Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-06-14
BASE BALL TID.BITS.
Only an exhibition.


 Only an exhibition.
 Norwich comes here on Monday.
 Holyoke is playing here to-day, but Jack Bagley is missing.
 Joe Kelley has reformed. He is the most docile of men with the umpires.
 Holy Cross and Wesleyan will fur nish the baseball game at Hanover park Saturday afternoon.
 Ban Johnson indefinitely suspend ed Cross and Kitson for the row with Umpire Evans yesterday. .
 Bill Rogers seems to be getting better and from now on may be able to get into the game regularly.
 McCabe, not to be outdone by Swander, made star catch in deep center that called for more applause.
 Slapper Kennedy called Harkins mutton headed lunkhead." Jim O'Rourke called shannon a "cuck- CO.,"
 The Monitor baseball team under the management of Dan Buckley will play the Terryvilles on Saturday in Terryville.
 The crowd in Meriden yesterday was pretty good natured one. They divided their applause and apprecia- tion equally.
 Tansey. the Springfield center, made his first error Tuesday in twen- ty games. He is doing better work than Flanigan.
 That catch of Eddie Swander's in deep left field in Meriden yesterday astonished the rooters and made them rise in their seats.
 Lobert is playing we'll at third base for Cincinnati. He is always in the game, and 1t may be that he will relegate Delehanty to the bench.
 No more home games this week af-. ter to-day. Waterbury is certainly getting the worst of the Saturdays just when she needs them the most.
 Pitcher Howell of the St Louis Browns has been suspended for three days and fined $25 for his boisterous- ness in Sundays game with the Phil adelphias.
 Cyrus Voorhees,, he with the manly form and willowy arms, entertained an audience in the parlors of the Winthrop last evening with his vocal selections.
 Bronkie was an amusing sight last evening as lie ran down the street with bat in one hand and dress suit case in the other, endeavoring to tak kA laG
 The New York Americans play twenty games away from home on the present trip, but they are half way through 1t and have as good grip on first place as they had when they went away.
 Badgley, the Trinity college man who pitched for Hartford yesterday. has with other distinctions that of being the only pitcher against whom the Springfield Training school team won game this season. ns ]
 A balloonist wrote to Fred Knowles last week wanting to engage the Polo grounds for an exhibition. We are having enough ascensions here at present." answered Knowles. The Chicagos were in New York at the time.
 Frank Burke is one player in a hundred, says Manager Danaher. He was offered almost double the figures he is getting in this league to jump to the outlaws. but refused. Then Crolius tried to buy his release, but was turned down. .s-1.l l
 The standing of the Tri-State league up 10 yesterday was as fol- lows: Lancaster, won 26. lost IA: York. won 21. lost IS; Williamsport. won 2i. ost IS; Altoona, won l7, lost 20; Harrisburg. won 17. lost 22: Johnstown. won ii. lost 2i.
 In Tuesdays Tri-State game be- tween Lancaster and Altoona. Hart ley won the game for Lancaster with home-run drive over right field fence. He also helped out Lancaster's 2 to victory with a triple and scored both of the runs made.
 Manager Connie Danaher was on hand yesterday over in Meriden and he was all smiles as he saw his Hens scratching out a victory. He certain ly has a right to be proud of that bunch. for they can play baseball right from the drop of the hat.
 Frank Borst. 1t seems. is the boss hall player of department 21 of tho Waterbury Clock shop. Things were running very nicely smong the fans of this concern until this young man comes forth with a challenge that the nine of department 2l can lick any other department nine out of their boots. Anybody looking for baseball trouble can have all he wants by ap- plying to Frank Rorst.
 The old Pots and Pans gre to cross bstS with John SayIes' CreScents at Fine grove or on top of HIli street next Sunday. Tho battle ground has no; yef teen selected. but either of those places will be the scene of the fun. There is hig money on the Tots and Pans ou acseuut of their great reronf hut Sayles says there will be things doing when his men rpt af the bat. A big crowd is eSperted-
 Mayor Tom Reilly vas not at the game yesterday. but wss anxious to know hos the teams were getting along in the league. He said he had been sD busy this week that he did not have time to read a paper Mayor Tom looked like the real goods yes- tp-dsy and his friends all over the state are 5uhilsnt that hs is handling the present diEcuIt situation over in like an experienced dipIo- nat