Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-16
BASEBALL NOTES.
Holyoke tomorrow.
 Close fight yesterday.

field.
 The Prodigals always have one bad inning.
 Both pitchers pulled themselves out of some bad holes.
 Perhaps Don Mckay will be in the box to-day.
 The race in the Connecticut league is as good as the next one.
 The team is due to take game from Hartford and should do the trick to-day.
 If we can trim Hartford in her own home to-day we will be close to the second position.
 Almost 1000 bucks" for Swan der. It would seem like howl from 10000 if he were let go.
 Wait until the fence is moved hack and then more prizes will be offered for home run hits. The umpires are getting some sand; four or five players fined so early in the week. Norwich is going right along. It looks as if Waterbury would have to stop that winning streak. Newspaper men and the city off cials are all ready for Friday. Game starts at 3:30; no telling what time | it will end.
 City Amateur players should go to | the ball grounds on Friday If they care to see how a game should be played.
 some batting. medicine pretty soon. Some hoodoo seems to have rubbed up against his bat in the last week or two.
 l Burke of New Haven had another home run yesterday and consequent | ly relieved Manager Slack of one more five spot.
 l Umpire Harkins is the best um- pire that has been here this season, and yet he had two bad blunders yes- terday, one against each team. | Six successive defeats for ihe Hens. Their glad rags have been too much for them. Back to the rag bag for the old suits. Ed Walsh, the crack pitcher of the Chicago Americans and brother or Martin Walsh of the Hartfords, IS confined to his home in Meriden with a wrenched hip.
 Roger Connor and Mike Delaney were out at the grounds roofing for their old friend Springfield. Mike Icarried one of the Springfield team back in the undertaker's wagon.
 The Blue Clippers will play any Iteam in the city of their weight and lsize. Anyone wishing a game call lon M. O'Rourke. captain, 26 Hayden street, or Paul Cullen, manager, 3S Wall street.
 | Pretty tough luck on Pitcher lCoughlin of Bridgeport to allow the Headers only one hit yesterday and lthen have the team behind him pre- sent the game to Norwich by mex lcusable errors.
 Frank Fitzpatrick was given a hand when he came to the bat the first time yesterday. He came very near breaking up the game, too. as | far as a victory for the Prodieals was concerned.
 The decisions whereby Hess was ldone out of hit and the calling of A foul ball which fell in front of the Iplate on the Prodigals' side were both bad. although Umpire Harkins did we'll otherwise.
 | Lucky Wagner is what the boys will be calling our shortstop if he keeps up his record of punching ou' A hit just when a run is needed That home run yesterday was more than timely.
 New Haven is getting quite repu. ltation for extra inning games and fourteen of them at that. One with the Prodigals on Saturday and one yesterday with Holyoke. Luck was
 against her in both games. | Jack Sullivan. sporting editor ol lthe Springfield Union, was the guesi of the local newspaper men yester day. While he would prefer to have seeu his team take the victory still he believed the best team won. Tom Crook had @ put-out yester
 day on first base which he gained bl
 using the George Lachance slide fol the bag. He would have missed 1t too. If he had not dove feet first fol the runner was over the bag just al Crooks feet touched fl. The Prodigals should get anothel
 pood welcome tomorrow when Hol lyoke comes here. That bunch o nlayers is doing fast work just now as for instance that fourteen innin. , game with New Haven yesterday. |
 will be the last home game this week i too.
 The surprise of Sporting Edito ISuIliyan yesterday was the big erows that travelled so far out to see tha
 game with Springfield. He coul' Ionlv attribute it to two causes. In Waterbury people were hungry fo
 base ball and the Prodigals were , fast bunch of players.
 Holyoke comes here to-morrov and we will try and duplicate tEi Itrick re did ;o her sister city yester
 day. Last years champions hsu braeed up ia the past few days an, . that fourteen inning game whtel Ithey won from New Haven yesserda. shows the improvement.
 NcCabe wili have to get grip ol . lse wonder some of the spring
 field players were not eiected frcn
 fhe game yesterday. Not Tor an
 rowdy work they did. but for thei leoutinued back talk to Umpire HaT iktns. 1t looked as though Pstd,
 OrCounor wanted to get put out.
 Smiling and genial Manager Dai
 took the numbers on the neuspase nassas yesterday. When he saw ' iau the official sooreris free ticket ani