Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-28

Morgan Bowman, who explained
 the Yale baseball team of 190o, has
 arrived at New Haven to assist Capt
 Fad Jones ill preparing the team for
 the first game of the season to-mor-
 TOW afternoon with Manhattan col
 lege.
 Manager Joe Bean of the Jersey
 City club has enough pitchers in line
 to form full team His staff com
 prises Del Mason, Moore, Plainmil-
 Ter, Bill Foxen, Lew Wiltse, Ira Plank
 Grant, Wormwood, Lafotte and Tag
 gart
 | Fred Davison, the former Holyoke high school player, will undoubtedly
 be Princeton's regular man behind the
 bat this season. In the first game
 against New York university Wednes-
 day he caught Heyniger in steady
 style.
 Chic Hartley, the former Holyoker, will go to Baltimore from where he
 will start south with the Altoona Fri State club for preliminary practice.
 Hartley had some difficulty with the Altoona management over salary
 which has since been settled.
 Little Joe O'Rourke drafted from Waterbury by the St Louis Cardinals, is being played at third base on the practice games on the southern train ing trip. He is willing worker but his size and weight will handicap him in getting a regular place.
 President Chapin of the Rochester club has received the signed contract of Heine Batch, who was let out by the Brooklyn Nationals Batch at first turned down the contract tend cred by Rochester and kicked against his transfer, but he has evidently made up his mind now to go there.
 Manager Donovan of the Brooklyn Nationals has definitely decided to give John Hummel T steady job this year instead of having him fill the utility role. HummeI will take care of the left end of the outer garden. Satisfactory in every respect has been the work of the former Holyoke in- fielder in the practice so far.
 George Hunter, a southpaw pitcher, who gained big reputation in the New York State league last season, is the first member of the Brooklyn club to have his march toward fame and glory halted. The Superba manage ment has let him out to the Nash vile team, but reserve the right to hnV him hack or hofnra cf 25.
 The Cleveland baseball club has taken out policies on the lives of its players, insuring them in the aggre- gate for $210,000 in case of death while travelling. Lajoie is insured for $15,000. Bradley and Turner for $10,000 each. and the 14 other Maps for $500 each. The policies do not insure the players against accident on the ball field.
 An Albany paper says that Nick Maley, a graduate of the Rensselear league, has returned from Holyoke, where he signed a contract to pitch with Jack Tlghe's champions, and will report about April F. That's news to Manager Tighe. He never heard of Maley before and if he came to Holyoke he must have interviewed someone else besides the Paper City leader.
 A Syracuse exchange says that al- though no contract has been sent to Nap Shea yet there is no ques- ton but that the Ware boy will report to Syracuse. For a number of years Manager Griffin of the Syracuse club l and Shea played on the same team and they have been friends ever since. Shea will come to Syracuse al- | though To word has been heard from | iim since the deal was closed with | Newark.
 Thomas Loftus former manager of | Inc Chicago Cubs and later with | Senators. has been elect ,d president of the Three Eye league | Lo succeed President Holland. The | selection of Loftus came at the time when if seemed likely that the league would split up into two club circuits If four clubs each. For nearly eight tours the magnets were deadlocked 'ver the questions of president before Ioftus was chosen.
 Two baseball fatalities have already leen reported in Southern colleges his year. The first player to lose lis life was Sidney Smith, who was filled by thrown ball at Auburn col- ege, Alabama. The other victim was apt Ira Goodlet of the Arkansas college team In dodging
 swift inshoot. he was hit on the cad and dropped unconscious in his racks, blood oozing from eyes. ears nd nose. The collegian died 2i ours afterward George Henry of Lynn has heen ll igned to manage the Newport CR. I) Tub of the Atlantic association for he coming season. Henry Is we'll lC nown in baseball circles throughout lis section. having been d member of l le Springfield team for several sea- pms. Last year he was for q while nc of the New England league stan a umpires. He is 10 take charge of le Newport team at once and begin lN le work of getting the team togeth- r. Henry Is to play either at first I lse or in the field N Fielder Jones of the Chicago White ox believes that the club that wins le American league pennant will have q , beat out Cleveland. ''I dope the merican league race differently from ost people" he says "I figure that le SoX will be first. of course. hut the