Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-30
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The Waterbury Team Will Be a Corker.

TOnly-NOrWlcn Has AOoul So
 pleted Her Team-No Game Here on
 Fast Day-The Fun Is Still Going
 On in the Two Big Leagues.
 Base ball ought to have quite a boom in Waterbury this season, and there is no doubt but what it. will. Man ager Connor has endeayored to please the lovers of the game by getting to- sether as good a team ball players as will be found in any team in the league He wanted Pete Niernan for the third base position. and he want ed him badly, but somehow or other Pete liad one or two advisers who are not any too friendly to Manager Con- nor. and he failed to toe, the scratch until yesterday. If those advisers will consult with Pete to-day they will find that the popular third baseman will prove that Manager Connor is de serving of all the credit and patro- mage he can receive.
 The man at shortstop this season will be one of the biggest men on the team. His name will De ready for telling within few days, and so will the names of a few others who are sending in their contracts every day. The patrons of the game have de- handed well paid ball players; all right, they will get them. Let us see if they will support them.
 The game that was to be played here on Fast day between the consolidated team of this city and the Syracuse team of the Eastern league is off be- cause the manager of the Syracuse team cannot get his men together. Every member of last seasons Syra- cuse team has demanded an increase in salary and not one of them has as yet signed and the manager did not know where he would get off if he at tempted to induce them to come on to Waterbury and play here Fast day. The Consolidated base ball team will report for practice tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at Riverside park, South Brooklyn.
 Pittsburg agents secured all trains Tuesday looking for Jimmy Williams, but McGraw took his man to Balti- more by a southern route.
 | So confident is McGraw that lie has a strong grip on Sheckard. the Brook 1 lyn outtielder, that he offers to bet ST. 900 that Sheckard will play with the Baltimore American league club this year.
 Business Manager Gavin of the Bos- l ton American league club spoke high l ly. yesterday, to Manager Leonard of the Syracuse club of ''Dibbie'' Flynn, l formerly of the Indianapolis club, who is to play with Mir Leonard next sum- 1 mer.
 Captain Comiskey has tossed bomb into the Cincinnati camp by offering to go to Cincinnati without compensation and play three clubs o the Saturday y afternoon league, on dates that have bee allotted to Pittsburg. He pro- poses to give all gate receipts to the city gymnasium. -
 When Hartford gets her team of players together. John Gunshannon ought to pick out team of local play CTS and show Hartford how the game should be played. MT Shindle certain 1 ly will have a very nice time enrolling q creditable lot of players at this hour of the day.
 The New York team as completed for the season comprises the following 1 players: Catchers. Warner and Bow erman; pitchers, Taylor. Matthewson, Doheny. Fisher and Phyle: infielders. Davis, Ganzel. Murphy, Bnelow and Strang: outtielders. Selbach. Van Hal tren. Hickman and Bernard.
 Herman Long has been selected as captain of the National league. club of Boston for the coming season. MT Somers of the American league an nounces that he has signed w. A. kel- lum. left-hand pitcher who played in Indianapolis last season. to fill the gap caused by Dineen's withdrawal
 The Boston clubs new business man. ager. Joseph Gavin. made a good i'm. l q nI 1nf. nf fnf.,, At
 meeting. MT Gavin. who was manager of an Indianapolis theater, was en
 gagged by MT Somers, and secured the
 position through the recommendation
 of Ban Johnson, who frequently had
 noted Mir Gavin's hustlng ability
 Sporting Life.
 As the New York club stands now the players are: Pitchers. Taylor Denzer, Fisher, Mat thewson. Pyle. Do heny; catchers. Warner. Bowerman } Smith; first base, Ganzel; second base Murphy; third base, Buelow. Strang:
 shortstop, Davis; right field flick man left field, Selbach: center field, Van
 Haltren; utility, Bernard.
 The names of the following addition
 al players have been signed by Franl
 Robison of St Louis. and made public
 yesterday: Ryan and Sullivan
 catcnerS; Theodore Bre1tenSteln ant
 Moore. pitchers, and Viter King, third
 base1nan, Moore's release was pur chased for S75O last fall by the Cleve land American league club, but he de cided to cast his lot with the Nationa league this season.
 ' A young pitcher will be given { chance by Manager Davis during the practice weeks. He is F. r. McGiffin and halls from Vermont. McGiffin fs a friend of Doheny's, and Doheny says
 he has in him the making of good
 man. Should he live up to this rec , ommendation he will find friends il , abundance to welcome him to the Polo , grounds. McGiffin did some pitching
 in northern New York last year, ant
 in Vermont. % , Another addition to the Bosto1
 American team was announced in tht