Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-18
BASE BALL NOTES.

nope that secretary O RCurkc would call meeting of the league at an early date to map out the plans fer the seq son. Last year the first league meet ing was held late in March. and ad- .ioUrnment after adjournment was taken so that the business was not
 completed until the meeting of May 1.
 Manager Canavan of the New IIa-
 ven base bah club has seHt out con tracts to the players lie desires 10 have on the team this season. Among these are tuSick. EitZmauricp and Luchia, and some new iGen whose names he does not care to give out at present. He received q letter from Larry Bat
 tam asking for his release and this
 was given. II0dson has had an offer
 to pitch for irwin's Boston team. but Irwin would not do business until HOdsOn could show q written release 1 This also has been given.
 The bill introduced in tie legislature
 last week permitting Sunday base ball
 is i'll pursuance of the plan suggested
 last summer by some of the State league managers. Waterbury tried it
 and it was reported To have been a
 profitable investment. Bridgeport might be able to stand for Sunday
 base ball by playing the games at Pleasure Beach. but the other towns in the circuit would be injured more
 than benefited. There is no call for it in New Haven on the part of the pub
 lie. nor in Meriden. Bristol. New Lon
 dcn or Norwich. There is little doubt
 that the bill will be adversely report cd, or. if not. that it will be killed if it comes up for passage in either
 house.-New Haven Register.
 The base ball question has been but
 little talked of the past week. except
 for a day or two when the familiar
 face of Jack Chapman was seen in
 town. H. B. Davenport was in Provi-
 dcnce the past week and q few of the
 fans were quite sure that his visit to
 that city was in some way connected
 with base ball. Those who really want
 to see a base ball team in Norwich the
 coming season are quite sure that Nor
 which will be represented in the
 league. while the indifferent are just
 as positive that we will have no team
 in this city. Tie New London cranks
 are positive. so they claim. that the
 city by the sea will be in the league
 and have a much better team than
 they had last year. and probably q bet
 ter manager, and if New London re-
 mains in the league then Norwich is
 sure of holding her place, possibly not
 as q pennant winner. but certainly well
 up in the first diviSion.-Norwich Cor
 respondent of the New Haven Regis
 ter.
 The chances for making q permanent
 circuit by adding Springfield and Hart
 ford to the league should not be lost.
 As is well known, Springfield was
 dropped by the Eastern league and
 Hartford retained. A Hartford man
 who is well informed in base ball mat
 .s- T.
 ago that Charles Soby and other back
 CTS of the game were not at all enthu
 siastic over the outlook in the Eastern
 league so far as Hartford is concerned and there is considerable talk of de clining to place Il team in the circuit. | The losses of the past two years have l. been dishrartening and unless the cir cuit is materially cut down the travel ing expenses will again eat up ail the profits and q little more. With Hart ford and Springfield in the circuit with the State league the annual guessing match of the directors would be cut out. The opinion of base ball men who are familiar with the situation is that with the proper ove"tures both towns could be sccured.-New Haven Register.
 | All the professional base ball players
 whose homes are in New Haven re- main loyal to the Players Protective | association. Not one has yet signed for 1he coming season. although it is now the middle of February, and with l in q fortnight some Of them would nor malIy be ordered to report for duty. All are holding off until the present situation clears up a bit Tommy Cor | coran, captain of the Cincinnati nine, has been absent for two weeks in the pf hn which took part in the deliberations of the Protective association at it's meet | ing held in Cleveland a week ago. AL | though Corcoran has three years l contract with Cincinnati which has | still two years to run. he will not sign or agree to play with the Reds till he l knows just how the National league and Players Protective association come to terms. The same condition is true of Billy Lush of the Rochesters and Tommy Leahy of the Providence team Both these players are eagerly wanted by the American league hines,
 and it is not at all improbable that both will be found in the ranks of the | new and lively organization which is to be the National leagues rival this season. Mike Doherty has received q
 most iattering offer from the Schenec- tady nine of the New York state league with which he finished the season last year. He is likely to sign with that team again as the New York state
 league will be very strong this season, Wilkesbarre and Scranton being added to it's membership. Salaries are said to run considerably higher there than in the Connecticut state league. Billy Cannon has returned to Cort1andt, N. |. He has been left fielder on that nine for two seasons and will again play with il. this season. George La chance of this city has not yet signed contract. but as he WAS with the American league last seaaons there Is Ezhete n Wiu xobAh1y pe fesnd this