Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-28

Billy Clipgman has announced his
retirement from baseball. He will
enter the engraving business at
Louisville.
) Pitcher Ed Hughes will be sold by
the Boston Americans as soon as a
buyer can ne found. He lacks con
troll. He is a brother of Tom Hughes
of the Washington Club.
The ST. Louis Nationals have sold
Catcher Hansen to Birmingham. He
was drafted from the Salt Lake Club.
Jake Stahl is in correspondence
with Paddy Duff, the catcher, who
went south with the2 Yankees last
season. Kittredge is coaching a col
lege team. and has declined 10 report
before April |.
Otto Williams signed with the AL
toona Club of the Tri-State League.
and the neX DAY he got an offer
from Washington. He Immediately
repudiated the outlaw" contract
and will join the Nationals. Nothing
like carrying out a strong bluff.
Bill Dincen has sci the Boston
fans at rest by announcing that he
will sign that contract. The photo
syndicates nave already arranged to
take a fashlight of Bill with his pen
in hand and Jimmy Collins Offering
a bottle of ink on a tray.
The Brooklyn club did not allow
Charley Malay to roam at large with
out attaching a strong string to him.
If Malay does we'll at Columbus he
will revert to the Brooklyn club next
fall.
Jack Sheridan and Hank O'Day
will umpire the spring series at st.
Louis.
"Tacky Tom" PARROT and Henry
Reitz, two well-known old timers,
are members of the San Antonio
team this year.
Dave Brain is one of the Boston
holdouts. He is training at Hot
Springs al his W expense. and says
he will o play for the minor league
salary offered him by Tenney.
j. Emmett Heidrick has finally de-
cided that he is through with profess
sional baseball, He is in the lumber
business with his brother at Clarion,
Pa.
Catcher Wakefield. the Des Moines
recruit, is said to be certain of a,
place on the Cleveland team. Fred
Buelow may get the axe when it falls
next month.
Jimmy Collins declines to waive
claim on Lew Drill. The Detroit
backstop SAYS he has retired TO prac-
tice law in St. Paul. Boston needs
him.
Branch hickey, McAleer's new
catcher. is in the same class with
Dave Fultz. Fred Tenney and Christy
Mathewson. He refuses to even
think about baseball on Sunday.
D..-t-- As.,r1at, r 70 .nf.,E
es TO join the Brooklyn team. though
his salary was raised. The claims
the boost is not all that was prom
Used him.
Manager Armour thinks that
Catcher Payne. whom he drafted
from Rochester. will be Jack Warn
er's chief assistant behind the bat
this season at Detroit.
Kip" Selbach is hitting the ball
for keeps al Macon. The war CORE
spondent says hat the Collins out
will consist of Setback. Free
man and Stahl.
Charley Shields. once a pitcher for
the Baltimore and St. Louis Ameri-
has jumped his contract with
the Seattle Club and has signed with
Altoona.
Henry Pattee, the Jersey City
player who was drafted by Brooklyn,
is coaching the Tufts College nine.
He says The salary offered him by
Ebbetts Is less than he received at
Jersey City. and he refuses to report
to Donovan.
Cy Young. ILL.,, lacks experience
and Jimmy Veileer will turn him over
to some minor league club to learn
the ropes.
A despatch states that Toledo is
baseball crazy. At the end Of the
season Toledo will still be baseball
crazy, but for different easons than
those which o threaten the sanity
of the Maumee tans. |