Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-23
Has Not Yet Raised All the Money-Roger Connor Is Getting Better = Waterbury Will Have Corking Team This Season-Some of the American League Teams Are Good Ones.

first class team and not allow money to stand in the way of getting good men. The management must be con- ducted in an economical manner, as the club has a small capital. but the directors have decided to have nothing but q first class club and they will all low nothing to stand in the way. Cap tain Shindle said he had a good short stop in mind and also two hard hitting outfielders He said he would try op' all the men of last years team wno report here and all who have a chance. While abroad Captain Shindle will con- fer with Edward Hanlon about secur- ing the services of Donovan and Steel man. The organization has $4,5OO subscribed to date and $500 is still needed. Now is the time to subscribe. Hartford Courant.
 Worcester would like Joe Kelley, formerly of Indianapolis.
 Worcester has presented Pitchers Magee and Horton to Syracuse.
 'Zeke'' Wrigley says he has no idea of playing with the Worcester club.
 The Eastern league season will open April 9, one day after the American.
 Base ball at College park, Maryland, ' O, Maryland agricultural 3.
 The friends of Breitenstein, the Southpaw pitcher. are getting up pe- tition urging Robinson to engage him for the coming season..
 Boston has signed .Malac chi Kittredge to work behind the -bat. Seasoned catchers are handy to have around any team.-New York Telegram.
 Pitcher Bernhard of the Philadel- phia National league team last year, yesterday signed a contract with the Philadelphia American league team Manager McPhee ofEincinnati says: "Cuppy pitched fine ball last season up to the time he was let go by Bos- ton to reduce expenses. He slipped away just as I did from Cincinnati, and did not play any more that season. Yet he was forgotten, though I have no doubt that he can get in and pitch good ball again this season.
 Fielder Jones notified the Brooklyn base ball club yesterday that he was under contract to play with the Chica- go club. of the Ameritan league. Like Cross, however, Jones. regrets his ac- tion in signing with the rival league. If Jones can be convinced that he is free to sign with the champions he will be seen in uniform at Washington park when the season opens there. |,
 The Worcester management has in- formed Manager O'Rourke that it cannot get it's team together by Fast day, so We shall have to look around for some other attraction. Manager Jim will now make cnel elNg effort to get New York here on that date. 1 sin cerely hope he will, as the big league team would draw about twice as many as the representative from the Ice Cart eague.-Bridgepor Post.
 Roger Connor continues to improve and in a week or two will be out on the roads getting himself in form for the opening of the season. Yesterday morning he had quite a change for the worse, but he rallied from the sudden attack and last evening he was feeling himself once more and all fears of pneumonia setting in passed away. He has made arrangements with Art GriSwold, the lessee of the Waterbury base ball grounds, and several inn Drovements will be made on the field. He is anxious to get out. for he has many letters from players that he would like to answer, several of whom
 he will sign.
 One of the several surprises that Manager Connie Mack has been prom ising the newspaper men was sprung last night, when official announcement was made that he had signed William H. Bernhardt for his Philadelphia American league team. Bernhardt | was wanted by Boston, but Connie | Mack got in ahead of Manager Jimmy
 Collins. The acquisition of Bernhardt makes Mack team exceptionally strong
 in the pitching department Besides
 Bernhardt he has Willis, the Boston
 crack; Fraser. the winning twirler of last years Phillies; NIilligan, the Buff
 falo wizard, who was reputed to be the
 best of all the young pitchers in the
 American league last season, and two other youngsters who have not yet won their spurs. In addition he prob- ably has Phillips of Cincinnati, not to | mention piatt. the Philadelphia south
 paw, who is to give his final answer to-day.
 Charles w. Somers of the Boston club of the American league, President | Kilfoyl of the Cleveland club and Business Manager Gavin of the Boston club arrived in Boston yesterday morn ing. They visited the Huntington ave 1 nue grounds during thtS morning, ana l both Mir Ikilfoyl and Mir. Gavin were highly pleased with their location and size. When asked if he had anything l to say about the situat ation, Mir Somers | said: '1Yes, I sincerely regret that | there are so many conflicts in the | schedules here. We worked all Wed | nesday night and Thursday on another schedule, but was less pleased with 1 that one than with the other, and we l had to go back to the first proposition: I hope we may find it possible to do away with a few of these conflicting
 dates. We were greatly handicapped | by the fact that the league had taken twenty-six days at home in May and | twelve in June. do not come into
 this city to make war on the National
 league. This is simply q business ant of the Boston National club was
 asked what he had to say about the
 conflicts in the schedule and replied k that the fact of there being so many <,~ss. 0anAa xrnn,lx7 nf,vt fA m fhn ,1ork nf