Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-13
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Some rid Bits Heard and Clipped
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Chicago, Feb lo.-lC IS Slateu lhae President Ban Johnson of the Amerl- can league. after consulting with Um- pire Jack Sheridan and President Hickey of the American association, the latter having just returned from the east, authorized the announcement that the American league will not ac- cept the new rules framed up at the Buffalo meeting. It is also predicted in base ball circles that Hickey will follow Johnson's lead, and several other minor leagues are likely to follow suit This means the complete col lapse of the plan of formulating uni versal code of rules under which the games in all leagues, both professional and amateur, were to be played.
 In conversation with Manager Roger Connor of the Springfield base ball team yesterday he made the statement that several of the Bristol players had written him saying that Manager Reis- ling had offered them more money to play with him. Several had also writ ten asking to be released to Manager ReisIing and one in particular told what he had been offered by Manager Reisling. In justice to the latter gen. tleman, however, he denies ever having made any offers to any of the former Bristol players, and emphasizes that statement. Of course the Hartford Post writer will consider this ''pipe" story also.
 Quinn of Torrington, whose name is on the reserve list of the Waterbury team, has been signed by Norwich. Manager Harrington has entered pro- test to the authorities who handle such matters and decision will be rem dered in q few days.
 The Springfield News writer is losing his grip and will soon have to be put under restraint. He talks about war paint and tomahawks and then pro- ceeds to arm himself with these same implements of warfare, if you can call them such, and strikes out wildly to see where he can land with the most effect. He talks about the pleasan- tries CD which existed between him. self and the' Meriden Journal for a whole month and considers them per- fectly proper. There was more vim dictiveness shown in those articles than has been written by all the sport ing writers in this or any other league It even hints at having whipped the Journal into line when it remarks that that paper is using Springf1eld decent ly at the present time. The Democrat has broad sense of humor and just now the efforts of the Springfield News writer to act as the hamburger of peace, when there is no war. is cre- ating all the humor that is really necessary. If the News writer be- lieves there is altogether too much fighting going on, why not get out of the battle and in the words of the song writer, Ego way back and sit down.
 Manager Harrington is having his troubles getting his players to affix thelr names to the contracts ha sent out some days ago. About all of last seasons team are Still unsigned. Each mas become very high priced during dhe winter season and demands S25, 800 and $T5 increase. just as easy as 1T money grew among the tobacco that deorge Harrington converts into cigars. When Manager Harrington sent out the contracts he advanced some of the players from the salaries received last season, and that is all he Will do They will play here or they must hunt out west for positions.
 Another college player was added to the force of the New. York baseball team yesterday when l.. Washburn was signed. He is q left handed pitcher and played on the Brown uni- yerslty team for. four years. He was one of the best of the university pitchers and played halfback on the l football team also.
 When the bluebirds begin to sine you can look for some of those chans who are now holding out for Ameri can league salaries sending on dis E patches to hold their jobs and sending on their contracts at once. Amateur leagues or the Western association. are the only places open to contract iunp- CTS. ! hld Mccormick has written another ] ietter to Manager Harrington saving E thar he was not of age when he signed 1 Wlth Manager Connor and therefore ] cannot De held. He also says that he IS oHered more money to play with an l amateur team. His contract with Wa tefpury this season calls for S25 more i lnan he received when he first came to 1 Waterbury.
 Waterbury is to be included in Bris- toFs new state league, so they fell US. The surprise down here is where will the new grounds be. and who is going 10 spend a barrel of money to fix un new ones. Manager Harrington has a lease of the present base ball grounds and there are no others, except those that are not enclosed. But what is the use of talking about a new stare league with bigger salaries? If cer, tain people are hunting around for pipe stories, why here is one that will i'll the bowls of their pipes to perfec- tion.
 Shamrock" says in the Springfield News that the Journal has been treat Ing Springfield decently of late The Journal has always liked the idea Of standing by the under dog in any fight especially when the attack by the bip mound is simply due to a desire to cef choice morsel that the smaller nup
 may have secured. That was the case III the Bristol fight the bone of con tentlon being a probable franchise and great ball team. In the present case the bone is Catcher Anderson whom Springfield got as fairly as it did any or the Bristol spells. and if there is to