Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-09


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 At Wheeling-Wheeling F, Mat thews 2.
 Friday-New London at New Haven, Norwich at Bridgeport, Waterbury at Meriden, Bristol at Derby.
 Saturday-zNew LonG 0n at Derby, Norwich at New Haven, Bridgeport at Bristol, Meriden at Waterbury.
 Parent has at last reached the 300 point in batting. but has fallen off in fielding. Ferris's batting is .255, and ill fielding has .930.
 The Utica management paid Man ager Davis of the New Works $S50 for last Sundays game $500 for the regu- lar team, and $50 for Matthewson's exhibition.
 Arlie Latham is having his troubles umpiring i'll the Western association. He was mobbed by q crowd and pounded by the home players in re- cent Sunday afternoon game at Grand Rapids, Mich. William Joyce has not been engaged to manage the New York team. More over, he will not be. This statement ] is authoritative and comes from an of l ficial of the New York club who is in a position to talk.
 The young School Streets defeated the Brook Streets 9 to 20 to-day. The line up: Sam Apiran. c; Nick Greece, D: Leon Plusky. 1b; Edward Ivan, 2b; | James Croan, 3b; Esie Kossospky, ss; Thomas Cronan, If; Jacob Shapiro, cf; Homer Ivan, If.
 | In the event of the Hartford and New Haven police baseball teams hay | ing a game this season. admission will be charged. and the proceeds will be I turned over to the family of Policeman McKeon.. who was murdered in New Haven last week.
 Although Matthewson of New York has been the pitching sensation of the season no less than ten other National Il league pitchers have a higher percent age of wins than the former Bucknell student. The leader is Harper of St Louis. his average of games wont out of games pitched being .739.
 Herky Jerky Horton is in the throes of financial stringency with his Ilion N. Y.. State league club. Salaries that should have been settled weeks age are, still unpaid and this week some of the players refused to work any longer until they saw the color of the coin that was due them. Horton is making an effort to secure subscrip tions for $1 GOO to carry the clul through the balance of the season.
 Syracuse may break into the New York State league next week. Thos, back of the State league team for tha1 city have been informed by President N. F.. Young of the National board ot arbitration that the Eastern league by transferring games to another city ant assuming another name. for the clut has lost all right to territory in tha city. and asserts the State league cal place a team there.
 Manager Davenport of the Norwich club says the expenses of the team III to Saturday night were $S,550. Ht thinks Norwich has spent more money than any other club in the circuit Doubtless this is true. Reports ars that Norwich has been offering player: of other clubs salaries far in excess oi those paid by those clubs. 1t is jus that sort of thing that has raised tn, rumpus and resulted in the fining o the Norwich Bridgeport Farmer
 The Chicago Tribune has sized III the National league teams and thei pennant possibilities and submits tn l following odds in the betting: The es innate is based on a composite opinion resulting from expressions by Jame Hart. Ban Johnson andf Charles Co miskey: St Louis. to 1; Pittsburg. 1: to 5; Philadelphia, 16 to 5: Brooklyn 19 to 5: Boston. 50 to 1 New York, 25i 1 to 1. Charity forbade the placing O odds on Cincinnati or Chicago. Y Tn their hurry to catch trains, tn State league directors adjourned sud denly last night. and did not take ac ton as intended upon Denny's dese1 ton of the Derby team. After hear ing all the facts the directors though Denny was as much. if not more a l fault fhan the New London manage