Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-12

Harry Kane, the crack pitcher of the Missouri Valley league, has been sold to the Detroit American league team. He will join the Detroit club at Cleve- land this week.
 Mark Lydon will remain manager of the St Joseph base ball team. At a meeting of the St Joseph's Athletic as- sociation last night Manager Lydon was persuaded to reconsider his decis- ion to resign.
 One of the rules that will be propos- ed at the next meeting of the National league will be one doing away with double headers The first manager to voice his views in the matter is Frank Selee of Chicago. Tn his estimation they are detrimental to the game, and he will use his influence with Jim Hart to have such a rule passed.
 'sOnce was umpiring in Springfield when Tom Burns had the team and Buck enberger's Rochesters were play ing there,'' says 'tSilk'' OLoughlin. T used to wear my hat to the grounds and put it under a chair near the bench while had on my cap. Burns was firing out punk balls at me and would shoot them back. This kept up for long time before got a good one and wasn't on to the fact that every time threw one back some player took kick at my bonnet Say, after the game you should have seen it. They just kicked it full of holes and said: 'Henceforth the arbitrator will wear his cap to the park ana throw style to the winds.''
 As far as most of the teams in the Connecticut base ball league are con- cerned, the season of 1903 will close today Some of the teams have post poned games to play off, but these are few. It is doubtful if any attempt will be made to play them, in which case the entire league schedule will be completed to-day. During the pas. two weeks there has not been the in terest in the games which was shown by the players earlier in the season. This is due largely to the fact that Holyoke had secured such lead it was the undoubted champion. The other teams have been striving for places in the standing. but in most cases the margins are so large between the teams that few games makes no appreciable difference.
 More New York National league club actions. "On Friday,'' according to the New York Press, Warner mixed things with the umpire in the third inning of the first game. He ob- jected to the arbiters judgment of Garvin's shoots, and when the second strike was called on him, walked away. Thereupon the slabman split the plate before Jack could get back in position, and the batter was out Warner hurled the hide at O'Day and bumped the umpire on his way to the bench He was ordered off the field. That angered Warmer. A bluecoat thought a fight was imminent and strolled onto the diamond with care less air that had the effect of suppress sing any further hostilities that may have been on the point of breaking out''
 Captain Ira Thomas will leave for Newark at S:33 o'clock this morning. Manager Burnham of Newark has been negotiating for Ira for several days and he liked his work the other day Burnham was last night empowered by the Newark directors to engage Thom- as if he thought he was worth the money asked and Burnham promptly closed the deal. Manager Reilly had a conference over the telephone with Captain Thomas and Assistant Man. ager COX and he consented to the sale.