Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-21
BASE BALL NEWS.
Topics from the Ranks of the Leather
Chasers.

OPASo l4OA4 Tic ItduhS VI luC 1GdLu6E
Chasers.
The minor leagues and the Chicago
representatives OF the two big leagues
have been worrying over whether the
American association would put a
club in Chicago this year. The ques-
ton was discussed at the meeting of
the minor leagues national board in
New York this week, and Il. J. Hickey,
president Of the American association,
left New York on Thursday night for
Chicago to look over and report on the
situation. Hickey said it all depend
ed on what George Lennon, owner Of
the st Paul club, wanted to do about
transferring the st Paul club to Chi
cago. From statement LennoM has
given out in st Paul there will be no
third club in Chicago: after due
consideration and mature reflection"
says Lennon, ST have decided to hold
the st Paul club in the city of st
Paul" This seems to settle the mat
ter.
Henry Thielman. who pitched for the
New York and Cincinnati teams last
year and who figured in deal trans
ferring him to Brooklyn, is willing to
join Hanlon's forces under certain
conditions. He wants the Brooklyn
club to pay the Cincinnati club the $500
advance money paid to him by the
Cincinnati club He expects the
Brooklyn club to make good this mon
ey. In other words, he wants his pay
increased this much If he joins the
Brooklyns. President Hermann Of
the Cincinnatis will let the Brooklyn
club and Thielman settle the matter
between themselves.
Here is something new in the base
ball line. Over thirty teams of Penn
sylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New
York and the District of Columbia held
the first meeting of the National
League of Independent Baseball
Clubs last Thursday in Harrisburg,
Pa. The object of the organization is
to keep players from jumping their
contracts An agreement was en-
tered into by the different clubs not
to offer inducements to one another's
players or managers to jump A fine
Of from $50 to 500 is the first penalty
for violation of the rule, and expulsion
the penalty IL the offense is repeated.
Manager McGraw of the New York
Nationals appears to be winning a
large slice of all the money on the mar
ket in Hot Springs. He won $500 on
the races last Tuesday. according to
report, and then adjourned to a place
where he could try his luck in other
games Of chance. After giving the
roulette wheel black eye for a trifiing
81 200, he went against faro and shat
tered the bank for 900 cold plunks.
On the whole the day netted him So
800. At last accounts he had not tried
craps, policy on stuss, but the promot-
ers of those forms of investment were
shivering In their boots.
! Manager Hanlon has signed Catcher
Jacklitsch, formerly of the Philadel-
phia Nationals, and has released Catch
en- Latimer.
Pat Powers, president of the minor
league combination, has changed his
mind about not going to Chicago. He
said yesterday he expected to be in
| Chicago next Monday to discuss new
national agreement with Ban Johnson
and Pulliam, IL the latter is there. He
says he will discuss uniform playing
rules. with anybody, but will discuss
an agreement only with Johnson and
| Pulliam.