Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-15

E. C. Courtney, a California outfield- CT with batting average of 1909, has been signed by the Boston National league club.
 Secretary O'Rourke will probably call q meeting next week if not this week. If the circuit is not enlarged the matter of disposing of the Bristol and Derby players should be settled so the new clubs would know what to ex- pect. There is urgent need for a meet ing and there will be one not later than next week.
 Hugh Jennings will not be allowed to play in the American league this year. President Johnson announced last night that he is on the blacklist and that McGraw will not have the ser vices of the star player in his infield. The cause of his being placed on the blacklist is the trouble which he had last summer with. the Baltimore and Philadelphia managements of the American league.
 It would suit this end of the state very much better to have Bristol in than Waterbury. Waterbury was al- ways a poor town for base ball. Even when Roger Connor had champion ship team the people of his city did not support him properly. If Rogers bank account depended upon the money he made playing base ball in Waterbury it is easy to see that he would not be troubled with. very heavy balance. New London Day. | It is quite evident that the time is coming when leagues will be controlled by state lines to even a greater extent than at present. The marked success of the Connecticut league since its or ganization has attracted the attention of base ball packers all over the coun- I>try and they are moving towards state leagues, or nearly state leagues. Presi- dent Farrell of the New York state league predicts that the time is com ing when Buffalo and Rochester will be members of his league, and he is no doubt right. At present, perhaps, Buff falo and Rochester feel about as Hart ford did. They talk of s'jay league,' backwoods towns" etc, just as Sloop- vile used to do, but they will get over that in time, as Hartford has, and common business sense will prevail. Syracuse, former Eastern league city. goes into the New York state league tliis season. Buffalo and Koch ester will go there later.-- Bridgeport Post.
 B. B. Johnson, president of the American league, arrived ill Cincinnati yesterday and conferred with John Bruce, attorney for the organization.
 He said the conference was as to rou- tine matters. q see" said Mir John son, "that the story has been revived again of an American league invasion of Cincinnati. Let me say once and for all time that such a move was never contemplated by the American league, in fact, it was never discussed. Cincinnati is good city for one good base ball team, but it would never support two teams like some of the larger cities, where continuous base ball is desirable. So long as there is another club in Cincinnati the Ameri- can league will not consider the city available territory" Speaking of the fight that is on in the National le1gue, MT Johnson said that under no cir cumstances would his organization allow itself to be drawn into the con- troversy. 'sWe are In excellent condi- tion in every way" said Mir Johnson, land there is nothing for us to do in this matter but to play the part of the interested spectator" Mir Johnson says that Joe Kelley positively has signed a contract with Baltimore and that Billy Keeler will probably stick