Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
BASEBALL NOTES.

Ban Johnson. the American league
 president. says he has reason to be- lieve Jack Sheridan will reconsider
 and not give up umpiring. Sheridan declared positively last summer t.ar
 he would umpire no more, but was go- ing into the undertaking business in California. Johnson of the National league staff was credited with a firm intention to forsake the diamond arter last season. but Johnson said recently that he expected to be in harness again. Empires. players and song stresses have many farewell appear ances.
 Manager O'Neil of Springfield an- ! nounces that Steamer Flanagan will be Pony again next year. Flanagan
 was drafted by Pittsburg in August
 and joined the Pirates few days be- fore the Connecticut league season
 closed. He did not play enough games
 to get in the National league aver
 ages. Flanagan's average in this
 league was .335. Barney Dreyfuss
 was pleased with the Steamers show
 ing. but he has an overstocked outteld
 with players considered just as good
 as the player who wears red flannel
 underwear. The Pittsburg critics did
 not agree upon Flanagan's ability,
 some saying he was find and others
 arguing he wouldn't do.
 The latest collegian to enter the pro-
 fessional baseball ranks is Leo Half ford. pitcher and also a football player. He played halfback at Bow doin last fall, and report has 1t that
 he will join the Cincinnati Reds next spring. The list of college men wbo are playing professional baseball is long one and goodly proportion are pitchers. 0niy recently the Boston Americans signed Ralph Glaze. the Dartmouth pitcher and football play CT. and Doe Hillebrand. who pitched several Princeton teams to the chain pionship, has finally signed with the Washingtons. ClarksOn of the New York Americans, RuelbacfI of the Chi c3go Nationals. Mathewson of the New York Nationals. Lundyren of the Chicago Nationals. Lynch of the Pitts burgs. Coakley and Henley of the Phil adelphia Americans. and White of the Chicago Americans are all college men. A team that doesn't have a eo!legian nowadays is not in the fashion.
 Hal Chase has been playing winter ball in California with the San Jose team Batting left handed the ot.er day he made two two baggers and home run. Chase naturally iS s loft handed batsman. but got into the hab- 1t of hitting the other way. Clark Griffith tried him out several times left handed lasf season. as the mana. ger thought he would do better that way. With his speed in getting to first base. he will be all the more val uable as a port side cIubher. Chase startled the CalifurnianS ffps. other dsr by scoring from second base on an in- field hit. He has done that here Chase is one 0f the speeziieSf and moSr daring base runners that ever brosa into 8 big league.
 Stewart Sterens. PhfladaIpIi, pitcher who iS recommended hr Con Rie Mack. has been signed hv Jaek Tighe for Norwich.
 Mike O'NeiIl. at the pitching end If the slm0us 0'Neili brothers battery of the ST Louis Nationals of two years agg. will probably be signed by his old manager Patsy Donovan Of the Brooklyn club. O'NeiII retired from base bah in issDi. with the aunauns1 meIt that he was through with fbs gsme and that he was going fe devote lsiS time to the grocery FHSinesS af >l anton Pa Last rear hp was wTtt thc Tri->fafe leaEue. and thiS year f is claimed that he wishes to xo 10 Donoyau to give Bre0kIyn what fl wa1tS-a winning team OrNezII Is still under reserve to the RohznsonS. bow ever. and he may have some difficulty in obtaining his release
 George Cuppy. now of Elkharf. Ind. a skfllfuI pitcher in the National Ieague In sther days. and noted for hIS slow method of delivery thinks Rus5e is likely ts surP-ise them Eu the minor league fn the vest where he viii play next season CupPy announces also that he is likely to take a trT st the game next sumue- Ills srm went haek c1 him lat by 1suIinz he thinks he fs zetfnz It h trim szIa= Ras5e. he t,eIieFe- wiIl recover SoDe sf his cd tine form and wfn s1rT-fze some ef the yozfhfui talent