Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-20


 pink of condition this season, and that doesn't refer simply to his rosy cheeks, either.
 l Accorsini has reported to Worcester ] and Jack Tighe is busy thinking up q short name for him. If he doesn fill the bill it won't take Sir John long to i name him.
 Old Sleuth Fleming is being given a trial by the Philadelphia Nationals. When he is after low fly with full sail on he gives the appearance of a flying machine.
 1t is said that the National associa- l ton has refused to lift the ban on Billy Phyle. This will be a blow to Herman Long who counts on Phyle for second base.
 I James Garry of Dalton has signed with the Schenectady, N. Y., team and will leave shortly for that city. Garry is an old Springfield player He will play center field
 i Thomas Curtin, who played last year with Fordham college, has signed i with the the Burlington, Vt team and will report there in June He will play in the outfeId.
 Larkin says Tommy Manning has been out of the house only two or three days this winter. Like woodchuck, he sleeps all through the cold spell i AAeriden Journal.
 Joe Connor has reported in Spring field. Dan Mccarthy is to be given a fair trial there and will be pitched in an exhibition game Tansey is to be tried in the infield.
 Arthur Clarkson is assisting Presi- dent Stearns of Andover in coaching the academy nine. Clarkson was at Andover most of last year. He will umpire the games played on the acad- emy campus.
 Joe Harrington. third baseman of the Worcester team, formerly the Nor wlch team, is to be signed by Bridge port. He could not hit hard enough to Suit Kittredge. Joe save a game for Norwich in that city last season. | Jack Lawlor. formerly of Derby, now with the St Paul team, is known as Rabbit, because of his feetness of foot. While playing in the Pacific coast league he stole fifty-three bases in 104 games. New London Day.
 Larry Lajoie says that only Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York have any chance for the pennant in the American league race this year. He thinks Boston will be stronger with Tannehill than with Hughes.
 Clark Grifflth figures that this years race will be the hardest and fercest ever He says that the team which wins the pennant will have to play without letup this season, and have more than an even break in the luck
 Fred Parent. of the Boston Ameri- cans. is anxious to have his brother John get a chance with Connecticut league club. New Haven should take him, for it was there the great Freddie made his reputa ton. Meriden Journal.
 Winslow, Smith and Bowman were the only Yale men who batted for 300 or better on the southern trip. O'Brien is putting up fast game at shortstop, and with Metcaif at second, Yale thinks the combination will be much faster than last year.
 The Worcester team is getting over J stocked with infelders. The team plays two games ill New Bedford to- day, and another on Thursday. Fall River will be the opponent Wednesday and Friday. Four of the five twirlers signed by the club are left handlers.
 Matthews, Haryard's snortstop, will not take the southern trip with the nine this year. Last fall Matthews was sick, and now has too much work in college to allow him to spend two weeks out of Cam bridge. He will meet the team al 1 West Point, however, and will play in the game against the army on April 9.
 In an interview i'll Chicago Ban Johnson said he believed the race this season would be between Boston and New York in the east and Cleveland and Chicago in the west. The Chica- EOS will open at home for the first time in several years, and Johnson has aD- pointed Empires O'Loughlin and King to officiate.
 The most expensive experiment on record in base ball is said to have been Pitcher John Wigg, who was tried out by Cincinnati last spring He was paid S1, ,150 advance money and pitched exactly three innings, at the end of which he was released This is an average of $3S3 per inning, or about S75 per minute, allowing five minutes to an inning.
 Cornelius J. Danaher is still looking for a player manager for the New Ha- ven team, despite the fact that ..sil- ver's Braun, the pitcher, was signed to hold that position. MT Danaher has made himself president and treasurer of the New Haven club. The team has not succeeded as yet in getting back John Golden. Toronto still has him in ] tight grip.
 It is noted that the Springfield club opens and closes the season at home something unusual ill all leagues. UsI1- ally in making out schedule the club that opens the season at home closes it away from home, or vice versa. The fact that Stacy of Springfield was one of the schedule makers shows that he looked after the interest of his town with unusual vigilance The schedule it is safe to say, will be made out by different persons next season.