Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-17
WATERBURY, EVENING DEMOCRAT TUESDAY,, MARCH IT.
GORDON WANTS DELEHANTY.
Deal on for the Star Washington Out
 fielder.

If the Greater New York Baseball club can make the deal the much taIked-of Ed Delehanty will play ball this year with the American league team of New York. President Goruon and Manager Clark Griffith have been burning up the wires during the last three days in an attempt to lnuuce Manager Tom Loftus of the Washing ton club to let Delehanty come to New York. They are willing to give "Lefty" Davis and a big cash bonus ln eA- change. It will cost the Washington club more than $7,OOO to play Dele hanty this. year and for that reason the New York Americans believe they have a royal chance to land the great player. o
 At z o'clock yesterday morning 2oO men began actual work on the Amerl- can league grounds. Contractor Me- Avov was in charge of them and there was some tall hustling from tho tune the first shovelful of earth was turned. The sodding was cut up first and piled for further use in covering the play ing field. Then the soil was cleared away from the rock ridge preparatory to blasting, which will begin this at- ternoon or tomorrow.
 The property owners on Washington heights who are opposed to the loca- ton of the new ball club there have drawn up a petition to be filed with the board of aldermen asking that 166th street and 167th street be cut through the grounds. It is said that the New York institute for the blind, which owns the property secured from the legislature some years ago an en- abling act which restrained the city from interfering with the property in any way on the ground that it was ! wish to be moved out of the city lim- ! its because of the march of progress | north. The trustees of the institute l when they leased the property to the American league guaranteed that the streets would not be opened.
 Chicago, March 17.-President Comis- key of the Chicago American league baseball club announces that James J. Callahan, the pitcher, has been ap- pointed manager of the team for the season of 1903.
 Sam Crawford has cancelled his in- debtedness to the Cincinnati National league club and now is in position to play with the Detroit Americans, to which team he was awarded at the peace conference. Crawford had re- ceived $1,3OO advance from Cincinnati which money, by the terms of the peace pact, had to be returned before he could play ball. Yesterday Presi- dent Pulliam of the National league l !, the request that it be turned over to the Cincinnati magnates. MT Pulliam sent the money to President Hermann. l Pittsburg, March 17-Michae1 J. Connolly, better known from Maine to ] California as "Buck Cornelius,' is said to be dying at his home in this city. Fatty degeneration of the heart a bad cold and a sudden attack of rheumatism are said to be the cause. Three well known physicians have been in attendance since last Thurs day morning, when Connolly was stricken while talking with a friend.
 The serious illness Of "Buck' has caused deep gloom in downtown dis l tricts. When Chmapion Jim Jceries heard of his condition on Saturday night he left lot of his friends and went down to the little home of "Buck's'' on Craft avenue to tender what assistance he could. Buck was unable to see him.
 Michael J. Connolly is one of the best known sporting men in the world. It was he who matched Dominick Me Caffrey against John L. Sullivan. Years later he matched Peter Maher against Bob Fitzsimmons and lost a barrel of money in that fight across the Rio Grande when Bob knocked out the champion of Ireland in forty-five sec onds.
 For years Buck has been the champion of Maher. He thought. un- til some time ago, that the Dublin man could and would beat anything that ever stepped into the ring. Backing Maher has kept Cornelius in the back around. He has backed Mahnr in America and in Earope, and never won save once, when the big fellow knock ed out "Denver Ed" Smith in New Or. leans.