The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-13
SPORTS OF A DAY
BASEBALL
 NOTES.

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 ! Some of the New York scrfbes say | that 'tRedT' Waller gets sore if Me I Graw does not let him pitch four | games a, day. The red man claims Jim O'Rourke taught him the trick III Bridgeport
 for whom Cincinnati paid s10,OO0 about 10 years ago, has come back strong l again at New Orleans, and is after ah- other major league engagement. Red Waller sprung a. funny one | at Marlin, Thursday, in the game m which he struck out 10 of the l2 men that faced him. In the ninth 1nnng ! Waller called in all the outfielders and | struck out the three batters-
 l Mike Doherty has signed up as man | ager of the Waterbury team. Do i herty's contract calls for a salary of S2 OCO a bonus of S1, 900 if he lands | the pennant, $500 for second place and | s2OO for third. He will have full charge of the team and will play sec ond base. Durant retains the power | of buying and selling players, while the i signing and releasing is up to Sir Mike. Doherty for the last two seasons has been the manager of the Albany team l of the New York State League, and turned out two pennant winners. Manager McGraw of the Giants has put the hooks unto "Cy'' Seymour for an attack he made on Arlie Latham yesterday. Both men met in the hall of the hotel where it is said that Sey- mour knocked Latham down and bit him on the cheek. McGraw ordered Seymours name stricken off the roll and told him not to report for practice. It has been noted all season that Sey- mour was in bad with the New York management Last season his play ing fell off and at the end he was even blamed for losing the pennant. Sey- mour is still the property of the New York club, it being probable that he will be sent to some other team. The following letter by Secretary O'Rourke to one of the New Haven papers will serve as a, gentle reminder to the little scrap that Is being waged on the tight little circuit which may come to a. head at any time. The let ter is in reply to a, communication by MT. Cameron, owner of the New Ha- ven team. expressing his views in re- gard to the pooling of Saturday and holiday receipts: MT. Cameron's sentiment is worthy of the high-n1inded gentleman who seems to have studied the situation more thoroughly and more justly than some who have been associated with us longer.
 q regret that we have not more Camerons We would then have a league governed by men actuated by the highest motives in enacting leg islation and not by certain individual clubs, who are sapping the life out Of as splendid a league as was ever or ganized and rendering one or more clubs groggy every year.
 How much longer it will last must be determined by the quality, charac- ter, and extent of the selffshness shown.
 'If the future is to be judged by the past then our condition is indeed one of uncertainty.
 It begins to look more and more as if Mike Donlin would not be a member of the Giants this season According to the booking agency that handles the Dorlin-Hit combination, they have signed contracts in vaudeville up to July 5. After that they plan a. trip to Europe leaving on July IT. Mike is too big an attraction to the New York fans ito lose. Probably if they want him after July 5th, they can have him. That trip to Europe looks like a scare.
 Red' Waller is giving the war cor respondents of the New York papers a chance to earn their money by his playing at Marlin. The following is a clipping from last evenings issue of the New York World;
 JOnn Wd1l0T, the Iduky IidWlOOHSo and red-headed pitcher who has be- come a member of the New York Giants, is practically a. New York pro duct. He is TOW 26 years old, about six feet tall and weighs 177 pounds. He has wonderful speed and above all he has endurance. It is said that he could pitch three games a day if al- lowed to do so.
 After playing around New York for several years he was engaged by the Bridgeport team of the Connecticut league. He has never had a bad year. Despite the fact that he was in a los ing club he pitched AT games last sea- son and won 30 of them. In addition to his ability as a ball player, Waller is a wit and the droll remarks he makes from the bench keep the club in continual laughter. The passages at arms between him and Arlie La than are exceedingly funny. Latham with his sharp, Snappy manner of talk ing, often has to succunnb to the point ed shafts that come from Waller in the shape of a slow, nasal Down East dra WI.
 Waller says that if he does not make the big league they won't have anything on him, as he already has $11O in advance money, which will be duly spent SO as to avoid any possible comeback