Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-08

t'ShamrOck Doyle Of the Spr1ngheld 1 News trying to get elected champion "knocker' of the league, to have law enacted that his 'knocks'' will not be stolen, and a lot of other such juicy matters.
 BALL GAMES YESTERDAY.
 At Charlottesville: R.H.E. Cornell ....3 0 2 1 3 3 *-16 13 Virginia ...1 0 , 0 0 l 0-10 10 '
 Batteries Brewster, Henderson, Chase and Whinery; Cracroft and Herndon.
 At Lexington: R.H.E. Hobart .... 0 Q 0 0 0 IA A Wash x Lee 0 2 1 0 , o *-9 IA 1
 Batteries-Platt, Elchberger and Col teton; Andrews, Crawford and Bagley.
 At St Louis: R.H.E. St Louis ..S 3 0 1-17 F 1 Kans's City 1 0 0 0 0 O. 1 O
 Batteries-Hopp Joyce, Murphy and O'Neill; Nichols, Gibson, Cable, Roth and Moore.
 At Middletown, Conn: R.H.E. Me university 0 2 0 Q 0 s--4 ' 3 Wesleyan 70 0 0 o 0 0 l 0 2-3 , 3
 
 Chapman. Hume and Inglis.
 At Cincinnati: R. H. E. Cincinnati ...1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2-6 8 ? Indianapolis I 0 o l 0 0-5 i 3
 Batteries Curry. Hoisman, Peitz and Bergen; Sathoff, Miller,s Davis and Woodruff.
 Monday will be the opening day for base ball in Waterbury, and when the Boston Americans arrive ill Waterbury they will find the city ready to receive them.
 Manager Canayan of New Haven has contract for the services of Catcher Locke, with Bristol last season. Fred Luchia, former New Haven catcher, is being tried out by Milwaukee. Luchia is no longer popular in New Haven and the Register sporting writer expresses the wish that he may be satisfactory I to Milwaukee,
 President Frank DeHass Robson of 1 the St Louis National league club said to-day that he would use legal means to prevent Ball Players Wallace. liar per, Heidrick, Burllett and Padden. Who have Jumped from his team to the St Louis American league team, from playing with that team, claiming that he has an option-on their services from last years agreement.
 To have or not to have'' new ball grounds, that is the question. Z
 Whether it is better"--but what is the use of talking about grounds? The ball team is what we are after, and if we get that, we'll we will chase up the grounds if we have to % over to the Bristol wood lot. Manager Harrington says we have the bali team and we think he has, and perhaps we will show some of those all star teams a trick or two before the season has far ad- yanced.
 Manager O'Rourke received a letter from Secretary Farrellsof the National Association of Minor League Clubs, yesterday, in which the secretary up- holds the decision of the secretary of the Connecticut league in relation to Connors and Eddy of the Bristols First Baseman Connors, and Eddy, or Mann, as his right name is. refused to go to the Springfield club, and after Bristol was dropped from the league flashed contracts similar to those which other players of that club produced They claimed that they were released last fall. AS in all the other cases tho decision is that the two players belong to the Springfield club, having beer transferred with the other members oi the Bristol club.
 With all this talk about New Londor getting the short end of it from tho other league directors, and particular, from ORourke of Bridgeport, why wouldn't it be a good idea for New London to arise superior to any sucl treatment, by signing the best of To . players to be had and showins
 O'Rourke and the rest of the crowt
 that New London doesn't need to q,
 the baby act for any player or set O
 players regarding which any other clul may put in q claim. Get team tha
 will De looking down upon those othe
 fellows and then the laugh will be ol ,, the men who tried to throw obstacle in the way. Get i'll the bunch and com mand respect. New London will neve I get it by continuing to hang on to tn , tail of the processon.-New Londo , Globe.
 t Manager O'Rourke has signed Rya ! with view to putting him at thirf and Cusick also belongs to the locs t club. Some time ago Cusick. who's
 record for fair dealingois not any to
 clean, signed to play with the Jerse
 City club of the Eastern league. NTai 2 ager GRourke notified Manager To- Burns. who recently died that Cusic
 was on his reserve list and also not
 fled Secretary Farrell Manager Burr
 replied at once. stating that Cusic1 ws
 signed under a6 misapprehension, an
 also that he had been dr5pped Aftt - that Cuslck. who had previously wri !, ten rather impertinentlv. sent anoth. u letter in which he seemed willing to ( e Io business. Manager O'Rourze is not z all anxious to sign him now, and it F not likely that he will be a member U the local club Bridgeport Farmer. le - in in A ,,