Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-05
BASE BALL. WILL WATER
 BURY BE IN IT?
Backers of Team In This City Are Ready to Do Business--Talk About Ball Grounds.

AA WdtCApuAy AZ tO udVS Ddii team during the coming season would
 1t not be good thing for all concernz ed to have that point settled right
 away. If New. Haven is not to be in the league for the lack of grounds it
 behooyes the other managers in the league to get together and find out just what is liable to be the state of affairs down in the Elm city. Re- ports from that section have been Of various kinds. One that new grounds ! would be arranged beyond the old ones at Sayin rock but those who are acquainted with the situation in that section say that no stock com pany could afford to spend the amount of money it would cost to make new grounds for base ball alone. Another report was to the effect that the old i base ball grounds were to be used, not | the one at Savin rock but Hamilton l park grounds, or some park where | base ball was played years ago by the i college teams. Base ball on these grounds would be dead failure and no one knows that better that the peo- | pie who are interested in the New l Haven team. If then New Haven can not get base ball grounds why not l give Waterbury chance to get ready ! for next season and not wait until the l last minute. Just as soon as the d1- rectors of the league say the word the men who are behind the base ball scheme here will begin work.
 Waterbury has been handicapped in l the past by several things but the bus l mess men of this city who want to back team here are well known, re- liable and are willing to spend good
 money to put q winning team in the l field. All they ask is some little time I ill which to get ready. Secretary O'Rourke should make inquiries about
 that New Haven situation and find out whether that city is to be repre- sented Waterbury is one of the best sporting cities in the circuit if her peo- pie are given good sports. A good
 base ball team is promised with a
 strong and competent manager. The gentlemen are willing to assume the
 risks, will spend much money to get good men. They are men of the call 1 Der of Dan O'Neill, of Springfield, for
 merly of Holyoke, and will strive to l put a champion team in the city Give 1 them a few months in which to pre- pare and Waterbury will show to the directors as good base ball grounds
 as can be found i'll the circuit and a team of players that will do credit to
 a city too long dfscredited.
 | Arlie Latham has been reappointed
 to an umpire's berth in the Southern | League.
 Hughey Jennings will play first base for the Baltimore, Eastern League l Club next season.
 Billy Hallman has been unconditfon- ally released by the Philadelphia Ma,
 tional League Club.
 l Michael Joyce O'Neill, of the St l Louis Nationals, 1t is reported, will pitch no more. He will play the out field hereafter.
 Gene Demontreville has signed with
 the St. Louis Americans for next sea
 son. If he shows up in good condi l ton Demont will replace Dick Pad
 den at second base.
 Ten n-Thousand- Dollar Wild Bill Don oyan is at home in Philadelphia fol
 the winter He will keep in condition by putting i'll few hours every day at the bowling alleys
 I Hans Wagner, at the request of
 Barney Dreyfuss, gave up his basket ball team and is now physical instruct Il or of the Carnegie Pa.) Branch ol I the Carnegie Library in Pittsburg. I Manager Connie Mack, in order tc II have the Athletics i'll good condition for the ante-season series with the
 Phillies, will take his men South or
 February 20 going to Jacksonville. Il Of the present day catchers,' says
 Charlie Nichols. there is hardly .I man in Kings class I think him bs
 all odds the best ill the business Being myself pitcher, can hardly be con
 sidered a competent judge of the res
 pectiye merits of the slabsters, bu I there are punches of good ones Per
 sonally, admire the old war-horse lCy Young, more than any of th' . others He is certainly a remarkable man Of the Ieft-handers there few
 better than Hahn, of Cincinnati, Mat thewson and McGinnity are undoubt edIy valuable men Clark Griffith is I think, the handiest pitcher that evel
 stepped on the rubber Among th'
 other great ones are Jack Taylor, Jo' Corbett, Bernard, of Cleveland, ant