Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-05

Waterbury league team just how the game is played, With that Boston team we have several of our old friends such as George Laehance, who plays first base; Parent and Ferris, and last but not least, George Prem tiss, alias Wilson. who is pitching for that aggregation. The fans will want to see that game for sure.
 Considering the fact that the Gen. necticut league is this year taking OH some of the former stars of the hig leagues, there would seem to be Inore than an even chance that the quality of base ball played there the coming summer would be fast as it was in the earlier days of the old New England league. The New England league in '96, '97 and '9S was lively organiza- ton. though. that the Connecticut league will not equal right away Brockton Enterprise.
 Courtney of the Boston Nationals had a bad fall Wednesday. He was reaching after fly to short field and tripped and fell He made the catch, but when his elbows struck terra trma the ball was knocked out of his grasp and the buckle Of his belt, which had switched about, hit him on the hip and hurt him considerably. 1 He lay for a moment as if stunned, and Captain Long ran over to afford 1 him assistance, but he rallied and soon resumed play as if nothing had 1 happened.
 Those who say they enjoy Hanlon's confidence are responsible for the statement that next fall he will be elected president and general manager 1 of the New York club, Freedman re tiring from active participation in the | clubs affairs. Hanlon, in other words l will be to the New York club what 1 James A: Hart is to the Chicago club which is owned by A. G. Spalding and John k. Walsh. Freedman will then keep away from league meetings and Hanlon will be ''it.'
 If the grounds on the Brown mead ows are secured the grand stand vii l be backed up against the street all. l will be made in a semi-circular form This will prevent looking at the game from the street and q high board fence
 is contemplated all around the grounds. The management will bt saved many dollars expense in having four or six policemen to keep tht crowds from occupying positions neal
 holes in the fence or crawling over the fence.
 The San Francisco Bulletin whicl i Jack Lawlor sent on has two column:
 devoted to. California league news, anG
 among the players mentioned as beins
 fast are Bone, who played for New
 c.+ yaIa with Waterbury last season, and wht
 has started to join the Boston league team, with which team he has signed
 for this season, after playing for some
 time with a California league team
 Anderson, of last years Bristol team
 Hodson, of the New Ravens, ant Dougherty, Bridgeport's crack pitche
 of last season. Dougherty has wol
 much fame as a clever pitcher,
 swift runner, and for his stick work
 The National league playing sched
 ule for the coming season was mad
 public yesterday. In it there are onl,
 forty-five conflicting games with tn
 American league clubs in Boston
 Philadelphia, Chicago and St Louis. 0
 sixteen in Boston. eleven ill Chicago ten in Philadelphia and eight in $
 Louis. For the first time in man
 years the western clubs will not pla
 i'll the east on Decoration Day, th
 reason being that conflict wah tn American league on that day in Bos ton and Philadelphia was deemed iI tadvisable. Boston plays in Broolxly
 on Decoration Day, Philadelphia i
 New York, Chicago in Pittsburg an
 Cincinnati in St Louis. A peculia feature is that the championship rae
 will begin in New York and Broolzly
 on the same day, April r. the Phils
 delphias playing at the Polo ground and the Bostons at Washington parl On July 4 Brooklyn plays in Pitt: burg, Philadelphia in Cincinnati Bo: ton ill Chicago and New York in $ Louis. On Labor Bay Cincinna-
 plays in Boston, Pittsburg in Brookly , Chicago i'll Philadelphia and St Loui , ill New York. The schedule has bee . so manipulated that Pittsbarg wi } have seventeen Saturdays at home , four more than any other club. Th story published yesterday to tie effes ) l that the league magnates had raise
 q fund of $100000 to pillage the .A,nel 6 ican league teams was widely dis I cussed at the Fifth avenue hotel, Ne : York, yesterday, where the magnate i were still in evidence. A. J. Rcacl U president of the Philadelphia club. q . ter taking breakfast with Edwar . Hanlon, said that ha knew of TO sue
 fund.- and that if the New York club
 manager, Fogel, should induce Laio to jump from the Philadelphia Athlc ' ics for Sl5,000 cash, 1t would Dc ':ol
 trary to the will of Reach and John : Rogers, who lost Lajoie ny lesarfio ,N q year ago.