Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-03
POLO MAGNATEs HIT HARD.
They Will Start an Outlaw Baseball
 League Next Season.

| CIs l of managers of last seasons Connec- ticut Roller Polo league, with others | interested, have been held and plans are being matured all the while. This decided move upon the part of
 the Connecticut polo magnates is di-
 rectly due to the announcement of the
 intention of the Connecticut Base Ball
 league managers to place an inde-
 pendent polo league into the state
 next fall and winter
 The outlaw or independent league to be started next season will com
 prise teams in the following cities: Bridgeport, New Haven. Hartford.
 HoIyoke, Springfield, Providence and
 Waterbury and some other city yet to be selected.
 Hugh McKinnon of this city, own
 CT of the Allentown, Pa, ball team,
 on which Pat Murphy, Orator twirler
 of last season, is making such fine
 record, was in town Monday for the
 third time inside of two months. He
 will have one of the franchises of the new base ball league.
 It will be merry war between the two rival crowds of magnates. If Managers Simmonds and Eadie give
 Bridgeport as good base ball as they did polo they may have show at the game.
 It is believed that the Connecticut
 Polo league will have the support of the fans. Eadie and Simmons gave Bridgeport fine polo last year and they propose to keep up the gait again this coming season, eveu if Cunning ham, Pierce or Duggan do leave to form a polo league down Providence way.
 A newcomer to the ranks of players who are speedy in getting down to first base is Pitcher Crockett of the New York Americans. Hoffman, Bay, Browne--all of the fast boys would know they were in the race II they stacked up against Crockett.
 Mordecai Browns defeat by the Pittsburgs last Thursday was the first game he has lost since April 10. In that period he won ten straight, beating Cincinnati twice, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburg. Boston, St Louis and New York three times.
 In last Saturdays Harvard-Yale game there was Harvard man on first when the man at the bat bunted in front of the plate.' Catcher Jones of Yale bounced on the ball and made an accurate throw to second base in plenty of time to force the man run ming from first, but there was nobody at second to take the throw and the ball went out to center field. That was no error on Joness part. It be- longed to a man who should have covered second base, presumably Camp. The last paragraph of sec- tion 8. rule S5, is plain enough on that point.
 Had l been moving as I usually do when at the bat the ball would never have hit me-" said Roger Bres- nahan, telling of his injury in Gin cinnati. That day. however. was standing still at the plate. l believe that was the fastest ball Andy Coak- ley ever turned loose. saw it com ing and saw that 1t was going to hit me. remember turning my face from the ball, and that Is the last l knew until l found myself in the club house with physicians working over me-"
 Frank Laporte is doing better | work at third base as his ankle is He is covering more ground and getting in front of the hot ones more quickly.
 Now that the Boston Nationals | have a pitcher Lindaman and a | pitcher Linderman. the troubles of the scorers and the custodian of the averages will be increased.
 Umpire Stafford's voice is one of | his recommendations. 1t is as clear 1 as bell and carries we'll. Speaking | of voices, however. Old Boy Hick- | man of the Washingtons has any body connected with baseball dashed | to the mast. Hicks voice when | doing duty on the coaching lines is deep, powerful and resonant. You can stand on the Jersey Palisades and | hear him when he sends his Good | Eye. old boy!" rolling across the Persons in the distance | 1t for thunder.
 Konetchy. the new first baseman of the Cardinals. comes from the La- crosse team of the Wisconsin State League and was recommended by Pink Hawley. He is a Greek, 1t is said and speaks that tongue fluently. A team composed of Konetchy, La- Ioie. Reulbaeh. Schreckengost. Hoel- torius and Abbaticchio could put up ! gretty good game of ball.
 In a ball game in Manila last May he Marylanders beat the Quarter runs despite the fact that they did not make a hit. A bunch of errors md passes gave them the runs in one inning.
 Umpire Bligh of Bridgeport. who vas chased after a brief stay in the Nutmeg league at the opening of the 'eason, is now holding the indicator n the New York State league.
 Bop Foster of Lancaster now leads he Tri-State league hitters with an Iverage of .345. busting Chic Hartley If the same club. who has taken a lump and is now hitting for .33s.
 Luyster. the former Hartford twirl- IT. has added much strength to the 1 \. J.. club In the outlaw Atlantic league. He won the first 1 hree games which he pitched for { Elizabeth. {
 The manager of the Dubois club in he Interstate ieagua has haaa Indaf {