Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-14
BASE BALL NOTES.

NJ. Stanley Rohison has announced that John J. McClosky will be re- tained as manager of the St Louis National league base ball team for next season.
 William P. Fitzmaurice, last year on the Lynn base ball team and for merly a New Haven outfielder, has signed a contract to coach the Uni versity of Maine base ball team for the coming year. This is the second year that Fitzmarice has been with the University of Maine team.
 Frank T. Gilmore of Hartford has qualified for Carnegie medal by seeking an appointment as Connec- ticut league umpire for next season. MT Gilmore was formerly pitcher, Hartford fans remembering him as the starting point of the battery on which Connie Mack won some of his early fame.
 The Lynn base ball team of the New England league has purchased of the Franklin club of the Inter- state league Pitcher Topham and Shortstop Miller, the purchase price being $500. These were the only two men left from the original Franklin team. The men are to re- port to the Lynn management early in April.
 Hugh Duffy announces that he has purchased outright for his PrOvi- dence club the release of Bill Ab- stein from Pittsburg. Abstein was with Providence last season, but was drafted by Pittsburg and his return now is in pursuance of that covering up' system against which the major league magnates have been making some tall talk.
 Kitty Bransfield has been offered the opportunity of managing the Milwaukee base ball club of the American association; providing. of course, that he can secure his release from the Philadelphia Nationals. Many candidates have been men toned for the berth, but President Havenor strongly favors Bransfield if he can get his release from Phila- delphia.
 The fine hand of Tom Dowd is seen in an announcement from Prov idenee that Frank Burke, the HOl yoke base ball nauler, has been -,old to the Hartford club. of which DOwd is now manager. When the wiiy Tom was at the helm for Holyokt. Burke was drafted by Providence. Now with Tom in charge of the des- tinies of the Hartford club. Hugh Duffy says he believes Burke is not fast enough for Eastern league ball. It is doubtful if such a move will stand the test in case the HOlyOks club decides 10 fight if. for it is clear case of covering up
 Hugh Jennings is the authority for the statement that Manager HanlOn used to dope his Baltimore players at times. and one Of them regularly. "Henny ReitE our second baseman. % says Hughie. was of a very peculiar disposition. He early developed an inclination to take it easy after the first half of a game had been passed and no verbal spurring had any effect on him. Hsulon tried several schemes but Henuy himself solved the prob lem one day by telling Ned that a good sized drink of whiskey was real ly what he needed In desperation the next day HanlOn vent to the ball park with a bottle in his pOcket- At the close Of the sixth inning he gave Hsnny a long sUig al it and the sf- feet wzs just what the player had predicted. He finished with more pepPer than when he started and the drink was something that wss as reg uIzr as the clock after that The only tine ever tasted booIe, zTs WfI5 Bill Donovan. Was when I was pIsyizz fer Hz1lo7 in Brooklyn and