Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-08
THE SPORTING NEWS.
BASE BALL TID.BITs.
New London tomorrow.

Batting eyes all lost in the wreck.
 Badgley, the Hartford twirler, is reported on the sick list.
 Red Waller is pitching for the Ridgewood club of Brooklyn.
 We will have an opportunity to- morrow to get even with New Lon don. and you can just bet we will, too
 What sweet satisfaction that must have been to Sam Kennedy, that dou- ble victory over the Prodigals.
 It looks as if Manager McGraw of the Giants has descended to Connec- ticut league tactics.
 Manager Donovan of Brooklyn is basking in well-deserved compliments for the great things he is getting out of lot of poor material.
 Andy Lawrence denies the report that there was trouble between Mo- Cormack and himself, previous to the Jumping of the latter player.
 Frank Burke of New Haven is hit ting the ball for .344 and Jack Han- nifin for 1903. Fitzpatrick is holding his own finely and has an average of .292.
 Norwich is in the stretch and it will take some pretty good work 10 head her off now. A team that has played as Norwich has all summer deserves success.
 Eddie Curley of Waterbury um- pired both games, and his decisions gave general satisfaction. Eddie is too conscientious to last.-New Ha- ven Palladium.
 The Whalers have no regular play CT hitting for 300. Finn leads with .29l. For thirty-nine games Harry Long has an average of .310 and in thirty-three games Warren McLaugh- lin hit for 1903.
 That 30,000 crowd at the Polo grounds Saturday is dwindling down fast. The exact figures have not been given out, but the Chicago manage ment says returns were made for less than 25,000.
 Though the Orators may slump, old HI Ladd continues to slap the ball and is hitting for .312. Beau- mont IS runner-up with .269. Pop ORourke hits for .260, just ten points ahead of Sonny Jim.
 That vicious old habit of umpires who always roast the home teams seems to have been on deck in New York Monday. At least that is the view the supporters of the Giants take.
 President Carpenter of the Tri- State says his league has proven that the reserve clause and the blacklist of the national agreement clubs is farce, and he has mighty good grounds for the assertion. z8
 Ira Thomas did his share of the hitting Monday for the New York Americans and is hailed as a conner. Yet when this fellow was in Hartford ne always became completely lost on a foul fly.
 John Hughes made his first ap- pearanee behind the bat in New Lon don. He seems to be a sizeable sort of a find for little chap. He. too. can throw to bases like chain light ning.-New London Telegraph.
 What bad mess was made of the returns from the Waterbury games last night. The bulletins on the Democrat window were changed three times and the last time after g o'clock. More care should be exer- cised in the sending out of scores.
 The Cleveland team is said to be due for shake up on account of the poor showing made in the last few games. Outfielder Caffyn of Des Moines and Pitcher Liehardt of Memphis have been signed. Larry Lajoie will probably go to third base for the present.
 If President Whitlock had any sand he would nail every manager in this league who failed to put in an appearance at that meeting last night. When the final series begins there will be pretty mix-up in the standings owing to the Sunday games in this city.
 Why can't the Prodigals get down to business and go out and win the flag? The ability is there and if they only set themselves out to do 1t, it will be accomplished. A team that has been backed up by the fans of as this one has owes some returns to those same fans.
 New Haven is after us hot foot" and Billy Peet is urging the Hens on with a vicious rap on each one of the keys of his typewriter That chap certainly deserves a medal for he not only keeps boosting his team, but he hammers his brother scribss who don't boost.
 Bill Hayward of New Haven is showing himself possessed of loads of sand. First he played ball when ht was a sick man, then he stayed fl the game with a badly wrenched thumb. and now he refuses to quit after denting big rock with his ribs.
 Pop Foster. though sold to the New York Americans. could not re- sist the bait offered by Fred Crolius He has gone 10 the Tri-State and played his first game for Lancaster Monday. getting one hit Fosters salary Is to be $500 a month and he has received an advance of sI,000.
 The schedule of the coe Brass team of Torrington for Au- gust is as follows: Saturday. August IT. Dublins of Meriden: Tuesday. August li. All Star Cubans. or Dan- bury: Thursday. August Is. Water bury Independents. Saturday. August : e. s..han1A Ttn~aa.- a.-.... ao