Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-08

was. for some reason. sold by Brooklyn to Boston 9at a time when it seemed, advisable 10 hold on osali the talent. within reach.E It is a good wager that Hanlon will worry along with Gatinsl at shortstop with Dahlen on third, until Jennings joins the team in June. Then the Brooklyn manager Will be able to make a winning shift. Me- Creery will play left field while Kelley is on first base, with Scheckard ln center field.
 Instead of going to St Louis to join the Milwaukee team. "Pink" Hawley Saturday night returned to Beaver Dam, and unless differences between himself and Treasurer Cross are Sd- justed the former New York pitcher may decline to play with the American league. Hawley came to Milwaukee Saturday and had a long consultation with the Milwaukee magnate. Later he said that he had not signed with Milwaukee. although terms had been agreed upon. He would sign a two years contract, he added, if some minor matters were attended to. What the differences between himself and Treasurer Gross are he declined to say and Gross was equally uncommunica- tive. Manager Duffy is anxious to have Hawley join the Brewers in St Louis, as he desires to ihstill the spirit of team play into his aggregation be- fore the season opens. but Hawley says he does not know when he will report for duty.
 Here Is 'sdream" from the Bristol correspondent of the Hartford Globe: Base ball is now the talk of the towns. The State leaguers are beginning to rub the coLwebs out os. the batting eye and in less than a month the sphere will be flying over the center field fences. Many of the old war horses will run around the same old circuit, and there will be just colts enough in the bunch to keep the experts guessing. It is said upon good authority. the Globe cannot vouch for 1t, however, that just as- the early morning sun is kissing the dew from the Mayf1owers the Adonis-like figure of the Hon James O'Rourke can be seen bounding over the salt meadows of rural Bridge port and catching flies on the wing as he gracefully leaps the marshes. If this is true. there is little hope for Norwich in capturing the pennant flag again this year. s'Base ball says the Linguistic James. "is affaire d'honneur. tossed the fickle globe ante bellnm. Avant coureur? No. not qt1itei But according to the spirit of my denart- ed friend. Madame Blavatsky, and all authentic inspirations from clairyoy- ancy. Bridgeport. ab initio. will wave the blue rag. We begin this season aut vincere ant morif and we don't care who knows it! You may tell the wide. wide world ut supra that victory shall be ours and my only messaRe to Roger Connor is i've are animis opibsque par atiP And I am not talking for recre- ation. I mean every word of it' Down in Meriden they are saying the very same thing in a ragtfme transla- tion and in Bristol they really expect that they will hold the lucky ticket for the front seat when the frost is on the pumpkin.
 The Syracuse club appears to be in bad way financially and otherwise, and extreme measures will have to be adopted to prevent the total collapse of the club even before the season opens. Manager Frank Leonard. who is said to own the franchise with F. G. Selee, manager of the Boston club, is very hopeful of the outlook. although the poor showing of the club last sea- son. coupled with the fact that a ma Jority of the players are holding out until they receive the balance of last seasons salary, is making Leonard's lot far from happy one. According to the list of players secured Leonard says his team will be even weaker than last season. He has lost liar grove, Wiltsie, A1trock, Pfanmiller, Gilbert, Hannivan, Rothfuss. the sev- en strongest players of last season, and in their places he has such infer for players as Flynn, who hit but PIT in the American league last season; Donayan, formerly of the Connecticut league, and he may be forced to play a pitcher in the outfeld to save ex- penses- Tn addition to the player problem a dozen suits for salary due for last season have been filed against the club by twelve of last seasons players, the amount claimed being not far from $2.000. The players claim that about a month before the close of the/ base ball season, last year, the ghost failed to walk, as was due, and that they would have quit playing then had they not been given assur- ances of getting all the money coming to them. Later. after the season was over, they allege, the club failed to pay them their salaries for the last month. These are the grounds cn which the suits are based.
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