Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-05
THE DIAMOND SITE IS CHOSEN
Northrop Farm Has Been Selected as Place for New Grounds
 Lachance is in Doubt.


 The location of the new base ball grounds has been practically settled. They will stand at the corner known as the junction of the Pierpont farm and the trolley line. It is the old Northrop homestead, consisting of thirty acres of farm land. with q house and barns on the premises. Man ager Durant was in consultation with the leading builders of the city to-day getting estimates on the erection of grand stands. blcachers and fence. The plans, which came from the office of Architects Freney X Jackson, give an elaborate description of the new buildings to be erected. With a grand stand 2l0 feet in length extending around from first base to third base and capable of seating 1,500 people, the fans ought to be able to be accom- modated. Four hundred opera chairs will occupy the center of this stand. Aside from this every seat will have back and there will be sutficien. space between the rows for people to pass to and fro without tramping all over each other. Every seat from the top to the bottom will have full view of the ball field. and the roof will be so arranged that the highest fly ball can be seen by those on the topmOst rows of seats. The sun will be at the back of the spectators so that there will be no bother from that source.
 Then there will be the bleacherS, built in two sections so that they call be removed, and capable of seating 800 people. The dressing rooms for the home and visiting teams, the shower baths, the lockers for the use of the home players, the living quarters of the ground care taker. all these things are on the bill of fare, which will soon be in the hands of the carpenters. From now until the day of the open ing of tho new ball park there will be hustle out in the eastern section of the city where the ball field will be To- cated.
 It looks very much as though George Lachance will not be fixture at first base for the Waterbury team the con- ing season. The price asked for the big fellow is too high and far beyond what might be expected. Evidently the management of the Montreal team. which has George under contract, be. lieved that Waterbury was so anxious to get I.achance any old price would be paid, but they will find out thei:' mistake right off the reel. For more than six weeks Manager Durant has been waiting to hear from Montreal just what was what as regards his coming to this city. Lachancc himself has been oh the anxious seat. as he had received no word as to whether he was wanted back in Montreal again or not Evidently during all those six weeks the Montreal management has been chasing the country over for q first baseman to take Lachances place. 1t is a well known fact that Larkin Of Georgetown college has been dickered with and the report says that he has been offered something like salary of S250 month. Lachance must have received at least S100 a month more than that last season. The Montreal management wants to dispose of La chance. that is certain. but when this management wants to make loo per cent profit on the player then the sale does not meet with favor in this city.
 Manager Durant received q letter from Montreal to-day and he was in formed that Montreal would gladly re- ceive a check or a money order for S1.- 000 for the release of Lachance to Wa. tprbury. That check or money order will not he forthcoming. at least not from this city. nor from any other ci.g for that matter. Montreal did not pay one cent for Lachance. and vet the manager of that team now has ths nerve to ask Waterbury to pay him S1.o0O for deal that did not cost him anything. Montreal does not want La. chance. that is dead certain. hut she may have to keep him. Iachance does not want to go back to Montreal and he feels that the Montreal management is not dealing fairly with him in keep ing him on the anxious seat. If Mon treal does not want him this season he should bc given his release at once and allowed q chance to sign where he can get the most money. Perhaps the Montreal management was only putting out feeler thinking perhaps that the local management might ac- cept any bait thrown out. I.acbance is wanted in Waterbury. hut that want is not worth S1.OO0. The bait is toe costly and the fish won't bite.