Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-18
BASEBALL NOTES.
The Makeup of the Hartford Team
 Announced.

can league would be transferred from Chicago to New York. The change of base will be made this spring, probably a week or ten days before the opening of the American league championship season. The new quarters are to be in lower Broadway.
 1t was also said that if the plans of the president of the American league do not miscarry the Baltimore team will be transferred to New York and represent the metropolis in the race for the pennant McGraw is to remain at the head of the club as at ,present.
 { Charles Comiskey of the American league team here and James A. Hart, president of the Chicago National league club, met yesterday and arr ranged for a series of games for the llocal championship. Six of the games will be played before the opening of the American league season on April 23 and the remainder at the close of the season.
 The various major league clubs will get in their spring work in the fol- lowing places:
 
 con, Ga; Bostons at Augusta, Ga; Clevelands at New Orleans; Chicagos at Excelsior Springs; Detroits at Yp- silanti, Mich; Athletics at Newport News; St Louis at Memphis or Mobile: Washington at home.
 National -BrookIyns at Sa- Sannah. Ga; BostOns at Thomasville, Ga; ChicagOs at Champaign, III: St Louis at home; Pittsburgs at Hot Springs, Ark; Philadelphias at Char iottesville, Va; New Works at home; Cincinnatis undecided.
 LawlOr and ScannelI are doing som- ersaults because they didn't take the foO Norwich offered for Hi Ladd's re- lease last fall.
 Frank Piggy) Ward will get his re- lease from the local team to-day. He wrote Captain Tighe saying that he had got a swell opening in Philadelphia and wanted his release papers. Early last season he did some good work for the local team, but his scalp wound Took away his nerve and he will be allowed now to show up among the tlrSt pepole.-Norwich Bulletin.
 Regarding the Quinn matter Captain Tighe has received the following statement from Quinn himself. in which he says: T went to Waterbury To pitch one game for Mir Harrington. but finally pitched two and then left Of my own accord. I was under no stated salary nor did I sign contract. He Harrington did not reserve me un- III about month after his first list of reservation was published" This. of course, shows Quinn q man without q rope around him and Manager Har- rington without doubt knows it.-Nor- Wich Bulletin.
 About the only thing that is stirring the baseball air around these parts at present are few yaporings from Bristol about the opposition league which is to be backed with the profits off steaks and shampoos, soup bones and slaves, hash cuts and hair cuts. Those greet Bristol magnates who made money out of oth- CT people last season are going to throw away their cash and start teams in every city in the State league. In the meantime the managers of the lat ter organization have not had a wink of sleep since they heard of the threat ened attack from razors and knives Bridgeport Post.
 The New England league averages have just been published. In the list of the former, State league players have records as follows: Conroy, formerly of Derby, .34S; Doe, .346; Hickey, lastly of Meriden, who want ed to be an umpire and with the um- pireS stand, .3fG; O'Brien, with New Haven, .343; Wiley, with New Haven. .322; Bunyan, with New London. .31O: Hanscom, with Bridgeport, PTS; Kane, with Bridgeport, PIT; Gildea, with Norwich, .224; Kerins, with Bridge port, .222; Derwin, with Waterbury, .2O4; Drinkwater, with Derby, .195. That is quite list, and there may be others whose names are not recalled Doe must have found the air of Maine agreeing with him when he could hit up to the above figure, for he could not connect with a balloon down this way.
 Manager Reisling has signed the fol- lowing -yers for his Hartford team. The 1fst of pitchers includes besides Dr ReiSling, who is considered the equal of any in the league, half dog en others. Of these four are already signed and two college men are on the string. The four are: Tuckey, last year with Derby, who is a good man in every way; O'Connor, tried out last rear by Connie Mack, and highly rec ommended; Welch, last year with the New York State league, and Mixin, who was with Meriden in 1900 and i'll 1901 pitched for independent clubs. Tuckey and O'Connor are left-handed men. The catchers include McCann, who was tried by Philadelphia last season; Smith, an amateur tried in 1901 by Boston, and Scannell of Derby, who is a veteran and has first-class ability. Manager Reis1ing thinks he has a star for second base in the per- son of Prick, who has played with Mansfield, Plainfield and Jamestown of the Interstate league. In 1901 his batting average was .34S and his field ing .9S4. Dr Reisling is in communi- cation with another good man who is strongly recommended by a competent baseball authority. The third bag po- sition is not yet filled, but two good men are ill prospect, Fisher, last year with Buffalo of the Eastern league, has been signed to play short. The out field will consist of Miller at left, for four years with the Dayton, O., Inter- state league; McAllister at center, two years with Columbus, and Robinson at right, a University of Vermont man wno played with Syracuse of the East ern league in 1901. Other fielders will be Reed of last seasons Detroit Amer x-<-z l<.E< A