Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-23
THE SPORTING NEWS.

and New Haven can again act roosi
 er-like.
 Frank Foreman denies the repor I that he has signed with Danville o
 the Virginia league. He is lookin
 for job.
 Joe Wilkes, whom Holyoke trade,
 to Sioux City for Carson Hodge, ha
 been released to Waterloo of th
 Iowa league.
 Louis Lepine got his usual strike
 out Thursday, but he marked up tw,
 hits later, and one of them won th,
 day for Holyoke.
 l Norwich has defeated Springfield
 eight times now, the most that an,
 team in the league has been beatel
 by any one team. Amos Rusie got into print agair
 the other day when he rescued {
 mussel shell digger from drowning in Vincennes, Ind VA Charles Armbruster is said to be showing great improvement in his work for the Boston Americans, par. ticularly in throwing.
 Kite, the New London catcher, t confined to his bed with rheumatism
 It is, expected he will be out of the
 game for several weeks.
 Chris Delkescamp has beer dropped from the roster of City league players and any team playing him hereafter will suffer the for "a oyr,n Come on, New Haven, we want q worthy competitor up near the ton along with the Prodigals and the Norwich team. It looks as though these three teams would have to fur nish about all the interest in the league.
 Rutland of the Northern league claims to have on its list Dr P. j. Car ney. the Holy Cross coach, Kretchel of Hartford, Hogerty of Holy Cross and brennan of Georgetown, pitch CTS, and Carrigan, the Holy Cross catcher.
 Washington has received the con sent of the New York club to take Pat Dougherty from the Outlaws.
 
 obliged to stultify itself in this case, as Pat had not signed contract with the Highlanders.
 Who's the empire?" yelled some fan after Finn had announced the batteries for Thursdays game in Holyoke. T am," was the response, and though there was some kicking the game seemed to bear out the statement in all it's meaning.
 Three corking good games in the City Amateur league tomorrow. Brooklyns and St Josephs at 12:30, the North Ends and Merrimacs at 2:15 and the Washington Hills and Pastimes at o'clock. There ought to be some fast work in these games.
 Lachance had his batting eye with him Thursday, and the way he landed On the ball for four singles was eau tion. He batted both ways, right and left. first to vowinkle's right-handed pitching and lastly to Greene's left handed twirling. It made no differ ence. He hit safely. just the same.
 Springfield and Holyoke managers should bestir, themselves if they don't want the patrons up in those cities to lose all interest Two places as good as these have been in past years should be provided with better base ball. Manager Durant can get good base ball players, why cannot the others?
 Department 21R efeated depart ment 21 of the Clock shop, in live ly game yesterday afternoon. The scores was 15 to II. The battery for the winner was O'Rourke and By singer and for the defeated team Bos- wick and Perrin. Frank Borst, cap tain of the defeated team is still on deck with more challenges.
 Brother Peet of the New Haven Palladium will now swing two ham, mers. What cuss that fellow is when he gets going. At that it Is better to swing them rightly than wrongly and If all the scribes would back up their teams as he is doing the interest in some of the places might add a few more admissions.
 If Charley Kennedy and Mike Hickey come back into the league on the umpire staff. we will have as good timber as they furnish in any league. But for heavens sake. Mir don't inflict Woodford on us again. Several people have not from their fits of mysteries since his last appearance in this city.
 The young Pioneers would like to play any team in the city >under the age of IA years. The line up Is as fol- lows: P. Lynch. c: A. Dupray, ?: r. Mahaney. lb: H. Sullivan, 2b: F. Brickle. 3b: W. Kierce. ss; F.. Kelly. of: W Rogers. If: E. Kierce. If. Call on Frank Brickle. 20T Washington avenue or H. Sullivan 205 Lafayette street.
 More pictures of Waterbury play CTS in uniform. pictures of Nauga- tuck's crack team and Dawson. it's star boxman. Burr Knott's spicy re- view of the weeks play in the Con- necticut league. full and interesting about the local amateur leagues: all this and mvsh more in the waterbury's Herald's great base l ball pages tomorrow.
 Manager Durant of Waterbury did i not discover that the game he lost at | Neriden with New Haven was an ex- | 1ibition contest until after the game | vas lost. It is also claimed that the l game played that day between Holy | Ike and Springfield was an exhibition Courant. You are l wrong friend. Manager Danaher stat >d in the press box before the game | rad scarcely begun that it was an ex- libition game.
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