Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-04
BASE BALL NOTES.

Tom Daily of the Brooklyns is the only ball player of Al Spalding's around-the-world base ball tourists of
 1858 who is now in active service. It is announced that the Springfield baseball association will bring suit
 against the Eastern league for drop
 plng it from the league to make room
 for the Buffalo club.
 George Davis thinks his New York
 team will be stronger than it has been for some seasons and picks out a one,
 two, three place for it. New York al
 ways early in it's claims.
 There is little doubt now that Joe
 Kelley will play first base for Brook lyn next season and that Jimmy Sheck- ard will cavort in left field. Both Op- sitions will be well cared for.
 The American league grandstand and bleachers on the Huntington ave- nue grounds in Boston will be ready April 1. The grandstand will have q capacity of 4,0OO and the bleachers of 5000.
 The Boston National league club will play Yale at. Newport News, Va, April lG, Norfolk at Norfolk April s. 9; Portsmouth at Portsmouth April 1V, alt " IAPlll It, slL 41"iil- more April 12. Montreal at Chester April 13, at Worcester April 1o, at Providence April 16, Yale at Boston (possibly), April IT.
 The Manhattan college baseball team has engaged William Keeler of the Brooklyns to act as coach during the present season. The candidates for the team were called out Saturday and thirty seven men were given little instruction in. hitting. Keeler. says that inability to hit is a fault common to all college teams, and he will try to remedy this fault in the Manhattan team.
 The Connecticut state league is in the lowest class under the protection rule of the National agreement-Class F. In this class the protection fee is $1O club. The combined population of the Connecticut league cities entities the league to go into Class c. In that class the protection fee is $40 q club and the drafting price to be paid for players is S20O, instead of $50 in Class F. The higher the class the more inn portant the league, and while the ball played might not be any better, the league would be playing in a class where it belongs and getting fair price for the players that are drafted from it. The league should make this move at it's next meeting. The New York state league is in Class C.-Mer- iden Journal.
 Ren Mulford, the bright Cincin- natl chronicler of doings on the dia- mond, visited this city last season. when the crack Cincinnati team. for which he roots. received dressing at the hands of Jimmy Canavan's men. aIulford was struck with the coaching e Joe Gasso and on his return he W .ote for the Cincinnati Times-Star: ssGasso is an electrician on the road that runs to Savin Rock, and he usurps the powers of the coacher. In his blue overalls, he perches on the top seat among the sun gods opposite first base and when New Haven is at bat he rises to his feet and keeps up an incessant chatter until the last man is retired No rapid-fire gun ever belched forth death much faster than Gasso throws out words. He rounds I'D his sentence with a wow of pecu- liar pronunciation. Gasso is a per fectly harmless young man, but any stranger seeing him in action would be forgiven were he to take him for a raying maniac"-New Haven Regis ter.
 Ball players representing the Ma tional league American league and Eastern league met in Cleveland Sat urday, at q special meeting of the Players Protective association. At the end of the meeting statement was issued by Zimmer, the president; Clarke, treasurer, and Jennings, sec retary. The statement says that the cases of all members reported to have violated the rules of the association have been referred to the grievance committee, but that the association , has no present knowledge of wrong Players who belonged to the Ameri can league last year are permitted to sign contracts with the league this year, but only such form of contract as has been agreed to by the Ameri- [ can league officials. Members are for bidden to sign contracts with the Ma tional association until the officers give their consent, and the same condition is imposed upon American league play CTS who did not finish last season with an American league club. Kelley and Cross represented Brook1yn, Mercer. New York, Clarke, Collins and Din cen Boston; Donahue and Flick Phil- adelphia, Young St Louis, Ely and Tnnnehill Pittsburg, CorcOran Cincin- mt. Callahan, Bradley and Griffith Chicago The delegates. insisted that they would hold out against the Ma tiOnaf MAgue until they had obtained tiae aan1e coneessioas t1iAt were grant ed hV the Al1ek4oAn .ledkHeg which liBi H4 satsade tAe pale of oFSanized l