Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-03

At Annapolis West Virginia 10, St John 3.
 At Columbia university Seniors 30, Juniors 5.
 At Andover-Princeton ,, Andover II.
 At Bethlehem-Cornell 8. Lehigh 1.
 At Atlanta-Atlanta 3, Chattanooga
 At Birmingham-Birmingham 5, Nashville z.
 At shreveport-shreveport 6. Mem phis 1.
 Sockalexis made bunch of circus catches at Lowell Thursday, hit the ball safely four times, and altogether did great and grand work.
 The Washington Hill Athletic club team and the Good Wills will clash tomorrow afternoon at Riverside park if the weather permits. The game will be called at 2:30.
 Manager Driscoll telegraphed to Herwig, the Manchester center field CT, yesterday, and he is expected here | in few days.-Haverhill Gazette. Does this mean that Billy Derwin will be dropped?
 Manager Harrington said last night that the next man who attempted to play out of his own position in prac- tice and received an injury by so do- ing, would be given a fine that he would remember.
 The absence of Judge Ralston from | Philadelphia yesterday prevented the manager of the Athletics from Hing bond that would have permitted La joie to play. Manager Tom Loftus of the Washingtons kept Delehanty and Orth out of sight so that injunc- tion servers could not find them.
 The games scheduled for to-day are Waterbury at Bridgeport, Meriden at New Haven, Springfield at Hartford and New London at Norwich. It will be a tough fight between Waterbury and Bridgeport and Springfield and I Hartford Meriden should defeat New Haven and Norwich ought to trim New London.
 Charley Clancy will not have the honor of officiating ill the opening game to-day as he has an injured I thumb which he received in practice. He was playing first base, a very fool ish thing for a pitcher to do, and the ball hit him a pretty hard clip and it may be several days before he will be able to hold the ball. Either Waller or Lindemann will do the box work this afternoon.
 Two more players on the Water bury team arrived in the city yester- day. They are Lindemann, the pitch CT from Brooklyn, and L. c. Duck worth from Worcester. Duckworth is q big, husky looking chap and will cover the right garden and be substi- ute catcher. He looks like a ball player and from his size should knock he cover off the ball. Lindemann is -l excellent trim and-he may be put ill the game against Bridgeport this afternoon.
 The Connecticut league writers who still persist in trying to cause pleb- elan mirth by side splitting allusions to the lake on Hampden park should cut out the pill habit for good. Hampden park is now the finest ball ground ill the country, as these scribes can readily ascertain by inquiring of any ball player who has played here this season. Even Thomas l.. Reil- ly, the humorist who originated the Joke about the park, declared that the diamond, there is unexcelled-Spring field News.
 The Delehanty family is more large Iy represented in baseball than any other "Ed' is the most famous ot the brothers and is now with Wash. 1ngton. Tom" is playing with Den yer, "Jim'' with New York and s.Joe' with Worcester. Frank is only l. years old but has had offers from New
 York State league clubs. William, : |! younger brother, shows promise o1 Keeping up the reputation of the fam fly. Matt" Kilroy claimed he coulC put ball nine of brothers on th, field. The Ramon brothers alst could make good showing The opening of the season in tbi
 city will take place on Monday whel
 New Haven comes here Manage Harrington has made big arrange !. ments for the opening day and a bi, crowd of fans should turn out to SC that first game. Waterbury vii :. have ill her strongest team and Ney Haven should be beaten. Mayor Xii : duff will toss the first ball over tn
 plate, the American band will be i
 attendance to give a concert, an ,; should the weather be favorable E will be gala day in the baseball his 5 tory of Waterbury. Waterbury Ina 'SS the best team she has had in year Q and her work i'll the practice game ,aa gives her. place in the first division
 The fans should all turn out to see tn
 game on Monday.
 The following is the schedule C I games in the Greater Waterbur .s baseball league up to June 15:
 May 4-Merrimacs ys Acmes, Gal
 vile vs Moonlights, Lafayettes V E. Sunshines, Columbia vs Fifth Wards l Big Seven rests.
 May 11-Merrirnacs ys Lafayette y; Moonlights vs Fifth Wards, Sunshir
 vs Big Seven, Acmes vs Columbi; D. Oakyille rests.
 , May 1S-Merrimacs vs Sunshine 3 Moonlights vs Acmes, Columbia ' d. Oakville, Fifth Wards vs Big Sever
 Lafayettes rest. D May 25-Big Seven vs Columbi 4 Oakville ys Sunshines, Fifth WarC Q vs Merrimacs, Acmes ys Lafayette IS: Moonlights rest.
 June 1-Merrimacs vs Moonlight
 Oakville ys Fifth Wards. Acmes !
 Sunshines, Lafayette vs Big Seve
 Columbias rest.