Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-05


 dition for baseball. There does not seem to be any hitch at the present time and if none appears within few days Waterbury will have baseball park of which to be proud. At any rate, it looks as if the whole season would not be played out on the old grounds.
 BALL GAMES YESTERDAY.
 New York, April 5.--The New York base ball team, which with its nulner- ous new faces is a good deal of an up- known quality, played it's first eXiibi- ton game of the season at the folo grounds yesterday afternoon, and there was scattering if spectators on hand, some to see how the new talent" shaped up and some because the Man haitian team was the attraction that H. ticed them to sit in the cold for an hour and a half. The score was to 3, tue New Yorks fielding more cleanIy than the collegians, but not showing up I bit better with the bat. Captain Doyle tried three pitchers, McGee, Kennedy and Thielman, in the order named. Seven-eighths of Manhattan's hits and
  nedy was pitching, but then Kennedy is too old a bird to take chances With his arm by speeding them over on q day when heavy overcoats and sweaters are comfortable. The score:.
 RHE. New York ...1 ? 0 % ? % @-5 g | Manhattan 70 0 2 l % 0 O-.3 ,
 Batteries-MeGee, Kennedy, Thiel- man and Bowerman; McPhillips and Duff.
 At Spartansburg, S. O.: R.H.E. Cornell ..........1 I 0 ? 0 1 8 *-7 3 Furman ....... Q 0 200 0 O-3 5 2
 Batteries-Bristo, Henderson and Whinnery; Osteen and Sullivan.
 At Knoxville Tenn-University of Tennessee 3, Emory and Henry college
 At Columbia, $. C.-Brooklyn 5 South Carolina college 2.
 At Atlanta
 Atlanta, Ga. April 5.-The Atlanta team of the Southern league had its first game of the season yesterday, and was defeated by the Boston National leauge team. The score was to > Al the opening of the eighth inning tie score was to in favor of Atlanta Each club tried three pitchers.
 
 The New Yorlzs have forsaken the time-honored black. The trimmings of their uniforms are brown this year The Yale team made twenty runs In one inning against the nine of the Fortress Monroe artillery school last week--a performance which has q faii chance of being the seasons record. ! Giant Conroy of last seasons Port land team will be with Parsons this year, and will doubtless give a good account of himself. Conroy is a good hitter, and, as one man says, .'he goes to first base in three strides. Howell Citizen.
 An agent of the New York cluI worked on Napoleon Lajoie from It o'clock at night until 3 o'clock in the 1 morning in vain endeavor to induce him to jump his contract. Lajoie l simply laughed at the agent. The of l fer was three-year contract at 7,00l year.
 Manager Connor will not move hi family to Springfield this season in al probability. He has property inter ests here that need attention anC ! should he dispose of those interests b, 1 next season he may take up his per manent residence in tue Massachusett l city.
 1 The Boston American team will pIa, at Waterbury April 15 and will opel the season there Some fans will jour ney from here to see the game and ge a look at Dougherty and the other for mer state leaguers, Parent, Ferris an' Prentiss, as tfey sail under the prat 1 flag g.-Bridgeport Post.
 Luke Dorsey has written to Captail Tighe of the Norwich base ball tean asking for an extension of leave unti April 26 before reporting. Dorsey say ] his reason is that he wants to ''mak good'' his job in Haverhill for rex winter. Captain Tighe has grantee Dorsey his request.-Norwich Record.
 Secretary O'Rourke to-day called meeting of the Connecticut league di rectors for next Tuesday afternoon a 2:3O at the Hotel Garde, New Haven He has received the amended scnetlul and it is now ready for submission | the directors. Changes have been mad to equalize the Saturday games, eacl club getting ten. games at home an ten away.
 One week from next Tuesday til 1 Boston American league team will b l 1,