Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-29

| crowd should be on hand to give them a welcome The oridgeports are going
 at a fast clip these days and are de l feating the leaders just as easily as the poorest team in the league. Waterbury
 is travelling some herself and it will be a battle royal tomorrow morning. The fans are getting tired of the new ball team and insinuations are be- ing thrown out that it is a case of Too Much Wiley He is captain of the team, his father is caretaker of the grounds and the players board with him. There is some talk of or
 ganizing a local team which would
 certainly put up better article than the present aggregation. Eagle.
 Bridgeporters will have plenty of baseball Memorial day, as there will
 be two games at Newfield park. In the morning at 10, the American
 Graphophones, the Bridgeport team in the Southern Connecticut league, will play their first championship game
 against the strong Derbys. Both
 teams include former state league players. The Graphophones will
 make a strong bid for the pennant.
 The Derby club has in it's ranks Kill leen, Whitrock, Scannell, Dunbar, De- laney, Odell and Donnelly, several of them Bridgeport players
 Here is the way Billy Lush won the game for Boston yesterday when New
 York was defeated 1 to O: Not q man on either side had been able to
 make the tour of the bases until Lush stepped to the plate for Boston in the Hast half of the ninth inning. Here I Taylor handed out what proved to be a fatal base on balls. Penney deftly executed q neat sacrifice and Lush ad- vanced to the second cushion. De mont's effort resulted i'll a high fly to Bean, and 1t looked as though the con- test might be prolonged indefinitely.
 With Cooley up Taylor lost control of the sphere and made a fearfully wild pitch on which Lush lost no time hust- ling for the rubber, making it by q | long slide. Up to the ninth Taylor had pitched superb ball and was mag nificently supported"
 | At least S1 ,0O0 will change hands on the match game of base ball tomorrow afternoon between Manager Brennan's l Consolidated team and Manager Lal- 1 Hers all star city team. A glance at the two teams will show you that they are about evenly matched and it will | be a bitter fight before the last man is out and the game is won. Each man. | ager is confident that ne has the better team and he is backing it accordingly. The friends of each are doing the same and it is expected that 2,000 people will witness .ne game. The teams will be made up as follows: Consolidated team, Madden, If; Hayden, C. Mulligan. ID; Camp, cf; Kane, If; Burgess. ss: Scully. 3b; Moriarty, 2b: Lyman and Cook, pitchers. Manager Lallier's team Will be, Loughlin, c; Therault and Kel- ", p; Cronan, 1b; Lallier,, 2b; Carlin. ss; Fox, 3b; Maloney, If; Derwin. cf: Slavin, If. | Already in this section of the state there is talk of next years circuit
 Providence, R. T., and Worcester Mass, now of the Eastern league. arc mentioned as cities to be admitte1 There is feeling among number of people that Meriden and Waterbury are not strong enough attendance wlse to keep up in the procession in the Connecticut league. Meriden. es- pecla1ly, is showing up poorly this year Ill the counting-room department. and most of the teams lose money ey- cry time they go there. Waterbury
 besides being a rather indifferent ball town, IS hard to get at, and the tray cling expenses hardly warrant the Journey. Providence and Worcester are large cities, chock full of baseball enthusiasm, and excellent railway connections can be made Like Hart ford and Springfield, these two cities have never made much money in the Eastern league, and sometimes lost if. and as better ball is being played in this league than in the Eastern. it is thought that not much trouble would be experienced in persuading them 10 join. If it is not considered feasible or wise to drop Meriden and Water bury, it is suggested that a 1O-club cir cult be formed, although eight clubs | IS the ideal combination. With such cities as Norwich, New London. Springfield, Worcester, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Providence forming league circuit uneoualpd in the country would be constituted and the respective managements would, beyond peradventure, fairly coin money. Tn a critical review of these cities New London seems fo be the only weak sister. but in reality that town is as strong as any of. the others. and would keep her end up. easily. Any city that can turn out q crowd of over 2,000 on q day not holiday is not to be sneered at, and no doubt with the added prestige of being a member of such a dignified league would turn out larger crowds than it even does now. The admitting of both Providence and worcester is looked upon favorably here.-Norwich Record.
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