so hitting him is leading. the pitcher who takes his place cannot be credited with loss if the game is lost but he can be credited with a victory if he pulls the game out of the fire That is a very important rule in the pitching department
 The few little hints thrown out by the Democrat Tuesday night to some of the players on the local team have borne fruit as was evidenced by the work of the team yesterday. It is doubtful if any team in this league or in any other league could have played snappier baseball than was displayed by the Waterbury players yesterday. It proved conclusively that the team can put up just as stiff an article of ball as can any team in this league if they but put their minds to it. That is all that is asked of them. They are not required to win every game but they are asked to play baseball all the time and the chances are ten to one that if they keep up this kind of playing they will not long be hanging around the foot of the ladder. It was a great game to watch and every man on the local team was right in>the game with his whole heart and the ginger shown by the players woke up the fans and as a consequence it was one of the best games to witness that has been played here this season.
 To give a broad construction to rule 90, section 4, of the playing rules, we are inclined to the belief that Umpire