Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-23
BASE BALL NOTES.

Jerry Nops is pitching finely for Providence.
 Charley kuhns. recently released bv- Rochester. has signed with Montreal and will play in the outfield.
 Captain Gatins of Newark was last week suspended for three days and fined S10 by President Powers for in sulting Umpire Conway.
 Keeler and Conroy lead the New York Americans in batting.
 Bill Donovan is under the care of a specialist for sore arm.
 Turner. the Cleveland shortstOp made but two misplays in fourteen games.
 Pitcher Reisling of Brooklyn is re- ported as having jumped to the Coates vile tPa) outlaw club. E Pitcher Jack Chesbro of the New York Americans is reported as suffer ing from a high fever and being on the verge of n general breakdown.
 President Pat Powers of the Eastern league has fined Buffalo's big first baseman. Ed Murphy. $10 for knock ing Manager Harley of Toronto down when the latter spiked Murphy at Buff falo recently Harley was also fined S1O.
 Malachi Kittredge has successfully eluded Dr Osler and the sponge, and. Is catching the game of his life.
 It is said that John Ganzel will. re- port to the New York Americans on their first trip west and that either Chase or Anderson will be loaned to Grand Rapids to manage the team.
 Three tall shortstops have come into the big leagues this year. and all three are pretty lively men. They are Knight, Lewis and DOOlin.
 It Is decided rarity to see the. teams that finished one and two tll.' year before laboring along seventh and eighth. respectively. the next season. The last week found the New York and Boston Americans undergoing that not altogether pleasant experience.
 Mike Donlin has made three or more hits to game six times this sea- son.
 In the National league the follow ing players have made four hits in one game: Owens twice. Seymour, Lumley, Abbaticchlo. r. Clarke, Beaumonth. Donlin. Courtney. Browne, shannon. Howard. Arndt and McGee. In the American league. Padden, Keller, Crawford and Bradley have each made four hits in one game.
 The all-around handiness of Jimmy Williams is shown by the number of doubles. triples. etc. and sacrifices and stolen bases to his credit.
 Willie Keeler batted safely in 31 out of his first 34 games. -s'
 Sheckard made an error in his first game this year. and has not made one since.
 The Boston Nationals have not been much more of a snap for the western clubs than ha.t the Boston Amerlcans. In fact. the Bostons have played pretty stiff against all corners, except Me Graw's men.
 Most of tlIe second basemen of the National and American leagues are un- dersized. Williams. Gilbert. Ferris. Gleason. J. Clarke. Evers. Mill. Ritchey and Huggins are all below tlr average height. There is no game that gives small men an opportunity to compete on equal terms with big men as does baseball.
 Two home runs by one man in one game. and those the only runs scored iy that team. is something that will not happen again in hundred years. That is what happened to McGann and the New Works last Thursday.
 There are four players in the big lea gues who were star football players when in college and before they broke into professional baseball. They are Cbristy Mathewson of the New York Nationals. who was fullhack at Buck nell; Overall. the Cincinnati pitcher. who was a guard at the University or California: Dave Fultz of the New York Americans. who was halfhaek al Brown. and Jake Stabl of the Wash ingtons. who was a half back at the University of Illinois.
 A Chicago paper teiesrsphed Harry Pulliam asking him if he would sc- cept Dreyfuss's check in payment of the Clymer fine The following reply was sent: T will. I am not viii. Broth CT Gladden. on the proposition of taint- cd money. and I have always made it i a rule never tn look a gift horse in the face. Seriously. all players hnes are paid through the clubs. and it is matter of s-cnscience with the club owners in desiucfing same from the pIayers- salaries hy their unanimous compact. entered into at our last meet ing
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