Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-07


 play in Torrington Friday.
 Wednesday-New London at Nor Wich, Bristol at New HaveIs Derby at sMeriden, Bridgeport att aterbury-
 It is too bad that we could not have another crack at Bridgeport while we are in the winning mood. We would certainly have taken them into camp to-day, had the rain but held off.
 Sam Leever, one of the star pitchers of the Pittsburg club, had to be coaxed for fully half an hour last night be fore he would accompany the team to Pittsburg. Leeyer is under the inn pression that his arm needs a long rest if ever it will be fit for duty again, and he wanted to quit the game for the re- mainder of the season at least, and re- turn to his home at Goshen, O. It took the combined efforts of Secretary Pull man, Manager Clarke and Jack O'Con- nor to get Leever to change his mind, and then he did so most reluctantly Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
 When Duggleby pitched his shut-out game against the New Yorks last Mon- day the only thing he had eaten since arising was a frankfurter sandwich, the exigencies of a Sunday trip hay ing shut him out of breakfast and luncheon. q think I'll have him go hungry< <every time he pitches after this,n said Shettsline after the game. Duggleby by the way, was the second of the Philadelphia twirlers not to give base on balls i'll the New York series. Orth developed an aim that was just as good in the Saturday game. Not base on balls i'll two games of the same series is decidedly meritorious pitching.
 An important baseball conference was held last evening and will proba- bly, be continued to-day. John T. Brush, of Cincinanti, and Frank De Haas Robinson of St Louis, arrived in New York early in the day, and with Andrew Freedman are believed to be mapping out the plans for the National league for next year. There is strong belief that a gigantic deal is on, and it will probably result i'll the National league absorbing the rival American league. This will mean that the Brook lyn club will be transferred to Wash ingten and Brooklyn relegated to the American league. 1t is also believed that when the new agreement is drawn up that Colonel John I. Rogers will find himself outside the breastworks.
 William Derwin, the well known To- cal ball player, is playing fine game for the Hayerhill team. The Hayer- hill Evening Gazette of August 8, speaks of him as follows: "The best 11i& I,a by Derwin in center field. In the fourth inning Lake hit a high one to the center field fence. To all appear ances the hit was good for four bases. Derwin climbed up on the fence and held himself on with his gloved hand Just as the ball was about to sail over the fence "Bill'' speared it with his un- gloved hand and held it firmly. The catch was the best that has been seen here for some time and the hero of the game was compelled to doff his cap several times. When he stepped to the plate in the same inning he was cheer ed to the echo and responded with a pretty hit to center field over the sec ond baseman's head. The same paper of another issue has the following to say concerning Derwin: "Bill Derwin is coming with the stick. Saturday he won the game at Nashua, with a hit which sent in the winning runs and yes terday he made two of the hits for his team. He was robbed of another by Wilder's star catch in the eighth inn ing"
 "Scrappy Bill'' Joyce left for New York last night. This is not a society item, but one which may affect the standing of the New Yorks in the race for the pennant. For the past ten days Fred Hoey has been corresponding with Joyce, but the latter refused to make public the contents of the letters. Last night Bill got request from Freedman to come to New York at once. In response he wired back for details, stating that he was very busy and did not care to go east on a pleasure jaunt Subsequently he re- ceived another wire from Freedman asking him to come. as matters were in such shape that his visit would doubt less prove mutually advantageous On the strength of this Bill took the S:O6 train last night for New York. It is be- lieyed that Freedman will offer to Joyce his old position of manager and captain, in the hone of his being able to pull the team out of the slough of despondency in which it has so long widowed. Before this can de done, however, unless ''Scrappy" should re verse himself, which is improbable, Freedman will have to hand Bill a check for salary said to be due him from the time that he explained the New Yorks and otherwise square mat ters with Joyce. It is understood that personally there has always been cor dial feeling between the president and the ex-manager, but they separated on the question whether the former did or did not owe the later salary for be- ing captain as we'll as manager of the team.
 WITH THH WHEET MEN