Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-29

ure to see him trimmed.
 Jim O'Rourke has taken action against Tommy Downey, who went to Lancaster of the Tri-State, and Dow ney has been suspended.
 Just before being injured Claud Rossman had made the remarkable record of getting safe hit in each of five consecutive innings.
 The tabulated standing of the teams in the Connecticut league was a little off color yesterday through displacement of names, but to-day it is given correctly and will give the reader line on how the teams are faring with each other.
 J. Ira Davis, known as "Slats'' Da- wis, from the Pacific Coast league, has appeared at Omaha and umpired in fine shape. Not a murmur in the way of kick has been registered against him and thus far it has been a pleasure to the fans and plays to see him work.
 Grimshaw is the only man with the Boston Americans with 300 for a batting average. The averages of the players follow: Grimshaw .302. Stahl .286, Peterson 281, Collins .2S0, Fer ris .273, Parent .260, Graham .245, Tannehill .20S, Winter 20s. Free man .205, Gibson 200, Selbach .1S4, Harris .167, Goodwin .155, Young .138, Dineen .071.
 The managers of the Connecticut league ought to take hold of the New Haven muddle and fire Danaher, Slack and all others out. There was "a time when the writer believed that Danaher intended to do right by the league, but 1t looks now as though he was carrying his personal feelings too far.
 Pitcher Jack Doescher. son of the former we'll known National league umpire. Herman Doescher, has jump ed the Brooklyn club to join Harris burg. President Ebbetts says the youngster is an migrate of the first water. for he has Borrowed" uni form belonging to the club and owes the club $400.
 Patrons of the game tomorrow should bear in mind that admission to the grand stand will be 25 cents. That is the rule adopted by the league in every city on holidays. Those who purchase grand stand tickets should not hold the local man. agement responsible, therefore as it is general rule.
 It must make Meriden feel sore to see her old rival Waterbury draw ing crowds at the games in this city. It was bad enough of a pill to swal- low to be forced to sell her franchise to Waterbury. but to see her draw ing as much at one ball game as Mer- iden would draw in month makes the dose all the more bitter.
 Phil Corcoran now has a record of six games won out of seven pitched. The one he lost was played at Hol- yoke, and went fourteen innings, the locals losing by score of ? to l. Is there another pitcher in the league with better record?-New Haven Regfster.sg-W have chap named Farley here who has proven himself some pumpkins.
 Harry Porter McVickers. better known to baseball followers as Rube vickers. is anxious to join the pitch ing staff of the Springfield Ponies and 1t is not entirely improbable that he will see the fulfillment of his wishes. yickers has been pitching for Seattle of the Pacific Coast league and he figures that the league will not survive the San Francisco disas- ter. The league officials figure differ- ently and may balk the plans of the pitcher.
 This is a great season for Indians. Bender, the Athletics winning pitch CT: Le Roy, of the Highlanders; "Nig" Clarke of Cleveland. who ad- mits having Indian blood in his veins, and our own Judge, are the men who have done the best work. There are others, but they are not so famous. Meantime. Sockalexis is digging clans for a living on the Maine coast.-Hartford Courant.
 Just watch that Waterbury club climb the ladder. Second place for them to-day and Harry Durant says he will have his men at the top just as soon as they have played enough games to place them there. Where. in the name of all that is wonderful. did they put the 1000 persons who saw the game at Waterbury Satur- day afternoon ?-New Haven Regis ter. Grand stand, bleaehers and field held the crowd. friend Register. and there was room for more.
 Managers of the Shop league met last evening at the Democrat office and completed arrangements for the opening of the season which takes piace on next Saturday. The commit tee on grounds reported fasorably and the driving park and Oakville grounds will be in first class shape by Saturday. The schedule will be made up of fourteen games s1d the ss ason will close on Septenbef !. The next meeting will be heid on Thursday evening at T:3o.
 Young Ford. who pitched Yale out in the box for Williams ten days ago, performed another remarkable feat Saturday when Williams licked Dart mouth. I to q. in sixteen innings. Skillen twirling for Dartmouth. For a team of youngsters. Williams is one of the most sensational aTgregations which ever cleaned up lot of bigger colleges. They have broken even with Dartmouth and whipped Yale and Harvard. Their shortstop Is only IS years old and nearly the entire team are novices.
 For the benefit of some of the oih- CT managers who are beginning 10 fe,r tha proaixaIs and who are infi-