Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
BASE: BALL.
NEWS OF THE
 BASE RUNNERS
Cleveland Players Holding
 Out-Manager Tracy's Team = Waddell May
 Never Pitch Again.


 team are still outside the breastworks, each hoping that the management will see the error of his way and allow him greater salary than the contract rendered him calls for. Elmer Flick and Red Donahue,, the old Yale coach, are still holding out, but what advant- age is to be derived by either is diff cult to ascertain now that the Golden Gate is closed to them. The other four are Pitchers Stovall and Hickey, Shortstop Pastor and Center Fielder Rossman, formerly of the Holyoke team. Stovall and Hickey are chum- ming together in Seattle and evidently got their heads together when Secre- tary Barnard mailed them contracts. As result of their conference both slab artists returned the document without their signatures appended. Stovall states that his record in the American league of five victories out of six games pitched is certainly worth more than what was offered him, while Hickey is of the opinion that the premier twiFIer of the Pacific Coast league should receive hand some salary when he graduates into the American league. Pastor and Rossman have not as much reason to kick as the two pitchers, as both are practically untried material.
 Patrons of the base ball game will recall the fad for producing champion prize fighters as umpires, which swept over the country three or four years ago, and which. to Il certain extent, is still evident. John l.. Sullivan, who has always been a hot fan. set the fashion, and Jeffries, Mccoy, McGov- ern. Corbett and many others have fol- lowed. Many have been the tales told of the experiences of pugilistic arbltra- tors. and most of the managers have one on tap whenever the subject is brought up.
 John l.. Sullivan,'' says Manager Barrow of the Detroit team, was real ly one Of the best umpiies l ever saw. On balls and strikes he was simply infallible, and that believing voice of his was always heard in the farthest corner of the grounds. N
 "Jeffries was. not nearly so good, and I guess that lie has quit the busi- ness of arbitrating. He was by no means as bad, though. as some of the fellows that l have seen draw regular salaries from the big leagues. Both of them umpired games for me in the Atlantic league.
 'T got Jeffries for the first game he ever umpired, so far as I know. Billy Brady was managing him. aild talked with him before Jeffries went up against Fitzsimmons for the battle in which he won the worlds champions sip. Brady broacned the proposition. At first it did not look good to mo. as Jeff was. to fight on Saturday. l be- 1ieve, and umpire on Sunday. The prospect looked sure for his defeat in the ring. but Brady was so confident that Jeff could put his man away that I booked the date and had the Cali fornian advertised
 "Well Jeff won. as we all femein- Der, and his route to aterson over the electric was one trinmphal procession. People were coming home from church and how they got next to Jeff's identi- ty was more than I know. but we hadn't gone far before pretty girl came down the aisle and laid big bunch of roses on Jeffriess lau. He hlushed so that he looked as if he was going to Durst blood vessel. An other girl waltzed up with little boy hanging on her skirts.
 1. MT Jeffries,' said she, I want you to kiss my little brother
 Jeff kissed the kid and Brady was so tickled that he almost burst the but tons off ais vest
 '''rhe crowd that came out that day was the biggest one of the season. lief fries umpired quietly. but pretty well. so we put up q scheme on him. Piggy Ward now playing out on the coast, was q big. burlv fellow, mustached like a Turk. with voice like a bull. Jeff called a man safe at first on Wards assist and the second basefnan, with three or four other players. rushed up. yelled at Jeff, grabbed him by the arm and threw him around shamefullv.
 ''He looked down on them. puzzled and then over at the big bleachers where the crowd was shouting for him to punch the offenders. Brady mo ttoned him to stand pat. and he made a rush for Ward who skipped for his life.
 Jeff finished the two games of the double header. although along at the last he wanted to quit. and only went back when Brady allowed him to smoke cigar"