Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-26
THE DIAMOND
GOSSIP OF GOSSIPS
News Cleaned From the Various Cities and What the Play
 CTS Are Doing.

CTS Are Doing.
 It will soon be time for the many players signed by all the managers in the Connecticut league to report for duty. The various writers through out the circuit are getting in line with the players and are hustlfng the news. The Hartford Courant again takes a sarcastic jolt out of Waterbury in the following published this morning:
 ..Sam Kennedy's status has not been definitely decided. For about three months he has been alternating between Waterbury and New London one week Waterbury has him and the next week he is with the Whalers. Many deals have been considered so that his future whereabouts could be determined. Kennedy finally got tired of being buffeted about and has gone to his home in PennsylsaSia where he will hunt few bears until lie finds out what is to become of him. It is said that he prefers to play with New London and wants his release from Waterbury. He has threatened to join the guerillas if he cannot get his re- lease.
 Up to the present writing the race between Harry Durant of Waterbury and Jack Tighe of Norwich to see who will sign the most players is about an even thing. About ten a week has been the average in each city for the last month. If there is not a falling off soon the managers of the Wauregan house in Norwich and the hotel Elton in Waterbury are afraid they will have to build addi- tions in order to accommodate the players
 Dan O'Neil has not heard anythiHg from the Brunswick Bowling company of their proposed purchase of his team, and Dan himself is of the opin- ion that the company got some quiet advertising out of the affair. Mir O. Neil makes the announcement that he has sold Crolius to Toronto so that player will go there and swap stories
 with Bill Yale if he plays legitimate ball. Altizer writes from California that he is not sick and that he will show up at Springfield on time if hc gets a salary >approximating the total gate receipts at Hampden park. The new men that Dan ONeil has signed are Fredil, left handed pitcher who played independent ball last season near Proyidence; Catcher John Fox os Cold Springs, N. Y., and reputed to be a good one; Thii%i Baseman Burke Of Bristol, Conn.,: k. E. Dempsey, thir,
 baseman and infielder, who has been playing with the University of Maine With these men, counting Harry Fay Tor, who has been given Springfield as
 q bonus for Crolius, and Tansey, Elan agan, Dillon, Robarge. Fitzpatrick and Hess, Springfield is about ready. Nil O'Neil expects to begin the seasol with IT players.
 Pop Foster, the former Bridgeport
 batting wonder, has been bought by
 Newark from the Philadelphia Athlet ics. Foster was drafted from New. ark by the Athletics and now is go
 ing back. Hannifin of Norwich's team is the only Connecticut pickup that Connie Mack will take on his southern trip. Harry w. Moves and Edward Justice, drafted from Hartford by the Athletics, have not received railway tickets to southern climes and the chances are that they will be back in Hartford again.
 c. J. Danaher of Meriden, who owns the New Haven team, is not saying
 much about what he is going to gi'sa that city in the way of baseball the coming season. Billy Hayward, the manager without contract. thinks he can get two good players for New Haven from Staten Island. They are John Hall. a southpaw. who refused to go to New Haven last season, and
 William Langton, also pitcher. The latter was strongly recommended to Hayward. Fans in New Haven are
 becoming restless as they do not care for repetition of last years fiasco. Manager Clarkin of the Hartford team says that Captain Daly will not come to that city before the middle of next month and he is not prepared to announce the new men. Hartford ! will have two sets of uniforms. any.
 way, and that Is more than the other state league teams can say. Mana. ger Clarkin is not given to boosting and up to the present time he is about the only manager in this league that has not claimed the pennant. Former. fly the managers of teams here made such glowing announcements of head. liners to be on the team and were Sd positive in their statements about landing the flag in Hartford that af. ter reading about their forecasts many could almost imagine seeing the post. hole dug for the mast upon which the pennant was to fly.