Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-13

s 0SUfBS 0VBEIeyeTt Ia9 u0eG U3De runner Of the Indianapolis club, Is to play with McGfaw ih Baltimore.
 Billy Dyer, the Holy Cross player, who broke his leg last season, will re Sume his former. position this spring.
 Ben Mulford of Cincinnati writes: 'The Boston A. l.. will have minor leaguers at short and second-Hoke Ferris and Fred Parent. Both had earmarks of corking comers."
 Fred Parent denies that he has sign ed a contract to play with the Boston American league team. Manager Mur- ray of Providence has been in San- ford, Maine, this week in conference with him, and Boston may have to raise it's offer in order to secure him.
 A contract has been forwarded to Ed Connors, who played first base so well for Meriden the latter part of the season and he will undoubtedly be here, as there is no disagreement as to terms. Connors is fine first base man and hard, earnest player, and the fans will welcome him back. lsNriden Journal.
 President Johnson of the American league says: q see a number of the National league players are using us as means of getting an increase in their salaries with their clubs. It is reported by the National league press agency in Boston that Herman Long has refused several offers by wire and mail from the American league. l know that Long has not received any offer from a club in our league"
 with all due respect to Judge John- son. said Attorney Michael J. Moore yesterday, q am of the opinion that the National league contract will not amount to shucks. When the time comes we shall be able to give q few legal opinions that will hold water. We are not discussing the option clause at all. There are other parts of the contract besides the option clause to which we take exception
 Although Mir Somers of the Boston American league club has announced that "Cy' Young has not signed to play in Boston, there is not the slight est doubt that he has pledged himself to so do, and when President John- son makes official announcement of the players assigned to the Huntington avenue grounds, his bulletin will be found to contain the name of Denton J. Young. The same is true or John Freeman, The latter signed the con- tract offered him by Manager Collins. Louisville and Indianapolis, the re- mains of the defunct American asso- ciation, have been taken care Of at last. President Hickey of the Vest ern league has cleverly handled mat ters so that Denver and Pueblo have been dropped and the above cities have been admitted to membership. The Western league circuit will now be made up of Kansas City, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, St Joseph, Louis l Jr1iancnnlic Tho T,n11TSCi1ln club will have the pick of the Denver and Pueblo teams.
 President B. B. Johnson of the l American league was in Cincinnati q 1 few hours yesterday and left for Chi with John E. Bruce, the attorney fo1 the American league. MT Johnson re- | fused to state the nature of the con | ference but it is understood that the validity of the contracts sent out by the American league to the players were discussed. MT Johnson stated that both Pitcher Scott and Outtieldel Barrett, who played with the CincIn natl team last season, have signed con tracts with the American league. Scot with Cleveland and Barrett With De troit.
 Alexander Robert Unglaub, of Bal ti1nore, Md, the fine third baseman | of last years Meriden ball team, ar | rived in Meriden last evening and vii visit friends here until April 1, whe1 he goes to Worcester to join the East ern league team of that city that last year bought his release from Neri den. Unglaub is in splendid physica condition and comes north to get ac climated to New England spring weather. He will play third base fol Worcester. His only regret is that hc cannot play another year Tn Meriden Bob was warmly greeted to-day by many friends who wish him success: and feel sure he will make good a
 Worcester.-Meriden Journal.
 The latest accession to the American league club of this city is Catcher John B. Mclean of Cambridgeport league in the past two years. Me Lean weighs 220 pounds and stand: six feet five inches. He was born il Frederickton. and will be 2l years ol( next July. Three years ago he played first base with the strong Newtownt club team of Cambridge, and two year ago he caught for the Fredericton (N B3 team. Last year he caught fol the St John team. Last year he lee | ''AS average of .52O. Catcher Mclean i: a sparrer of considerable note. A veal ago he made q two months tour witt s'Kid'' Mccoy. He has a brother, San ford Mclean of Cambridge. who i: well known in. the ring. Mclean is { members of the Riverside Boat club
 It may be possible to find three en thusiastfc New Britain gentlemen t
 invest S2 apiece in local base ball stocl but to find three who would risk S2O
 each, as one story goes, would be wonderful find indeed. Base ball nev CT did pay in New Britain and the
 chances of it's paying this season, evel
 with a winning team, are slim. Thos who ordinarily would attend base bal games twice q week work fin the fac tories, and they cannot leave thei
 work, even though they so desired. t' see base ball. It is said that th'
 Messrs Hoffman are to make goot base ball grounds at Rentchler's park providing a State league team vii . | if Rnnfnh1ap'S n1rl