Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-07
BASE BALL NENS.
Waterbury Ends up Disastrous Week With Another Defeat.

Week With Another Defeat. Still Second in Batting, But We Drop
 Another Peg in Fielding-The Al
 fairs of the League Now Look
 Brighter Than Eyey-No Choice Yet
 for the Winner of the Pennant-
 Results of Games jn This and Other
 Leagues.
 New Haven, July 7.-The close of khe ninth week of the Connecticut baseball leagues race, which is the short half of the season, left the clubs still so evenly matched that to attempt to predict the winner of the flag would be the merest guesswork. Favorites have sprung up one after another, have dropped from probabilities to possibilities after a short period of leadership. Norwich and Springfield have served the longest terms as lead CTS, but are now compelled to take a rear view of New Haven's climb. An other week may find Bridgeport look ing back at the other seven clubs. New Haven looks like a favorite in the pres ent running, but in order to reach it's present position the club has been compelled to wage the hardest kind of a battle. Of it's last 19 games, 14 have been victories. three defeats and two tied games. With all this good showing the club has lead of only 8 points over Norwich. a margin that could easily be cut down in one week of reverses.
 The gratifying feature of the week was the financial benefit the clubs re- eeived from the holiday games Man agers are again encouraged to add new and stronger players to their teams, filling up the weak spots, and adding new life to the race The definite an- nouncement that the Waterbury fran chise is not now for sale quiets the ru- mors of either a change in manage ment or a possibility of the disband- ment of that club.
 5 The games of the past week were not quite up to the usual standard of the league. As rule. the scores were of a much more decisive character, many of them of the .oyerwhelming sort. There were only three one-run victories, the smallest number in any one week, but one, since the season opened. New Haven's two tied ten inning games, however, rather help out the record. The one-run games in the circuit this season constitute a very interesting record They num- Der 53 in all, New Haven having the best showing in percentage of those won. The record standss New Ha- ven won 10, lost 2; Springfield 9-6; Bridgeport S-6; Norwich 5-5; New Lon don 7-S; Hartford 5-S; Meriden 6-1O; Waterbury 3-8
 The pitchers have barely held their own against the batters during the week. Five clubs have gained in their averages and three lost. Wa terbury shows the largest gain-fve points, New Haven and New London added three, Hartford two and Spring field one. The fielding was slightly under the usual mark. New Haven made the largest gain, six points; Meriden added three, Bridgeport two and New London one point; Hartford lost seven points, Norwich five, Wa terbury three while Springfield stands at last weeks mark The averages are: BATTING.
 NorWlch .... ....... .....2S6 WaIefDury ........ zee ..267 Springfield ....... .... ..255 New Haven ...... ...... ...250 dartIord ...... ...... ......24S Meriden f...... .245 New London .. .241 Ri roort ..... . .........241
 FIELDING.
 Bridgeport ..... ...............93 .935 Springfield 1928 Waterbury ...... ...... .... .....927 Meriden ...... .... ...J23 Norwich ....... ... .92I Hartford ... ... .920 New Haven ....... ...... 1915 New London ...... .913
 New Haven played three extra in- ming games during the week, two of which were called with the scores at 8 tie. That club won five out of it's other six, Bridgeport won four out of six, Norwich, Springfield, Hartford and Meriden broke even on their six games, while New London and Wa terbury lost five out of seven each. The standing of the clubs to date is as follows: W. L. PC. New Haven .... 80 19 .612 Norwich ..... ......29 21 .5s0