Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-18
BASEBALL NOTES.

HanK U Lay IS DencnlnS prayers the moment they leave their position to start converse regarding decision.
 Rabbit Slagle is to adorn the bench for a while and watch Artie Hoffman attend to the wants of the midgarden.
 The Cleveland's played to 25,000 persons in there three games in New York, and one of the days was bad one at that.
 Eddie Collins, the former Columbia university player, now with the Ath- letics, can reel off the hundred yards under II seconds.
 There are third base regulars in the big league ranks who haven't anything on Perring, Bill Bradley's Cleveland understudy.
 You will take notiee," says Jack Ryder, that Johnny Kane's hits us- ually come with men on bases." That also is true of Al Bridwell.
 The New York Americans are mov- ing some on the bases-merely stay ing at one sack long enough to get ready to start for the next one.
 Catchers are watching the bases, particularly first base, more closely this season than heretofore and mak- ing more putouts at the first bag.
 President Murphy of the Cubs says he wouldn't protest game no mat ter what happened. Good for Murph There are protestors enough as 1t is.
 Isn't Jimmy McAleer the facetious one? He says he wouldn't part with Tom Jones unless Griffith would trade Hal Chase even for him. But maybe Jimmy really would do that.
 The Cincinnati's have some fast men on the bases in Paskert, Huggins, Mitchell, Lobert and Kane, but criticism made of the Reds play is that not enough chances are taken on the bases.
 The national commission gave out decision to-day awarding player Josh De Wore to the New York Na- tionals. Meriden, Miss. had claimed De Wore because New York made it's final payment for the player after May [.
 Among reasons advanced by dis gruntled ones as to why the New York Americans have been winning the real one. namely because they have been playing better ball than there opponents, is conspicuously missing.
 "Cob," says a paragraph. 'is the best man in the American league to stretch a hit an extra base and then get called out by the umpire" Never theless and notwithstanding. the Ma tional league would be better on with more base runners of Cobb's calibre.
 ''It is a shame for a player of Hoff- mans ability to be kept on the bench So much." says Billy Murray. Now, if there is anybody who has the right to make such use of Hoffmanis ser vices as he sees fit it Is Frank Chance Other managers can get square by going out and digging up substitutes who are Hotfman's equal.
 Manager Jones. of the Chicago American League club has been sus- pended indefinitely by President Johnson. When Donohue made the claim in last Wednesdays game that Harry Davis left third base before Anderson had caught schrecken- gost's fly and began to argue with Egan. Jones came In from center field. ordered his players to one side and took up the argument himself with the umpire. Egan refused to listen to Jones. who then renewed the argument with Connolly. who was giving the base decisions. Before the argument had proceeded far Connolly ordered Jones out Of the game. Fri day morning Jones received a teIe- gram from Johnson notifying him of his suspension. Johnson also wired that he would arrive In PhiIadsiphla satw#amv tp fnwaefFRmF@ shn aHns~