Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-27


At Lowell-Lowell 5: New Bedford
At acknowledgements I; Haver-
hill e. s~5sz.
At Nashua-Nashua 6; Fall River 5.
Joe Corbett Is pitching sensational
ball out on the Pacific coast. -
Cincinnati talks of dropping Beck
ley and Tom DAILY next season. :.
Ed Hanlon says that Bill Donovan
is the best pitcher in the business.
Whitinsville was beaten by Lynn
Saturday with Klobedanz and Bunyan
of Lawrence as a battery. Swope Of
Nashua pitched for Lynn.
Although one of the fastest runners
in the league, Billy Lush rarely is
credited with a stolen base. Wi h Sam
Crawford batting after him it is en-
tirely unnecessary to run the risk.
Hobe Ferris is playing good ball
this season, and Jimmy Collins display
ed good Judgment in not trading him
for Conroy, Of the New Yorks. last
spring, when a deal was talked of.
Cincinnati has already bagged four
new players for next season. They
are. Pitchers Claude Elliott of Mil
waukee and Walker of Louisville;
Catcher Foil of Des Moines, and an
other player named Ames of New
York.
Kenefic was released by Manager
Conner after the game in Bridgeport
Saturday. Kenefic said after his re-
lease that his arm had been troubling
him all the season, and he was not in
form. Too bad that was not discover
ed ooner.-Springield Union.
Rube Vickers thinks he is not enti-
tied to an error in Mondays game, on
the ground that the man did not get
home. That's the way they score in
the big league, where come FROM he
said. But upon being advised to refer
it to Jim O'Rourke, the former replied:
what! Ask that man? Id rather not
know"
Long John Wiley's foxy play in the
eighth inning OF the game up at the
Forest Friday afternoon between Con-
cord and Lawrence won the game lot
the state capital team. Long John was
always a sly dog. and when it comes 70
tricks and foxy moves no player III
this league has anything on him
| Lawrence American.
| Manager Conner and his team arr1v-
| ed in town late last night very much
| disheartened over the defeats OF the
past few days. Roger says he never
| saw anything like it. The boys are
fielding well but couldn't hit the ball II
| it was as big as balloon. He says ne
hopes that at least one or two OF ms
PLAYERS will be able to make the circuit
in one of to-day's games'-Springneio
| Union.
While two Atlanta teams were play
| ing BAN in Covington, Eugene Cory,
who was coaching a runner on third
base, dropped deads Physicians were
| at once summoned and pronounced
! the cause of his death to be heart
failure, brought on by the excitement
of the game His death caused the
| players to become panic stricken, and
the game was broken up in the third
| inning.
Ever since Manager Stallings OF the
| Buffalo team heard that Rube5 Wad-
dell had been released by Manager
Mack at Cleveland, the head of the
Buffalo organizat ton began to burn up
| the wires in an attempt to secure the
services of Waddell for the remainder
/ Of the season. Stallings named a
handsome figure for the player and is
doing business with him direct. Al
though no satisfactory reply has yet
been received. Mr. Stallings has high
hopes that Waddell will turn his steps
Buffaloward and liven things up al
Olympic park. besides giving Buffalo
better look-in for the pennant.
Here are 10 leading hitters in the
American league: Lajoie, Cleveland,
.344; Delehanty, Washington, 1888:
!. Do no+pas4sE nor,;s
.329; Crawford, Detroit, 1923; Dough-
erty, Boston, $40; Hickman. Cleveland.
.319; Seybold, Athletics, BIT; Green,
Chicago .3le: Parent, Boston, 313.
The leading batters of the National
league are as follows: Kennedy,
Pittsburg, 1896; Clarke, Pittsburg, $50;
Wagner, Pittsburg, $50; Wagner,
Pittsburg, BAT; Bresnahan, New York,
BAL: Chance. Chicago, 1885; Beckley,
Cincinnati, 1892; Keister, Philadelphia,
800: Beaumont, Pittsburg, 1926; Stein
feldt, Cincinnati, .324; Seymour, Gin
cinnati, 1923; Donlin, Cincinnati, 800.
One of the Cincinnati players on be-
inc asked the reason Of the antipathy
of the members of other teams to
Mathewson, the New York star, said:
'.He thinks he's better man than any
of the rest Of u.s. Why, when he's
around you are continually reminded
of the fact that there is a superior be-
ing in your midst, and that you have
no right to breathe. but simply should
confine your time to salaaming to the
great Christy. I'll bet no halo could be
| found among st Peters properties
large enough to fit the head that Math-
ewson has created for himself, and it
would take several tailors with elastic
yardsticks to strike the correct dimen-
sions of his chest. Cincinnati Times
Star.
One of the Holyoke magnates say:
that the Paper City fans have Ego
it in for Jim O'Rourke to the exten
of boycotting the Bridgeport team
Monday evening, he says, a delegation
of eranks visited the hotels, saloons
stores and hanging out places. ant
suggested to the patrons of baseball
that it was their duty not to attend
Tuesdays game, because O'Rourk'
had thrown out the Vickers games 81