Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-09
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 The local team has now three good pitchers, as good as any in the league, but the reason the team is down where she is is because of the failure of the men behind the pitchers to hit the ball.
 "Keeler, Heidrick and few others are great outffelders," remarked crank recently, ''but don't see any body playing now who is quite the equal of McAleer or Bill Lange in cov- ering ground and judging fly balls.'
 Stahl is playing great ball, both in the field and at the bat. But it is diff fcult to see how lie can be giving any better exhibition for the American league than he did for the National. The reason Is plain. His game always was about unbeatable.
 Peitz has been playing second base for Cincinnati lately and will surprise many persons to know that he has been covering the bag well, as he appears too big and heavy for the work. But he knows where to play for batsmen, which is a greater help than mere spry- ness
 Pitcher Mcfarland of Montreal be came angry when a strike was called on him by Umpire O'Loughlin in the ovidence-Montreal game yesterday. He seized the umpires mask and pull ed him around, shaking him violently Mcfarland was ordered out of the game and off the grounds.
 Weisbecker and Courtney have fallen off so much in batting that it would be well for those two gentle men to get move on or they may be looking for other positions. Weisbeck- CT has also fallen off in fielding and is now next to the last position in the steam. Courtney is well up ill fielding, but neither man is hitting the ball as fielders are expected to hit.
 Con Cassidy pitched remarkably good ball yesterday in the game with Bristol and had the team behind him done any hitting at all they would have won out. But eight hits were made off his delivery, and three of those were made by Owens. If the men behind the pitchers do not brace up in their batting there will be sev- eral new stickers added. to the Water bury payroll. as.
 The New York team is weaker in base running and double plays since it parted with Doyle and Gleason. On tnG OdSeS LdlLGl 10 u DOylG a-S q sCdAttA boat is to the Constitution, while Glea sons celerity at second base made pos sible many a double play that is miss ing this year. In the last campaign the New Yorks were near the top in double plays; this year they are last. ;
 Norwich will be here tomorrow and good game can be expected. We are pretty close to Norwich and if we win tomorrow it will mean much to the local team. Clancy will do the twirl- ing, and after his phenomenal work in Bridgeport on Saturday he should feel able to mete out the same dose to Norwich tomorrow. At any rate 1t will be interesting to see the Norwich stickers try to hit him, and with any sort of work behind Clancy we should win out.
 Manager Connor Is going to make a fight for Sam Mills, the base ball pitcher. He believes that the Mills that has been pitching for Schenectady and who has just been bought by New York is the same; Sam Mills who | pitched and playedri1l the field for Wa terbury last season. If this is so, and it looks very much like it, the pur chase money, if any was paid, belongs right here in Connecticut. At any rate the fight will be made, and right away, too.
 Speaking of Third Baseman Casey of Detroit, whom report had released the other day, the president of that club says: He has done more for the Ti- gers than any other member of the club or than Stallings or myself. It was he who got Barrett to join the club and it was he who induced Joe Yeager to come here again. He was also largely | instrumental in getting Gleason to join the club and-we feel that he has earned his salary, even if not able to play anA other game of ball. The fact is, we are entirely satisfied with his work" We are only few games behind the | leaders and if the men on the team would only get hustle on we could pull up to the top. All jealousies and | fault findings should cease and every body ought to move peg faster in the race We do mot want to lose, any of | the present team if we can help it. but just as sure as they are wearing Wa I terbury uniforms to-day, just so sure 1 will they be outside the breastworks | if there is not better hitting done this week. Some of them may be put on | the bench and not released, because there is a strong suspicion that some of the players are not doing their level best They are warned ill time now and they will have no one to blame | but themselves if they meet with call | in a short time. Umpire O'Day was mobbed at the | conclusion of the ninth inning yester- day in St Louis by 2000 of the $500 | spectators present. But for the prompt action of the St Louis players and she handful of policemen present, O'Day's I life would have been in great danger. As it was, he was beaten about the
 head by those who could reach be- | tween the St Louis players. Business
 men on the grandstand did not hesi- 1 tate to throw chairs at O'Day, and one l threw beer bottle at him. The scene | was the most disgraceful that ever oc- l cured on St Louis ball field. The l play which caused all the trouble came I up in tlle eighth inning, when Sheck-
 ard had been retired on a fly to Wal l face. Daily and Dahlen each batted safely, and the latter stole second,
 while Daily had gone to third on the
 second single. Dolan, who recently
 joined the Brooklyn club, was next at
 bat. He hit an easy grounder to Me
 Gam. The nrsl baseman stood on the
 line and forced Do1sf7a tn run five feet
 off the base line to prevent 1MstSan,2
 touching him, Daily attempted to come | no ..1o " hrrf AFA(Iann fhray