Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
BASEBALL NOTES.

I to Los Angeles and return will cost about $15,000.
 | New Bedford arranged to have Jim O'Rourke's Bridgeport team as an at traction April 19 and 20.
 Pop" Foster of Lancaster, is like Fly to land in Harrisburg. that club having a prior claim upon him, says Sporting Life.
 Fred Chance and Fred Penney will be the only real playing managers in the National league. next season. Fred Clarke will play only in emer- gencies..
 It is claimed that the salary list of the Pittsburg club last year was $2O,0OO in excess of that of any other club in the National or Ameri- can league.
 | The Lancaster Tri-State baseball team Friday signed Michael Russell, pitcher of the Providence. R. l., team of the Eastern league, giving for him a cash consideration and another player, Duquette, an infielder. J. M. Dillon of Springfield, last year an umpire in the Tri-State league, is seeking position on the Connecticut league staff, and has been recommended to Supervisor John E. Kennedy as a man worth serious consideration.
 The sum Jimmie Bannon was willing to pay for the Springfield baseball franchise is S10.000. Man ager O'Neil called for the payment down of half the purchase price with a limited time for the remainder and the would-be owner retraced his steps.
 Young "Cy" Young. of the Boston Nationals. has returned his contract unsigned. His wife won't let him" sign unless the stipend Is further ad- vanced. All of the other Boston pitchers, Linderman, Pfeffer. Dorner. and Flaherty want more than they have been offered, according to the Boston Globe.
 w. A. Nimick, we'll known National league magnate, is dead. It was in 1884 that he pulled the Pittsburg club out of debt and se- cured control of majority of the stock. He remained president of the club until the Brotherhood war of 1890 helped to drive him with other club owners. into permanent retire. ment.
 Bob Unglaub has gone to Boston to confer with President Taylor of the American league club there. It is said that Unglaub is determined not to sign with the Boston Americans unless they meet his demands for an increase in salary. I would rather remain in williamsport as a sewer inspector than to sign with Boston at the figure they offer" Unglaub is quoted as saying before leaving Will Transport. Pa. for Boston.
 Barney Dreyfuss says that the combination of the Pittsburg team. outside of the batteries. has been practically decided upon. Nealon will play first base. with Abbaticchio on second. Wagner at short. Storke at third: while Clymer. Hallman and Leach will cover the outfield. Storke. who is a Harvard law student. play ed third base for the Providence Eastern league team last year and was generally regarded as a phe- nomenon.
 The Chicago White Sox. worlds champions. are to have new hc-o-s thrust upon them, Railroad stations on a new spur of the Illinois Central are to be named after the victorious players. The first station will be dubbed Comisky. Then will follow Jones. Walsh. Altrock. Donohue. Hahn. Rohe and others. in honor of the men who helped to beat the Chi eago Cubs last fall The railroad of- ficiaIs say that it was impossible to secure names of stations not already on the Mississippi map.
 Billy Gilbert. vho was recently transferred by Manager MeGraw to the Newark Eastern league club. has written to a friend reiteratinx his determination not to play baseball in Newark under any consideration. Gilbert says he has decided to zceept an offer to coach the baseball team of Columbia university. which -iIl take about tvo u1onths of his time. When this work is finished he adds that he will return to New York and attend to his cafe bushes. playine |a little bnreh1l1 on the affe fo Eepu