Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-03
BASE BALL ECHOES
State League Teams Not Yet
 Completed.

Bell Rings-Hartford His Some
 Difficulty in Getting Players-Local
 Grounds win Be Improved This
 season-Bridgeport Getting Men in
 Line.
 The schedule for the state league season has been made up and copy placed in the hands Of the. manager of each club 1t is not likely to be adopted as it now stands, as it will not prove satisfactory.
 Another meeting of the state league directors will be held on Monday, April s. at Hotel Garde in New Ha- ven There are various matters to be attended to and some questions to be settled. Secretary O'Rourke will to-day sent out the call for the meet ing
 Hartford has so far signed one play CT. his name, Campbell, residence Con- necticut, former experience as base ball player a member of the State league. Manager Connor will sell you a few good men Manager Shindie, why not try him2
 Mills, who played the field and pitch ed for last seasons Waterbury team, was quite popular with the fans who
  form again. His contract has been sent to him but nothing has been heard from him. He may want to get in out of the wet before the season opens. Perhaps it will be then too
 The managers of all the teams should see to it. that they secure as good players as possible this season and that there is limit to the salaries paid. A fight right from the start with all the teams of equal strength would make the game an interesting one. Cut out all ringers. too, in the last days of the season and make the rule so strong that it will be impossible to get around it.
 Center Fielder Jones. of last years sBrooklyns. has gone south with Con- fskey's Chicago Americans. He says he has signed for three years at a sal ary of S3,O00 year. He further says that he refused an offer of similar pro- portions from the Brooklyn club.
 We are going to have bleachers down on the grounds this season and that is almost an assured fact. Mir Grisweld, the lessee of the grounds, has already been at work, getting fig ures. and those who were forced to stand around the catcher and first base lines for the past few seusons will have chance to sit down this season.
 This season an example will be made of some of those base ball fans who persist in watching the game from the hills back of tho left field fence, and who sometimes crawl over the fence at that point and back of right field. It is done in every city in the league except here and the dead head row will be cut if police can do it this sea- son.
 'sThese days remind me of the Brotherhood, says Comiskey. Five teams went down to New Orleans and stayed in one hotel. No manager in the party dared let Il player get out of his sight for more than sixty seconds. If he did somebody would be sure to kidnap him. Those were 'halcyon days as Ted Sullivan would say"
 We can all feel relieved. "BilP' Yale, he of the ten league strides and ex- pansiye smiles. has reconsfdered his determination not to play and will once more delight the local fans. He informed Manager O'Rourke yester- day that he was prepared to sign a contract and in a day or two will no doubt put his name down.7-BrIdgeport Post.
 The Eastern league of professional base ball clubs will hold it's annual schedule meeting at the Victoria hotel today The circuit composed of Buff falo. Rochester, Syracuse, Toronto, Montreal. Providence, Worcester and Hartford appears to be better arranged than those of recent years. President F. T. Powers said yesterday that fndi- cations point <to successful season even though there may be disaster in the National and American leagues.
 The Norwich team is still without a shortstop- Dorsey has recommended To Captain Tfghe a man in HayerhiIl. whom he claims to be as good as Fer ITS. Manager Davenport wrote to Dor sey to-day asking him for further in- formation regarding the man. The Norwich infield is so far the highest priced Tn the league, so that unless one cannot be got in any other way big money will not be paid for a shortstop. The management hopes to get hold of n young blood whose reputation is not yet made and develop him.-Norwich Record.
 Six clubs were represented at the meeting of the City Amateur league last evening in the rooms of the St Joseph T. 4 society. The clubs were as follows: Jeffersons, St Joseph. St Thomas, Monitors and the Brooklyn and Welcome Athletic clubs. President James Freney presided. VefF little business was transacted, the time be- ing devoted to q discussion of plans for the coming season. Whether six or eight teams will compose the league is not yet decided and accordingly the applications of the North End A. C. and team from Waterville for membership were laid on the table until the next meeting. The teams this year will, in all probability. post a forfeit which will go towards pur- chasing banner or trophy at the end of the season for the team winning the championship. The next meeting will be held on Thursday evening of next week when a schedule will be prepared and the different teams will send in list of their players.
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