The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-10
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Northampton at Newfield today.

1 Manager ORourke has handed the les had something on the ball in every
 game for a few innings, but bone head work always went against him. He | came here from New Haven where he
 made 9 hit with his twirling, but could
 not field.
 | The local management is aware o1 | the fact that tlle team is in need of a
 couple of good pitchers. Manager Jim
 says that he has telegraphed for some good ones.
 The Orators can hit the ball, as they
 have demonstrated in their play of the past few weeks. It seems too bad to a few pitchers. We'll be falling out of the league if the present clip is kept up.
 RrIbe Vickers, formerly of this league, but now with the Philadelphia Americans, is due to drift back to the
 minors by way of New Bedford Of the
 New England league.
 The baseball writers around the cir cult are having a little argument as to who is the best catcher doing duty in the circuit. The Hartford Courant
 die Bridges are rated as good back stops, but they have nothing on either
 wadleigh or Abrogast, the two Senator
 backstops. This lingo may go all
 right, but when it comes to choosing
 the good ones don't overlook Kocher
 of the Orators. Kocher is only a. kid
 with lots to learn, while the others
 have seen their best days. In fact
 Kocher is too fast for the Orator
 bunch.
 Eddie Lenox, the former New Ha-
 ven player, now covering third for
 Brooklyn, is getting reputation sim-
 liar to Hans Wagner, for the pitchers all around are being instructed to give
 the youngster his base on balls.
 It was Tommy Downey's hit in the
 tenth inning of the Cfncinnati-Brook- Pitcher Hunter of the Dodgers on the downward. path. When the Reds let up three runs had been scored and the game won-
 Honus Wagner set up another record for himself yesterday by striking out four times, twice in each game of the double header with New York.
 Fred Doe, the veteran baseball man ager, has lost his action in the Boston courts against the Worcester baseball club of which Jesse Burkett, the for- mer major 1eaguer, is owner and man. ager. Doe wanted a share of the H,- 750 obtained by the Worcester club for the sale of Albert Bushey and Chester Chadbourne to the Boston Nationals and Americans respectively.
 The present series between the New York and Pittsburg Nationals has att tracted no little attention around the country, being only outrivaled by the interest centered around the finish of last seasons great race. A record crowd estimated at 35, 600 paid admis- sions at the Polo grounds yesterday, several hundred being present from this city. ti
 Artie Roner pitched his first game for Holyoke yesterday, shutting the league leaders out. He allowed seven scattered hits. He will be used in one of the games against his old team mates on Monday.
 The home contests for next week in- l c1ude: HoIyoke, Monday; Wednesday, Thursday, New Britain. The games abroad are: Tuesday at | Waterbury; Friday at Northampton, 1 and Saturday in Springfield.
 "Butch" Steinhauser stood in the way of a swiftly pitched ball delivered l by Pitcher Case in the seventh inning | yesterday, the pill humping on his | right temple. sending him down 1, for the advised his absence from the game for 3 few days. McKenna took his place in the outfield.
 ball for Holyoke yesterday, can be re- called by Manager Jim after the 2Oth of the month. Artie went away only 1n a conditional bill of sale.
 The Washington A. C., New Haven's strongest team, will be the attraction It the Flats tomorrow afternoon at ':30 o'clock, bucking up against the h., 1sr,rr <,ff %1,< victories in. regular Pfttsburg style. The Washington club has defeated they ran up against so far his season in New Haven, the Edge woods being numbered amongst their 7ictims. Their battery will be Ryder, creegan and Pendergast. For the South Ends, Manager O'Brien will trot ,ut Nick Carter and Mike Lucia
 A large delegation of the members if the St. Joseph T. L. & B. Associa- ion will this afternoon be spectators tt the game in Brooklyn between the Dodgers and the Cincinnatis Their nain object is to see Tommy Downey vho is a member of the association, ,lay short for the Reds. Tommy was n town during the week, incidentally ssociation where he met great mum er of his friends and admirers. It vas enough for the members to know hat Thomas was to play. in Brooklyn , OQdy. The boys at once got busy tarting a subscription list among , members of the association only. They ave procured an elegant watch charm which will be presented to Tommy uring the contest today.
 A Policemen's ball league in the tate composed of the largest cities and Hartford not represented. This town ailed to have a representative at the 1eeting in Meriden on Thursday and 0 were not considered. It was ex- ected that the manager of last years Hartford team would attend the meet i! lg, but no. Yesterday the police team ad a meeting, some sharp remarks eing handed about, Manager John R. [urphy resigning from that position. Iurphy helped organize the team last ov,H xJ,i