Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-09
THE DIAMOND.
Presid ent Pulliam Has a Little
 Chat With Himself.

He Has Named the College Umpires-
 More About George Davis-New
 York Americans Trim the New Or
 leans Team.
 New York, April 9!-In a few days Pressidemlt PulIiam of khe Natlonaa beague will send out ito managers ana umpirels his instructions regarding what steps shah be taken to maintain department on the ball fieiNd. So Tar, the new chief executive has acquitted himself exceedingly we'll, and he t1hiniks there wi1l be no fault to find on hhe score of kicking this season. '"TNhere will be mo rowdydsm," he sadd yesteuN1ay. "Any player who attempts it will elininahe hflniself, wild eHace hdmself, ats it were. His outbreak will be a flash in the pan The umpire wila take care of him, and l will take care of him latter, if need be. But l am not aoolzing for any such thing by playerts. If there is any rowdyism 1t will mot be the fault of the umpires or players, butt my fault. I .dntend to have clean ball, and to carry out that inber1tion and enforce my authority will be test of my executive ability"
 1t is tfhe custom every year for the college teams to apply to the league president for unpires for their big games. and Mir Pulliam already has ap- pointed a staff of umpires for such oc- casions This staff consists of Lynch, Betts, Murray aud By" Dickson. The first three named are known in profess sionaa baseball, while the last named is a former star end of the University of Pennsylvania football team. He has had experience umpiring since he left college, and fis work is highly spoken of. He has consented to act as umpire ant college games.
 Il shall attend all the big college games" says Pullian. "Tha fact IS. l would Nike bo see as many as possible of college players who thave the ability to take up the garne professionally. There may be college players taking post grada1abe courses who are needy and could be induced to take up the game as a means of income, and I want ho encourage alll such men to get into professional bakeball."4
 Speaking of the crowds which at tended the games i'm St Louis between the American and Nattomal league teanns, Mir Pullilam said he regarded them als evidence that the public ap- proved of the fact fHlat peace had been made between the two leagues. "Ism't it a far beltter srtate of affairs than the two big leagles wrangling and grab bling each others men?" he asked
 The weather knocked out any pros pect yesterday of the game between ittie New York Nationals and the Man. hattaH1s. The New Yorks are sched- u0ed to play tihe Fordham team at the Polo grounds this afternoon. McGin- unity and Mathewson are ito pitch for McGraw's team, McGraw, incidentally, says his injured knee is getting along an right. ssIt was not badly hurt, " he said yesterday, "and I expect to be in the game right away if the grounds are dry. I won't take amy chances of shipping on wet grounds and hurting tfne knee again. Gilbert, who is play ling second base for us. is the fastest main dn the country at that position in felding. He is the quickest of them am on double piavs. I haven't heard anything from Gleason. George Da- wis did not come north with us. Da- wis asked me if he could practice with us down south, and I hold him I had mo objections It would be just as if he should ask If he could practice at the Polo grounds. Gleason has been pTacticing on the Athletics grounds in Philadelphia There was no kick against that. and I don't see how Da- vis's practicing on our grounds down south was any different. That's all there was to it in the Davis case so far as the New York club is concern ed"
 New Orleans, Aprii 9-CIark Grif- l fith's New York American ueague team yesterday afternoon defeated the New Orleans club in a one-sided game. The only runs made by the locals were off of Chesbro in the second and hird in l ningts on five hits and sacrifices. Grff- | fill wen,tt in the box in +he sixth, he not l allowing a run or hit ito be scored. The l New Yorlss scored their first two runs i'm the fifth on three hits an1 a sacri- l flee by Chesbro. In the eighth, on errors by Law and Haslem, the New 1 Yorls scored sdx runs. Keeler's bunts 1 and .base sltealing were the features of the game. The score:
 RH.E. New York 10 900 2 o 0 6 %-S 9 1
 New Orl'ns 70 i 1 o 0 co 0-2 6 6 Pfatt11nYsieNen ChnsT,No GriA7Ab c~,5 Do