Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-09-11

he had Dan Murphy and Jack Tighe
 to drive him home. Tuck Turner of the same club comes next with
 110 then comes Bill Yale with 109. Roy Clark scored 101 in 1894.
 The battle for base stealing hon. ors will depend upon the work done
 this week by Hoffman of Holyoke and Soffel of Norwich. Neither play CT did very much last week but Hoff- man was able to crawl up on Soffel and now has the lead by one pilfer with 55 to 54. Golden and Jimmy O'Rourke are the next pair will up with 45 each, all records up to last Saturday night.
 . Holyoke will make her last ap- pearance in this city tomorrow and the local players will endeavor to get satisfaction for that last defeat in this city It will be a fitting climax to make the champions taste of defeat.
 Many of the fans were wondering who the Mattern was that the scores sent out last night had pitching for Washington. It develops however that it was not Mattern but Patten. Mattern of this league is slated for Boston and so Is Hoffman.
 Hartford had so much to say about the championship early in the season that it is only just and proper that Waterbury should be the one to administer rebuke. Those three defeats will keep Hartford where she belongs, in the second division.
 Mike McAndrews has passed the century mark in run making, as was expected he would. There are two or three others in the league who may do so by good luck. Jimmy O'Rourke and Hoffman are closo up to the hundred mark.
 Danny Hoffman of the New York Americans is wearing head guard, which Is devised to prevent injury from a pitched ball. It Is also used to restore confidence in a player who becomes timid at the plate because he has S.lce been soaked in the head.
 The Holyoke manage uent has re- ceived --ord from the management of the Worcester New England champ ions proposing a series of post season games. But the offer has been re- jected, the management having fully decided some time ago not to bother with such series again.
 The Pennsylvania teams which were included in the Atlantic league this year are considering plan to form a new Pennsylvania State league and will probably decide to with draw from the outlaw circuit. Most of the money in the Atlantic league was made by the Pennsylvania teams, those in New Jersey and New York losing money.
 The season ended a year ago Sat urday last and Norwich was win ner with but 152 points dividing ;he eight clubs. Bridgeport was in sev- enth place with a percentage of 435. Norwich closed out Springfield by about twenty points and New Haven was third. thirteen points further back It was great race and in striking contrast to this years.
 Tacks Lattimer. who was employ cd behind the bat for a rfme by Nor wich, says he will quit baseball after this season. He has been playing in the Southern league and the Nash vile TennD Banner prints him as saying: Il am 36 years old. and realize that I am not as good as I used to he and think it is time that I quit" He has played in 1nSO games in all. and has played in almost every league. He will go into rail- road business
 Come out today to see for the last time the soft, brown. gazellc-like Pyes of Hal Lally. the pugilistic walk of Rudy Schwenck. the Grpciau physique of Will Vehahn. the like able personality of Frank Lohr the broken finger of Herbert Smith. the !. genial smile of Danny Burt. the tragic eouEtenance of Heine Walters. the fTisky Jay kanZler. the baby elephant TribhIe. the foxy Ed Ran sick and the le tete rouge Mike Mac . Mahon- Charleston fS- e Post.
 The major league clubs have tIle exclusive right to draft all National lssOciation clubs until October I5. with the exception that from class . clubs only one player eau he irafted at S1.GsO a player. The other i -iasses in the National association | lave their innings at drafting as f1L I Ovs: Class 1. between October T. l md November 15. class B. between November 15 and December l.: cIsss :. between Deopmher 15 and Jan Izry 15 Tn ezch ciass the draft Is imited to two players Der club al his scheiule. For players in class B '5lo each for players in class C s51O lzen- for rIsvers fn clsss ID S11 each