Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-20
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| WitH all dlr We nave had here
 for the last two days during ths
 sangerfest, these grounds aught to
 be well dried out by this time. Three corking good games are ar. ranged for the City league next Sun. day and the results of those games
 will change the standing quite g
 little.
 It remained for Umpire Evans to
 break record by putting Lave Cross
 out of a game. It was the first time in the, veterans career that he ever
 was benched.
 A nine inning game was played at
 Reading, Pa, last Saturday in fifty
 two minutes. We have seen college games which took nearly that long
 for one inning.
 Springfield of the Central league IS leading the race, and Springfield
 of the Three-I league is third. The
 name appears to be good for the first
 division at any rate.
 There was no game on the local grounds yesterday because of the condition of the field. The recent
 rains have made that outfleld look like aplowed potato lot.
 Waterbury is waiting to have the teams behind her draw up closer so that the race will become more in- teresting. Norwich will not get so
 far ahead that, the Prodigals cannot
 overtake her. Hartford will be here on Satur-
 day and as this is a team we have
 only beaten twice, the Prodigals will
 make an effort to increase that num- Der. Hartford was always bad nut
 for us to crack. ,..
 The New Haven team is without n
 mascot now, as Captain Hayward's
 beagle was maimed by automobile Saturday. There is somethir.s coming
 to m auto driver if he ever shows up
 in West Haven.
 Harrisburg people say Chic Hart ley attempted an assault on Leary of the Harrisburg team the other day, and that nothing but the intervention of two Harrisburg players kept the crowd of his back.
 The first summer meeting of the National league magnates is to be held In New York to-day. As all of the teams are east there will be a pretty good attendance. There is not much to do except talk matters over.
 Murray, the Notre Dame catcher. now with the St Louis Nationals, had batting average of 1885 his last year at college. Mathewson evidently did not know that last Saturday when he retired Murray on strikes.
 George Wiltse, the pitcher who is doing good work for the New York Giants, spent Sunday in NeY Haven and called upon friends. Since Mat avs arm went lame Wiltse has been the mainstay of the team in the box.
 A Pittsburg writer refers to the Pirate second baseman as E Pluribus Unum Ritchey. E. P. U. Ritchey and his mates will this week stack up against In Hoe Signo Vinces McGraw and aides. Over in Boston it looks like Sine Qua Non Criger
 James Nichols of Willimantic and Villa Nova has signed with Norwich and will play with the Rosebuds as soon as he is released from his col lege team. Jimmie is an infielder. is turning out as good players as Collinsville did few years ago.
 Wesleyan has a pitcher named Munroe who is considered one of the stars in the college ranks. He is big league material. 1t is declared; in fact has had offers to play major league ball, but refuses to consider them until his college course is fin- shed.
 Monte Peloquin of Wi,limantic Joined the Norwich team yesterday md he will take Buckley's place in he box. Peloquin was with Norwich l part of last season and didn't have much success when he pitched. He las been doing good work for, Villa 1 Nova this season.
 Since joining New Haven, Frank has batted for .365. giv- ng him an average of about .275 for | he season. Frank Burke has hit for 352 and ranks second to Bill Yale | n the list of league sluggers. Bun- an, Hayward and Hannihn are close O the 300 mark.
 Manager Danaher has signed a 'oung pitcher named McGra,h who | omes from Staten Island and report d for duty yesterday afternoon, | out with the Blues in prac- ice before the Springfield same. He andes himself we'll and has good trong throwing arm.
 A nineteen inning game was play d the other day in the Kitty" aague. The Cairo team defeated Pa ucah. 8 to I, and Hatch. the Cairo itcher. held his opponents to six its. Paducah scored in the fifth fn- ing and then was shut out for four cen consecutive innings. That was
 pitching feat with capital F.
 Infielder James Morgan, formerly [ the Providence Eastern league eam. who joined the Detroit team aturday after graduating from eorgetown university. was to-day irned over to Boston of the Ameri- an league. and will join that team ,-morrow in Chicago. Morgan has ot been sold to Boston. bue merely irned over temporarily.
 A Chicago paper dopes it out that ie atmosphere in Cincinnati spells all players. and cites the sudden i'm -ovement of some players that have ,en let out by that club this season. ed Hanlon's failure to make good Iere in any way is also brought up ] a charge against the town. 1f the hicago man ever had tried to drink Incinnati water he would know the hole tsory. Lsjoies shift of the Cleveland