Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-01
Rridgenort here Monday.

Bridgeport here Monday.
 That was pulling chestnuts out of the fire for sure.
 He went up like a rocket and came down like Dart.
 The American league attendance on Decoration day was about 4S,000. De- troit drew best with close to 16,0O0.
 Saturday, June New London at New Haven, Norwich at Derby, Water bury at Bridgeport, Bristol at Meri- den.
 Stupid base running in the fifth yes terday gave the fans q very sad ex- pression. In fact, there was a little case of rattles all around.
 The umpiring of Dan shannon was as good as any that has been seen here this season, and the fans took kindly to it with possibly one close decision he made.
 Shortstop Murphy of the New Lon don team is inclined to be pretty fresh, but he can play base ball. Nine as sists and one put out is doing some fast work in one game.
 We are out of last place, thank you, and New London takes our place. Let us hope that both~teams will send some one of the others down the line to see how it feels to be last.
 Matthews did good work behind the bat yesterday and it is too bad that he cannot get his eye on the ball lit tie better. He may be warm wealth CT batter and will make good later.
 Dart was not hit so very hard, but he lacks headwork and certainly would not stand long in this league if he is so susceptible to the jollying of the op- posing players. He was badly scared yesterday.
 That base running of McCormick's s in the eighth inning was daring and very timely. In fact, 1t won the game for the home team. The Kid will make his mark in this league before the season is over.
 Weisbecker is playing base ball as the fans used to like to see him play it when he first landed in Waterbury. Two runs, two two-baggers and sim gle and five put outs is pretty good record for one day.
 Ryan, the St Louis catcher, used to play with Boston and in the Hub they are taking sort of reflective glory, SC to speak, in Ryans' feat of making the hit that brought the first defeat of the year to MatthewSon.
 Jim O'Rourke and his band of war horses will be here on Monday and we will be in better condition to receive them than We were on their last visit. We have a very strong idea that We will trounce Jim and his pets, and Ii we don't the visitors will know that they have been in a battle.
 In the American league they go after ArowAiess hard and do net hhde anatters in upholding the unfpires. The Balti. mores are feeling the weight of Presi- dent Johnson's iron hand. Donlin was fined $25 the other day by Johnson. Me Ginnity was assessed $10 and KeisteI was taxed $5. In the letter to McGraw scoring his team for it's conduct on the field Johnson indulged in forcible talk McGraw's attention was called to the fact that he should be as much inter ested as anybody else in preserving the American leagues reputation which it had taken time to build up, and he was warned that he would not be permitted to destroy that reputation no matter what means were found ne necessary to prevent it.
 A report credits Hanlon with seizing up the different league teams as fol lows: ''Pittsburg has powerful team but they are not playing their game They will be in line all right and will make hot race for the pennant. Bos- ton is wofully weak and will not be in the race New York is likely to keep near the top for q while. but will not stay there. St Louis has not the pitch CTS to be a first-class team. Philadel- phia is playing a strong game and will get stronger as the season gets older Chicago, the same as Boston, is out of it. think the Brooklyns will make a hot fight for first place again. From now on we will improve Our pitchers will soon be all right. I think there will be another exciting race between Brooklyn and Pittsburg before the sea- son is over. There is, long journey ahead yet"