Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-26
BASE BALL.
THIS CITY NOT IN IT.
lew Haven Too is Given the
 Cold Hand and Cana van May Go to Worces- ter-Other News.

New Haven, Feb 26.-NeW Haven,
 largest city ill the. state, is to |e no representation in the Connec- It baseball league this season, hes B. Canavan. who has been eiv-
 the franchise, having decid d to nsfer the team to some other city. e reason for this transfer is tnat
 suitable place to play the game \ be obtained. This will leave w Haven out of any basepali kgue since the Connecticut league s sisarIed apout eight years aao, d, with an exception of couple or ars between the reorganization or Eastern league and the Connectl-
 league, the cf,y has been repie- hted in some league for the past ~ hrs.
 nhis change is the outcome of the
 sion of the Fair Haven and
 Etyille Railroad Go to transform
 baseball field at. Savin Rock to q
 "a park. Since that time Mana
 Canavan and his assistant, Wli-
 Aufort, have been endsayo- ing
 lecture a suitable field. The f. an-
 was also offered for sac. but ne were no bids until few weeks
 when Manager Canavan was ap- acht by a rep. es anta.ige of lJ-
 syndicate. That syndicate Of ed to purchase the franchise if a table ground could be obtained, n have Mir Canavan act as mana
 of the team.
 Since returning from the west last eek, where Manager Caravan has Fen. conducting a polo team, the pl los- ects in this city have been thorough gone over. Canavan was given De privilege, at a recent meeting, of .ansferring the club to any c-ty thlch seemed satisfactory to him. 'hree cities are now being looked Fer, with a view of changing the To- ktion Of the club. These cities are Forester and Northampton, Ma s, hd Waterbury. The chances are Irgely in favor of Wo. cester.
 If the team is located in Worcester bnavan will undoubtedly be assisted l the management of the team by alachi KittTedge, formerly catcher r the Chicago National leaguers. 3ittrdege has had managerial as Dir < 'pns for solne ume, aud he is now fting with Canavan in the com ng bal. Canavan and Kittredge both egan their league career on the me t&am away back in. 1888. They zere then members of the Ports louth, N. H.. team in the New Eng Ind Interstate league, Kittredge be- 3g catcher and Canavan sho. .tstc ID Rd substitute catcher Tn the r eSeball career they have worked to- fFher as far as possible, and both lsyed on the same team in Chicago. E1ftreeige has a strong backing in I Yprcester. and his influence will fpbably decide Canavan to locate in E3orcester.
 Mir Canavan was dn Worcester 1 f9dnesday in conference with MT &i9tredge. The two visited the oval pd looked over the necessary re. Bllrs which would have to be made Rfore the season opened. The man. ger Of the Consolidated Street Rail lay Co, baseball enthusiast. was so conferred with regarding ca, rVfce to the games. A trip through 2e city also convinced the men that Baseball membership in the Connec. Lived. ~ts v Yesterday Mir Canayan looked ova, {9 conditions in No. champion, but
 was not greatly impressed with f9 condition there or the baseball efd day he will visit Water. of the three, ci1es, Manager fnayan does not appear to be favor FLY impressed with either Northa mn Hn CT Waterbury.
 Tn the makeup of tba team wber Fer ft may be located, Manager cTan. dh nas booked some good playe s mong those under contract are tbe est or last seasons players. am Rey include Harry J0pe and Foley aucneTs; Hannifin, Perkins. TurlS Q, 'nd Kane, pitchers; Billy HavwarG nlrd bas%s Bob Fitzmaurice. Geore, fone and ! Golden outhelders. Tb, lew men Signed are Kelley of pit, e
 r Donovan of Westerly, R I. lu bfankenshdp of Richmond. Va.
 AMEfRiCAN LEAGUE FIRST. It Is only day or two since pras; Fnt Prlliam of the National lea g,,e lied the schedule meeting for mex leslay, and now Ban Johnson of tbs nd1ean league calls the scnedult eGlng Of his organization flor nex, onay at the Fifth Avenue hotel I, as If the American league want
 b be the first in the field with if, nuule. An interesting possibilit,
 sgard to the rival gatherings hat
 Q with a joint meeting of the twt
 tues to agree on non-confiictins
 ndules. he rules committee of th, aerlcan league will also be heard em next week. The playing seaso1 VI begin on April IA and close on uc per 8 or 10.
 NATIONAL SPORT SOON.
 In less than two weeks both of tn. Few York ball teams will report fol ring trips. Jack Adler, the vel pown sporting man, who recently re 5lrned from a visit to Hot Springs @ys that John McGraw and Roeel &resnahan of the New York Nationals {ave been working like Trojans fol he past month to get in shape. AdIel Eys that Mcssraw thinks his leg wil ermit him to play ball some this year 8 which event the Nationals infielt uid be greatly strengthened. Bros han will be played regularly on th.
 m because of his batting. If youne