Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-22
BASE BALL NOTES.

Murray declares that Corridor should have been kept at Williams port.
 Catcher Joe Knotts of last years Worcester club is slated for the Prov idence club.
 Kelley, OHara and Burch look good for berths in the St Louis Na- tional's outfield.
 Stone, Hemphill and Pickering will probably land outfeld jobs for the St Louis Americans.
 Barney Dreyfuss says: "All the talk about Claude Ritchey baking at going to Boston is bosh.
 P. T. Powers has signed Jack Car ney to manage the new Trenton, N. J., club of the Tri-State league.
 Jimmy Callahan and Lou Criger have been engaged to coach the Notre Dame university baseball candidates.
 Umpire Augie Moran has signed contract to hold the indicator in the Tri-State league the coming sea- son.
 Rube Waddell, the eccentric pitch CT of the Philadelphia Americans, is now goal tender for roller polo team in town in Pennsylvania.
 According to a report from Nor wich, Shortstop Gus Soffel is slated to succeed Jack Tighe as manager of the Connecticut league champions this year.
 "If all the players were as easy to handle as Claude, the life of the base ball manager would be bed of roses. I think he has already signed his contract"
 Jesse Burkett will have to do some patching up on his Worcester team if Fred Doe should land Lord, Chad bourne and Knotts for the Providence club this spring.
 A report from Lynn says Manager Duffy has advised Tom Conway not to so to Little Rock, but to remain around home, and he will get plenty of chances to play ball.
 Out in Buffalo they advise Hugh Duffy to buy Pitcher Harry Shartall's release from the Portsmouth, Va, club, as he had a fine record last sea- son and is rated as conner.
 Jimmy Canavan, former manager of the New Haven baseball team, has just recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever at Erie, Pa, wher he is managing a roller polo team.
 Coach Ellis Ward of University of Pennsylvania crews announces that In order to compete on the varsity crew all freshmen must pass their ex- aminations and have years resi- dence at Pennsylvania.
 The hammersmiths are busy down in Newark. Hughey Jennings has to the Sailors and has sold his release refused to send Arthur Brown back to the New York Americans, who have him slated for their Montreal farm.
 Don't forget Pitcher Louis Crockett |of the Bisons' last years pitching stan. for he Is going to be another star performer for the New York Highlanders in all departments the coming season, and his work will bear watching from start to finish.
 Manager Billy Murray of Philadel- phia is waxing warm under the col- lar because of trick the Williams port club put over on him. The PhIllies sold Pitcher Frank Corridor to williamsport for $500. and Murray learned that willIamsport had sold him to Garry Herman for the Cin- cinnati club for S1.O00.
 "I have been criticized for selling Armbruster to Toledo" says Connie Mack. but know what I am doing. Armbruster is big league material. but he is left handed. and it does not pay to have too many left-hand- CTS on one team. as 1t is the day of left-handed pitchers. who find it easy to fool the left-handed batsmen." Manager Arthur Irwin of the AL toona club, who did so much toward bringing the outlaws into the fold, was . star shortstop for the Provi- dence National league champions of 1884. Irwin found the Messer park gate in left field open one afternoon. and. landing on the ball good and hard. put the sphere through the opening for a home run. winning the car,a for tha Crar0