Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
BASE BALL.
READY FOR
 THE OPENING
Connecticut League Starts To-Mor row Bridgeport Will Gross
 Bats With the Prodigals.

man to make conditions ideal for the opening of the Connecticut Baseball league season tomorrow and the managers, as well as the fans are praying, and the former seldom get on their knees, that overcoats and ear laps will not be needed. Jim" lO'ROurke and his Park city bunch will journey to this city to receive their first annual roast of the season from a few fans at least who take keen delight in having fun with the "old man" of the league. Hartford will take a run to New Haven there to meet "About-to-Sell" Danaher's team. Springfield will open in Nor wich and Holyoke will start the ball rolling in New London. It is of course almost impossible to get a line on the teams before they have played single game. Waterbury with Schincel catching, Farley and Bronkie pitching, Lachance. who by the way is little stiff at first, Me Nellis at second and his playing so
 far has been superior to that of Cooney Rice if that is any consola- tion, with third undecided, McAnd- rews perhaps at short, Nichols in the right garden. Curtiss in center and a bare possibility of Swander in left does not look half bad, at least 1t seems as though the nine should trim Bridgeport who will probably line up as follows:
 Beaumont, doing the catching, with Waller, Cornen, Stacy, Yerkes and Bennett to select from for the twirling; Phelan first base. with O'Rourke, jr at his old position around the secondbag; Borden for the third corner; Phoenix, the in and outer, at shortstop, Hughes. Ladd and Sawyer to cover the out field. The game will be called as usual at 3:30 and the fans should turn out in numbers for the open ing contest. Last years champions, Norwich, is minus four of her stars. Tighe who is managing the Rock Island team of the Three league. Billy" Lord who is with Indianapo- lis, John Golden who is sticking to his job in Pennsylvania and Ed Halligan who is working in Brook lyn and who declares he had given up baseball. Still Manager Gus Soffel thinks he will have a pennant winner. Hartford is not very en- thusiastic over the outlook while Springfield with its veterans should be in the run from the start with such pitchers as Hess, Luby, Miller, Mclaughlin and Bowler: O'Connor, Shea and Robarge catchers: Yale first base; Standard. second; Cur tiss, third; Keenan, short; Rising, Tansy and Waite in the outfield. The team certainly looks good on paper. Tom Dowd of Holyoke ex- poets to finish one. two three. Among his list is our. old friend, Parry Thackara, Farrell. catchers; Dolan. Volz, Stackpole, Hodge, Whitley. Convery, Frazer. Cobean and Mattern, pitchers; Jack lott, lazy Hoffan, Dutch Lepine. Baker, Grubb, secured from Rochester, and Boucher. who played with Lancaster last season. Billy" Hayward will again captain the New Haven team. Bunyan will be at first, Fitzpatrick at second, Hayward at third. a youth, Murphy by name. at short, Jerry Cornell in right. Kid" Sherwood in center and Wade in left. The pitch CTS will be Nolte. West, Corcoran and Foelfisch. who halls from Sche- nectady. Jope will do the brunt of the catching.
 New London is said to look strong, but there is no telling what that town will produce. It has been such a black eye to the league in the past that the managers should have more sense than to keep it in.