Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-07
BASEBALL NOTES.

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 Ira Thomas, the big catcher, Is a 'full-fedged New Yorker this winter, and resides in the Harlem district.
 Jimmy Jackson goes back to the minors once more. Cleveland has handed him to the Columbus club.
 In two seasons Des Moines has dis posed of nine players to major leagues. That's where the money lies.
 Pittsburg has asked the price for William Anderson, the South Bend outfielder, whom Hugh Duffy is try ing to- land.
 Tom McDermott, the former Fall River manager, has an opening in Easton, Pa, where he once played Boston Herald.
 The Mike" Lynch signed by Bal Ftimore is not the Pirates pitcher, but is fast third baseman from the Cumberland, Md, club.
 Fall River promises to have an opening next season that will be | annals.-BOston Herald.
 "Shoddy" Shaw, the gingery catcher with Buffalo in 1905, will pair of with Lou Criger for the Bos- ton Americans this season.
 Speaking of all around players, one of the finest in the game is Lew McAllister, who is to succeed Stall- ings as manager of the Buffalo team. Manager Buckenburger is willing to give up Clancy and Burrell for Pete Cassidy. Pete balks, and says he is out for an umpire's berth in the National league.
 Joe Cantillon has secured Jerry Edinger to handle the Washingtons next season. Jerry comes from county Kerry, Ireland" he says, land is the best ever."
 Montreal is trying to land Arthur Brown from Detroit, although New ark hopes to have him turned back to that club if Bud" Sharpe is let out to manage Scranton.
 Manager Burnham is out for the 1907 flag, and declares if money and flrst-class material will turn the trick the Sailors will be in the front row when the final bell rings.
 Frank Farrell paid $1,500 to De- troit forsthe release of Jimmy Nor gan, but this is considered cheap when good third basemen are scarcer than the proverbial hens teeth.
 Manager Joe Cantillon of Wash ington has succeeded in securing in the place of Catcher Howard Wake field, Catcher George Starnagle of the Lincoln club of the Western associa- tion.
 The nearest Jack Kleinow got to Marienbad, Germany, where reports locate him this winter, was the iron pier at Coney Island. Red Jack is taking the baths at Milwaukee, not Marienbad. a
 Storke, the college third baseman, who goes to Pittsburg, is an all around performer. He played every position on the team when at Am herst and has been known to pitch and catch in the same game.
 Pat Dougherty is the latest of the worlds baseball champions to sign up with Owner Comiskey for next season. His signed contract was re- ceived at the White Sox headquarters Saturday, and was locked up in the vault for safe keeping.
 According to an item in the Wor- cester Telegram. presumably written by A. E. DeWolfe. now a member of the Telegram stan, the Holyoke base ball club has cleared $14,000 net in the past four years. Mir DeWolfe is owner of 32 shares of stock in the club.
 Crawford, Holly. Zimmerman, Mur- ray, Burch, O'Hara, McGlynn, Kar- ger. Fromme and Beebe are names that will be found on the St Louis National list this year. There's an array of young blood for you-men who were unheard of in big league circles two years ago.
 There is report out that Bob Un- glaub. formerly with the New York and Boston Americans and last sea- son with the Tri-State league. has been traded by Boston to Washington for Jake Stahl. Unglaub. 1t is said, some time ago. expressed his willing ness to play in Washington if trade could be made. Unglaub is a good first baseman and good hitter. His home is in Baltimore.
 Tn point of fact no outfielder of the past or present ever even remote ly approached McAleer in judging a fly ball or getting to it after he had judged It." George Davis is quoted as saying in recent interview. Me- Aleer was king of the outer garden all right, but 1t would be hard to make many old timers believe he had much, if anything. on Curt welch, Dicky Johnstone or Jimmy Fogarty.
 Manager Armour differs from those who say Evers and Huggins are as good second basemen as Lajoie. "Lajoie can get the ball easier and touch out more runners at second base with one hand than Huggins or Eyers can with two" he declares. "No other second baseman is in La- joieis class for a minute" Maybe Armour would have a higher opinion of Huggins and Evers if he had seen them play oftener.
 Possibly Walter Camps football genius has obscured the fact that he was a rattling good baseball player when an undergraduate at Yale. Re cent explorations into old and musty