Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-28
BASE BALL SURPRISES. a'-,

Some of the Players Who Will be
 in Waterbury.
 There Will Be but Very Few of the
 Old Team Here This Season-Four-
 teen Men Have Already Been
 Signed to Play-Severl of the Local
 Players Will Be Sold or Traded
 Other Notes on the Game.
 Manager Roger Connor, up to last night, had signed fourteen men, but for day or two he does net wish to disclose the names of but eight Of that number He is making a num- Der of deals by which the Waterbury team will be made much stronger than last year. Of the eight names there are but two of last seasons team ifl- cluded, Denny Reardon and Louis Weisbecker. Reardon has recovered from the injury of last season, and he is now practicing daily and his coach CT, A1icky Welch, says he should do better work this season than ever be- fore. Weisbecker is also in good form and will be on hand when the bell rings
 In the other six men there are four pitchers and two catchers: Walter E. Rose of Portland. Daniel Hoffman of Torrington. Frank Queen of Philadel. phia and John McGinnis of Carolina R. l., all pitchers. Two of those pitchers are as good as any that ever V,1n . {y,
 with the best recommendations. The catchers signed are Henry Matthews of Newport and John Logan of phila. delphia. Both have proven themselves capable men. Of the pitchers, two or three of them are hard hitters. and one of them may be used for utility man in the field and in the box
 The deal that is being made, if it proves successful. will send several of last seasons team to other pastures. Of course. those players need not go. but if they play base ball they must go. Of the other six men whom Man. ager Conror has signed. four of them are infielders and have been recom- mended by Manager Duffy of Mflwau- kee and Frank Donahue of philadel- phia. Manager Duffy and Pitcher Don- ahue are hunting for more players. and there will be at least twenty men tried out for positions on the local team. There are two players of that six who are in dispute, but one of them has a clear right to sign where he pleases. and if he does he will make things in- terestfng at third or short The last one of the bunch is an outfielder we'll known to base ball patrons. Tn fact, the wires are being kept pretty busy these days. and there will be q base ball team here this season that will be credit to Waterbury.
 "Sandow" Mertes, the outfielder and general utility man of the Chicago Ma tional league club. yesterday signed a contract to play second base the con- ing season with the Chicago American league club.
 Amos Rusie's friends feel called on to deny that the pitcher is again on intimate terms with John Barleycorn. 1t may be a canard, but the .i1ldica. tions point to large doses of trouble for Manager McPhee
 More hard luck for Bill Murray. It Is given out that he has lost his big pitcher. Ed Dunkle. Dunkle was in Philadelphia about all the time at the recent American meeting, and was doubles caged on that occasion.
 Zimmer's return to the game is no more than was expected. Harry Pull liam. secretary of the Pittsburg club, induced him to reconsider his retire ment, and Zimmer will be with the other members of the Pittsburg team when they start for Hot Springs for early practice on Saturday night.
 The Brooklyns fare best in the mat ter of conflicting dates. They have but five clashes away from home, Pittshrrg has six, Cincinnati ten, St Louis thirteen and New York fourteen. clashes eight days in Bos- ton, New York seven times in Philadel- phia. and Cincinnati as many times in Chicago.
 Joe Conno- will commence his base oalI duties With Milwaukee about April l, and no fooling at that. He started for the sunny south to get a few of those watch spring kinks out Of his arm before it becomes time to line 'em down ter second" The Mil i Waukees will get into running at St Post l
 Captain William Dyer of the Holy Cross team has reduced his squad to l fourteen men, who will remain at the college during the Easter vacation for practice These men are as follows: Skelly, 'o4; Noonan, 'o4; Duggan, 'O3; Noone, 'O4; Coakley, 'o4; Connor, 'O2; Mccarthy. '01: Dyer. 'O3; Joyce. 'O1; Quigley. 'O2; Reid, 'O4; Baldwin, 'O3; Corr. 'O4; Quinn, '04.
 Milwaukee dispatches continue to boom Pink" Hawley's stock: flaw ley. it is reported. is in great demand by both leagues. It is alleged that he has an offer of $S,OOO from the Ameri- can league. and that Andrew Freed man will have to more than match this offer. Hawley says he will sign with the highest bidder. Davis is to meet him tomorrow.
 From his brother it was learned last night that '.kid' Gleason. the New York clubs second basernan, has re- ce1ved an offer from the Detroit Amer leah league club which he intends to accept. My brother told me this af ternoon," said young Gleason. "that he would not under any circumstances re-