Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-06
BASE BALL NOTES.
Next home game Friday.


 the regular order, so the fans say.
 We cannot win games if we don't hit the ball, and we have begun this week badly, with only three hits made yesterday.
 Georgeg Ramon has been released by Holyoke and will join the New Ravens. Frank Burke will take Bannon's place. Kid Mccormack may also join Holyoke.
 Umpire Kelly forfeited the first game to Waterbury yesterday in Hartford, but Manager Clarkin says 1t will not go. He notified the local management that he could not play two but the notice was not within the legal time and President Tracy ordered Waterbury to appear and be ready for the two games, which was done.
 Clarkin fooled Waterbury once before when he refused to open the gates to the ball field, claiming that the grounds were in no condition to play. Perhaps he will fool us again, but 1t seems that the presi- dents word ought to have some weight.
 The records published in last nights Democrat rather surprised some of the fans. They looked quite official too and perhaps the state official scorer knows it. They will be found every week just the same and the players themselves will learn that they are correct in every respect.
 The Tornadoes base ball team would like to play any team in the city 14 years of age. The lineup is as follows: Mahaney c, Galipeau p, Murphy 1b, Mahan 2b, Conlon 3b. Finnigan ss, Conlon If. Healy cf, Parker If. Any one wishing a game can call on Mar ty Lawler, 10 Pleasant street.
 Jim Mcclure has signed a contract to manage the Boston Americans again next year.
 Jim Delhanty is now playing first base for the Washingtons. He is a good build for the position.
 Joe Doyle. Griffith's unhasty pitcher, Is something of hitter. He is no soft mark for any twirler. He lands good and hard and makes his share of pinch hits.
 Shannon is the National leagues best run getter, according to the latest aver ages. He had circumnavigated the dia- mond sixty-nine times when the figures went to press. Chase was second among the American leaguers, with sixty-one.
 The Cubs have not been free from III fortune by any means, yet they have lead, and a long one. Schulte was out of the game long time, Tink- CT was laid up for a while, Johnny King has done sentence for kick ing and Chance has been out of com. mission several times.
 A peculiar accident happened in a game at Westfield, Mass. the other day. A boy was watching the game from the side lines when the catcher started for foul. The boy lay down on the grass to allow the catcher to step over him. The spike in the catcher's shoe struck the youths head and tore a gash in the scalp six inches long.
 Now is the season of the year when the scouts are busy digging up young blood. There is always a good deal of wailing over the fact that only a small proportion of newcomers make good in the big leagues, but it is that very fact that makes the standard of big league playing high. The harder 1t is to hold a job in one the better the quality of play.
 In one of the recent Amateur league games there was an amount of weird coaching and senseless kicking over the umpire's' decisions. although at variance with the best spirit of sport If it was a sample of Amateur league tactics then there is need of drastic reform in this ethical side of the game. There were kicks when there was not the shadow of doubt that the umpire was right, and absurd kicks that d professional would not think of mak- ing.
 Hanlon tells of a case of base run ming by McGraw and Keeler in the old oriole days which must have been a wonder. With McGraw on first. Keel CT hit a liner to left which went to the fielder on the bound. McGraw never stopped at second. keeping right on to third at full tilt. Nor did he stop at third. Bill Joyce was playing that bag. and by the time he had dug the ball put of the dirt and swung around for McGraw the latter was on his way home. He reached the plate when the ball did. knocked the ball out of Me Guire's mitt and before Mcclure could recover 1t Keeler. too. was over the plate.
 The New York Nationals think George Browne Is the fastest man on bases in the game. The New York Americans think the same of Hoffman. the BrookIyns of Msloney. Browne moves more like a trained sprinter than any of them. he having had the advantage of pointers given hy Barney wefers: but as to natural speed. 1t Is q hard question to decide Jimmy Barrett can, or could. get down to first with lightning speed. and once past first and burning the highway of a long hit there are few vho can give dust to Hal Chase or Pat Doughtsrty. n