Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-26
intsrs5re with his pitching agaan this

interTsre with his pitching aga1n Tnls
 summer.''
 "A light broke in on Danny Green
 in his Camden IN. .J.) home this win-
 ter, and some day this careless, hap
 py and indifferent young man may
 be one of the capitalists of the base
 bali game" said another fan. .'Therc
 never was thought or a care to ob-
 scure Danny's winter siesta before
 this year. Winter to him was pe-
 riod of Information. I make enough
 to live on without working in win
 ter,' said Green. But what will you
 be fit for vy9ien you cannot play ball
 any longer2 asks friend. Danny
 got married, and since tAe arrival of
 little Green, has become one of
 the most enthusiastic toilers in New
 Jersey in winter time"
 II Patsy Donovan, who managed tho
 St. Louis nationals and played in the ,outfeld, essayed going into business this winter, and thought he could
 see his way clear to quit baseball.
 He was not like Big Roger Connor, who had such big rent roll to look
 after he had to devote his time ex- clusively to his business interests. But the baseball world wanted Dono- van. He is 8 genius both in playing and in directing young players. The management of the club waved a $9,- 900 year contract before the quiet and dignified Donovan, and he recon sidered his determination to retire. 1 Ed Delehanty, he of home run fame and the greatest batter in the American league, who will have to return to the Washington club and repay the several thousands in ad- vance money given him by the New York national or be forced to remain out of baseball, is one of the few ball players who spends the winter trying to break the bookmakers. Dep proceeds on system, and doubtless works as hard all winter as many a laborer in the mines. He has had a reasonable amount of sue cess in past seasons, but this winter has demonstrated to him that no system" can successfully wage a war against bookmaker who has . distinct percentage" in his favor.
 There is that capable pitcher, Jack Taylor, of the Orphans. He makes the winter profitable by braling on railroad. Summer is all right, said Taylor, the other day, ssbut q baseball player figures too much on the sun shining all the time. This business is like any otherwhen you are beginning to fail to deliver the goods, someone brushes up against you, and soon you are passed. If some of the ball players toss the sphere to would do a little more work in winter they would be better off and incidentally they might become skilled in some business to which they will be driven sooner or later"
 It is said that "Bill'' Dahlen, one of the most popular ball players in the country he will be seen at short stop for Brooklyn again this season -is constitutionally opposed to em- ployment during the winter. There never was a. player who could get advance money out of a magnate with greater ease than Bill" but he is maligRed when they say he does not work. James A. Hart spent a great deal of time telling this capa- ble player that he must look out for the time when he could not command the applause of thousands of fans when he could not play his spectacu- lar game-and Dahlen has begun to see life seriously. When Dahlen was accused of 1aziness at shortstop, the critics could easily have explained that Bill played deeper than any other shortstop, and because he was so perfectly in control of the situ- ation what was apparently slowness on his part would have been light ninglike action on the part of l others. E. G. wEsTLAAKB.