Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-11
THE SPORTING NEWS.

the ball, and O'Connor, who was on
base, were mad enough to take fall
out OF the Prodigal center fielder.
"Put a muzzle on Dan O'Neil,"
yelled a fan yesterday. "You come
down and do It," called back O'Neil;
but what an advocate the theatrical
world would have lost had the fan
gone down.
Cy Miller Is just out OF the hos
pital and the writer advises Dan
O'Neil to get a few more such in
valids and there will be nothing to It
but Springfield. He made invalids
OF the Prodigals yesterday.
Jack Walsh does not fit in very
well In that short field, we are sorry
to say. His fielding is erratic and his
batting Is bad, very bad. Perhaps
he has been inoculated with that
quick and the dead remedy which
permeates the team occasionally.
Which way are you going, New
Haven? The pennant is in the other
direction. That sliding scale is pref
ty smooth once you strike the right
decline. Hold them up there, Bill,
or Johnny McGraw will make that
500 instead Of $4,000.
Ladies and gentlemen, the next
song by Umpire tombstone will be
that beautiful ballad. There Was I
Waiting at the Gate" For an encore
the ump will sing that old-fashioned
ballad of heart interest, ut will New
er Get Well If You Pick it." accom-
panied by Mugsy McGraw.
A bunch of dead ones from Bristol,
Terryville and way stations was in
the stand yesterday and kept up a
ringing fire of abuse at Captain
O'Hagan. The loyal fans ought to
surround corps like that hereafter
and give them back some of their
own medicine. One fire eating root
er did do his share to squelch them.
Manager Durant was on the bench
for the first time in a couple of days.
He has been sojourning down New
York way and incidentally has been
in communication with the Chicago
National league manager for the sale
of the Waterbury team for $4,000,
Waterbury to be used as a sort of a
farm or pasture for the Chicagoes.
New Haven and COMFY Danaher beat
us. well we guess not.
While Hartford has contributed
some great players to the national
game 1t has been known chiefly as
turning out the best umpires in the
business. Charles Daniels. Jackson
Brady, John A. McCue. A. T.. Wood
ford and Hugh Rorty are some of the
great jumps that have gone out from
here. Rorty is now in great demand
In this league, as the fans know that
there will be no bulldozing by play
ers or managers when he helds the
Indicator. Silk OI.oughlin Is the
Hugh Rorty Of the American league
Hartford Courant
There is demand in New York
for new names for flathouses. There
is a demand here for correct names
for ball players. The accounts sent
out Of the different games have some
wonderful spelling. Hartford's Sec
ond baseman Is Moffett, Motif and
Moffntt. The catcher Is Kretchel.
Kritchell. Krichell and Kratchel.
Accorsini was a puzzler for time
and it was thought that lott would
be the limit When Gnstmeyer first
came to Hartford he wrote out his
name In English and German for all
the reporters and II has been spelled
correctly since then. Ladd. Lord.
Crook, Ball and Cote are few OF the
easy ones. If ball player has n
name that Is hard to spell or remem-
Der he had better have il changed to
something easy. like Joe Bean.-Hart-
ford Cournnt.
The New Haven team used to be
called the Blues, because the trim
mings IF the uniforms werc blue.
Now they are called Prairie Hens be-
cause the present field originally look
ed like n prairie. The New Londons
are called the whalers because that
port was once whaling town.
Sometimes they are called the Slap
pers, owing TO Kennedy's rambunc-
tiousness. Norwich's team Is called
the Rosebuds because that town is
known as the Rose OF New England.
The Bridgeports are called the Ora
tors or Spellbinders because of the
reputation OF Manager 0'Rourke for
using so many polysyllables when he
speaks. The Ponies Is the name given
TO Springfield's team, as several
years ago the nine was composed OF
small men. The paper mills in Holy
oke caused the team there to be cali
ed the Papermakers or Paperweights.
Hartfor,i's teams have never had a
good nickname. as no word could be
found 10 do justice TO the swelling
which affects the team occasionally.
When Sockaiexis was there the team
was called the Indians because the
sign was put upon the team. Some
times the team Is called the Senator's.
but the name was never n popular
one. Waterbury Is called the PrO,li-
gals because they have come back
into the fold. the Connecticut league.
from which they wandered several
years ago.