Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-12
Springfield will be here Saturday.

his batting is under 900
 The story comes from Worcester that
 Tom Lynch has been secured to um- pire in the Eastern league.
 | Thursday-New Haven at New Lon don, Bridgeport at Norwich, Merider at Springfield, Hartford at Waterb ury
 The latest New York recruit is Jack Hendricks of Chicago, an 0utfelder. He is a left hand hitter and as usual is said to be a rare find.
 SockaIexis has been transferred to | the right garden on account of his rheumatism. After the Indian regains
 his speed he will be sent back to l center.
 Home runs are common happenings in the American league, as the follow ing figures for each team show: Wash | ington IT, Boston 15, Philadelphia 14, Cleveland 10, Baltimore ', St Louis T, Detroit 6, Chicago 5; total S1.
 As second baseman for the Butte, Mont, team, Piggy Ward, otherwise
 Gerald Francis Ward, comedian and stout gentleman, is doing stunts that daily gain him applause. But poor Piggy's batting average looks like a ping pong score.-W Worcester Spy.
 ''Meier, the Princeton sholextop, is one of the hardest and freest natural hitters I ever saw,'' says Walter Car ter, the former Yale pitcher. MT Carter, by the way, figures that Yale has an even chance with Princeton ill the deciding game in New York next Saturday.
 Pitcher Lyman said last night that he had not signed with Waterbury and that he promised Manager O'Rourke to go to Bridgeport on Fri day and pitch against the Waterbury team. Lyman says he has not signed with any team as yet and will make the best terms possible before he does sign.
 The City league has engaged the Athletic field for Saturday, July 5, and one of the strongest teams in the state will be here on that day. Per haps the Dublins of Meriden will come again for they were not satisfied at the last game when they were defeat ed by the score of to ?. If they do come again it will be for side bet of $50.
 There was only one game played in the Connecticut league yesterday, rain causing a postponement of the others The game at New London, between New London and Bridgeport, was stopped by rain at the middle of the third inning. The score at the end of the second was ? to l in favor of New London. Bridgeport got four hits and three runs in the first half of the third. At Norwich the game between Norwich and New Haven was called at the beginning of the fourth inning on account of rain. The score then stood to ill favor of Norwich
 Manager Miller did not let any grass grow under his feet and immediately telegraphed for two players this morning. One of them is Bob Drew, the old Derby Waterbury player. Drew is now in New Britain. He played good game the last part of last season in Waterbury, batting and fielding in fine shape If he comes to-day he will play second in to-day's game. Zimmerman, a player whom Manager Reilly of Jersey City has been holding in reserve, has also been telegraphed for and is expected to-day. He is said to be good fielder and good hitter.-Meriden Journal.
 Judge Ralston, in common pleas court ill Philadelphia, yesterday. granted rule against Second Base man Lajoie and Pitcher Bernhard of the Cleveland American league team. to show cause why an attachment for contempt of court should not be made against them. The rule is made re- turnable in Philadelphia on Monday next. The order of the court was made on the petition of John I. Rog CTS of the Philadelphia National league club, who said that the players had disobeyed the order of the court restraining them from playing with any baseball club other than the Phil adelphia National league organization.
 The object of the recent visit of Ban Johnson to St Louis leaked out yesterday when. it was semi-officially stated that he went there to notify Mir Hedges of the Browns that he had succeeded in getting the consent of Hans Wagner, shortstop, and Jack O'Connor, catcher, to jump to the American league, and it was current report in baseball circles that these two stars will join the Brown Stock ings galaxy after next pay day, June 15. This action of Ban Johnson in stealing two stars from Dreyfus is said to be in retaliation for the lat ter's having secured the signature of young Maloney,s the phenomenal re- ceiyer of the Browns, to a contract to play with the Pirates fn 1903. O'Con- nor said last night that the story that he was to jump to the American league was fake pure and simple
 It was announced at the Polo grounds yesterday that George Smith. the captain and second baseman of the New Yorks, had been told by Freed man to take the management of the team; also that Horace FogeI, deposejl, continues in the employ of the club in the capacity of purchasing agent, as it were. There have been rumors of late that Fogel was to walk the plank and join the long list of New York ex- managers. Managers have come and gone so rapidly with the New York club that reports of changes occasion no surprise. Fogel is one of many If an association of former New York managers ever should be formed it's would contain enough names to form q ball team of it's own with an extra man. Whoever man