Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-24

rest or the week, as there IS d SOOu deal to do, including going over each part O. our new agreement. Another matter is that of salary limit in the different classes; also new form of contracts. We propose to protect our- selves in the matter of players and ter ritory." Ned Hanlon, the Brooklyn manager, as in town last night. He did not appear to be at all worried over threatened American league en- croachmentS.
 Charles Comiskey has signed Tom Daily for his team next season, accord ing to the Chronicle. Daily is the Brooklyn clubs star player, and stood eighth in the list of National league second basemen, having an average of .95O. His batting average was
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 MT Upton and Fred Doe met this fall in Lewiston and talked polo. Their interchange of views on that occasion, according to both parties, was warm. Mir Doe has rich vocabulary, and MT Upton is bit spicy on occasion. When they parted they did not invite each other to call again.-Brockton Enter prise.
 Billy Huck. a we'll known New Or leans amateur ball player, has just re- turned from Ponce and says that Porto Rico has gone wild over base ball. There is q league of seven clubs on the island and two games are played week, on Saturday and Sunday. The games are we'll patronized, the attend ance ranging from 1,5OO to 2,O0O, With a general admission fee of 20 cents. There are very few professionals among the players.
 There is a lot of talk being made of a. probability that Fall River will be substituted for Hartford in the East ern league next season. 1tis certain ty that it will not be regarded with favor by those who are chiefly con- cerned in the maintenance of the East ern league. It is a good Saturday town, but could not support a team at the Eastern league rate of salaries and travelling expenses. Jersey City is Tar more likely to gain the place.-ProYt- dence Journal.
 Tn the apparent extremity of the St Louis National league club President Dreyfus of the Pittsburg club proposes as a partial relief to donate two of his players to St Louis.. MT Dreyfus says he does not know what other National league clubs will do in the way of do- nations, but he is satisfied that the Ma tional will be represented by strong team in St Louis next seasoln. MT Dreyfus will not make known the names of the two players he will part with, but the prevailing opinion seems to be that Conroy will be one of them. Manager Donovan will be in Pittsburg on Friday to confer with President Dreyfus on the subject.
 One of the local magnates said this morning, after looking at the list of players claimed by the American league that there were men on that list who would not play with the teams to which they had been assigned if there was any possibility of the old Southeastern getting into the game again. He admitted that the boys who make their living in polo probably would not wait without job for any great length of time with the possi- bility of a snow storm coming along at any time, but he thought there were men on the list who would wait for little while before allying themselves with the other organization.-Bro Enterprise.
 Christy Mathewson, the crack pitch CT of the New York club the past sea- son. who was in Chicago Monday night. leaving for the east yesterday, is said to have signed "a contract to pitch next year for Charley Comis keys White Stockings. According to the most authentic reports, it was he whom Manager Griffith went to New York to bag intsead of Davis, and the only thing that stands between Comis- key and Mathewson now is the ques- tion of salary And Mathewson is not the only star whom Comiskey has signed practically for next year Tom Hughes, the orphan twirler. will also be a White Stocking, and then there are five others besides Hughes. These are Thomas of Philadelphia, fielder; Warner of New York. catcher; Dah-. len of Brooklyn. who will be used at short; Hamilton of Boston, another feeder; and Long of Boston, who will be placed at third base With this great aggregation Comiskey will try to win another championship.