Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-17
DASE BILL NOTES
The National League Season
 Opens To-Morrow.


 The National League Season
 Opens To-Morrow. Brooklyn Has Hard Time Defeating
 Rochester-other Games Played in
 Practice-Interesting Notes Connect
 cd With the Game.
 New York, April 17.-Swathed in sweaters and other extra clothing, the BroOklyns played their first home game of the season at Washington park yes terday afternoon Their opponents were the Rochesters of the Eastern league. whom the champions beat by n score of 2 I. The minor leaguers played a sharp game in the field and rhelr pitchers held the Brooklyn hitters down pretty well, but the home play CTS did not have to oyerexert them- seIres 10 win, notwithstanding the cIcseness of the score. There was not a little clever fielding and several long drives aud on a warm day the game would have been an unusually interest Ing one. While not extending them selves, the Brooklyns appeared to be H~ StAOA6 dS SfSA- ! AiS SN- ', Rochester .OO 1000 O-1 5 Brooklyn 70 100 o *-2 8 l
 Batteries-Morse. Bowen, NIallarkey and Phelps; Kennedy, McCann, Me Guire and Steelman.
 At Philadelphia.
 Philadelphia. April IT, Connie Mack's American team defeated the Georgetown nine yesterday by getting the lead at the. start. The score: Phila A. s4o1oso .-is lo 2 Georget'n o O 4OO1 l O. 6 10 ?.
 Batteries-Piatt, Bernhard and Pow CTS; Mckay, Cox and Dill; umpire, La tham-
 At Philadelphia.
 Phila ..s 0 OO2 4o4 SIS 19 b North Phil 0 0 Oe0 % 0 O. O 4 2
 Batteries-Orth, White, Treat and Jackilsch; Burnett, Parkinson and Lehman.
 At University of Virginia, :, Virginia .... 70 o7o 1ooo1 ol2 CT Cornell -....3 0 0 0 %-9 Il I
 Batteries-Hansborough, Cracraft and Nolle; Lyon and Whinnery.
 At Chicago-University of Chicago z. University of Michigan 6.
 At Norfolk Norfolk 4, Raleigh ?.
 At Newport News-Newport News f. Portsmouth l.
 President Comisky of the White Stockings has secured Timothy Flood from the Cleveland club to fill the va cancy by the accident to Callahan.
 The Winners. true to their name, defeated the altar boys of St Francis Xavier's church in a game of baseball in the rye lots yesterday afternoon by a score of 21 to IS. It was great battle.
 McGraw says he expects to win the American league pennant with his Bal tfnore team. McGraw thinks highly of his new first baseman, Foutz, who, he. says, resembles his brother Dave in his manner on the field.
 The Sluggers would like to arrange a game of base ball with any team in the city whose players are under 13 years of age. The lineup is as fol- 
 Thompson, 1b; Brennan, 2b; Dolan, 3b; Butler, ss; J. Hartnett. If; J. Collins, ef. Any team desiring a game call on Manager. NJ. Hartnett, 46 Bridge street
 Tn Cincinnati there is a pitcher known as Noodles Hahn, and it is said he got the nickname as result of his devotion to noodle soup. It is said that while engrossed in reading about his pitching average one -uay at dinner other players on the team man. aged to immerse about sixteen yards of ticker tape in his fayorite7 soup bowl He had deyoured very impor- tant collection of financial quotations before he discovered his error.
 If all tlIc plans pan out right New Haven will have a team that will hit inc ball this. season, and when it. comes to salaries why the boastful Norwich team will have to take a back seat It is probable that Manager Ganavan's team if he lands the men he expects to will be the highest priced, aggregation in the State league. and it. will certainly be worthy of support and patronage everywhere. One thing is sure, it will not be necessary to hire ringers to assist in landing the pen z1ant.-New Haven Leader. -
 Billy Fitzmaurice wiiI be in center field and Manager Canagan expects to land a fielder who has already been an-. nouneed to play by two clubs in the State league us belonging to them.. Manager Canavan says that he has ac- ccpted terms with him and be does not quite understand the announcements elsewhere. Ills name will not be given until il is known that he has signed fife epntraet here or elsewhere. Ac- cording to the agreement with the New Haven manager. however, it will he hard for others to land him.-New Haven Leader.
 In the base ball news of Tuesday evenings Democrat team called the FietOrs defeated the Rough Toughs: but there Is another team who call themselves the Victors who live on the ABrigadOr, and have assumed that title for the past two years and therefore do not desire that another team sbould adopt that name; but If the team from Bronson street that defeat ed tine Rough Toughs wishes to dis pufe the title they may do so by play inc mo of 11oun ha1 with fF,o r7,,,