Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-28
Scrappy Holyokes.

Double header on Saturday.
 Wonder if Eddie Farley just joked with them?
 Red Waller has once more disap- peared from Bridgeport. and Jim ORourke is growing still older.
 Hartford will be sorry she ever signed Tom Crook, if he is signed. He is too mouthy for good ball player.
 There are, several players right here in the City league who could play all around Hartman, the new find of the Holyoke team.
 lazy Hoffman has one of the widest curves ever sent over the local plate. He had the locals pulling their shins out of jeopardy continuously.
 billiard, who was tried out by Wa terbury and found wanting, will be given trial by Springfield. Must be getting desperate up that way.
 Fred Winekler. one of the owners of the Holyoke team, was reported as being present yesterday at the game. He must have taken lots of pride in his team.
 It was a shame to give the Hol- yokes such encouragement in that first inning and then throw them down so hard No wonder Tom Dowd stormed and fretted.
 If the pool betters want to know the number of runs made in the game in Meriden, in order to straighten out their books, the score was New Haven 3 and Waterbury 2. If this close race in the Connecti- cut league keeps up, some of the managers and players will have heart trouble in a few weeks. No race in any league can be compared to 1t. It is great
 Bridgeport comes here on Satur- day for a double header. SO the schedule maker says. It would be a shame to take both games from Uncle Jeems just now. when the only red one" Is missing.
 When Tom Dowd was asked after the game yesterday what the um- pire's name was. he replied quickly and tartly. "I guess 1t must be Rob- ber," and there were those who agreed With him.
 What was 1t Tom Crook said to Nichols yesterday? The popular right fielder of the local team started for him, but changed his mind in that first inning. Nick wasn't out either. although called out.
 That swat of little Walsh was savage" one and went as straight as a bird for that center field. It is too bad he could not have held that swift liner of McCormack's: it would have completed a glorious record for one day.
 Now where Is that sporting writer vho said Harry O'Haean was older than Hi Ladd. You should have seen him yesterday with his mustache ah- sent Why. Hi Ladd would look like Hsrry's father to-day. 90 young has the Prodigals' captain grown.
 Fans who noticed the standing in this paper yesterday and read it to- day need not be surprised al the change. The game called sn exhIhi- fion one has been ordered placed in the official standing which will give one more defeat to Waterbury and one more victory to New Haven
 In a decision handed down yester- day by President Hermann of the National commission. Catcher Eddie Phelps. now playing with the Pitts burg club. has been awarded to the Boston American league club. Phelps vas sold by Cincinnati to the Boston club and signed wifh Pittsbure be- fore being released by Cincinnati The owners Of the Waterbury base ball team requested the oricisl scorer to place On the records the game played in Neriden and supposed to have been an exhibition game They said that Manager Dursnt was % busy these days he had not the time to attend to the matter and rather than have any rontrorerxy they would allow the defeat to become o1-