Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-26
BASEBALL.
That Peace Conference Is Awaited ~s.- With Interest s

That Peace Conference Is Awaited
 -:~>- With Interest.
 Pitcher William V. Hawke, who made his debut in the National league as a member of the Baltimore team, died recently at Wilmington, Del.
 Another old timer wants to get into baseball again, not as player, but as umpire. Hardie Henderson. the fast but cratic pitcher. has applied for position OH tine National league staff.
 It is said that the New York Ameri- cans will report to Manager Clark Griffith at Cincinnati early in March and will go south from that city. The first American league game, it is said, will not be played in New York before May 15. The schedule meeting of the American league will be held at the Fifth Avenue hotel possibly on Tues day, January 12, or week later.
 President Johnson of the American league. it is said, has received sugges- tions from quite a number of. baseball enthusiasts that John NJ. Ward would be desirable man for the presidency | of the proposed new club in New York. Whether the former player and mana ger and now a successful lawyer can be induced to accept the position is not known, but it is the impression | that he will not. Now that it is almost assured that Tom Loftus will manage the proposed American league club in New York, | William J. Clark catcher of the Wash ington club, is prominently spoken of to succeed Loftus. It is urged in Clark's behalf that he has {" made good" both ill playing and and leading his club in the field, and that he would naturally be the most acceptable to the fans" of Washington if he secur- ed the management.
 Manager McGraw of the New York | Nationals has released Second Base man George Smith to the Boston Ma | tionals. Smith played ill Rochester under the management of Al Bucken- | berger who is now in charge of the | Boston team and who has been after Smith for the past year. By letting Smith go McGraw has evidently made up his mind that he will play second base himself next season, but he may find himself short of infielders if George Davis and Norman Elberfield stick to the American league.
 | Ill some quarters the opinion pre- vails that there will be no ncace ill the baseball world after all It is be- Tweed by certain baseball observers that there are so many knotty prob. lens to be solved, particularly on the question of players who have jumped contra cts, that the two leagues will he unable to get together. Men wto he !iese they can speak Dy the csr1 are 1 A will ', ake no concesslons at ar, bnt will insist upon an absolute surrender by the National league involving the relfnquishment of certain players ot the Delehapty stripe and others.
 Lajoie is said to have written to a friend in Philadelphia that everythine is framed up for him to be able to en ter zPennsylvania next year. He says that one of the conditions of the com ing peace conference will be that Johr l. Rogers will agree to drop all his suits against former Philadelphis players. According to Lajoie, the I Philadelphia club owner has agreed to this. and Lajoie's lawyers have beer working on the legal end Of the case They have seen Judge Potter in regard to the matter, and it is said that bf z l. reprimand, provided Larry will come forth with an apology to the court. anf that Reach, Rogers and Shettsline vii appear and make speech in favor oi the player
 l Charles l.. Zimmer. catcher of th, P1ttsburg Baseball club, who is bes known to the patrons of the game n, T "Chief' says he will not quit the grea national sport until failing health o poor eyesight or possible injury, p!ac eel him i'll such condition that it wouIt compel him to give up. .'There is some IDlng magnetic about the game" Ii. further says. that entiees me to at tempt 10 establish playing record fo some of the future ball tossers to fol low" Trimmer is one of the oldest i not the oldest player in the b;. league. His age is 45. He has bee, playing professionally for more tha, 20 years, and previous to that. while schoolboy. received his training ii chasing "grasscutters'' about a dia mond in cow pasture at Marietta Ohio. That was his birthplace. n 1881 he began his professional caree in the Ohio State league. with the Iron ton team. In 1884 he was signed h, tho Detroit National league team. Ii 1887 he went to Cleveland and was member of the National league tean there for l3 years. going next to Pitts
 burg, where he has been for thre
 years. Among the players Zinllne says are old in the business. but not a
 old as he, are. James Mcclure. catcl, CT of the Detroit club: Charles Farrell of the Brooklyns; Outfielder Van Hal tren, of the New Yorks: Bobby Lowe second baseman of the Chicago Ma tionals, and Clark Griffith, manager Q the Chicago American league club.