Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-31
BASEBALL NOTES.

City league games at Driving park
 tomorrow.
 This is the greatest race in tho histcry of the amateur league f
 aTThp first .ganr9 co.morr,wtwiilgflnd
 the Merrimacsi and the Hits in. con
 test and the second one will have
 the Brooklyns and the Paslimes.
 Now Is your chance to give the
 amateurs lift who have been tossed
 about all season, but who havs game
 ly stuck to the schedule and have
 r'ade the race the best one the league hes ever experienced.
 he race is about over in the Gen. E'cl.cdt leagus and tho tadr.4 Will Sss nd just naheut as. they saI E, at dhel finishs tThelconly change that. may be made will result from the contests yet to be played by Hartford and Norwich. Those are the only two teams that are really close together
 According 10 New London paper there are. two o'Drains on the Whaler's team. Both are pitchers and no one seems to know one from the other. It is probable that both show up on salary day.
 Hugh Rorty has been getting some pretty hafd. knocks around. the cir cult from players, scribes and man az. IS and those from the latter were not fguratiyely knocks but the real thing. But the unkind sst cut of aR comes from the Bridgeport Tele- gram, which says that he ea.s mince pie for breakfast.
 The Waterbury club wanted Hol- yoke to play in the Brass city Sun day afternoon, but. aithough tIfsfe would be f.g nioney1in suol game, the piupcsitlon was turn si ,.own by the up river club in view of the fact | that the leaders will have enough to | do Monday with two games with | Springfield.
 Gus Soffel. captain os tho Norwich | team, says that Pitchers Ira Plank | sLd Tom Tuckey are likely to go to | clubs in higher leagues next season. outfielder Golden failed to join the ieam yesterday and Captain Sonel believes that Lis absence was due 10 iae Illness of his wife.
 The Holyoka club leads the league easily in disposing of payers. To late Hoffman. Mattern and Hodge Isve been turned into cold cash. and here is promise of a few others 'tIng sold before many more days.
 Tom Dovd says that he is not after he colleglan Casey, who has been Ioiping out Hartford's 5sckstopping .s.l artment. The East Liverpool ..ub of the |. O. NJ. .eagna is re- ,, rted to nave some kind of string Itaehed to him. +
 Pitcher Matty LathroD af tho Sem cs Falls club of the Empire State eague is going to get a trial with he Rochester Eastern leagueis. .sthrop was with Hoiyoke last sea- on for a very short tine and itched in shop league in Hartford
 There is some doubt as to whether will play in Hartford on .abor day morning or in the after oon. The local scheduie says Wa srbury will play at home in the af- , srnoon. while the Hartford schedule avs Hartford will play ct home in 1e afternoon
 It Is nov said that Charlie Hum hrey of New London thinks better [ Danbury as his location for next sason than be does of New Britain ! Meriden. But the other club own 10 are likely to have strong objec- ons to Danbury as they want their dwelling expenses decreased instead ! increased.
 The Qnakers of the Junior league Id a game scheduled with the Port [ nd team Tor tomorrow. but 1t has ssn cancelled It was to Ae bene- game. the proceeds to be given to man vho vas injured The Port 4 nd team has secured a club in it's . "a town 10 Ilsy with then and win Ius s5vc the money that vnsli have
 le ss.d 70 an out of tova rsan 4s e stess vilI play the rsga:af zg5s Ksns sith the zt Joes at q I.8 o7 <1s x2.t lou Iu