Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-12
THE SPORTING NEWS.


 ven baseball team, was married yes- terday to Miss Ethel Coffrin, daugn- ter of Clark M. Coffrin. The we'd ding took place at the Little Church Around the Corner, New York
 It was announced yesterday that Dr Bert Daly, who managed the Hartford baseball team the first part of last season, was negotiating with Manager Danaher of New Haven to buy the New Haven franchise team and franchise. The deal was expect ed to be closed last night.
 Red Dooin of the Phillies is very good on the quick throw over to first to catch base runner mapping.
 Johnny McGraw was just such a spare, thin faced little chap as Johnny Kane of the Reds when he first broke into major league baseball.
 My old friend Lajoie is a good hit ter, but then you have said it all," remarks Fred Clarke, comparing La joie and Wagner That is absurd. Lajoie is as good fielder as he is d hitter. He cannot do as many things as well as Wagner can, but he can field as well and without half the fuss over it.
 Il see they call Neuer, the New York Americans pitcher ,.Nervy Neuer,"' says Billy Murray. That's good name for him. He was with ls down south last spring and he's got plenty of nerve.
 Rather interesting about couple of Eastern league pitchers. Crockett came from Buffalo to the New York Americans and is now back in the Eastern with Montreal Mason went from Baltimore to Cincinnati, thence to the New York Americans and is now finishing out the season with Jersey City.
 The New York Nationals played ten games last week and two on Monday. Twelve games in seven consecutive days is being busy with a vengeance.
 Doc White. it is said. has written an article on the decline of college lase- ball. Until most persons heard of this they were under the impression that college baseball was better this year than for several seasons past.
 Speaking of possible post season series with a National league team, Manager Lajoie says: Not for me If we cannot win the rennant l, for one, do not care to take part :n series that does not mean anything" And there's good deal of sense in that Outside of the championship series there is not such a wild, over towering craving for inter-league games as has been made out.
 4 St Louis physician recently re- turned from England, comments on the poor throwing of the cricketers What would be an ordinary throw to the plate for a baseball outfeller is relayed three times by the Eng lishmen.
 There is good deal of snarling at Ban Johnson because he has meted out punishment to Walsh of the SoX for a run-in with the umpire. The remedy to avoid being weakened is simple. Behave on. the ball field.
 Catcher Heydon, who has deserted the Washington team, sends word from Indianapolis that he is through with baseball forever and will settle down on his ranch in Texas and make a living by raising onions.
 Shortstop O'Leary of Detroit could not get hit longer than a double un- til he had played in T2 games.
 Chesbro seems good for another season at least. "Griff has not inn proved upon him-not yet.
 Mcconnell, the second baseman se- cured by the Boston Americans from Providence, bit for 1928 in 100 games.
 Up to August 30 Rube Waddell had struck out 13S men this season. and wifi probably break the league record.
 Both the Washington and Bostons have so many men that it is mpossi- ble to crowd them on the bench, and they are strung out on chairs i'll front of the grandstand.