Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
gone back on him and another hard
 uck blow has been struck the Prodi-

gone back on him and another hard luck blow has been struck the Prodi- gals.
 Thackara told the writer yesterday that he cannot understand why he is abused for not supporting all the pitchers on the Waterbury team. He says that he does his best and will continue to do it to the end of the season, no matter who pitches. That is the right spirit to show.
 Thackara was there with the stick in that second game and his hitting helped along the scoring. That chap can beat any catcher in this league if he will simply say to himself, I'll go out and show some of the people who are knocking me that they are talking through their hats"
 Tn round numbers the combined tsttyn,iandg as.sherrecent New York Chicago and New York-Pittsburg games at the Polo grounds and New York Americana Chicago games in Chicago was 175, ,000. What people there were left in the country were either at business or in swimming.
 We don't like to hurt Dan O'Neil in his race for the pennant, but if he played Cy Miller and that pitcher was on the blacklist, he must suffer the consequences. Jim O'Rourke ought to be punished pretty severely for his funny business with O'Neil and his unsportsmanship in the Waterbury game. -4-z-.--.--..-. ,.t kn. fr take up the suggestion of the Demo- crat that protest be entered in the game which Bridgeport won from Waterbury on Monday, when Murphy pitched. The latter twirled for Man chester, which is against the rules, and the same ruling should hold in this case that was given in the Tuckey case last year.
 The Shop league games this week will be played at the Driving park. A double header will be played, the first game starting at o'clock. The schedule is as follows: Smith & Griggs vs oakville Co. at o'clock; Novelty Manufacturing Go vs Water bury Button Go, at 4 o'clock. Klobe- dang will umpire the o'clock and Thompson the o'clock game:
 Talk about your Bryan orator and eloqfence, it won't hold candle to what win be heard at the managers meeting tomorrow evening. The proprietors of the Garde hotel are thinking strongly of calling on one of the militia companies to preserve order when Jim O'Rourke tries to square himself with the other man agers. Conny Danaher. Dan 0'Neil and Harry Durant won't have a word to say. o my.
 Jim O'Rourke is slated to hear some things tomorrow night on the Cy Miller case that will hardly soothe the old mans injured feelings. As friend Jim advised Dan O'Neil not to use Miller when the Springfield manager told the Connecticut league secretary that he wanted Miller's sus- pension raised. The sage of the Nut meg circuit also said something to the effect that Miller had not been put on the suspended list. but on the ineli- gible list .-.
 The part anent the payment of fine doesn't bother the Springfield end of the argument. But Mir O'Neil doesn't hesitate to say that he he lieyes O'Rourke has given him the double cross. To keep Miller from playing with other clubs in organizeI ball and induce his return to Spring field. Mir O'Neil notified Secretary ORourke some time ago of Milier's suspension. The suspension in turn was promulgated in an official bu.le- tin from Secretary ]. H. Farrell. of the national boapi- There iS every indication that Mir o'Rourke Is apply ing one rule when he is the man de- rectly interested and another when some other managers case is l'eing dealt with.-Spring1eld Union.
 The records made by the New York National pitchers in the series against the western teams just completed is worth of detailed description Eff teen games were played and the total number of hits made in that time by opponents was 7s-an average of SIS hits a game. Only the Chica- gus succeeded in penetrating the New York pitching defence effectively. and only once did they get into dou- ble figures in hits- The Cincinnatis made i've hits o1 Taylor, Eve of