Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-13

Manager chance or the CnlCagO cubs has hired trainer. He is Jack Mccormick, one time pugilist He weighs 250 pounds, which is thought to be enough to make the players be- have. The total attendance of the Amer ican league for the season of 1905, says Lajoie's baseball guide, was 3,176,634, National league 2,747,250, 1 making a grand total for both leagues of 5,923,883.
 Jimmy McAleer, predicts that Evans, the new American league um- pire, will fill the bill. 'He knows the game and has the nerve" says McAleer. One more quality is in- dispensable-judgment.
 Bausewine, the Philadelphia cop, l it is said was not reappointed Na- 1 tional league umpire because of a tendency to get homesick. Few urn- pires there are who at some time or other have not felt keen desire to get home quick.
 To the New York Nationals be- longs the credit, of the discovery of the first of the present season s wonders. i" Fitzgerald, the new catcher, is the man. But so far he has not been reported to be fast on his feet and 300 hitter"
 The Philadelphia Nationals are still hopeful of landing Pitcher Putt mann, Grif1th's big left handler. A check of $1,00O has been forwarded by the Quaker management to back up the claim to Putnam in case the New York Americans give him the blue envelope.
 Petite Powers the mascot of the | Cleveland team, has fallen from grace. He smashed the window of a schoolhouse the other day, and was pinched for truancy and disorderly conduct Lajoie picked the lad up several seasons ago and sent him to a school in hopes of making some- thing out of him. r.s
 The first game of the season was played last Friday, the regulars of | the Athletics defeating the second | team 4 to in ten innings. Not having Mathewson, to bat against, the Athletics made ten hits. Of Mack's new men Hannifan at second base showed up especially we'll. He made two runs, two hits and had three put outs and seven assists.
 P. T. Powers and J. McCaffrey, the latter representing Frank Farrell, | treasurer of the New York Ameri- cans, Friday took charge of the af- fairs of the Montreal baseball club of the Eastern league. Several res- idents of that city have subscribed for stock under the new arrangement. The officers of the club, except the business manager, will be Montreal men.
 Red Owens who has been playing ball in York of the Tri-State league for several seasons and who last year played with Brooklyn fof a short time and then came back to the York team, will again wear a York uniform. The statement that Owens has signed 8 contract calling for $100 a month is not correct. Owens will not draw cent less than $400 month. Harry Berthrong, the old time sprinter, writes to Tim Murnane, as follows: .'I notice in the papers an article about one Marty Hogan doing the bases in IS 1-6 seconds. I do not doubt that my time. 14h, will some time be beaten, but not by any such figures as IS 1-5, more than n second less. Arthur Duffey's 9 3.5 for the straightaway, does not equal 1t. I dispute the claim of Hogan's. It is taking the corners turned and the circle made, not less than 130 yards around the bases, and who be- lieves that very many can run and turn the corners as fast as straight | way 9b