Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-31

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 But Manager O'Rourke still has his eye out, and may capture another good twirler before the season is much fur ther along.
 The Torrington baseball team played in Middletown yesterday and was de- feated in an interesting and exciting game by the score of to 1. John Ed monds of this city played with the Torrington nine. # .J.-..,,
 Manager O'Rourke is after the cham pionship of the Connecticut league this season, and has made an extra induce nlent to his players by offering to di- vide $100 among them if they capture the pennant The boys appreciating the offer will do their best to capture that extra S10O.
 Goldie Bowler has volunteered to pitch for Springfield in Holyoke to- day. He will probably be up against Wade.--Springfield Union.
 Pretty tough when pitchers have to volunteer to do work. Springfield is gradually drifting into the same sphere Waterbury dwelt in under simi- lar anagement.
 Would the Meriden Record man please explain how he gets the standing he publishes in his columns? Even with all the many decisions given by E Secretary O'Rourke. no such standing could be obtained. Perhaps that is the | way the Record man would like to have 1 it, and his likes are paramount to his l good judgment
 There has been no talk of calling off the umpires in the Connecticut league l for some days. What seems to be the trouble? Jerhaps the managers realize that Holyoke is going to keep just so l far ill front for the rest of the season and there Is no use in hammering the poor unpires, because Holyoke will win anyway.
 1 New York Americans gave Boston 1 sound drubbings yesterday afternoon. Deering was in the box for the visitors l and acquitted himself in grand style. allowing but six hits, four Of which were made by Dougherty. The Boston l left fielder has batted safely thirteen times out of fifteen at bat during the last three games.
 MT Davenport of Norwich recently offered the players of that team $1OO, and the Meriden fans have raised similar fund for their players if they capture the championship. With three teams in the league aiming to secure prize the struggle will be determined one, and the .Holyoke league leaders will have to keep up fast pace.-- Bridgeport Farmer.
 The Bridgeport team will round into shape now that Manager O'Rourke has strengthened the pitching department. | The desertion of Corcoran and the ab- sence of Waller seriously handicapped the team. Walters return gives the l boys renewed confidence, and they also | feel that Pitcher Marty Donovan will do good work. With Mccullough and Nichols the pitching department is in good shape But Manager O'Rourke still has his eye out, and may capture another good There are now three managers in the Connecticut league who are offering $100 to be divided among the players. should they land the pennant. That would be a very easy $1o0, because the returns for even getting close to the pennant would pay 1t back in one game. Would 1t not be better idea. and be more appreciated by the play CTS, if that S1O0 was tackled on as an in- l crease in salary?
 Tomorrow will end the second series of games in the City Amateur league: and beginning the third series on Sat- urday. August 8, will see great fight for the finish. In this series no players can change around and any player that starts in with a. certain team must fin- ish with that team. The race now is a pretty one and one game tomorrow will have 8 whole lot to do with the winning of the pennant. The Wash ington Hills and the North Ends will face each other for battle royal, and it will be game worth going miles to see. Both teams are close to the pen nant pole and it will be warm contest.
 "G-r-r-r-r-rr' This ominous string of syllables. uttered in pure canine Ian guage. foated over the bleachers in Washington park. Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon, just before the Trolley Dodgers began walloping the alleged Giants. Men hustled over the benches as if a whole nation of creditors were after them. Women screamed fran tically. and chose places far nearer the bleacher roof, in which to fall in artistic faints. "G-r-r-r-rw said the mad dog again. cavorting over toward the home plate, where Bresnahan awaited him with courage and a base ball bat. The struggle was short. The board of health has been informed that the nor tai coil of a once mad dog lies under the bleachers.
 Members of the National Association of Professional. Base Ball Clubs. the minor leagues met yesterday and dis cussed the proposed national agreement which, it is expected, will be formed between the American league, National league and National association at the coming meeting of representatives of these three organizations After con- sidering minor points, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the National associa- ton representatives in meeting assem- bled in New York this 30th day of July, 1903. do hereby request that the Ma tional league and American league. .a-. i.... Al Ai<>..-