Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-26

is expected that the Elks will also turn out in large numbers and band of music will be in attendance.
 Dave Murphy wrote his last letter to Manager Harrington to-day from Adams, Mass, and Dave will receive by return mail his release. Murphy came down off his high horse finally and agreed to most any terms and wanted $lO advance money. Murphy is not wanted, as Cronan will make good at short.
 Of course MT Griswold will have that scoring stand fixed up again this season and will have it turned around to its proper position and will see that the seats are in good shape. The canvas will also cover the top and we could stand wire netting in front Foul balls dropped into the scoring stand much too frequently last season for comfort.
 The North End yictors would like to play a game of baseball with any team in the city whose players are from IS to 9 years of age. The lineup of the team is as follows: Jo- seph Farrell, c; NJ Altman, D; S. Don- ahue, 1b; D. Farrell, 2b: c. McMulIen, 3b; R. Mehan, ss; c. Kruse, If; l.. Scott. Of; T. McMahon, If; captain, Charley Kruse; manager, Jim Cral- bett.
 Last night Manager Shea signed another new catcher. He is Charles Armbruster, who was recently re- leased by the Brooklyn National league team. He comes from Cold Spring, N. Y., and his recommends tions warrant that he will win x place on the team.-New London Teleg1 aph Pretty good men in the Connecticut league this year.-Brockton Enter prise.
 The Y. B. A. c. defeated the Taylor Streets Thursday afternoon by the score of 26 to 10, and the Laurel Streets Friday afternoon by the score of A to 21. The '. E. c. A. opened the season by defeating the Young Tigers by the score of % to 20, and have not lost one game. The lineup is as follows: F. Robinson, c, William Keenan, D. Will jam Robinson lib, J. Downey, 2b, G. Finn, 3b, Fl. Wigmore, ss, R. Downey, If, Edward Monaghan, If, F. Mona ghan, Of. They also defeated the Wall Street stars yesterday by score of 42 to 1.
 The sensational feature of yester- days ball game between Oakland and San Francisco came i'll the first inning. 1t consisted of that rare ar ticle ill baseball-a triple play. Croll hit a slow liner. It appeared an inn possible catch for Mohler, and the three base runners made dash for their several destinations. But Mol- Ter captured the ball a foot from the ground. and the rest of the play was easy, as the runners were too aston ished to turn back. Mohler tossed the ball to Francks. catching Bone, and quick pass to Streib sent Law Tor to the bench.-San Francisco Chronicle.
 Pitcher Long of the New London baseball team unintentionally chloro- formed himself Thursday night. He came up from the game and going to l his room at the hotel rubbed his pitching wing with chloroform lini- ment. The room was tightly closed at the time and as soon as he fin ished attending to his arm he laid down. The fumes of the chloroform were sufficiently strong, on account of | the lack of circulation of air, to make ] him unconscious. and he was found | in that condition later. There was not enough of the anaesthetic to have serious effect and Long revived as soon as he was taken where he could get fresh air. He was all right ill | few minutes and will suffer no incon- yenience from the experience.
 Con E. Daley, who is being given a trial at short for Springfield, and promises to make good. was born in Troy. N. Y.. in 1877. This is his fifth season playing ball and he devotes his winters to the stage He began his professional baseball career in 1897. with the Guelph team, Ontario in the Canadian league. The follow ing season he played Hith Woodstock in the same league, while in 1899 he was member of the Stratford team in the Canadian league. In 1900 Daley signed with the Ogdensburg team in the Northern New York State league and played short for that ag- gregation. Last season he played with the Gananoque club in Ontario, Canada. until toward the close of the season and then finished with the To- ronto club in the Eastern league. He 1 piaN Co IT S5ihANo N1th lllC ltltlSI JcdIis Daley has been on the stage since 1895 and has fine tenor voice. For two seasons he took the principal Irish character in "Peck's Bad Boyn He was then with the Roe and Fenburg repertoire company for year, after which he played in vaudeville. He next joined Hi Henry's minstrels, while the season just closed he was with Vogel's minstrels. Ho has also been engaged for next season with l Vogel's minstreIs
 The executive committee of the Ma tional league met again at the Fifth avenue hotel. New York, yesterday, l and spent several more hours discus sing the question of recovering play CTS who have gone over to the Amer ican league enemy Whatever plan of action that was agreed upon by the committee to fight the American l league was not made public, but the surmise is that the plan will be q moved based on appeal to the law. | The corruption fund.-" over which there was some hurrah at the last 1 league meeting, seems to have been slelved. the decision of the Pennsyl- yania supreme court in the Lajoie case presumably directing the minds of the National league folks toward