Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-29
BASE BALL.
Luskey Has Signed His Contract for
 Waterbury.

Waterbury.
 Washington, March 29.-George- towns inability to hit the ball effec- tually, combined with Yale's excellent fielding, lost the game to Georgetown | Thursday, s to ?.
 Manager McGraw says the stories | published about his being unable to ! play on account of his legs are without | foundation. His trip to Hot Springs has done him world of good, and ne promises to play his usual fine game.
 The New York club is still trying Pitcher Friedman at short and it now looks as if he might begin the season in that position. Roy Evans, pitch CT, and J. Delehanty, infelder, are to report next Monday.
 Catcher Luskey has written Mana ger Harrington accepting his terms and will report here on April l. This will be good news to the local fans who consider Luskey as good catcher as there is in the business.
 The game scheduled for yesterday between the all-star aggregation un- der Manager Brennan and a picked team of the state league was post poned because of the rain. It may be pldS SQ OSAOA0 lhC OpCAAAAi5 VI SoO RSS- son.
 When asked about the reported offer by Freedman for him to manage the New York National team this year Jesse Burkett said: .'YeS, Freedman made me a very fattering offer to look after the New Yorks this year, in fact, he offered me S12,000 a year if I would sign q two-years' contract with him. I declined the offer, how ever, as I am on good team, ill q good town and under good man, and l feel satisfied
 l Hanlon, the Brooklyn manager, has l allowed Charles Loudenslager, the third baseman signed last fall, to go l to the Eastern league. He thinks Loudenslager needs more experience l before entering the National league, although the National league, barring one or two clubs, does not appear much stronger than minor league.
 The Hartford baseball club re-organ- ized last night and selected these direc- tors: Charles Soby, Andrew Welch, 1 Charles M Webster, John W. Service, 1 Robert H. Lewis and l. l.. Wiltsie. Officers will be elected at the next meeting. The season will probably open with Springfield May 5. The club now has g players signed, in- l cluding nine pitchers.
 Yale men think Captain Guernsey, their third baSeman, as good a fielder as Lauder ever was. Guernsey's arm is as strong as steel and as supple as whalebone, and he whips the ball across the diamond after the fashion of Billy Nash. The manner in which he uses his hands is marked not so much by gracefulness as by efficiency. Incidentally, whether the Yale team turns out to be weak or strong, it is one of workers.
 Manager Roger Connor received q telegram from Eddie Burke Thursday night accepting the terms offered him to play in the field for Springfield and he will report as soon as required. Burke was q few years ago one of the fastest fielders on the New York team and he would be in one of the teams in the big league to-day were it not for Charley Comiskey. Burke and Comiskey had run-in last season and it is said that Comiskey was laid up for two weeks after the bout was over.
 The baseball fans, especially those of New London who like to see Nor- wich beaten, will be pleased to hear that Manager F. l.. Shea has signed Pitcher Steve Ashe of last years New Haven team. Manager Canavan al ways seemed to reserve Asle to pitch the games against Norwich and the Sloopvil1e aggregation won very few games from New Haven last year, Ashe is not noted for his curves o1 his speed. He made reputation as a pitcher by using his head. He will be given trial and if he proves as disastrous to Norwich in New Lon don uniform as he did while wearing the New Haven blue. he will stay Ashe is a player that can play first base or go into the field. His con tract, signed, was received by Mana ger Shea yesterday afternoon.-New London Telegraph.
 The Brooklyn club has completed ar engagements for it's southern practice trip. The players will report al Washington next Monday and go from there to Columbia, s. O., where work will begin on Tuesday. It is expect ed that Keeler, Ward, McCreery Sheckard, Farrel, Ahearn.. Fuller. Arm bruster, Donovan, Winham and Me Cam will report in Washington. The others. including Dahlen, who is al Hot Springs, and Irwin, Newton Kit son, Dolan and others will join the team at Columbia Irwin, Kitsor
 and McCreery have signed ill the las few days, and either McCreery or Do Ian is said to be the man likely fol first base, leaving one of the two an6 Keeler and Sheckard for the outfeld
 Practice in the south will last aboui two weeks and the team will be home ! in time for an exhibition game or April IT. The ex-champions bid fail to shape up pretty strong Hanlor will not go south until after the league meeting next week.
 A young base ball pitcher named S
 Nrain, who has been corraIled by Pres , fdent Hart for Chicago for next sen son, has made the surprising statemen that smallpox is an excellent thing fo1 base ball players. He says: "Why. i makes you strong and gives you an ap ] petite, and there really isn't any dan ! ger, providing your doctor knows hi
 business and doesn't get so scared ths , he won't come close enough to you
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