Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-08

l | Notes on the Game.
 It is broadly hinted that the National league men will at their next meeting declare all players who have jumped to the American league blacklisted forever. In other words, they will follow the methods they adopted dur ing the Brotherhood war in 1890, when all players who deserted the National league were blacklisted. or, to be more explicit were permanently debarred from playing again under the national agreement But when the war was over the blacklisted players were re- ceived back by the magnates with open arms
 Manager John A. McPhee, who has been in the east ever since the league meeting, visiting many players on the Cincinnati list in an effort to secure their signatures to contract for the coming season, returned home yester- l day morning. He did not bring any contracts with him. He says that the players to whom he talked are waiting for more money and that the American league representatives have been busy. Among those he visited were Jimmy Barrett, at Hiller's Falls. Mass, and Tommy Corcoran, at New Haven. Me Phee said: 'From what I hear Hoke Ferris is lost to us. Dozens of star players have been approached by the other league and they are hanging back. looking for the best of it. While the National league men were think ing the American agents were work ing. It was a fatal mistake not to have settled the players differences last December" McPhee has not is sued any call for the ralIying of his forces and will not until he had talked with President Brush.
 The officials of the Brooklyn base ball club are still hustling after their players. President Ebbets wired from Philadelphia yesterday that Shortstop Dahlen, Catcher Steelman and Pitcher Donovan had signed contracts. The PittSburg National league club has also signed the champion hatsman, I Hans Wagner. who, it was said a few days ago, might go to the American league. Left Fielder Selbach of the New 1orkS says he has received an offer of $3,50O to sign with the Boston American league club. but will not do it until he has heard from Freedman. The latter is quoted as saying that he is not worrying about his players and that if any of them jump their places will be filled. Virgil Garvin, the pitch CT traded to the New Works by Chi cago. admits that he has signed with the Milwaukee American league club The statement of President Zimmer of the Protective association, that if his agreement with the National league is not lived up to he will resign from the association, has caused much bitter feeling among those players who sym pathize with the American league Zimmer is accused of being q Nation al league agent, inasmuch as he has signed a contract, it is said, to remain with Dreyfuss's Pittsburg club.
 Pitcher George c. Brooks, of last years Meridens, who was drafted by the Boston league team, has signed with the American league team of Boston. The Boston National league team offered him $10O q month, so he says.
 !; A body. supposed to be that ot Charley Snyder. the baseball catcher ! who played with the champion Red Stockings of Cincinnati in 1882, was found ill Philadelphia this week, with a fractured skull which caused his death. Several persons have identi | y
 cation is not complete. Snyder fol several years was an umpire in the
 National league. Snyder was wei
 known in Hartford, as he was fol . two seasons an umpire in the old At l lantc circuit. In the season ot '99-1900 he was on the major league staff. He was also well known in this
 city. having acted as umpire in the state league.
 The New York club announced yes , terday that it had received the signed : contracts of Catcher Warner and Tay Tor the young pitcher who made SC :. good an impression in the few game: | he played last season. The latter, il
 has been reported, at various times had jumped to the American league l There was an informal opening o1
 the Huntington base ball grounds 3 in Boston, as the first day of occu s patton by the American league clul f yesterday morning. There were g hundred or more persons present. Th, . formalities consisted of turning tht = first sod by Arthur Dixwell, the dis = charge of giant firecrackers and tho l. uHfurling of an American flag. After f ward luncheon was served, at whicl
 the assembled fans drank to the sue
 cess of the American league in aTiswe
 to a toast proposed by big Mike -Sul k livan.5 now a lawyer, and formerly : t prominent pitcher of the New Yorl V and other National league clubs. Worl e on the grand stand was started yester T day afternoon.
 q Many more dates conflicting witt ?. those of the National league are prom
 ised in the American league schedul
 for the season, now being prepared b.
 President Johnson. In Chicago ther T will be clashes on several more Sun T. days than last year and less care vii 2 be taken to avoid conflicts on weel l days than was the case last year, whel
 the agreement with President liar called for a limited number of oppos
 ing games. East Boston and Phila
 delphia will be the scene of a nor
 bitter fight between the league sched
 ules. It will be impossible to ayoi
 many conflicts and others are contem plated by the American league as wa measures. The season, Presiden
 Johnson says, will open on April ?