Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-30

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 At Middletown- Wesleyan Freshmen 3. Springfield High school 9.
 At Syracuse-U University sof Vermont 4 Syracuse university 3.
 At Utica-Utica 3, Montreal O.
 At Exeter-Harvard IS, Exeter Z.
 At Hanover-Bowdoin s, Dartmouth [.
 This is a welcome rain, but not base ball weather.
 Hartford wanted Roger Connor to pay half the expense of brass band for the opening game in Hartford on Saturday.
 The teams are shaping up for the | opening of the season and if Saturday is a fine day big crowds ought to greet the Connecticut leaguers.
 Clancy, who covers first for Worces- ter, looks near enough like Pitcher Charley Clancy of this league to be his brother-New London Day.
 There will be no game on Friday. The team will take light practice and work into shape for the opening at- tack against Waterbury on Saturday. Corcoran will probably pitch the first championship game.-Bridgeport Post.
 Billy Derwin of this city played cen ter field with the Haverhill team on Monday and made two of the five runs scored by his team. He had no chances in the field His team was beaten by Billy Parsons team from Lawrence by score of to ,. The Eastern league teams and the To- l ,+o1 f111 mo the Connecticut teams, and ther are re- turning home much chagrined to think they have been up against it so hard. Does world beaters have been the easiest thing that struck the state yet.
 Meriden has signed full blooded Indian for catcher He is HaWley ! Pierce, a graduate of the Carlisle school He is under contract to Buf- | falo. but Manager Stallings of that l club has consented to let Merlden nave him in consideration of fayors eXtenu- ed by MT Reilly in allowing Pitcher Ferry to go to Buffalo. This catcher played tackle for several years on the Carlisle Indian school football team and is brother of Bemis Pierce, also renowned as football p1dyer with Carlisle. Pierce is expected to report the latter part of the week.
 Manager Reilly of the Jersey City baseball team received word last evening from Secretary Farrell of the league association, announcing that Connors. the former Bristol first base man now playing with Jersey City had been awarded to Springfield. Manager Reilly at once communicat- ed with Roger Connor over the tele- phone and finally succeeded in secur- ing Connors' release from Springfield upon Jersey City paying S2OO Con nors had decided not to play Ill Springfield lG~anyway and said he would jump to the Pacific coast first.-Merl- den Journal
 Fred Doe sat on the Dover's bench yesterday in uniform and talked to the New Haven players almost constantly. Several of the Blues made sarcastlc references to Does idiosyncrasies III his financial dealings which seemed to arouse the wrath of the Dover men ager. 'sDarby' O'Brien put quite lIaueh on Doe by remarking as he stood at the plate to bat: ''Your name IS Doe. all right, but who gets it, not the players.'' This little shot brought down the house and Doe tried for long time to think of something funny to say. ssShamus'' O'Brien also poked lot of fun at Doe along the same line
 and then made matters worse by
 pounding out beautiful three bagger. The O'Briens are strong on ball play
 ing as well as repartee.-New Haven
 Leader.
 AS a result of visit to Rochester ! | ~ | baseman of the New York club, accom- ; panied by Fred Knowles, the clubs secretary. Joe Bean,. who signed with
 the local team for the season of 1902.
 went to New York. He played there , establishing the fact that he had jump
 ed his contract The Rochester mag , mates have begun Injunction proceed ings against the New York manage I ment to prevent Bean from playing
 with the Giants President Higgins,
 of Rochester when asked yester- ! day regarding the possible course of 2 the club said: ''There is no doubt but :. that an injunction will be served upon the New York club to restrain them
 from playing Bean. The matter is
 now in the hands of our attorneys, Me Guire and Wood" MT Wood when 2 questioned regarding the possible .ac ton said: "Bean was under contract : to play ball ill Rochester during the
 coming season. He left town sudden . ly last Sunday night, and understand ? played with the New York team. Thai D being the case, we shall bring injunc ,; ton proceedings at once against the }, New York club to prevent it from play
 ing Bean. The Lajoie case in Penn
 sylvania has established a basis fol
 such an injunction, and i'll the Bear Q case there is more ground for such al ? action than in the Lajoie case" Int : injunction will probably be issued to d day.