Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-06
Bridgeport is here today.

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 The following games have been ar ranged by the manager of the sY. M. O. A. team: May 10, Y. M. c. A. ys Stars at Danbury; May r, Y. M. c. A. ys Taft at Watertown; May 24, I. M. c. A. ys Waterville at Waterville; May 30 Y. NJ. c. A. vs Woodbury at Woodbury.
 The more we size up the teams in the State league, the more convinced we are that Captain Reisling has got | ten together a bunch of national game l impersonators that cannot be surpass- ed outside of the National league. Put ] pin in this.-Hartford Post. And Bridgeport stole the pin.
 Saturdays game withs Bridgeport should convince the Waterbury Demo- crat that it will be best hereafter to cut out such talk as the following, printed in Fridays paper. Waterbury 1 has the best team she has had in years and her work in the practice games gives her place in the first l diyision'' The Democrat writer ought to have known better than to have in- l dulged in such rhapsody as that-New London Globe. We humbly apologize. Duckworth was a spectacle on the bases when he did get there. He | was caught off first base twice in the | seventh inning, but the umpire called 1 him safe the first time. He was Se- lected by the visitors to run for Weisbecker, whenever that worthy got to his base The bleachers had fun with Duckworth and how he ever came to think he is ball player is 8 mystery. He has "ducked'' to his home in Massachusetts, for he was released right on the grounds.
 The Hartford Post feels pleased to remark that Eugene Wilson, formerly a newspaper man in this city, umpired the first half of yesterdays (Friday's) game'' Gene says he has seen all the clubs ill the Connecticut league play this season and considers Hart ford and Waterbury the strongest az gregations ill the bunch. MT Wilson is connected with a theatrical company and thereby somewhat used to mak- ing funny cracks like that.-New Lon don Globe.
 Come, now, Jim O'Rourke, isn't the worst over. Of course he gets what's
 coming to him. You are all talking about the good things he is gathering in. Every club has grievance against Jim Ours is that he captured Hi Ladd. And there are others. But stop and think a minute. What would Con- necticut base ball be without Jim. Isn't he the life of the sport? We've got to
 have some one to throw bricks at. And
 Jim can stand it. Keep it up. He
 doesn't give q darn what you say so
 long as you keep putting up your quar- terS to see the shoW.-NeW London Globe.
 Aorrissey of Norwich made poor , umpire, ill fact about as poor as has been in this city ill some seasons. It was surprising, too, for he under
 stands the game we'll enough, but ne
 seemed to be all ill the air In the sixth inning he prevented us from get , ting a run by calling man out at , first after the first baseman had drop 1 ped the ball. In the ninth he called
 two of the New Havens safe who
 were out by several feet. Even the , New Haven team admitted that he , was not umpiring properly. He cer ]. tain1y will have to improve or he Will ; not stand the hammers that will get
 after him.
 !. Prentiss has not yet put in an ap , pearance at Waterbury and the fans
 up there are unhappy. Friday Pren . tiss pitched for Boston against Balti
 more and got his bumps in great shape . along with Cy Young, who is consider J ed the star of the American league } Prentiss pitching for Boston does not $ look as though he had packed his trunk
 and was moving toward the Brass
 City. But Waterbury is to have the
 services of Linderman, the young player who proved so effective last sea
 son. If his promise of that time is : borne out this year, Manager Harring
 ton will hardly miss. PEentiss. Hi:
 pitching staff will consist of Waller
 Linderman and Clancy, and it ough
 to do as we'll as any ill the league. Il | the rest of the team makes good Wa
 terbury will have nothing to kick over
 Bridgeport Post.
 , The official guide of the Nationa
 Association of rofessional Baseball Leagues for the season of 1902, knowl
 as the .sNIinor League Guide" whicl '' has been edited by T. II. Murnane o
 Boston, is out to-day. This is tn T first guide of the National Association
 of Professional Baseball Leagues ant
 contains a complete history of the mi
 nor leagues under the national agree 1. ment also the new national agree 2 ment now governing the minor leagu 1. organizations. It contains the officia j. playing rules, under which all game
 must be played, the averages of al
 the minor leagues, the official mino
 league schedules, and much other val
 uable information. The book con tains the portraits of the national as
 sociation, principal minor league of ficials, etc. 1t is published by A. C . Spalding & Bros, New York, Chieag = and Denver.
 .. Manager Harrington might just a
 we'll put it right down on his littl IT, book that the people of this city wi
 not stand for such exhibitions as tn , one of yesterday. There was no es
 cuse for it either for the team Ina ,r been practicing for two weeks or nor and all weak spots should have bee
 discovered before the first of the leagu
 games in this city. It was shame
 have signed such gold brick as tn man Duckworth, and how Manage
 Harrington and Captain Fitzpatric