The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-03
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE

INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
 The surprise of the week was the dCwned the Cranes.
 A. & B. meets the other Crane team this coming Saturday, it looks like the fourth straight win for the Gun mak- CTS.
 Those were two cracking good games at Newfield. when amateur teams can put up scores of 2-1 and 1-5, they're playing baseball.
 McNally of the Warner Brothers team was the only player with a clean slate in Saturdays games. He had four singles out of four trips to the plate. In the field he was without an assist or put out. though he played short stop.
 The third and last series starts off Saturday with four good games. It will be the last meeting this year for some of the clubs.
 Frank White has again developed stingyneSS. Holding the Singers down with three hits is small feat.
 The Regenary matter will continue to be harped upon by some sore heads
 
 to smooth matters out. This talk of honest basaball'' by some so called disinterested parties does more to hurt the organization than it does to ad- vance it.
 The fans saw a chance for the big lead of the Yost team being overcome after the A. & B. defeat. but with the downfall of the Crane No. team their nearest rivals, there is nothing to it now but the Yosts. though they may lose a few games which is almost inn probable. considering the article of ball tEey produce and the article that is served out in opposition to their offenSe.
 It will be a grand fight for second place. with the Singers. A. & B. and both Crane teams as proba bilities.
 No. 1 Cranes were in a crippled con- dition Saturday without the services of Johnny Downey, Serge Vardon and Casparack. their three most valuable players. It was small wonder the Brassies won out over them.
 Vacation days are depriving the teams of a number of players. It will be this way for the rest of the month, new faces appearing every Saturday, to fill in the gaps.
 Both Crane teams meet again two weeks rom SdIurQaN. The west EnO plant have won both games so far but by narrow margins. and as George w. Ellsworth No. 1 mana ger says. it was only through the decisions of the um- pire. Having is Georges middle name.
 It is stated that the Locomobile team. which are leading the Factory league are to make a bid for en- trance into the Industrial league next season, or are now ready to fill a gap. SbOnld Q hS int their heads to get out. The Locos could easily outclass some of the clubs now in the league.
 The mana cement of the Yost team in order to not create more talk by outside parties, and calamity grunterS, have not played Third BaSeman Billy Regenary in the last two games in which that team has participated. nor will they until the league shall have settled the matter for once and all. On the other hand new man is and has been tried at second and found to fill the shoes of MT. Regenary quite ac- ceptably. It has been stated that Regenary is not eligible to play in any of the games. he is not working in a Bridgeport factory. but in the in terests of another concern. with which his factory is connected. in New York city. Regenary. it is stated. is de- clared ineligible. because of the fol- lowing rule which has been in effect but a short time. but adopted before Regenary ever went to New York Any male employe working in the factory in Bridgeport two weeks be- fore playing in the first series. and four weeks before playing in the sec ond or third series. and working the same number of hours, the major ity of men in his department" Such is the ruling. and through II, it will always be the desire of some to dis qualify Regenary. But how can they do it. if the Yost people wish to test the literal meaning of the rule. Does it not clearly state that player must work in a Bridgeport factory two weeks before playing in the first series and four weeks before participating in any games of the second series. Did not Regenary work in the Yost fac tory ten years before he participated in any of the games of the first series and ten years and seven weeks before getting into any games of the second series. The rule says he must work in Bridgeport. Regenary has worked in the Yost factory during the first and part of the second series. yet the other part of the second series he was em- ployed in New Pork. but in this mat ter there is no ruling. he has work ed in Bridgeport during the time the league rules say he must before get ting into a game