Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-01
BAsE BALL NOTES.
Echoes Heard Along the Base
 Lines.


 Democrat representative the other day that he had fast bunch of players already signed for next season, he was not telling a ghost story. lie an nounced his team yesterday and rom the looks of things he has a corklng good base ball team. The team Is made up as follows: The manager will take his turn in the box. He had goou success while pitching for Bristol. Mar tin O'Connor, big fellow from East Brookfe.d, Mass. who was with the Philadelphia American league team last season, has been engaged. He is a left-hander with a cannon ball del1y- cry. Ed Phillips, with Toronto a part of last season, is another twirler hired. He belongs in Pittsfeld William Gar oni, farmed from New York to Bridge port, is another pitcher on the list. There are q few others yet to come. Scannell of Derby, catcher. is one of the few Derby players retained Will liam McCann of Passaic, N. J., who played on an independent team last year. is another catcher. He is recoIn- mended by Connie Mack. He is physical instructor in a gymnasium and is always in shape. One of the utility men engaged, E. A. Smith of Boston, is q catcher and can play first base if necessary. He is very tall and said to be quick for such big man. The regular first baseman has not been secured. Amos Fisk of Columbus, O., will play second base. He has played with Mansfield. O., and Jamestown. In forty-eight games last year he had fielding average of 9S4 and hit 34S. Harry Fisher. who was with Buffalo, will play short. Frank Lock. with Bristol, will play third base. His bat ting average is .347. Hartford patrons of the game who saw Bristol play last year know what fine fielder he is. Another infielder engaged is Nick Elli- ott from Saugerties. N. Y. Al Miller of Zanesville, O., will play left field. H@ played three years with the Day ton team. This team won the cham pionship twice. He is a good thrower and hits at a .30G clip. Jack McAllis- ter, with the Columbus team the last two years, will play center field. His home is in Columbus Rodman Robin son. who was in the Syracuse trolley smash-up, will play right field. Up to the time he was injured he was in thirteen games and his batting average during that period was an even 400.
 Hartford has named her team early enough and the critics can now get in their work dissecting the members of that team.
 How the heavy hitters of this league will miss those home run hits they used to get down in Derby and over in Bris- tol. Averages will have to be earned this season.
 It is said that they are organizing a party of twenty-five over in Bristol to attend the opening game in Springfield and root for the old Bristol players who will be attired this season in Springfield costumes.
 The Manchester baseball association contemplates the erection of build ing for polo, basketball ana other sim liar indoor games before the beginning of next season. Manchester would make good circuit town.
 Manager Harrington says that at the first signs of spring he will begin to make his improvements down at the ball grounds. He has mapped out some elaborate plans and if they are carried out there will be complete renovation down at the ball park.
 Former Umpire Gaffney has accept ed position with the Worcester Con- solidated Street Railway Go at a sal ary of SIS week, and says he prefers to work at this throughout the year than umpire in any league at $3U0 a month for five or six months of a year.
 Martin O'Connor. left-handed pitcher has signed with Connie Mack. and will be farmed to the Hartford base bal team of the Connecticut State league at the opening of the season. He will report at Hartford April IS. O'Connol was the star man of the Sacred Heart team last standardization Enter prise.
 Waterbury and Bridgeport teams are not going to pass through Bristol or their way to Hartford the coming sea son. nor will Springfield or Hartford come through that suburban village or their way down this direction. It is rumored that the Bristo1ites are going to try to kidnap the teams and holG them for ransom.
 Tom Tucker, the Holyoke exponen
 of base ball. is in training again fol ! the diamond. and is daily taking hi. ! ten or twelve miles walk and run. H. hopes to land in one of the bigger i leagues the coming season. He is en gagged at off moments in running
 candy and confectionery store near tft
 railroad station on Main street. bu
 ''once a ball player always ball play
 er.' and Tom can no more keep iron
 thinking of the ball field than a cat O.
 rats and mice. Tom will certainly b,
 playing ball somewhere the next sea
 son.-Springfield Republican.
 Says the New London Day: Thu. 1 far only five men have been signed I They are: Pitchers Page and Harr, l Long: catcher, Harry Buckmaister fielders. Finn and A. s. Andrews
 Page. the twirler was being sougb after by the Reading. Pa. club and ,
 recent issue of Sporting Life statat
 that Manager Landoraf of that clill
 had him signed. His contract is i,
 the possession of the New London clul and the local cranks will have cbanc l to see what kind of stuff he is made of
 When he was in the Allentown tean
 Soorfing Life referred to him as on
 or the best pitchers in the Pennsvl
 vania State league.