Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-24
WHO HIGHAM WAS,

Dick Highanl, one Of the Old-timt baseball players, died in Chicago last week of pneumonia and dropsy. He was born in England fifty-three years ago and came to New York with his parents when boy. He took to, base ball when a youngster and early il the '7Os was one of the stars of the old and we'll known Mutual club. He could fill almost any .place on the ball field. and, like Silver Flint and others, caught without mask or chest protector. This catching with out mask sent Dick off the field one day with a broken nose caused by a foul tip.
 Higham played right field with the Hartford Blues in the National league in 1877. He went to the Providence Grays as right fielder and first base man, and also was with "HOp' Rit- ters' team of Rochester early in the sos. He was a heavy hitter and q speedy base runner. although large man.
 He went to Chicago after quitting baseball and was well known char acter about town. He was taken sick with Rright's disease several. years ago. and about month ago pneu- mOna set in and later dropsy.
 AMERICANS WERE BEATEN.
 New Orleans, March 24.-The New York Americans went up against a harder game yesterday than they have been meeting in the south and were shut out by score of 1 to 0 by the home team. These Pelicans tied the Chicago White Sox in one game and beat the Philadelphia Americans twice, and are no easy mark. They could not hit the New York pitchers yesterday. but their fielding was ex- fast. The New Works had men on bases frequently, but want of q timely hit on their part or great fielding play by the locals kept them from scoring. With their hitting they ought to have won. though the only time they punched hits was off Brett enstein in the first inning
 That first inning was an unusual one. After Dougherty had famed keeler lifted twO-bagger to left. FL berfeld walked. then followed singles by Yeager and Anderson. hut no runs came in. Out in right field was man with an iron arm. Hahn, former ly of Vicksburg. and cousin of the Hahn. He threw out Kee- Ter and Elberfeld at the plate. An derson was on first in the fourth in. ming. with nobody out. but the next three men could not send the ball be- yond the infield. KleinOw hit it hard, but sent it on line to Bill Phillips. the ex-Cincinnati star.
 After leading off in the eighth ip- ming with a twO-bagger. Keeler WIS thrown out at the plate. Dygert. a Poughkeepsie lad. pitched the last three innings for New Orleans and was too much for Griffith's men. A wild throw by Newton to catch a man mapping gave New Orleans the game. The man went to third base and scored on an outfieId fly. The score:
 R.H.E. Y. Orlean, o10OOo l13Il \. York .. 70 Q 0 O Q 900 O-O12
 Batteries - Breitenstein. PhiI,ips. DygeTt and Stratton and vuIIiSau: Newton. Putnam and Kleinow. Me iuire. WERE OUTBATTED.
 Memphis. March 24--The cham | ,ion Giants of New York will he with | M. tIi services of "Ir m Man Joe | for several days. as the neat pitcher has gone to his Indian | Territory home on a private business nission- which may keep him in the ar vest for a week or more. -k2nes pitched Dart of tle game ere yesterday for Memphis. ani i, truck out five of his teammates of