Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-18
BASEBALL NOTES.

who was once the star of the Spring field team, is playing great ball for Connie Mack. He leads the American league in stolen bases.
 Since joining New Haven. Burke, for whom several large sized gold mines were expended, has damaged the leather to the startling extent of .1S2. But at that he still stays in the 300 class.
 Jack Hannifn, the Holyoke boy, playing short for Norwich, is getting faster every day and is not likely to spend more than another season in the Connecticut league. He is wonder full ground-coverer.
 League umpires have received off cial notice to the effect that the fine for election of players is rescind- ed. For the first otfense against um- pires, players will be fined S5 and for the second they will be removed.
 Wilson, the much-touted pitcher who was to be shown up yesterday by New Haven was not on deck. He ap- peared one day; disappeared the same day But Manager Danaher says he will put him OH some time this week"
 Pop Rising was not taken on tue western trip by the Boston Americans. He will remain in Boston and prac- tise with Owens and Goodwin, new men. and Catcher McGovern. Arm Bruster took the trip and is expected to do his share of the catching. Out in the west woman has sued for divorce on the ground that her hus- band is such a pronounced baseball crank that she is being totally de- prived of his society and that she can get him to do nothing while the base ball season is in progress. Truly, it's a great game.
 Manager Long of the San Francisco club is in the east for the purpose of forming two ball teams to play in the west after the closA of the season. Joe Cantillon will probably manage the four. and such men as Chesbro. Young, McGinnity. Lajoie, Wagner and keeler will be invited to join.
 Claud Rossman is to be taken on again by Cleveland in the spring. and it is almost certain that he will stay in g-league company next year. Claud has been playing first base for Des Moines this season and batting in the way that made him the terror of Con necticut league pitchers two years ago.
 Speaking of that dead heat race to the plate in Chicago the other day. Hank O'Day, who umpired. says Bres nahan could not have touched both SlagIe and Maloney unless he had had ball in each hand. Bresnahan, on the other hand. says he got both men with the same motion. sliding the ball from one to the other.
 Holyoke is evidently. sore at some thing. Listen to this from the Holyoke Telegram: All Holyoke wants is a fair deal. but you can't expect that in the Connecticut league. it seems. The sooner the Connecticut league ousts 'Fieurehead' Whitlock the better for the league. The Connecticut league is being made the laughing stock of the whole base ball world"
 After long negotiations and after offers from several biz league mag mates. Manager Frysinger of Holyoke has finally decided to sell John Hum mel. the hard hitting second basemah. to Brooklyn. The price paid is not made public. hut 1t is understood tO be high. as Hanlon was not the only manager that bid a good figure for the player He will report near the close of the Connecticut league season probably about September I.
 There are now sixteen players In the Connecticut league hitting the ball at a .3On clip or better Springfeld's purchase of Crolius gives that city the lending batter. with the good fig- ureS of .353 Steamer Flanagan of the same club is second with -3S7. while HummeI of the leaders Is thind with .a3G. AItizer. .s30. and Hartley. y511. are the other members of the highest two teams in this select gathering Norwich ss represented by Wade. .sl3. and Tishe. .9,s Bone holds up the honors of Merideu at .51i while Burke with 20. Is the only name on the taflenders' lineup to appear Bridgeport has five and makes by far the hest average showing They sre. in order. Izdd. Yale OsfeIi. Foster. who led the league easily last year and Douuey. New London hasn't . man hitting over .5oo. but Hartford still can show Charlie Falio1 with