The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-25

Manager Durant said yesterday that there was a general misapprehension concerning the status of Maggert now playing right field for Springfield. He said the man had not been released by Waterbury and would not be. He has simply been loaned to Springfield to help out during the absence of Big Bull Luby, who is lald up with bad ankle. Waterbury is under obligation to Springfield for the loan of Spud Murphy who Is performing brilliantly on the third sack.
 Hartford gained again on the Ponies yesterday
 Rising of Springfield will make his 100 hits this week.
 Holyoke fans lay up the release of Romer against Jack Tighe more than anything else, He has been a Jonah to the team all the season so far.
 The best leaders make mistakes about players at times. Pitcher Frill, one of the cleverest twirlers in tho Eastern league was passed up by Dan ONeil.
 Whats the matter with some of the Connecticut league umpires? They are falling to show up for assignments. Will Supervisor Kennedy use the axeY
 Some of the Hartford people at Thursdays game In New Brltaln le1t the grounds as soon as the riot began, fearing there would be bloodshed and they did not wish to witness any scenes of carnage.
 rom" Dowd says he will not let any of his Hartford players go higher up until the end of the Connecticut league season. Evidently Tom" thinks some of his men are too good for this cir cult,
 p,tcher, Red Waller and Manager James II, ORourke of Bridgeport went to New York yesterday for q confer- ence with Manager McGraw of the Ma tionals. The New Yorker has offered good price for Waller but wants to look him over before parting with any cash.
 new man is to be tried out by the versatile Hartford management, He IS Jack Lund of the Chester team or the Mlddlesex league and Manager Down has agreed to give him a chance to show what he can do. Jack has been a catcher, and good one, and most of the present season has been playing inc outfeld without an error thus far, He is a heavy hitter, his average be- ing among the .400s, with the three- baggers and home runs in the majority. IIejs twenty-one vars of age and has been playing ball for five years He weighs about l75 pounds, and has plen- ty of confidence to help him through, lie saw Manager Dowd yesterday fore noon. and MT. Dowd agreed to give him thorough trial Last year Jack caught nearly all the games for the eral State league pitchers. He never failed to get hit. This season lle has played in the outfield, and his heavy hitting has been depended upon to helr the team out of tight places. He may appear In one or more of the next four games scheduled to be played on the | Hartford grounds.
 The Collinsville baseball team de- feated the strong Coe Brass team of Torrington in that city yesterday aft ernoon in one of the best games oi the season. The game was a pitch er's battle throughout, both pitchers receiving excellent support. The win ming run was made in the ninth in- | ning Dy Dunn on slngle Dy Miller with two men on bases and one out The score: R. H. E Collinsville o 0 0 0 o0 0 0 1--l Coe Bros. 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0---0 8
 atteries--Colllnsvil Olds and Brown; Coe Brass, Burke and Morgan.
 
 The congressman was leaving Wash. | ington for his own town
 well, good by said friend. T SUD- pose the citizens will be out in force to meet you?'
 "T-I'm afraid they will' replied ths l oongressmAn.---Phi Ledger.