Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-23
BASEBALL BREEzES.
Hartford May Be Asked to Get Out of
 the League.

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 the League.
 It looks as if it might become neces- sary to call a special meeting for the purpose of firing Hartford out of the circuit. If that town and its base ball managers think so much of Bristol, they might easily enter a league of their own Hartford, Bristol Manehes- ter. Rockville, Torrington and Winsted would make a circuit just about Hart ford's size. The Connecticut league could take in Holyoke. which would make quite as desirable a member as Hartford. and undoubtedly more profitable one. A Bristol man who was in this city the other day says that the whole secret of the Hartford man agers' advocacy of the reinstatement of Bristol lies in the fact that Alr Soby's cigars are subject to boycott at the bell town. He said that there was q certain brand of nerve rackers that had been quite popular ill Bris- tol (and by the way, this may account for q good many of the dope stories that have been sent out from there on the base ball matter). and that Mir Soby has been notified that unless he wheels about ill his attitude the cigar trade, so far as his brand is concerned, will dwindle. Manager Wiltsie, both before the meeting and at the session, was q pronounced advocate of the cut ting of Bristol out of the circuit. Since the howl has been raised he has been spending much of his time ill running to Bristol and Bridgeport in an effort to secure the reversal of the leagues action If Soby's cigars are to govern the deliberations of the league direc- tors it would be better to leave Hart ford out of it.--New Haven Register.
 Baltimore lost $3,2O0 last season.
 Pappalau, the pitcher, will begin to coach at Holy Cross Jannary 30.
 The Eastern league population now amounts to more than 3,000,000 people.
 John McGraw will marry Miss Blanche Sindall immediately after the holidays.
 Worcester has corralled likely backstop in William Kelley, formerly with Holy Cross.
 Bob Carruthers, once one of the star pitchers in the country, will umpire in the American league
 The Utica club has signed Pitcher Leitner. who pitched four games for the New Yorks last season.
 The Pittsburg club pays a license tax of $J per game, or $350 per, year, yet q measure to raise the tax to $15 was proposed.
 John T. Brush predicts that money will be lost by every American league club with Decent ball i'll vogue.- Sporting Life.
 Catcher Harry Vaughn would like to get back into the game, and wrote to Charley Comiskey, but there was no room for him.
 Spalding says Freedman has done base ball more harm during the past four years than any four evil infiu- ences combined have done it in the his tory of the game.
 Manager Ashley Lloyd of the Gin cinnati club says: T think we have Parent and Winters tied to documents more binding than regular contracts. There is no ten-day clause in them.''
 The Brooklyn officials feel confident that Keeler will be i'll the old place next season. :'Keeler is always late to sign," said one of them, and We are not worrying much about him.
 The new St Louis American league grand stand will be patterned after the one in Washington, and will be one of the most complete in the. country. Bleachers will be built. to seat 12,000 people.
 Manager Dooley of Montreal says that OHagan was not only the best first baseman, but the best ball player of the Eastern league. Manager Selee says he will put no one else on first but O'Hagan.
 According to Ban Johnson's fielding averages, Barrett had more assists than any outfelder, 30. and Seymour led the right-fielders in this respect with 26. Pickering of Cleveland had more put-outs, 311.
 Now if St Louis. with 100000 peo- pie, sufficiently patronized one good club to make the owners thereof rich, why, with 100000 people, will it not be equally able to make the owners of two clubs, two good clubs, splendid profit. That's the argument on the population basis. and one can't get around it.-Sporting News.
 ! ": '.The several base ball associa- tions are talking about adopting q measure providing for the blacklisting of players who jump contracts. Such measure should be promptly made q reality. The player who would jump a contract would throw game. With the base ball rowdy. he ought to be relegated to obliyion.s
 
 George Bone has received an offer from the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast league, which includes an eight months contract The salary is very satisfactory and there is possi- bility that he may accept it. While he likes the makeup of this league for the coming season and has also had a number of very flattering offers from American and National league clubs, he favors the Pacific coast proposition on account of his wife's health.
 Says Barney Dreyfus: ''Robison talks about making trouble over Wal