Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-27
BASE BALL NOTES.

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 Charley Armbruster, the old New London catcher, who was turned over to the Chicago White Sox by the Boston Americans last season has been sold by the Windy City club to the Grand Rapids (Mich) team.
 Harry Hoffman had his troubles connecting with the leather last week, and as result the former Holyoker is hitting at .305, loss of A points from the week before He still leads the Providence club however.
 Tom Dowd has turned Pitcher Leyernz and Catcher Wadleigh of the Hartford team over to the Portsmouth club of the Virginia league. Both are youngsters of much promise and Hartford may be able to use them in another season
 Havel is to captain the New Ha. ven club in the future, and will per form the duties that Billy Lush for. merly performed from the bench Lush, it seems, never signed with New Haven, but worked under a verbal agreement with Dr Bert Daly
 Manager George Henry of the Newport baseball team, which was member of the Atlantic league un' til it's disbandment last week, ten dered his resignation to the direc, tors Saturday, which was accepted with regret, to take effect immedi. ately.
 Manager O'Rourke of Bridgeport has dropped Hazelton, the pitcher The pitching staff of the Orators will consist of Waller, Abbott and Romer. Abbott was slated to go but after he held Hartford down, the manager was convinced that he had good stuff in him.
 Nashville is having a run of losses in the Southern league. At New Orleans Sunday Jack Hess was sent to the rubber in the hope of break ing the streak, but he failed, being shut out 5 to 0. Hess pitched good ball just the same, allowing only Nseven hits and flaming six.
 Sam Kennedy, the original Slap per Sam, threatens to return to this league as the Baltimore outlaws have blown up. Sam was the first player that had run-in with Hugh Rorty and lived to tell about it. He wants to return to New Haven. the team he jumped from-Hartford Courant.
 The Albany New York State league club has released Outfieldel Ike Durete, who was traded by the Holyoke club for Pitcher Larry Han. fan and a cash consideration. Han. fan is still hanging on with the New Bedford New England league club, where he went after Holyoke canned him.
 Jack Reed, the former Holy Cross football star. has been made manag. CT of the Geneva (N. Y.) baseball team of the Empire league. Reed developed the fastest basketball team that city ever had, in the sea son just finished. Since leaving Holy Cross he coached University oi Niagara in all branches of sport and ul0 RAGeileHI MDIh lHtIts
 The Tri-State league is filled with former Nutmeg league workers Chick Hartley, the former Holyoker is hitting the best of any of them with .327. Other former members of the Paper City team and their marks are: Deal. .2S9: George Bannon. .143; Mattern, .176; Re menter. .254: Zamlock. now with Holyoke. had a mark of .25s up tC the time he left the Lancaster club Tom Crook. the former Pony. is hit ting for .246. and 0dell, the old Bridgeporter, for .205.
 A walkes-Barre writer speaking of Bert Grubb. last years third baseman for Holyoke. says: "Grubt has been placed at shortstop, and since his return to the game after being benched he has shown a re- markable reversal of form. At the opening of the season he was ir poor shape. his hands were. sore and he could neither field nor bat. Now however. he is in good condition and has been doing brilliant work ir the field and has been batting harder than any man on the team.
 Rube waddell will return to the St Louis Browns to-day. After hay, ing one of his usual tantrums ht will come hack into the fold of or ganized baseball when the St Louis team strikes New York Not that the Rube has been out of organ ized ball. but during the last weeh he has threatened very loudly tC join the outlaw Union league H' gave out his usual statement that he was through for all time with S Louis and failed to accompany tho team to Boston. Instead he stayed in Philadelphia. While on the surface everything is harmonious in the baseball world at present, there are indications oI impending trouble If a certain hil deal which has been framed for sew eral weeks goes through To hi the nail on the head. it has beer learned that Frank De Haas Robi son Is trying to sell the St Louii fNa-ionsl leaguel club for s25e. 900 He already has received an offer oI sIsa. .8n0 from the St Louis sport ing men. Celia. Adler and TiIles who cornered the racing game ir the state of Missouri until Governor Folk succeeded in closing the track there