Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-06

Sefohd baSeman 7GuDert of the Syracuse team has signed with the, Milwaukee club.
 President Dreyfuss of the Pittsburg National League club, in outlining his policy yesterday, probably gave line on the course to be pursued by the other league magnates. He said all Of his players are held under the op- tional clause in their old contracts and no new contracts will be sent to them. Between the dates of March 15 and April each player will receive notice to report for duty. Those who com ply will have work and the places of those who fail will lee filled with young players. Even if all the old players hold out President Dreyfuss says he will have sufficient r.---nber of young players to meet the emergency. He thinks the players are putting up huge bluff.
 The American league has decided that no club shall carry more than fourteen players this season. The National league has limited it's club membership to sixteen players each, this shows that the magnates are cut ting down expenses with a vengeance and that in future it will be a com parat1vely hard matter for ball play CT in the minor leagues to graduate to higher class. While this arrange ment practically does away with the farming system which has been pro- nounced obnoxious, it Is more than probable that the players will be among the first to find fault with ii. Wirh the cid farming system" in vogue. players. though compelled 10 go fo minor leagues for season. had major league strings tied to them and Incidentally had chance to be taken back to q National league city in case of an emergency. Under the new con ditions, however, those who are driven 10 the minor leagues at the beginning of the season will probably say there much longer than under the former conditions. The Brooklyn club, for instance, held strings on players in the Eastern and American leagues. When the season closed in those organiza- lions, Casey, Yeager.. Crishano Dono- van and others reverted back to Man ager Hanlon, for alll along they had been on the payroll of the Brooklyn club. They were virtually Brooklyn players all the time and therefore en- joyed so much prestige. Hanlon was compelled to take them back or re- lease them, and as they were valuable ttSSttS lAtJ "GIC ltli. NUN sill SliEh men must go to the minor leagues where they can make the best terms and will have to play much better bah than formerly before they will be taken back into the larger circuits. It looks very much as if the players In due time will have cause to regret their crusade against the farming sys- tenn.
 Harvard university will have two of the finest base ball pitchers in the col lege arena this year. Clarkson and Stillman are the men. and both have been well tried out. ClarkSOn is one of the many brothers of John Clark son, who electrified the base ball world by his magnificent pitching for the Bostons in 1889. He was q special student last year and for that reason he was not eligible for the varsity nine. This year, however, he is cer- tain of q regular place on the team. Young ClarksOn has great speed, quick curves and a cool head, qualities that made Brother John famous. AS. cap tain of the Cambridge Latin school nine in 1899 he was considered the best amateur pitcher in Massachu- setts Stillman made his mark last year by pitching such effective ball that Harvard won the SefLeS rom Yale He is six-footer with world of speed and a beautiful slow ball Stillman is a brother of Yale's great football tackle, and played substitute fullback on the Harvard varsity last fall He is an expert punter and fine all around athlete. Clarkson and Stillman will be handled behind the bat by Captain Bill Reid, rated as the star catcher of the colleges and re gently mentioned as Captain Camp bells selection for head coach of the football eleven. With these three men to bank on as nucleus HarvardS chances for a good ball nine this sea son are considered unusually bright.