Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-12


 season. Some surprises may be sprung if everything pans out as the managers now believe it will.
 If Mike Delaney Of this city had played the game at second base that Cassidy did for Springfield yesterday, he would to-day be sitting on the bench or on his way home. There are worse than Mickey yet drawing sal aFies
 Heine Batch is q splendid all-around player If he wasn't. it wouldn't be possible to use him with such good re- suits at the third corner. but Heine is bigger helper to the team as an out fielder. ,
 Connie Danaher has always been called pretty astute attorney, and he must have brought some of the astute- ness into his base ball management. Notwithstanding all the thumps the other cities were giving New Haven. that burg seems to be getting along pretty well even with a tramp" team.
 ''Sted' of the Springfield Union has entered a complaint that at least six newspapers around the circuit are using his writings without due, credit being given. Why bless your heart. dear boy, all such things as credits were forgotten years ago You should feel honored to know that the items are so good they are being used, even without due credit being given.
 The most expensive experiment. on record i'll baseball is said to have been Pitcher Jim Wiggs. who was tried out by Cincinnati last spring. He was paid $1,150 in advance money, salary or ] credit, and pitched exactly three in- nings, at the end of which he was re- ! leased. This is an average of $3S3 1 per inning, or about S75 q minute. nl- l lowing five minutes to an inning. Mir ]. Pierpont Morgan will please report progress.
 The Springfields came here yester- day, but showers just before the game l spoiled the sport. Dan O'Neirs boys are husky looking crowd and they impress one as being ball players. Joe Connor, looking in the pink of condi- ton, was among the visitors. and he l stopped to shake hands with many of 1 his friends who remembered him when ] he caught for Bridgeport Bridgeport l Standard.
 Here is a conundruna for some of the weak teams in the league to answer, or 1 rather it is up to the managers Of | 1AAOSC ASdAiS tO dISW 1T WOFC6SleE could drop into the league almost be fore the season opened and take but few of the old Norwich players and yet fill up the vacancies with good men. why cannot the other managers 1 do likewise? It is very easy to answer 1 If you have a good treasury
 1 Red Waller, the clever twirler, was ! in the city yesterday afternoon. He went to Newfield where he shook a few paws and met Manager O'Rourke \ who politely inquired as to his state of health. While Waller is supposed 1 to pitch here he evidently does not 1 see it in the same light. Nothing was said about that ticklish subject yesterday. 1t is said that MT Waller wants to play here week days and pitch elsewhere on Sundays, but that is against the peace and contrary to l the law and the statutes of the Ma tional association. Waller is a star bOxman and he is certainly missed here. e.-Bridgepor Farmer.
 Manager O'Neil intends that Spring 1 field shall have q winning team, and will let nothing stand i'll the way of giving the patrons good baseball this i season. Last night he received word i from Homer Treat of Philadelphia that~he would report in time to pitch to-morrow's game in Holyoke, while Ed Connors. formerly first basemkn l for Springfield, has also put his name to contract Id Connors arrived ! yesterday and he and Manager O'Neil came to terms last night. For the I present Ed will play second base until l Tom Owens reports
 Something is going to drop, gentle. men, in a few days that will jar some
 body if the AIeriden team doesn't be gin to play ball. The habit of start
 ing the season with a makeshift team
 and then when there are about foul
 weeks left to play getting fast team
 is all nonsense. Let's have little
 playing now and not have an uphill fight all the season. The only kind o1 Ia team this city will support is lead CT. Meriden fans will not go to the lpark to see lot of amateurs play. The
 management should take cognizanct