Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-18

NOfWlcn iuu NeW AoAuoA NA'IS By the Boards-American League Is Causing the National Much Trouble-Hanlon and Ban Johnson Have a hit In the Papers.
 Edward Hanlon, manager of the Brooklyns, has just given out the TOT lowing: "Au of the National league clubs expect to lose money this year, but we will win in the long run. HOW can the promoters of the American league expect to win out? If they hao known more of the base ball business they would never have entered it. It was easy enough to figure out the profits on paper, but they will know ! better soon. Take McGraW'S Baltl- more team, for instance. It is one or the best and cheapest in the new league His salary list will be about $50, GOO and his running expenses about S35, GOO. If the Boston American | league clubs salary list is based on the figures Somers says he is paying, the payroll will amount to S43,OO0, and Philadelphia the same. This means for the four Eastern clubs of the American league an average expense >s'ANA paign lasts five months and one week. Adding Sunday games in the west, and deducting games postponed be- cause of rain or other causes and they have at best 13O playing days. With 25 cent rate of admission, it will require an average of 4,OOO persons per game to pay expenses. It will cost the Boston or Philadelphia American | league clubs $500 day to keep above water. The expenses of the Brooklyn l club last year were $9O,00O and we made no money"
 | Here is what President Johnson is quoted as saying when shown the above interview: "Hanlon has be- come something of a pessimist since l his great disappointment in Brooklyn as a ball town. Even admitting that Hanlon's figures of $90,O0O as to Brook | lyn are correct, it must be remembered that the Brooklyn club owners get salaries aggregating about S20.O0O. Hanlon paid out about $2O,OOO for players. and had twenty men on the pay roll The Brooklyn club, there fore, had about $4O,OOO in expenses that the Boston and Philadelphia American league clubs will not have at all. It is true that these latter clubs will pay few star men big sal aries, but with only fourteen players each and with playing managers their salary lists will doubtless be much lower than Brooklyn's. But admitting that their expenses will be heavy. does Hanlon forget the old days in Balti- more. when with an expensive club and 25-cent ball, his champion Orioles used to have comfortable balance at the end of each season? Of course, there will be two clubs in Boston and Philadelphia, but with their suburban towns each of those cities has trib- utary population of nearly double that Of Baltimore. If the American league gets the larger crowds, as they expect to do, they need have no fear. Nor will they have to have 4,O0O persons at each game. Hanlon places running expenses too high and does not count the reserved seats and other privileges of value on the side. His estimate of McGraw's salary list is entirely too high, as well as bis estimate of the other expenses. McGraw's salary list CT was a prophet
 Fred Parent. last seasons shortstop of the Providence club of the Eastern league, yesterday signed a contract 10 play with the Boston American league
 By all means admit Springfield to the circuit. The town would material ly strengthen the organization and would be the influence that would bring Hartford to it's knees by next year.-New Haven Register.
 Attorney H. C. Gussman, who rep resents William Hoffman, the pro- prietor of Rentscheier s park, New | Britain, said last night that New Brit ain would without doubt have . team in the state baseball league this sea. | son.
 Jerry Denny of Derby has telephon. ed that he will go to the state league meeting in New Haven today and ask for the transfer of the Derby francise to New Britain. The residents of Ansonia and Derby are quite in dignant over the proposed transfer Denny is looking for the financial end of the affair.
 ''No, sir, have no base ball property to sell," says James Burns of Detroit ''There are eight of Us who have en listed under Ban Johnson for ten year: and voluntarily given him our leases We made that ten-year contract witt our eyes wide open; there isn't a veal spot in our circuit. There is far nor. | probability of the devil starting { skating rink and building an ice palace than there is of any change in th' American league. We are in to stay and we will all win this fight or w' will ali lose"
 Joe Began, center fielder for James O'Rourke's Bridgeport baseball tean of the Connecticut league, yesterday notified MT O'Rourke that he accepted terms offered and that he would bt ready to report when ordered. Int contract sent by MT O'Rourke tt Began was returned unsigned, as fol two years past Joe has not signed : contract. The relations between man ager and player have always been tht best. Regnn's decision to play this year was unexpected, as he had SC cured lucrative position travelin: for a local manufacturing company.
 Hartford's prestage as baseball center is receiving some hard knock!