Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-15

Jack Cusick is starting off pretty well with the New London team. That victory yesterday ought to hold him for time.
 Dougherty pitched a slow ball all through the game yesterday and he had the heavy batters of the team pop ping up flies most of the time. The balls look easy. enough as they come over the plate, but they don't go from the bat with any amount of speed.
 Mike Delaney was saved from an er- TOT yesterday by the decision of Umpire Cone. Mike fumbled ball in the fifth inning and George Courtney was safe by couple of feet but the umpire said out and Mike smiled a broad smile.
 Murphy found the ball couple of times yesterday and although he had two errors one of them a very bad one, he will fill that short position all right. He is an aggressive player and that is what is wanted to make baseball ex- citing.
 We will meet in New York in few days" says President Zimmer of the Players Protective association, ''and I have every reason to believe I will be reelected president. All this talk
 
 from the outside and is without the semblance of truth. Our members are standing firmly together and will con- tinue to do So.'
 Manager Canavan is arranging with the manager of Terry McGovern for the appearance of the champion pugil- ist here next week to umpire game and give a sparring exhibition. The date offered is on Monday, when the Waterburys play here. If the arrange ments are carried out McGovern will appear here on Monday and at Water bury on Tuesday.-New Haven Regis ter.
 Matthews is plucky player as well as a corking good encourager to the rest of the team. A foul tip yesterday in the seventh inning from Morgan's bat split one of his fingers, yet he per sisted in staying behind the bat and caught without a flaw. He is landing on the ball now, and as that was the only point where he was really weak, he will become more valuable every day he plays
 Umpire Tom Cone was very much at sea on umpiring yesterday. He evi- dently means to be honest but natur- ally would have leaning toward his old friend James, Yesterday George Courtney was given four balls but the umpire only called three. Then again on Courtney, too, he called him out at first when he was safe by two feet in. the fifth inning. He allowed Man ager James to walk free when he had but three balls After all those mis- plays he came to the newspaper stand to explain why he did it. His only ex- plantation was that everybody is liable to mako a mistake.
 In order to make things lively among the juvenile baseball players, James F. Phelan. the tea merchant, offers to- back the Brook streets in game against any team in the city whose players are each under fourteen years of age, the prize for the victors be- ing handsome baseball caps. All com munications intended for the Brook streets should be addressed to Captain Charles Bergin. While the Brook streets claim to be the best team in the city of it's age still it is safe to state that some of the clubs in the other dis tricts will come forward and force them to fight for their laurels. What's the matter with the Katydids of Town Plot or the Winners of the South end? V spvctaf< Officer Con Kiersted may Hayelmafle mistake in arresting Ben nedetti Yesterday, who was viewing the game from the dump outside the grounds, but he was following his or ders. so he said The Traction Go should not countenance such work, however, for it is no way to encourage base ball. Manager Connor has hard time enough trying to keep the crowds from coming over the fence without being compelled to see vantage places outside the grounds under the protec- ton of the company who hold the lease of the grounds. The crowds who con gregate on the hills outside and inside the grounds cause loss of from $25 to $10O every game that is played. There should be some protection for the base ball management. How about -zx1I ,x.1 To1A Ac0