Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-29

Gus Weyhing has been appointed an umpire in the American association.
 Lewis, the Baltimore infielder, said by experts to be major league timber, Is batting at a .313 clip.
 Lajoie plays baseball with a profic- iency unparalleled, but it's like squeez- ing blood out of a turnip to get him to talk of the game.
 Hinton. Baltimore inflelder recom- mended by Bob Unglaub, has joined Meriden. He is said to be smooth infielder and great run-getter.
 Lindeman will be the slab artist for Hoboken next Sunday at Hoboken. McClennan and Buckner will do the twirling for the Cuban x Giants.
 Holyoke has been forced into sixth place. The distance to travel is not great, but the champs will find the going hard toward the first division.
 The Boston champions Of the days of Mccarthy. Duffy and Nash were wonders at winning games after the other team had lead on them. And the New York Nationals are a gifted group in the same respect.
 Both the New York Nationals and Boston Americans have been practical ly in front since the season opened. But there is a good deal stubborner tussle going on for first place in the American league than in the National
 Joe Harrington, the veteran infieIder, is now playing at third base for New Bedford in the New England league. It must be inspiring to Joe and de- cidedly remindful of old Norwich days to be shooting them across to Jack Tighe.
 The Young Washington Hills wal loped the Young Golden Eagles rhis morning to the tune of 10 to 2 F. Miller is manager and D. Kelley is captair of the Y. w. HIS and they say they can play all around any team on the htil
 Saturday morning a novelty will be introduced at Holyoke in game against Springfield. The contest is one postponed from early in the season and It IS thought advisable to work in a morning engagement instead of resort ing to double header.
 h the seven games of last week the Boston American league club as a team batted for but .196. It requires lot Of inside playing to overcome such weakness, and it isn't, difficult to as sign the cause for the slump the worlds champions experienced
 Arthur Irwin is now manager of the Kansas City team. Arthur has wan dered bit in his time, having been a manager in Washington. Philadelphia, New York; Toronto and Rochester. He has brought many good ball player to the fore, and here's good luck to him wherever he may be.
 Frank Murphy, who Jumped to Har- risburg, Pa, from Norwich. has recov. cred from the attack of illness which he experienced upon arriving in the Pennsylvania city. He is playing left field and hitting hard A little fore thought and business sagacity on the part of managers would have kept Murphy in this league
 Chief Trimmer says: 4The best de- cisfon that have made this year was delivered at Cincinnati the other day. Tommy Cotcoran after putting the ball on a base runner going to second, and, hearing me say safe leaped to his feet and yelled: That's a rotten de- cision' We'll I replied, T will make good one now. You sneak to the bench
 Three times this season the Bostons have won two games from Washington in one day. The New York Americans have done the trick once. to Philadel- phia; the Chicagos once, to Detroit; the Detroits once. to Chicago; the Clevelands three times, to Detroit, Boston and Philadelphia. The New York Nationals have beaten St Louis and Philadelphia two games in. one day; Brooklyn has won both games of a double header from Cincinnati; Gin cinnati has similarly disposed of Bos- ton; St Louis has given Philadelphia and Cincinnati the dose and Pittsburg has beaten Chicago and Brooklyn two games in one day.