Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-14
THE DIAMOND
WINTER BASE
 BALL GOSSIP
The Busy Managers and Players Are Not Idle Even With Cold
 Coming.

llu Bill Donovan 01 me Dctr0lt Tigers, premier pitcher of the Ameri- can league, while attending the meet ing of The National association last week told of his heartbreaking eX- perience in the first game of the Chi cago-Detroit worlds championship se- ries.
 Il have been in baseball for ten years, said Donovan. and have had my ups and downs on the diamond. but the day Charley Schmidt dropped that third strike in the first game of the worlds series in Chicago was the toughest piece of luck l have ever en- countered in my baseball career.
 Howard was at bat, and 1 had two and nothing on him. O'Day had tossed out d new ball to me, and as was rubbing it in the grass Charley walked out and asked me what kind of ball l was going to serve How ard. l told him q low curve inside Well, that ball could not have been placed better if I had walked up to the batter's box and handed it out to the Chicago batSman. Schmidt had set himself for the ball, and he was in such position that the curve hit his gloyed hand, but took mean bound, and away it went. and with it our only chance of winning T game in the worlds series
 Charley was the most self dis gusted man on earth that night. He hung around the hotel and would not speak to living soul. About that last game in Detroit? We'll, all can say is that the rain beat me While it was raining sat on the beEch for twenty minutes without thing on my arm. It was terribly cold. and | knew that the weather affected ne. did not warm up when I returned tn the box. and consequently was very wild. That settled il as far as the game was concerned, as the Cubs won out in that inning"
 Jake Wemar, of the Cincinnati club is the only ball player of the many have been compelled to dis cipline in the line of my duty. who ever came to me and told mo I was right in fining him." says President Harry Pullam, of the National league. During game between the Reds and the Cubs. last July. Wcimer be- came so abusive to the umpire that he was put out of the game. When the case was reported to mo I fined the player S20, and he paid it without murmur.
 During the field games at Cincin- nati last month Weimer came 10 me and said: tMr President. you dil right in fining me. am sorry acted the way did, and I want to apolo- gize." Thereupon I told Weimcr that the National league didn't need his money and didn't want it. If hear no further complaint against you this season. said l. I will return your S20 to you.' which I did last Satur- day.
 Some of the players seem 10 think or pretend 10 think that I profit per sonally when they are fined One of these Is Charley Dooin. the catcher of the Philadelphia club. who appears otherwise to he an intelligent young man. fined him S2J last season for good reason and he positively refused to pay the fine. He laid of few days and then changed his mind. He sent me check for the S25 at inc same time remarking to friend. Its pretty tough on me to have to work hard out there in tho sin for that money and then have 10 send it to that guy meaning me. 'so that he can buy couple of striped vests with it."