Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-29

Brooklyn 4team.s Fisher played in Brooklyn with a fair measure of sue l cess. He pitched nine games that season, winning four of them. Of the | five lost, two were the result of bad support Since that time Fisher has improved wonderfully, and with q team like the Giants behind him should win many victories. He will take his regular turn in the box.
 Another of the New York team got in line yesterday. This time it was Van Haltren, the veteran outfielder. l His signed contract was received by Secretary Knowles yesterday morn ing. Van now is on his way east from his California home. With the signing of Van Haltren the New York team practically is completed. It is true that Mercer, Garrick, Hawley and GanZen still are outside the fold. Should they continue to remain out the New York club will be able to get, along without them.
 Boston has completed deal with Pittsburg for Pitcher Wadde1. At the league meeting Dreyfuss agreed to give Boston either Chesbro or Tame hin, but recanted, and afterward of- fered Tannehill for a moderate price. Boston did not close this deal, although the player was offered on trial up to May 15. Then a price was put on Waddell and it went through. The Boston directors are determined to
 have a team that will overshadow that of the American people.
 Ut is not true that 1 have been measured for Boston uniform. as al- legged in one Of the papers," said Pitcher Lewis to a Boston Herald man in the Harvard cage yesterday. l am tn in fnr nj fA in the fall and do not care to expose my
 self to the telling strain of playing base ball. You have no idea how the work takes hold of me and if l have the mis- fortune to pitch in q losing game it takes me days to get over it. 1 have no complaint to make of my treatment by the Boston National league people, Yes added Billy Hamilton. when he was told about Lewis's decision. "Ted- dy told me the other day that he had concluded to get out of the game for good. l am heartily sorry that such is the case for he is one of the best fellows that ever lived"
 When the Chicago National league club leaves for Champaign on Sunday the men who will hop upon the train will be Chance and kling, catcheEs; Taylor. Hughes. Eason. Menefee. Cum ningham and either Harvey or Miller, pitchers; Doyle, first base; Childs, sec ond base; Delehanty, shortstop; McCor- mick, third base. The great unknown fielder, extra man; Hartzell, Green and Dexter, outfielders, and possibly Do- nan. Comiskey's bunch, when they jump the train, will be Griffith, Calla- han, Patterson and Denzer, pitchers; Sullivan and Sugden, catchers; Isbell, Martes, Hartman, Shugart and Brain, infielders; Hoy, Jones and Mcfarland, outfelders. The pitching department of "Commy's'' club is far the better of the two, but in other departments the Orphans outshine the White Stockings.
 ''The continual objections made to the new base ball rules by the ball players said James A. Hart in q wig orous tone, have finally forced me to say things in q vivid fashion. Speak ing for the men who framed those rules, I'll say this: Those laws were not made to please the ball players, but the public. Are the criminal laws framed to please the criminals? No. Then why should the4rules governing the game of base bali, played to please crowd be arranged to suit the con- venience of the players? I'll say, once | for all, that the ball players have nothing to do with the rules, and that l we are not seeking their advice upon the subject. I'll say, further, that the American league would have copied our rules bodily had not the present | struggle arisen, and the Americans decision not to adopt them is a play for the grandstand of popularity. As to the hit-by -the-pitcher rule, to which the players are making most objection, the original rule was drawn up years ago, because Mullane and keefe made a practice of hitting batters. If the pitcher hits anybody Intentionally now the umpire is there to deal with him.
 The umpire was in charge in former rules about hit batsmen? Coachers stood up. yelling: Get hit, get hitv
 Men would stick out an arm and be
 %razcd by the ball. and the umpires
 would not stop it. As 10 the men who
 are afraid of getting hit-why, if they
 cannot play the game under the new
 rules, we'll get men who can."