Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-02-19
THE DIAMOND
TALENT FOR
NEW BRITAIN
Manager Humphrey Getting To
Gether a Good Bunch : Bobby
Hart For Umpire.

New Britain, Feb. 19.-The per.
sonnet of the New Britain baseball
team has not been made up yet by
Manager c. H. Humphrey of New
London, but it will comprise num-
Der of Mr. Humphreys old players
and some new blood.
OF the old team he has the follow.
Ing players still on his list: Page
and Rufrange, catchers, Treat
o'Drain, Reiger and Ward, pitchers;
Doran, first base; Hayes, second base;
Waterman. shortstop; Finn. McCabe
Rankin and Collision, outfielders.
New men booked are: P. j. Car
ney of Taunton. Mass, aged 23, 5
feet 0 inches tall, 1875 pounds in
weight. who struck out IL college
players In game against Princeton
last year; John Welsh of Coroapolis,
Pa. left handed twirler who play
ed for the Erie, Pa, club when 1t won
the Interstate league championship
in 1906; Archie Rogers of Spring
field. Mass, another left handed
pitcher. He has played in the Maine
teams.
Fred Meinburg OF Rochester, n
Y, and William Malery of New Bed
ford, Mass, are down FOR third
base; William Klinck of Buffalo. n
N, and Joseph Courneen of Roches.
ter, n. Y, for infielders.
The team will report in New Bril-
tain April 13 with twenty to twenty.
five players. Arrangements have
been made to have the Lynn, Mass,
team here on that date and on April
Is exhibition games will be started
to try out the men.
Manager Humphrey has figured II
all out that the change in the circuit
alone from New London to New Bril-
tain. without considering the slight
est INCREASE in attendance will save
him fully $4,000 In railroad fares and
hotel bills. There was no denying
that Norwich and New London had
hard road TO travel in that direction.
Only in the games between them
selves was there a short trip and no
stopping over night. In playing
every other club Ii was a long run or
the cars with hotel bills OF consider
able size. In New Britain Mr. Hum.
phrey will have no less than four
short runs, to Hartford. Meriden. New
Haven and Waterbury. while hi.
longest run, to Bridgeport. will not
be as far as New London to New Ha-
ven. his shortest trip last year. and
he can get home every night.
A Mexican umpire batter who
makes Muggsy McGraw. Kid Gleason
and Mike DonIin. i'm their paImiest
days, look like assistants in serving at
a pink tea. has been found. The ter
ror OF the diamonds OF Old Mexico Is
Catcher Bocanegra. and his "best
friend Is Umpire Harry A. Niemeyer.
an American who recently returned
from doing newspaper stunts in the
city Of Mexico.
The best display % Bocsnegra's
abilities came in game between the
Oliver typewriter team and a Mexl-
can nine. Niemeyer was umpiring
behind the pitcher. His decisions on
balls and strikes did not please the
irate baekstop. Finally in the seventh
inning Niemeyer allowed a m0n TO
walk. aud Bocznegra threw The bail
st him. the pitcher obliginziv step
ping 20 enc SIDE. The antagonists
clinehed. but were PRED apart
At the end q the game BOcanegrs
drew 4 knife and tried to plunge il
into Niemeysr in true castfIiau fash
len They were serarated before the
knife had time 10 do much damage. I
After leaving The park. NIemeyer was
followed By three men On hcrEeback
Who carried hays q stones. Witch 4
they fhrew 1t him I'll var home. .
Besides. be vas forced % do hattie /
win small army On feet Requiescat /
IN pace. Bacsners