Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-17
BASE BALL TID-BITS.

The two leaders are battling to- day.
 Mighty Cy Voorhees,. may you al- ways have good arm.
 Is the present season to be without triple play in the big leagues? There has not been one so far.
 Waterbury air or something else in this city must not have agreed with the New Londons over Sunday.
 The Prodigals begin the week well. The players, fattened up their batting averages and raised their fielding a few points.
 The Whalers seemed to be up a tree yesterday. There was but very little good support for Mclaughlin in any part of the game.
 Cooney Rice had his stick with him yesterday as well as the rest of his comrades and they were good clean hits too, every one of them.
 Great is this schedule. for New Lon don comes here again on Friday, but we have Saturday game and Spring field will be here on that day.
 Devlin of the New York Nationals leads in base running. Unofficial fig ures show him to have stolen thirty four bases, with Wagner at his heels with thirty-two bags purloined.
 Mike Hickey got a rap from foul tip yestrday that laid him low for a couple of minutes. The rest of the game saw an umpire limpng around the field evidently under difficulties.
 If the New Haven pencil pushers are looking for game. the Waterbury .scribes who have the best team in the state will be willing to accommodate them.
 If Cy Voorhees, could have made hit yesterday it would have filled his cup to overfowing. The fans sincerely hope he can retain that form he dis played against New London. in every game.
 The same play that was worked yesterday by Cy Voorhees, in drawing the throw and letting the runner get home was successfully accomplished in Springfield. too. by Paddy O'Con- nor.
 ~ odd experience. After long period of effective work he was demolished by the New Yorks and right afterward bombarded almost as hard by the Brooklyns.
 Willie Keeler jumped up into the 300 class in hitting last week. The lit- tie man has yet to fail to be found in the smart set when he season closes, working his way up gradually and then staying there.
 Sam Mertes's changes of base since he became a major league ball player have represented big jumps. He nov ed from Philadelphia 10 Chicago, thence to New York and then out West again to St Louis.
 The Champions have picked up in their hitting since they went on the road. The hardest part of the trip Is to come. hut the Chicago and Pitts burg obstacles are not insurmountable If the batting brace continues.
 The Athletics have made twenty five home runs so far. which is one more than three times as many as the White sox have made. Tn fact. the Athletics have made more home runs than the White Sox have three bag gers.
 Young McNamara. whom Manager Durant was going to give a tryout, has decided tn stay away from the pro fessional ranks this season. He has been engaged to pitch one game a week for Danbury for inc balance of the season.
 It is good betting that there was one fan present yesterday who came over from Meriden. He couldn't see any thing to boast only the playing af sev- eral former Meridenites. The same Meriden enmity for Waterbury was very prevalet in his actions.
 "Nobby" Knowlton got into a this league. If Jack Hannifin and some of the other scrappers in this league know when they are well of they will let KnowIton severely alone. He always could take care of n mseif.
 The suggestion made in the Demo crat some weeks ago that New Brit am anu ASiiAtl NALuA AN Er tdh-n into the league seems to have met with favor throughout the circuit. It is too bad that Norwich and New I,ondon with the teams they have cannot draw better crowds
 And our old friend. George La- chance. worked the squeeze play in Providence on Sunday before S.400 fans and helped t0 vin the game for his side Hartley vas on third and Lschsnes on first when the game vas worked and the only run made on either side came in on the play.
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