Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-09
BASE BALL NOTES.

The players are limbering up their Joints for the spring campaign.
 Pretty near time for the City league managers to get busy if they are going to be in the game the com ing season.
 There will be a whole lot of anna teur leagues in the games this year and If they don't watch out they may overdo it. Some people are only lay Ing for an opportunity to kill off the game and 1t would be better if pre- caution was taken in time.
 A report was ill circulation this morning that there would be only four teams in the City Amateur league this season. The reasons given were that the six teams could not get in all their games without a whole lot of trouble.
 The officers of the City Amateur league must be elected this month according to the rules adopted last season. A new president will be in the harness and as yet no names have been mentioned for that position.
 James Sebring, whom the national commission denied a return to the National league, has signed to play with the Williamsport, Pa, Tri-State league club next season. Sebring managed Williamsport last year.
 Whom Jack Hayden was in Boston recently he was on the trail of Hobe Ferris, of the Boston Americans, to get satisfaction for the assault Ferris committed on Hayden last fall at American League park. Hayden will play with the Rochester club next season. All winter he has announced that he will take advantage of the first chance he has to square accounts with Ferris for kicking him in the mouth last September.
 The managers of the Shop Base- ball league met last night at the Democrat office and received an ap- plication for admission to the league from the Scovill Manufacturing com pany. but postponed action on the matter until the next meeting, which will be held on Wednesday evening at 7:30, when it is requested that all teams have their manager or repre- sentative present. In all probability the league will be composed of six teams during the coming season.
 The Norwich Bulletin has aroused great enthusiasm among the fans in that town by describing a game that Norwich won from New London last year.
 Martin Walsh, a brother of Ed Walsh, the noted White Sox pitcher, has signed for the coming season with Binghamton of the New York State league. Martin was given a trial by Hartford in the early part of last season, but he was used to better advantage in taking tickets at the gate than in working in the box. He was the best ticket taker the team had.
 Arthur Hoffman and Ed Reulbach of the Chicago Nationals have noti- fled the president of the club that they will not sign contracts until they have received big increases in their salaries. Ball players this year seem to be making a more strenuous kick than usual over the salary question. although they are helpless if the club owners chose to combat them.
 Manager Mack of the Philadelphia Americans will start south with twen- ty-six men on March I. Mack will take along Rube waddell, Plank. Dy- gert, Coombs. Powers. Schreck, Harry Davis, Monte Cross, Dan Mur- phy. Shean. Nichols, Knight. Old ring, Hartzel. Lord, Bartley, O'Con- nor. Big Chief Bender, Rube vickers and others. Seybold and Burke. a new third baseman. will join the team at Marlin Springs. Mack says his former pennant winners will be stronger in the box and at third base than they were last year.
 There are several new managers in the Eastern league this year. Ma lachi Kittredge will have charge of the Montreal team. Hugh Duffy takes hold of Providence instead of Jack Dunn. who goes to Baltimore to replace Hugh Jennings. Joe Kelley succeeds Ed Barrow in Toronto. Joe Bean will take Billy Murray's place in Jersey City. while Lew McAllister will succeed George StaIlings at Buff falo The Eastern league in point of playing strength easily excels all the other minor organizations. Sal aries are usually high and the cir cult looks like a sure money maker.
 Pat Greene. the infieider. who made a fine record in the Hudson River league last season. is wanted by Wilmington of the Tri-State league and Springfield of the Connec- ticut league. Greene had a non-re- serve contract with the Hudson River club and is free to sign with the club which makes the best bid for his ser News.
 Frank Killen. one of the old time pitching stars of the National league. will umpire in the Central league next season. Arlie Latham will also occupy a similar berth in the Ohio and Pennsylvania league.