Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
TARLE oF PERcRNTAGEs.
OTHER BALL GAMES.


 Fall River, Mass, Sept 1e.-An exni- bition game between the Fall River New England team and the Cleveland American league before $500 people I yesterday was won by the local club, to 2, by hitting in the fifth and sixth innings. Morgan, BowcOck and lott will join the Cleveland team in Bos- ton tomorrow. The score:
 R.H.E. Fall River .OO 0 o 5 10 o *-6 Cleveland ..2 o o 0 o 0 Q 0 0-2 s 4 Batteries Morgan and Riccius. Sto- val and Abbott.
 At Corning.
 Corning, N Y, Sept 16.-The Chi cago Americans played an exhibition game with tho Corning club yesterday. Score:
 R.H.R Chicago A o0o1 10s1 o--1O 10 3 Corning 10 0 0 0 ? 5 0 0 O. II Batteries Patterson and Slattery; TureH, Moore, Wadsworth and Me. Carthy
 Hodge of the Meriden team pitched for Newark yesterday and lost his game to Baltimore. The score was 3 to 0. At that, only one run would have been scored had not Larkin, an other Meriden player. made an, error. Eleven hits were made off Hodge. 1 After the way Holyolke treated Meri 1 den Saturday it would show the mean 1 est kind of spirit if Meriden should make move that would tend to de prive Holyoke of it's well earned pen nant. A town that will send down a special train of 500 rooters headed by 1 band to give its team parting boost and was the direct cause of turn. ing hundreds of dollars into the Meri- l den clubs treasury, is entitled to the l pennant, for not only because 1t had 1 the best team all season, but to the l blue ribbon of true sportsmanship Meriden doesn't want any second hand championship. 1t is satisfied to wait until next year when it proposes to win it irrespective of Vickers or any other rube. By all means, give the rag to Holyoke and with it the best wishes of the Meridens. Meriden l Journal That's the right kind oi spirit. Waterbury wifi be with you next season No help turn the trick
 The Holyoke baseball team will not l be seen here this season, as a letter from Captain Frank Fitzpatrick an nounces to-day. The City league was making a dfcker with the team to ap pear here on next Monday and tele- grams had passed between the Hol yoke team and the league. The Hol yokes first wanted-65 per cent of tht gross receipts, but were offered 50 pei cent. This offer would probably havt been accepted was the team to remain together. Captain Fitzpatrick could have brought along q mixed-up team had he so desired, but he thought ht would not work off any such game or his old city He wrote in the letter that the Holyoke team would split III before the end of the week. Ross. man left yesterday and some of thu others are going before the end of thu week For that reason he thought i better to call it off.
 There is no ball player on the dfa mnod who has attracted so much at tention to himself as has ''Rube' Wad dell. And he is a 'rube.'' When h, can be steadied down to his worl there is no pitcher in either leagu, who is in his class. Tn the spring O 1895 there was some superheated rival ry between the Franklin and Oil Cit teams. The opening game found tn, .'rube'' in the box for Franklin FL was a big, awkward country boy with his mouth agape in wondermen at everything he saw. People tool him as a joke. With the game il Franklin's favor, to 5. two men out and two on bases. an Oil City playe hit weak one into Waddell. H picked it up cleanly, and, after hesitat ing moment, threw the ball betwee the runner and the base. The runner on the Oil City team had scored, am the man who hit the ball went t [ third. The Franklin team was dis } gusted, the manager was in rage but Waddell only turned handsprin : and ran like mad fEr the grand stand } The manager demanded an explana ton. shaking his fist at the same tim in dangerous proximity to WaddelP nose. Imagine the managers surpris and added anger when Waddell snort 5 ed: The mans out; q crossed hiI out" When passions were cooled was learned that ..Rube" had playe the, game as he had learned it in hi native town Of Prospect, Pa