Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-17
Bridgeport comes here Friday.

Bridgeport comes here Friday. We won the first under the new man. agement.
 Frank Fitzpatrick has been appoint ed captain of the team and he is just the man for the place.
 The city league managers will hold an important meeting tonight i'll the St Joseph rooms on East Main street.
 Good, snappy ball playing was the scene presented in the game with New London. Evidently the players have made up their minds to get into the game.
 Hannafin was released by the Meri- den management Monday evening. While he won three out five games, his work in the last two games was not satisfactory.
 Roger Connor is not going to New London, at least not this season, so word came from the Whaling town to- day. In all probability the big fellow will get out of the game for the rest of the season and he may take it into his head to take trip across the wa ter next month.
 Manager George Harrington has an nounced that the same offer he. made almost every season is now in force again. He will present box of ci- gars to any of the local players who make a home run on the Waterbury grounds.
 Next Friday will be ladies' day and all the women who desire to see the game will be admitted free to the grand stand. Bridgeport will be here on that date and it should make an in- teresting game. Waterbury expects to climb the ladder from now until the end of the season.
 So far the Cincinnati club has sent Corcoran check for his salary on the first and fifteenth of every month, not withstanding the fact that his contract prepared by the Players Protective as sociation, makes it compulsory for the club to pay salaries to sick players only in case they are injured ill the service of the club.
 At the Eastern league meeting in Hartford yesterday nothing was done about Tommy Leahy, who was report ed as being q contract jumper. Man ager Murray said Leahy notified him ! that he could secure another situation at big increase in salary and Mur- ray allowed him to go. Now he is back again. It was said that Leahy did not have a contract with Proyi- dence and therefore could not break one.
 A dispatch from Waterbury, after the game with Derby at that place Monday. said that Roger ConnoE sold out his interest in the club to George Harrington. 1t has been well known that Connor has been dissatisfied with affairs in Waterbury ever since the season opened. The team has not played very good ball and the attend ance has been far from good. Rogers retirement will remove a familiar fig ure from State league circles and will be the loss to Waterbury of a strong player and square and capable man ager.-Exchange
 Only one game will be played by the Jeffersons on next Sunday. Next Sun. day is the day on which the teams in the City Amateur league will play of the postponed games. The Jeffersons have two postponed games, one witI the St Joseph's and one with the Brooklyn Athletic club It was ex pected that the two games would be played but Manager Reid has decided to play off only the game with tho DFoohlyH Alhleue cluu. Ldter they will play double header with the St Josephs.
 Secretary O'Rourke received a letter from Umpire John A. Mckee this
 morning. giving the details of the un provoked assault made upon him hy : Catcher Matthews at Waterbury yes terday. Mckee says he fined Mat thews S10. Matthews came out behind the pitchers box and deliberately at : tackled him. The Derby players step
 ped between them. He said it wa,