Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-30
BASE BALL TID.BITS.

| Several of the players in the City league will no sooner be through with baseball than they'll start to get into condition for football exer- else.
 | The game between the Pastimes and Brooklyns next Sunday should be hummer, as it will undoubtedly decide the championship of the City league. White" Riley says that 1t is all over but the shouting. White was always full of confidence, even though he had no more show of win ming than Johnnie Burgess or Mike Slavin walking down the street with Bill" Cleary.
 Who's the best all round player In the City league? If he could pitch, the credit would undoubtedly go to
 'Tommie" Lawlor, but as he is not twirler some one else must be con sidered. Campion of the North Ends, who can perform we'll behind the bat and Is good pitcher if called upon to act, is also good infielder and can play in the field almost as we'll as on first base. Campion may be the best all round player in the league, but that Is not saying that he is "the" player.
 | The Novelty baseball team which has lost but one game in the Shop | league this season and the Oakville team which has clean record, hav- ing won nine straight games, will meet in battle probably for the last | time this season at the Drawing .alk on next Saturday afternoon. The Noy- city has strong team and will en- deavor to even matters up with Oak vile, if they win 1t will tie the teams for first place and will mean another game. A big crowd of rooters from both factories will be on hall. the Oakville Co having extended an extra half holiday to It's help so as to enable all those who wish to at- tend the game an opportunity of do- ing so. The second game will be be- tween Smith & Griggs and the But ton Co.
 Arthur Nichols, who bade fair for a time to contest with Frank Burke for the batting supremacy of the Connecticut league. has dropped down to an even 300. Swander ranks next to Nichols on the local team, just ten points below the leader. Again we ask will Secretary James H. O'Rourke call a meeting of the board of directors of this league and straighten out the tangle. Friend Challenger does not seem to be able to do 1t for he is getting us into an- other mess with Hartford and Bridge port.
 Jimmie O'Rourke has at last passed his dad fin the batting averages. The strain has been too much for the old chap who fell on badly in his hitting, though he picked up three Tuesday The son is batting for .254 and the sire for .25l. Hi Ladd leads the team with .32s.
 Chicago fans have already begun to anticipate the worlds series to be played between the White Sox and the Cubs. Nearly every fan in Chi cago now wears a badge inscribed Worlds Championship" Cubs vs White Sox. 1906. Hurrah for Chica- go."-Exchange.
 Sid Challenger. official scorer of the Connecticut league, has sent out an official standing In which he wants the papers to take one game from Hartford's won column and give it to Bridgeport. He'll have to show most of the papers before they make any sucn move.
 Those averages published in yes terdayis Democrat ought to open the batting eyes of the ProdIgals. A team constituted as Waterbury Is should not be hitting two cent gait. Get against the leather all you stick CTS and show the fans that you are the best hitting team in the league.
 Fred CroIius is whining again over the shabby treatment he claims he has been given by Pitcher Barger. Barger was lured away to the New York Americans He has been the star pitcher of the Tri-stase league and when Crolius stopped on In Springfield this season to get Altfzer, he said Barger vas one of the best in the business Now the pitcher Is giving Fred a taste of the medicine Fred has eff<u oo many o<herw