Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-29
BASEBALL NOTES.

uentS are Otlt Tor the varsity DaSeDall team in Pennsylvania State college.
 Ernest Vinson. who played with Providence and led the Eastern league in batting two seasons ago, has been signed by the Trenton Tri- State league team.
 Dr James OHara of Wilkesbarre, Pa. has been elected head baseball coach It the Georgetown university, O'Hara was former star player on the Georgetown team. s Frank Hulseman, an outfielder. is the latest member of the Pittsburg baseball club to be released. He has been turned over to Kansas City of the American association.
 Pitcher Stevens of the Norwich baseball club has been sold to the Providence team of the Eastern league. Ed Barry of the Boston Providence.
 According to the latest bulletin ;s- sued by Secretary Farrell of the Ma tional Baseball association, Pitcher Stanley Kerkes has signed to play with the Waterbury club, and Out fielder Leonard Cote has signed with Albany.
 Charles Clancy, the former Holy oke pitcher, who started last season in the Eastern league. then driftetl to the Connecticut, and then to the New England league, has got his name to baseball contract for the coming season. He will be a mem Der of the twirling stan of the Will mlngton, Del team of the Tri-State | league.
 Paul Magoffin of Washington captain-elect of the Michigan team, has probably played his last game of intercollegiate football. Magonitiin has been member of the Michigan eleven for three years, and unless his university decides to withdraw from the western conference and not live up.to the three-year rule. Magoffin will be ineligible next fall.
 Assemblyman Mooney of Brooklyn will probably introduce his Sunday baseball bill at Albany, x. Y., to-day. but so far he has not received much financial support. Twenty-Five man. agers of Amateur" teams met il Brooklyn last week. but when con tributions were asked for fin aid of the movement exactly So in cash re- suited, although there were many promises.
 | Jake Beckley has a bunch of mon- ey he would like to invest in q base ball franchise. St Joseph. in the Western league, looks about right to him. and in conjunction with Charlie Nichols. the former big league pitcher he is making efforts to land the Mis- souri town franchise. The fact that Beckley Is on the reserve list of the St Louis Cardinals does not bar him from becoming an owner, as there is little prospect that he will be retain | ed.
 Napoleon Lajoie. manager and sec ord baseman of the Cleveland Ameri- can league team. has just announced the following makeup of this season: Catchers Bemis. Clarke. Buelow and Wakefield: pitchers. Berger. Lieb- hartit. Thielman. Ehman and West: first base. Stovall: second base. La joie: third base. Bradley: shortstop. Turner: utility infielders. Perring ani Hinchman: regular outfielders. Flick. Bay. Congalton. Hinchman, Caffyn and Birmingham.
 President F. T. Powers of the East ern league has just announced tine of- fcial batting averages of the league Steamer Flanagan. the former Springfield outfielder. with the Ro- chester club Is the nominal leader with an average of 326. and Crist of Providence stands second. with .32l. but they do not figure in the indIvid- ual championship because they part:- cipated in only 10 games. The pre- mier honors go 10 tirant of Jersey City. who made mark of 522 in s; games.
 The composition of the Pittsburg baseball team. outside of the batteries has been practically decided upon. Neaion will play first. with Abbatic- chic on sesond: Wagner at short. Storke st third. while Clymer. HaIl- man and Leach will cover the out fieM Storke played third base for the Providence Eastern league team ' last year and was Ernerally rexarlei l; as a phenomenon- If he fails to make good with the smoky City team. however. Leach will 90 hack to thiui tsse and Andersoa will c0vf left