Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-05
BASEBALL NOTES.

Pitcher Harry Shortall expects to
 secure his release from Portsmouth,
 Va, and sign with one of the north ern clubs.
 Andy Coakley says that he is con- fident of making good with Hanlon's
 Reds.
 Manager Murray has ordered Pitcher McQuillan back from Cuba,
 but the ex-Skeeter refuses to leave the island. where they are throwing
 money at him.
 Manager Ramsey of the Scranton
 team is making a strong effort to se-
 cure Hunter of last seasons Orioles
 and Duffy of the Branches. With Jack Dunn, Louis Rapp, Dem-
 mitt, Burill, Buchell and Hughey Hearne already on their roster. the Orioles look strong for hot race for
 the 1907 pennant.
 That Toronto bunch will bear watching this year, with Joe Kelley, Billy Phyle of the Cardinals, Jimmy
 Prick, Tim Flood, Jack Thoney, the
 fleet outfielder, and First Baseman
 Flynn doing stunts around the inner
 and outer gardens. Tim Jordan, the home-run swatter
 for the Trolley Dodgers. is holding
 out for $5,000 salary this year and those on the inside say that President Charley Ebbets will finally sell the tall first sacker to Johnny McGraw to keep harmony" in the Brooklyn team.
 It now turns out that Hughey Jen- nings did not sell First Baseman Arr thur Brown to the New York Ameri- cans. but simply let him out to Man ager Kittredge of Montreal for one more years seasoning to fit him for major league company.
 Al" Wagner says: We in Carne- gie, Pa, have few ball players, all in pretty good shape. They have been doing stunts in the Carnegie gym for about month. Now take this bunch that is working out here and they would make up a pretty fair team. Here is the lineup: Hans Wagner, Pat Flaherty, Humpey Ba- del. Harry Keller, Elmer Smith, Hans Lobert, Charles Callahan and yours truly"
 Elmer Flick. the hard-hitting out fielder of the Cleveland American league club, announces that he has not decided whether or not he will play ball next season. Flick has no kick coming on the treatment re- ceived from the Cleveland club. but believes that he has reached the age where he should be looking out for the future along other lines.
 "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity will l pitch no more for the Giants. Joe has quit baseball for good according to report from New York. Re- ports from McAlester. Indian Ter ritory. where McGinty lives. have It that the''Iron Man" recently lost his father. and that he now will take lp the management of the business which the elder McGinnity had built ip into a very large enterprise.
 Al Selbach Is likely to land in Trenton with the Tri-state League. Manager Jack Carney was in Bos- on yesterday in conference with Vessrs Doe and Duffy of the Prov denee club. and a price was agreed Ipon by Manager Carney and the magnates.
 As Trenton is in class B. 1t will 'e up to Selbach. as there is no 'aseball law that can force a play IT back to lower class. Mir Car icy says he will offer the old Boston 'utfielder good salary, and thinks hat he will accept a berth in the lively New Jersey town.
 Frank Burke and Jack Hannifin. vho left the Connecticut League last eason. have been ordered by Man Iger McGraw to report for the outhern trip of the Giants. West. rho went to New Haven from is to be tried out by Mo iraw and he will accompany the