Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-15
BlSE BALL NENS
Manager connor Has About All
 the Men he Needs.

Contract and Letters to Prove His Right to Play Where He Pleases- Names of Those Who Will be Seen on the Local Diamond-Games of Saturday and Sunday.
 Henry Matthews will play with Wa ~ferbury this season, if papers that he has in his possession amount to any thing. Manager COnnor received word from that player yesterday and the story he tells and the letters he has sent on will make interesting reading for Secretary Young of the National league when he gets them. The Sel- ma team of the south claimed that Matthews belonged to that nine and had prior claim to the player. Mat thews denies this. yet the team entered a protest to Secretary Young and Man. ager Connor was notified. Matthews was at once written to about the af- fair and he tells a straightforward story and has documents to back it up. In his letter he says he did accept terms with the Selma team, but 1t was not in any league at the time. Atian- ta had a franchise in the Southern league and when she was not repre- sented at the meeting Selma was awarded the franchise. He was then sent a contract, but returned 1t un-e signed. He agreed to play with Sel- ma because it was to be an indepen- dent team. He was to play with that team until it was time to report in Waterbury. He accepted the terms of Manager Connor on January 16 and agreed to play with the Salma man. agement on February [, and then that team was not in the league and under no protection. He concludes his letter by stating that he will be in Water bury on May 1 to play. He also sends on his contract duly signed on Janu- ary 26. He encloses also letter sent to him under date of January 2. It is from the Selma manager asking him to play with his team and telling him the team was to play Independent ball and that it would be under no prOtec- ton. Another letter dated February offered him terms and a five months contract All those papers will be in the hands of Secretary ORourike of the State league this afternoon, for Manager Connor has gone down to see him, and he will be instructed to forward them to Secretary Young of the National league at once.
 Here is the array of talent complete that will represent Waterbury this
 
 as yet, but will be before the season opens. Of last seasons team there will be Charley Buss, Charley Clancy, Joe Herndon, Lew Weisbecker, Pete Kiernan and Denny Reardon. The new playeSs will be Henry Matthews !. of Salma, Ala, Lusky of Washington, Walter D. Rose of Portland. Daniel Hoffman of Torrington, Frank R. Queen of Philadelphia, John McGinnls of Carolina. R. l.. John Logan of Phil adelphia, Howard Bratton. of Phila- delphia. Hinchman of Philadelphia, Tad Troy of Wheeling, w. Va.
 New Haven, April 15.-The Yale nine defeated the Wesleyan university nine Saturday afternoon by the score of to in slow game. The visitors were very evidently not yet in trim to give a proper exhibition, and the Yale men did not play with the snap that characterized it during the Easter trip. Lufkin, the Wesleyan pitcher, was not difficult to hit, but neyerthe- less the Yale players did not seem apt at batting. They pounded out five hits only. to Wesleyan's two. Hirsh for Yale did good work at Dackstop, catching several difficult fouls. The fielding by Captain Robertson in right field was also very good. Garyan, in the box for eight innings, did better than expected, striking out six men. Lufkin rallied at times sufficiently to strike out six also. Score:
 R.H.E. Yale ......2 OO0011 52 Wesleyan .. O O Q 0 0 0 O GO 2 1 Batteries Garvan and Hirsh, Pat ten and Kinslow; Luflrin and Inglis. Umpire. L.. NJ. Johnson.
 At Providence.
 Providence, April 15.-Brown univer- .sity was shut out without hit by Dunkel in an exhibition game with Providence Saturday. The score: Providence ..2 0OOo e-274 Brown 10 o 0 0 o 0 0 co o 8 Batteries-Dunkle and McCauley; Lynch, Washburn and Whittemore.
 At Annapolis.
 Annapolis, April 15.-A large crowd witnessed Georgetown base ball team defeat the naval cadets Saturday af- ternoon. Score:
 Georgetown I 1000 1-5 Navy -...-. Q, o o 0 0 o o 0 GO 4 (Q-A~l s&tLlA .O Weaver, Childs and Read.
 At Philadelphia.
 Philadelphia, April Philadelphia defeated Toronto Saturday to 4. Score:
 R.H.E. Toronto ....1 O1o2OO Oo-4 a 3 Phila 100 1O32 *-711 l Batteries-Altrock,A AfcFall, Cooper and Ritter; Dunn. Townsend, Duggles- by, Mcfarland and Douglass.
 At New York.
 New York. April 15.-The New Yorks played fast baseball in an exhi- bitiOn game with the Rochester team to-day. Phyle and Matthewson did the best work of the local pitchers. The latter faced nine men in three innings and all scored five strike-outs. The Eastern leaguers played well in the field. Score:
 4 7 1h V