Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-11

that the Montreal team is ssshowing up well ill practice. ThR bah park in Montreal has q fine coatingof snow
 Manager Leonard Of the SyraEeuse club has signed Catcher McManus, who played with the Kansas City team last year, and great things are expect ed of him. Pitcher Magee and Infield- CT Flynn have decided not to play with Syracuse.
 It is said in Worcester that if Jim Delehanty doesn't make good with Chicago he will be shipped to Wor- cester. That is one of the conditions of the sale to the Chicago club and it has been kept in the backg ground un- til the present time.
 President Higgins of the Rochester club is in the livery business. and he is having built magnificent tally-ho to carry fifty passengers. It will be used for the first time at the opening game in Rochester and will convey the teams to the ball park.
 Manager Canavan. of New Haven would not object to making d trade for good catcher. He would give Fred Luchia for any equally good man. He probably thinks Luchia las played long enough in New Haven. He is the only player of the original team Bridgeport Post.
 Pitcher Lawson. under contract to the Boston National league club to commence work May l. pitched against the Baltimore American league team last Monday in Baltimore, which. according to the strict interpretation of the National agreement, makes him ineligible to play with the National league.
 Shannon's uniform is somewhat startling. He. was clad in fiery red. from cap to stockings. and it made him look much heavier and broader than he really is. 1t was Il matter of comment how q conservative old New England town like Meriden. Conn. could stand for so much brilliant col bring. Indianapolis News.
 New Haven wants Short Stop Raw sen. who was with Derby in 1899. Manager Denny will probably release him to Manager Canavan. If Raw son plays it is said he will have to use glasses. Manager Denny had an idea that this would interfere with his play and so did not care to sign him. Evidently Manager Canayan isn't afraid. Bridgeport Post.
 The Milwaukees with Joe Connor in the bunch. played ball Sunday at St Louis with the Chicago team of the same American league. It was a red hot contest and Chicago won by the score of 2 to 1. Connor caught for three innings. He did not get hit, but he played well behind the bat. Friel. of last years New Haven team, played short stop for Milwaukee.
 Yale athletic leaders are talking about suit for the collection of dam- ages against the Boston National league team because the management of the latter failed to play the game scheduled with Yale in Norfolk. Va, on last Saturday through no fault of the Yale managers. It is agreed in behalf of Yale that the trip to Norfolk was at an expense of several hundred dol lars and then there was a large guar antee. It is likely that the matter will be patched up by the appearance of the Bostonians in New Haven the last of April.
 Manager Denny of Derby says he can get good work out of Bob Drew. Probably he can. Drew says lie has settled down to business and will give his attention solely to ball playing this season The man who bet S5 that Drew would be signed on the New London team was not talking on a sure thiag The men who are making up the New London team never for an | instant considered Drew. We have q new franchise, a new management, and we are going to have a new team, l barring the presence of one player who was with New London at one stage of I the game last year.-New London l Globe.
 l The Columbia base ball club cIans who think they are the champions so1 the city, were defeated by the Young l Washington Hills yesterday afternoon | on the Rye lots by the score of 30 tt I g. The Young Washington Hills vii l play the altar boys Friday afternoon l at 2 o'clock. The Washington Hills | would like to get q rap at the vBarnart school team. The Washington Hills I do not think themselvesT the. cham pions of the city, but will play any team for the championship of ithe city who are IA years of age. If a game < wanted call at Captain Days, 42; River street, or at the Democrat office The umpire for yesterdays game w.i
 John Horn. | It is reported that Pat Grove. the alleged kidnapper of the Cudahy boy has sent this statement to 1T. :lcGuaint ance: 'I did not steal the Cudahy hoy
 but just the same I am in the kidnap ping business. I was, until lately. il
 the employ of the Americansbase bal
 league stole Griffith. Mertes, Brad
 icy and Callahan from Jim Hart. ant
 I put blowholes into the arnlor Of tn, f Beaneaters. I have now switche,
 over to the National league for S1 .00t f per kidnap, and intend to steal bael
 as many men as I can.. Did you nc
 tice that Heidrick. Wallace. Willis
 Sheckard. Williams and several other
 have jumped their American 1eagu
 contracts?"
 Captain Shindle said that the iIiel
 would go down to the park today an,
 do some light work. The wind vii
 soon dry up the ground and it will no
 take long for the men to get in goo'
 condition. It has been practically dc
 cided to, do without the services 0
 trainer. There are no juniors on tn
 team and the players have had experi
 ence in taking care of themselves
 They will do indoor work at the Y NJ
 c. A. gymnasium and at Maronfgal'
 Turkish bath rooms. Tho execntiy 1..I.4 fkxAs