Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-12
THE DIAMOND.
cONN LEAGUE
 CHAMPIONS
ew Haven Takes the Pen- .nant Springfield Makes la Whirlwind Finish Bridgeport i'm Third Place

rhe Connecticut Baseball league
 hson has passed into history, the
 mes of Saturday winding up the Shedule and leaving New Haven in
 st place. well earned victory for
 men from the Elm City, who were third place a week ago and craWled E to the top notch by a magnificent |eek's work of eight straight victor |s. All pitchers looked alike to them hd what makes the result particularly Reditable is that they have had to lay in Springfield once last week and lanaged to get the game away from
 Q home team, game which turns
 t to have settled the championship. Bridgeport made a game fight play |g two games Saturday and winning IF second after losing the first by an tor in the ninth inning. Had the
 Am won both, ORourke's men would hve been tied with New Haven and Re player who lost the game probably lid in a large stock of sackcloth and Ines.
 Springfield deserves credit, too, for fr hard fight Saturday, which was bmething of a record breaker four kmes being played with Meriden and |l of them being victories for the home lam. All were full nine inning games To, except the last, which was called the sixth in order that the Meridens light take train and they were prob ply glad to do it and get out of town. bEingfield fell down earlier in the fzf1 laying of two games with Meriden R Friday the Springfield management |a1izing that there was fighting hance left, gameEy took the chance, bping to land all four of the games hd hoping, too, that New Haven and might fall down. Bridgeport Ia, but New Haven didn't and so |hile Springfield did her part the Massachusetts burg must be content |ith second place which came as the esult of Saturdays games, Bridgeport ping passed.
 While New Haven people may be hppify surprised in the outcome there
 i'll be gloom up the river, where a
 eek ago, in first place, they looked pon the flag as won, cOmplacently h1ling attention to the fact that the tansferring of games had left the sam with only one out of town trip uring the week. It was good race nd one of those rare ones where the Championship was not decided until ie last day and still rarer one where rst,, second and third places depended pon the last days games.
 Hartford's record during the season as alternately cheered and disheart- ned the faithful. The crippled condi- on of the team was responsible for
 ump on the home stretch. Otherwise ne Capital City would probably have coupled higher place i'll the race, that thought is of any comfort to the aseball cranks. In bidfng farewell to inn O'Rourke it may be some disap- ointed ones in the Park City, Jim has made enough money to live trough the snowfall season, even If he litigation business isn't particular Z good.
 What the league directors will do agarding protested games is one of nose things that no one can find out,
 Ut it seems hardly likely that the resent standing will be disturbed. till, there is a chance of it and 8 anne or two in which New Haven took art with Tuckey may be thrown out nd one of Bridgeport's with Waller. There is, therefore, possibility, but y no means probability, that the landing will be changed ana New Ha- -op dnDI.ivpd of first honora Tho