Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-05-23
BASEBALL NOTES.
Springfield tomorrow.


 Slow but sure was that victory.
 Cleveland is hot after the Athletics
 Give Red Waller his to-day and we will be even with Father James.
 Will the Boston Americans ever win another game?
 Fitzpatrick is now second on the batting order of the Springfield team.
 Am I a wizard?" says Eddie Far ley, and the echo answers, Well, should conjure."
 As speech-maker Cyrus voor. hees. he of the mastodonic build, has Chauncey Depew side-tracked. . If that. sand in the infield is not tamped down there will be many er- TOTS or hits credited to the players in the games this week.
 That was bad blunder on some- body's part yesterday when second base was left uncovered and the ball sailing from catcher to stop base runner.
 The Holyoke people got mighty little excitement out of the affair yesterday. There were but three in- nings of baseball and the assault on the umpire was purely technical.
 Faithful, hard working Parry Thackara got his both ways yester- day. Luckily the gift presentation came after the injury or some people might have become superstitious.
 There was no one more sorry than Jimmy O'Rourke when he spiked Thackara. It was all an accident and no one was to blame as such things are liable to happen at any time.
 Manager Fleming said yesterday that while the team needed the game badly enough, he'd rather lose ten than have had the thing hap pen as it did. And he's about right.
 Cy Mcdonald. the old Washington Hill and North End catcher, now dong the backstop work for Ford ham, will join the Prodigals next month and assist Thackara on the re- ceiving end.
 Supervisor of Empires Kennedy sat on the grand stand again yesterday and watched the work of Umpire Joe Theisen. He seems to be nightly pleased that Waterbury has such good team.
 Joe Thelsen tries to be fair, there Is no doubt about that While he has been on on balls and strikes. for one team as much as another. he has done pretty good work and will eyi- iently improve with age.
 IL would be difficult to find as im- partial an audience as the local one when it comes to recognizing good plays by the visitors. Yesterday on several occasions the good work of he Bridgeports was applauded.
 If Rube waddells hand really was broken yesterday it will put Connie Mack in a bad hole. The Athletics will go on the road shortly and then they will need every pitcher that can be worked.
 Mike Slavin. the catcher for the Merrfmacs of the City Amateur eague. went to Bridgeport with the prodigsls this morning. He will help ut the Waterbury team until Thack- ira has recovered from his injury.
 Lancaster has worked its way into he lead in the Tri-State league The .hanse came Monday. when the team zot the decision over Altoona. Hart ey isback in right field. with Dough- ,rty and 0'Hara playing the other 1ardens
 Springfield and Frank Fitzpatrick ire coming tomorrow. This will be snother good game for the fans to snthuse over. Springfield has bunch 1f fighting ball players who contest sverv inch of the way and are never beaten until the last man is out
 Frank Bley. a pupil at the Town Plot sehooi. has a baseball team rhieh he uouId like to match against | nine composed of members from or Mulcshy schools The Tovn Plot team is said to De the sxfftesf thing Of the kind in Nsfer- bury. but probably after they have had a brush with one ~ the mines Iron the South end they may not have such . brilliant record.
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