Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-30
BASEBALL NOTES.

Elks play Meriden tomorrow here.
 Bridgeport has our alley sure enough.
 Eddie Carmody, who has played with Waterbury for two weeks, was released last night by Manager Du- rant. There is a whole lot of good work in that boy, yet, however. Dan O'Neil has sent the signed contract of Maggert to Secretary O'Rourke, but Manager Durant has asked for his suspension and the battle is on for this player. He should never have been allowed to roam in the first place.
 Bobby Hart, the old polo player, has been called on from the west to officiate in this league as an umpire. Bobby is paving the way to make himself unpopular when the polo season opens this fall Still he may get through where others have fail- ed.
 The New Haven Register says that the plunge in salaries in this league has placed 1t on financial preeipice, that Waterbury is on the collapse and other teams are also on the verge of dissolution. If Wa terbury is so near financial ruin, it Is mystery how 1t all happened.
 With all the extra inning games played throughout the country on Tuesday last, the one up in Wor- fCf nf int In city because Danny Singleton won it. The former local player had a single and a double, when in the fourteenth inning he knocked out another single, winning the game.
 o'Rourke, the Holy Cross player now filling the utility role for New Haven, played the last few innings for New Haven yesterday, taking Sherwood's place at third. He made two stops right of the reel, but did not have a chance at bat. Bone may try him at short, as Hayel's fielding is horrible.
 Charley Kennedy was as honest an umpire as ever held an indica- tor. There was no touch of suspi,. cion to any of his work. Yet he has been given such abuse that he has been driven from the Connecticut league. There are others who should have gone long ago. Wilkin, son is joke and Rorty has caused more riots than all the oth- CTS put together, yet they are toler- ated.
 The Meriden Elks will be here to- morrow to cross bats with fhe local Elks team. Waterbury has not yet been defeated and every team in the league has been urged to give the locals a defeat and not let them go down the line with clean score. The game will start at o'clock as .ieriden will not get here much be- fore 3:30. Waterbury will try and pit her strongest lineup in the field tomorrow.
 T am going to write up those feI- lows" was the comment of Umpire Wilkinson after the Holyoke-New Haven games yesterday. his remark being in reference to Manager George Bone of New Haven, Pitcher Herbst and Catcher Murray. with whom he had encounters. Continuing. the um- pire said: Pines of s5 will go up against the three of them and won't stand again for the term that Bone applied to me. I'll take a chance with any of them. that's the kind ok a huekleberTy I am. If they don't want me in the league then. they can can me"
 On account of the annual shut I down in Holyoke. which starts to- day. Manager winkler tried to get | Manager Harry Dursnt of Waterbury I to transfer the game scheduled ia | Brass town this afternoon to the l Paper city. As an induosment Wink Ter offered Durant so per cent of the 4 gate and grandstand and the csrfare for his team one way. but Durant I declined to come unless the expenses of his team were paid both ways. be- sides his share of the gate and grand I stand Holyoke couldn't see where a taiIend aggregation would make ff pay and dropped negotiations. Had Dursnt agreed to the transfer 1t was planned to have another game ba- tween two Holyoke teams for the charnpionship of sn amateur efty leaEue.-Springde1d rnfca.