Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-06
BASE BALL NOTES.

Sh1rrOtt \lODedanZ and Frank Shannon will be with Worcester again this season.
 Friel has been released from his promise to play with Toronto. A sur plus of players is given as the cause.
 All around there is approval of the changes in the rules. That twenty seconds limit on the pitchers delivery won't be relished by Charles Clancy, say some of the wise ones. Clancy is held by Waterbury and he had a habit of aggravating the batsman and spectator with the waits between ser vice of his shoots.-Aferiden Journal.
 Tn Worcester the other evening an indoor game of base ball was played for the benefit of Mrs James McGarr, wife of the former player and umpire. The winning team called "All Profes- sionals'' included Sharrott,. Burkett. Rickert. Bonner Branstield and Ander- son. William Magee was umpire. There was an attendance of about 400
 Manager Kittredge of the Worcester team claims that with the American association out of the, game the chanc- es are increased for the Eastern league getting some of the fastest men in the country. He also says that the National league is on top and will stay there. He believes that the American | league weapon of 25 cent ball will re- suit in q reduction of players salaries.
 The American league has made an offer to Thomas J. Lynch of New Brit ain who for many years was an um- l pire in the National league. to officiate in the new association during the coming year. The league officials are anxious to secure him and have of- fered him big salary. He has also received a similar offer from the Ma tional league. He has as yet made no arrangements, in. regard to the matter.
 Treasurer Billings of the Boston club yesterday. over a long distance telephone, offered extra inducements to Willie Dineen if he would remain with the Boston National leag club. | He was anxious to have Dineen come to Boston and talk the matter over. The Syracuse boy refused, saying the- 1 he could do nothing now as the Amerl- can league contract had arrived from | Eice-President SomerS, Dineen afiXing | his name to it early yesterday after noon before he talked with Billings. l Manager Shettsline Of the Philadel- | phia National league club yesterday | sent out contracts to his players and asked each player to forward his an- | swer at once. The club is alarmed over the announcement that Slagle has signed with Washington. and the ru- mors regarding Laioie, Flick and Me Farland. Connie Mack is said to have 1 already signed Catcher Mcfarland and Laioie of last seasons Philadelphia team. Pitcher 'sVic" Willis of Boston. First Baseman Chisholm, who played with St Louis and Brooklyn last sea son: Shortstop Conroy and Left Field CT Dave Fultz. The latter pair were with Mack in Milwaukee.
 l Dan Murphy, the popular second baseman of the Norwich team last year. now with the New York Nation al league team, is in town visiting friends. Murphy has not yet fully re- 1 covered from the operation for appen- dicitis which was performed on him. but he expects to be ill shape by. the opening of the season. He says he will stick to the National league and will play with New York this sum- mer. He thinks it is q mistake for the young talent to jump to the Amer ican league. for the Players associ:l- ton is an uncertain quantity at the best and the chances are the youncs- ters will possibly spoil their careers by trying to brck the big league. Mug phy says he prefers playing in the Con- necticut State league to the National league. where a young player is kept on tiptoe most of the timc.-Norwich l RecordS
 The players desertion of the Ma tional league for the American league I appears to be more than was expect ed. It is conceded that Collins. Stahl. Freeman and Sullivan have left the BOstons for the new club at that city, and that Criger and Shreckengost, the St Louis catchers: Fred Parent, the crack Providence shortstop, and Har- ry Dolan, the Chicago outfielder, have agreed to play under SomerS and Col lins at the Hub. If other reports are true, the New York club will lose
 Carrick, Mercer, Taylor. Gettig, Glea- son, Grady and Garvin4 The Wash
 ington American league clubs man. lager, James Manning. says he ,has
 signed Carrick and will also have Mer-
 cer. He has also signed James Sla-
 gle of last years Philadeipn1as. Tho
 Cleveland American league club in
 slsts that it has signed "Deaf Mute'' Taylor, while the assertion ia made l that Virgil Garvin has signed with the Milwaukee club. Gett1R EQes to Mc0raw's Baltimcre club md n does Jd Gleason, 1t issSaid. Gfady tSt54 be with tho Ae Rhlael Ss E ssss