Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-07

said that Waterbury was strong enough to win the pennant. From what he knows now of the conditions here in this state he is confident that Connecticut will see the fastest base ball she ever did
 BALL GAMES SATURDAY.
 At Philadelphia-Yal ', Philadelphia American league) ..
 At New York-New York (National league) ?, Brown 0.
 At Philadelphia-Pe Pennsylvania z, Bucknell A.
 At rinceton-Princeton 9, Fordham l.
 At Cambridge-Harvard 8, Universi- ty of Maine ?.
 At New Haven-Yale freshmen 14, Fordham college reserves 0.
 BASE BALL GAMES YESTERDAY.>
 At Weehawken: R.HE. Phila .....2 4 0 o 0 O-13 2 l Jersey City 0 0 5 O-11 B 3
 Batteries-Wolf and Powell; Steven son and King.
 At St Louis: RHE. St Louis 70 II 1 0 3 0 O-5 9 0 St Paul .....O DO o 0 0 1-6 5 4
 Batteries-Joyce. Wyckerard, Yerkes and Nichols: Chech, Evansard, Fergu- son and Hurley.
 At ncinnati-Cincinnati 6. Indian apolis ,. Batteries - Swormstead, Glendon and Ewing; Bergen. Peitz, Williams, Davis and Woodruff. 4t,o 1 following: .The' Boston Nationals will release Billy Hamilton, and he says he will retire from the diamond" The Msrrimac A. c. baseball team defeated the East Ends yesterday by score of to 3. The batteries were as follows: Merrimacs, Barker and w. McDonald; East Ends, Myers and l Lawlor.
 Billy" Derwin of this city will be be seen i'll a Haverhill uniform again this season. He was q great favorite with the Haverhill baseball rooters last season. He will report one week | from to-day.
 The date of the appearance of the Boston American league team i'll this city has been changed from April 15 | made on request of Joseph H. Calvin, treasurer of the Boston team. The Wa terbury players will report on next Sat- urday and the game will be played on the following Monday.
 The Second Ward A. c. team of the Brass City Amateur league defeated the Columbias of the Greater Water bury league in a baseball game on the Oakyille grounds yesterday morning by the score of 12 to 0. The feature l of the game was the batting of De- laney and Burns of the winning team The battery for the Second Ward team was Foley and Keefe.
 Manager Harrington is pursuing a course that might we'll be followed by other managers, in the conduct of the Waterbury club. He has cut off the dogs tail close behind the ears, so to I speak, by releasing all the players un- der contract to him who are known to be 'lushers." The most persistent of lenders were Bob Drew and Dave AIur- phy.-New Haven Register
 Dan Murphy of Norwich offered to jump to Toledo, but Manager Strobel refused to entertain his proposition, on the ground that he wanted no contract ers.-Boston Herald. This may De | the Boston end of it. but Dr Reisling of the Hartford team knows better. It wasn't a very creditable performance on the part of the Hartford captain, either. Norwich Bulletin.
 George Ramon, who some time ago announced that two or three National and nearly all the American league | rl I1f of l,f cred that they are so far after him that he can never back up to catch them. Consequently lie is willing to do business with the New Haven man. ager He is learning tsat Manager Can avan has balky spells, too.s
 Charley Clancy has signed with Wa. terbury. Charles Clancy has signed with the Boston American league team Now I should like to know who he has signed with. I am frank to say that do not think he can make good in tho American league, but that is not the ' question. Is he going to play witt Waterbury. or is he going to jump Iii. ct?-Sunday Herald. Charley Clancy is going to play in Waterbury.
 Consternation has been created il National base ball circles by the runo that the Connecticut state league vii absolutely refuse to extend it's circui for the coming season. The leagus la at present ten clubs, and thinks it c;:l struggle along without any more. Th is considered as unjust to Pocanfic, Junction and Perryville Corners, whicl have fourishing hines, composed of th majority of the adult male inhabitants Brooklyn Eagle.
 Manager O'Rourke has received tn
 signed contract of Pitcher Humphrie and his staff is now complete. H'
 has secured the release of Anderson from Manager Connor of Springfield and has written to that player notify ing him of the deal. There is hardl.
 any reason to doubt but what Ander son will be willing to wear one o