Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-12
THE SPORTING NEWS.
First feast Friday.

"The Authors" is another name sent in for the Waterbury team. Tie name is given because Manager Du- rant is somewhat of an author him self.
 The honesty of Mike McAndrews, who has reported to the Waterbury club, is attested in dispatches from Lancaster, Pa. saying McAndrews has returned the advance money sent him by Lancaster Fred Crolius tried to get McAndrews for Lancaster, and sent on advance money, but the Wa terbury man, unlike many players. has sent back the gold, having de- cided to stick to organized base ball.
 The Young Moolnights would like to play thy team in the city under l3 years of age. The lineup is as fol- lows: r. Coughlin c, c. Earth p, T.. Halpin 1b, L. Phelan 2b, F. Brennan 3b, J. Tyrrell ss, C. Cassin, If, w. Earth If, c. Fully of. Anyone wishing a game call at B or S6 Washington street. Games played at Baldwin street rye lots any Saturday. Mana ger, William Earth; captain, Charles Fully.
 An even dozen of Dan O'Neil's Ponies are now taking their feed in Springfield, four new arrivals being booked in the Russell yesterday. The |adyentists of yesterday were Big Bill Luby, Red Nagel, Joe Cox and A. E. Dempsey. The absentees, including Captain Frank Fitzpatrick, are ex- pected in by tonight, and if they do not answer roll call then, will hear Dan O'Neil make noise like boss Two hines from the Mulcahy school have planned for a game on the old rye lots on Baldwin street to- morrow and if the weather proves fa- vorable the game is sure to be quite interesting. The contest is to de- | eide which is the better team and l then the victors will get together | and organize a nine which they | claim will whip any school nine in | the city. ......s.. Mike Donlin, the Giants center
 fielder, and Miss Mabel Hite, a mem- Der of one of Frank Perley's theatri- cal companies, were mNrried last Tuesday night Alderman Max | Grifenhagen of Washington Heights, New York, performed the ceremony. | Billy Gilbert was his fellow play
 er's best man and Miss Madelaine
 Grifenhagen was the other witness According to information impart
 ed to one of the Springfield players
 by Bill Hayward of New Haven Hayward has not signed a contrac to play with Danaher's team thii season, and is not likely to sign ont at present Hayward is given al
 saying he had not been able to ge answers to letters he had been send | ing Danaher in Meriden all winter
 and that he has no intention of sign | ing unless he gets substantial Tn
 crease. It is also claimed that tht
 New Haven player wrote to the clut
 owner asking for the keys to the bal park so that he could get in and takt
 some exercise. He ayers that h'
 never received an acknowledgment
 of this letter either.
 Manager Burnham of Newark has
 received the last half payment ol
 $375 draft money from the New York Ainericans for Joe Connor's re.
 lease.
 No less than three men are trying | for the first base position on the
 Montreal team this season. If anyone is of the opinion that Clark Griffith bought a gold brick in
 Potts Laporte, last year with Buffalo, let him look over the big fellow s
 batting with the Highlanders on the
 spring trip. He easily led the rest
 of the players.
 Pitcher Maurice Wolfe, the former Toronto twirler, has been released
 by Manager Burnnam of Newark to the Hartford club of the Connecticut State league.
 Arlie Latham, a former Eastern league umpire, will manage the Jack
 sonville team of the South Atlantic league this season.
 Ban Johnson has assigned his um-
 pires for the opening seyies of games | in the American league champion ship race. Tim Hurst and Connor
 will handle the Chicagos' games at
 Detroit. Jack Sheridan and Evans, new man, will judge the plays in
 the New York-Boston series in New York. silk O'Laughlin will umpire
 at Washington and Tom Connolly at
 St Louis.