Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-18

jersey GOlIy yGStSIudy Dy h SSVAS VI B to 1. The "Skeeters" were weak at the bat and in the field, while the champions played fast ball through out. The score:
 RH.E. PhilaSa (A. ..1O4OsOOo%-13 8 2 Jersey City ...100OO0O0o- i 7
 Batteries Bender, Henly and Pow CTS; McCann, Foxen and Dillon.
 At Ohio Field: RH.E. Trinity ...5 0 1 o 70 o o 2-12 12 6 N. r.. U.. 70 3 o 3 III O. 9 13 2
 Batteries = Mann and Braden; O'Connor and McDowell.
 At South Field: R.H.E. Ilion ..... a1 o o o o o 1 0-2 5 6 Columbia ...2 o O1 0 o *--3 4 4
 Batteries - Woolworth and Earl; Grant and Mahler
 A Meriden paper states that Meri- den wanted to trade Pitcher Durn- baugh for Catcher Manning of Nor wich, but cash considera sion of S75 was decided upon.
 The altar boy, of St Thomas church want to play with any team in the city whose players are under fourteen years. All challenges can be sent to Walter Casey, Al Summer street.
 Ned Slater has no intention of go- ing to Holyoke and seems perfectly contented to remain in Waterbury. He believes that a team that is all ready being knocked by the Holyoke papers will not be successful and he Is taking no chances.
 The batting order of the Norwich team on its tour through the New Eng land league, which starts Sunday. will be as follows: Rogers, 2b, Murphy, ss, Turner Of, Tighe 1b, Anklam If, Reilly If, Harrington 3b, Fitzgerald c. Nc Lean, Mathieu or Maroney D.
 The first Springfield baseball game of the season will be played on Hamp- den park today, with Springfield and the Yale agaregation as the opposing teams Springfield's team will line up as follows: Miller, Cartmill, Renner aGd Johnson D, Joe Connor and O'Con- nor c, Mulligan 1b, Delaney 2b Berry ss, gHenebry 3b, Burke If, Henry Of, Harney, If.
 The High school base ball team is playing the Bridgeport High school team in Bridgeport this afternoon. The lineup of the local team will probably be as follows: Spellman, catcher; k. Dawson, pitcher; McGrath, 1b; G. Me Donald or Mccarthy, 2b; Daly, 3b; A. Dawson, ss; Murray, Kenyon, Me Gowan, field; O'Brien, Gaffney, Blans- field, substitutes. After the game the members of the team will be enter tained by the Bridgeport chapter of the Theta Sigma fraternity.
 An ingenious fan professes to have discovered how the game of baseball originated. This is what he has to say about his find EThe devil was the coach. He coached Eve when she stole first. Adam stole second. When Isaac met Rebecca at the well she was walk ing with a pitcher. Samson struck out a good many times when he defeated the Philistines. Moses made his first run when he saw the Egyptians. Cain made base hit when he killed Abel. Abraham made sacrifice. The prodi- gal son made a home run. David was "a long-distance .thrower, and Moses shut out the Egyptians at the Red sea.
 Manager Harrington of the Holyoke baseball team has been informed that Frank Fitzpatrick, second baseman of the Waterbury team last year had de cided to play with an independent team in Wilmington, Del, this sum- mer and would leave next Saturday for that city. This information did not please Harrington, who stated; If Fitzpatrick won't play with me and breaks away to an independent club, 1t will be the most sorrowful thing he ever did I will say right now that I will make him pay good and plenty for it if he does. He will never play with a club under the National agreement again without its costing him $500 for the privilege The warning in section 3 of article 27, reads as follows: Any player under reservation or contract to club, party to this agreement, that will contract with or play with any club or association without the written consent of the president of the club he is under reservation or contract to shall be disqualified "In the parlance of the day Manager Harrington should s'smoke-up." That moth-eaten bluff about the penalties imposed by the Ma tional association frightens no one at this stage of the game.-Springfield News.