The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-28
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Ernie Wade. former Connecticut lea guer being with the Orators, and last season a member of the West End team of this city is considering an of fer from the Troy team of the New Y ork state league. Ernie short while ago received a contract from the same club, but sent it back unsigned as he
 did not like the looks of the salary. In the latest offer there is a boost of a quarter of a, hundred
 Billy Hanna the magnate from New Britain expects to have his three Gu bans again with the Wreckers this sea- son, as contracts have already been mailed to Marsans, Almeida and Ca brera. Hummer, who made wonder full batting record while with this team last season during the time that he lasted, and then mysteriously disap- peared has also been sent contract. Hanna has hopes that he will sign. fielder, drafted by Connie Mack will take the Spring trip with the Athletics, Walsh, though he was in this league but one season showed so much prom ise to the Philadelphia scouts that he was gobbled up. Walsh is a, Niagara college youth. He has been keeping himself in good trim during the winter and is determined to make a big bid for regular berth in the big show.
 Steamer Flanagan, who set the Connecticut league afire with his bat ting while a member of the Ponies un- der Dan O'NeiI is about to be passed up by the Buffalo Eastern league club. Scranton of the New York state lea que has been informed that he is on the market. Flanagan did not prove the sensation in the Eastern as he did in the Nutmeg circuit.
 Sandy Bannister, the Rochester re- cruit turned over to the Waterbury Finn that he is not on the hold out list as reported. Sandy says that with a little better break in luck this season he will lead the Connecticut league in the pitching department. He also states that he wants to get back where the salaries are the larger
 Twenty-fiye thou for thumb-the indispensable part of a boxman's an at omy. The Supreme court of the state of New York has handed down a deci- sion allowing that amount to Earl Proctor of Rockville Center, l.. I. A buzz saw recently cut short the prom ising career of this young man. Proc tor says the verdict was inadequate as prior tc the accident he had offers from prominent professional baseball managers.
 Tn the claim of Catcher Herman Schincel against the Waterbury club, the national board of arbitration has made a report, which orders that a financial statement be made before March1. otherwise Schincel will be declared free agent. The report says in part:
 Player Schince1 filed a claim for s100 against the Waterbury, (Conn) club. The player was given a note signed by H. R. Durant for $10O, and this note. long since due. has not been met. MT. Durant of the Waterbury club con- tends that he gave the player his per- sonal note for $100 and that, therefore, the Waterbury club owes Schincel nothing, but that H. R. Durant person. ally owes the player $100
 It is the ruling of the board that if SchincePs arrearage in salary IS not paid by Waterbury by March l, the player is declared to be a free agent, and check to satisfy the note held by the player must be paid through this office on or before March 1, 1910.
 With McCann in Bridgeport, Con- nery in Hartford, Finn in Waterbury and Foster in Holyoke-what? Wag- ner says First Division.''
 The New York Giants recruits start ed on their exhibition trips yesterday, the team that went to Dallas going low f< 7nfn ,taI1