Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-18
BASE BALL NOTES.

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 McGraw and his Baltimore tribe will train in Savannah in the spring.
 It is reasonably sure that Syracuse will be in the New York state league circuit next season.
 Charley Ebbetts offered Dayton $2O0 for Pitcher Wright, and then signed him without paying anything.
 The Southern league has q player named Winters who led the club iii batting with percentage of .422 in + games.
 The Cincinnati club sent Fred Pa rent a contract calling for $4,000, and also offered Pitcher Miller of Detroit that amount.
 F. Reagan of the Lowell and Port land clubs led the New England league in stolen bases last season with 39 to his credit.
 Holy Cross will have q new pitcher next season i'll James Mccormick. He has excellent speed and command and fine curves.
 Waddell and Nichols. two pitchers, were the National league players who showed the most decided improvement over the season of 190O-
 McGraw has secured Charles Shields q left handler and the best pitcher of the Memphis, Tenn, club of the South ern league He is but 20 years of age.
 Hugh Duffy considers Isbel of Chi cago the finest fielding first baseman in the country. He's the greatest man on q grounder 1 ever saw" says the little manager.
 The New York club made the Ma tional record for heavy hitting June 9, when it made 9 runs off Cincinnati, 31 hits with B total. Phillips, Rusie and McFadden pitching. September 23-24 Brooklyn made 51 runs, 47 hits with 6S total, at Cincinnati.
 President Hart of the Chicago club announces that he will favor I readop- ton of the agreement entered into by the National league magnates before the present season opened, that no team shall begin it's preliminary work before April 1, and that southern trips be done away with.
 President Comiskey of the Chicago American league baseball club was presented with an umbrella by the baseball playing printers of Chicago. The present was q token of the type setters' appreciation for being allowed the use of the south side ball grounds last summer for their annual game.
 After having pledged himself to go 41 1-s%, | Al nouncement that he had signed with Collins to play with the Boston Amer jeans, F. H. Dougherty, with Bridge port last season, and now with Los Angeles, says he is not under contract with any club for next season.
 Last summer, whenever Senator Ma sons dinner was waiting at 7:15 p. m., and no messenger boy arrived, Mrs Mason simply announced An extra inning game must be on to-day and the family patiently waited for the White Stockings to conclude one of their famous 13 inning finishes .-Chi- cago Herald.
 There can be no doubt that Albert c. Spalding will be the next president of the National league. This may mean the entering wedge for peace. MT Spalding recognizes that. the Amer jean league has come to stay. The position will not tax his time seriously as the secretary can take all the cler- ical work on his hands. President N. E. Young will retire and allow his mantle to fall upon his talented son. Robert H. Young.
 Sweeping changes are promised in the Eastern league next season, and the December meeting in New York city ought to be one of the most in teresting ever held By the organization. President Powers is in favor of Jersey City and Newark as new members It is doubtful if Syracuse will care to remain. Hartford seems to have had enough of Eatern league ball. It is whispered again that Billy Murray will transfer his affections from Prov idence to Worcester.
 One of the star pitchers of 1901 was William E. Donovan of the Brooklyn club. Like his illustrious namesake, the outfelder, Donovan halls from Lawrence. where lie was born 25 years ago last month. It was in Phil adelphia that he developed as q play CT. He first played professionally with the Waverley club of the New York state league in 1896. In '97 he started with Pawtuclet and ended with Waterbury. The season of '9S saw him in Washington. He played in 30 games, 19 of them in the outfield. wildness handicapping his success as q pitcher. Baltimore secured him and loaned him to Richmond for '99. Don- oyan steadied considerably and ended the season with Brooklyn. In 1900 he was loaned to Hartford and did fine ly. He blanked Providence, allowing one hit, and shut out Worcester, To- ronto, Rochester, Syracuse :. and Springfield, Rochester making but hits and Springfield three The past season he proved a find, winning 27 games out of 43, shutting out Chicago and allowing but two hits, shutting out New York with but three hits, and holding Boston and Philadelphia to but four hits each.-Boston Herald. cnC1 SupuIv rnenumI tO T1emand