Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-09


was released by the Chicago Nationals,
has gone to California to play with the
San Francisco club.
In SO games played by Lajoie, second
baseman of the Cleveland team, he
accepted 1876 out of 1919 chances. This
record has rarely been equalled.&
S. r. Angus is now the sole owner
of the Detroit baseball club of the
American league. The deal, it is said,
cost him in the neighborhood of $780,
coo.
Young Sullivan of Naugatuck is
certainly making good with the stick.
He is one of the fastest base runners
on the team too and dangerous man
to get on a base.
1t will be several weeks, at least,
before Tannehill. shortstop of the
Louisville baseball team, can get about
without crutches. A small bone has
been broken in his ankle.
Every man on the Iocal team had
one or more hits yet there were but
few of them well placed and timely.
Nine putouts in the Norwich outneld
showed the way we were batting.
Captain Peter Kiernan was pre-
scented with bouquet of sweet peas
ON his first appearance at the bat. 1t
almost killed him with the stick too
for he did not get q hit until the
ninth inning.
r. L. Hedges, secretary of the st
Louis American league club, has chal-
lenged Frank Robson for a series of
post-season games for $4,000 cup.
Hedges says he is willing to back his
team for $4,000, and not stage money
| either
They say Jack Tighe was sick yes
| terday and should not have been put
in the game. Well, his team has
never played snappier base ball in this
city in some time and Jack himself
| hit safely a couple of times which is
doing very well for a sick man.
Bob Short will have to loosen up
bit out in the left garden. Some of
! those balls out his way should be
blocked or caught. His one hit yes
| terday was very timely and if he
would try to bat to the ground or hit
| the ball easier he would not be retired
SO often in the outefild.
There are no better catchers in the
league than king Of the Chicago club,
and it is no wonder the American
league is trying to get MIN. His
throwing beats anything seen in New
York this season and he is a good
sticker and base runner Another of
his accomplishments is pool playing, at
/ which he is a. star.
Old time baseball patrons cannot
| fail to remember the brilliant perform
ances of Jimmy Wolf, while playing
in the outfeld for the Louisville team
/ of the American association. After
i leaving the diamond nothing was
heard of him until few days ago
when it was reported that he had just
! left the lakeland asylum, in Lakeland
county, Ky, where he had been sent
on the alleged charge of being insane.
Charley Luskey has been sold to the
Buffalo club and yesterday the selling
price, $3.50, arrived and is now in the
hands of Manager Harrington. 1t
| is said that Luskey refuses to go to
Buffalo unless he gets some of the
money, but Manager Harrington init.
4 mates that Luskey will not get one
cent over his salary. He has released
| Luskey to Buffalo and the catcher can
go there if he likes and if he does not
he can stay out of the game.
when McGraw was with st Louis, .
saws Stanley Robson, 81 noticed that
even when at practice he would not hi
| at the ball unless it came to suit him
Many players will hit at anything in
4 practice when there is nothing at stake
! but not so with McGraw, and I think
that is one reason why he has such q
good eye and gets his base on balls sc
often. Another thing that helps him is
his short stature, and another the fact
that his reputation for getting his base
often makes the pitchers more anxious
when he comes to the plate"
James Carr of Philadelphia was ia
tally scalded yesterday in a tank OF
boiling water when attempting to res
cue Joseph Garforth, who had faller
into the tank. Carr died in a hospital
and Garforth is not expected to live
The youths were playing base ball and
Garforth tripped and fell into sunker
vat used as a receptacle for exhaust
steam and water from nearby fac
| tory Carr went to his friends assist
ance and was dragged into the scaldine
water. With marvellous nerve he held
Garfortt's head above the water until
both were lifted from the tank.