The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-12
BASEBALL NOTES.

The New York Giants second team played the Agricultural and Medical College nine yesterday shutting them out 70. One man reached first but he was doubled up at second base. The l lone hit which came a 1uke was | made off Durham in the third inning. | while Red" Waller twirled the last i four. Of the twelve men that faced | the red man 10 famed the ozone. The N. Y.. N. H. & H. railroad will issue excursion tickets this summer for fans who wish to see Waller perform at the Polo Grounds.
 From the Sporting Life' of this city: Cincinnati needs a shortstop of championship or Class A caiiber," re- l marked A. s. Stern, one owner of the Reds and the only mogul who ever of his nativity. ''If it should turn out that Downey is a young star the deal will be rated as one of the greatest ever pulled off. Clark Griffith recog- There is where the team was weak last season. Good Johnny Kane Is in the outfeld he is not needed there as regular. The acquisition of a star infielder is one of the most difficult tasks the manager here has to flu fill. Of course. if Downey proves to be a lobster the deal will be voted fizzle This is the chance that Griffith took when he put his O. K. to the proposi- tion."
 Manager Hanna of New Britain has signed a first baseman to take the place of John Bunyan The new man is H. J. Mason of Warren. Pa He played with the Troy New York league team. He batted for .276 and felded for .944.
 Bunny Ford. the New Haven prize lighter, has. signed to play with the Lime Rock team of the Housatonic Valley league this season. Ford will play at short stop and is said to carry punch in each hand.
 Earl Gardener. the Hartford recruit. who has been doing stunts for the Hfgh1anders at Macon. Ga. has taken to his bed with an attack of pleurisy.
 Secretary o'Rourke of the Connecti- cut league does not think a meeting of the league directors will be called for a couple of weeks. Some of the clubs are still in an unsettled condi- will have a better knowledge of affairs
 It begins to look as if Big Bill Mas sey would land with the Columbia team in the South Atlantic league. Manager Kid Mccormick of the team is trying to arrange for the deal with the Hol- yoke management.
 
 in New Haven says that it was for the establishment of harmony in the team that Andy Herbst was let go. Herbst he says was always knocking the play CTS. who would not play their best wheE he was in the box.
 Jack Hannifin. formerly of New Ha- ven, New York and Boston but now playing with the Philadelphia Nation als. is laid up ir the hospital tn a sprafned ankle received while sliding in practice.
 whose work will bear watching this year is Al Mattern. now performing with the Boston Nationals. Mattern was with the Holyoke team two sea- sons ago and was turned over to the Boston club as part of the deal by which Player Burke was brought to the Paper City. Mattern did not re- port to the Hub because of a hitch over salary. and rather than give him a trial the management turned him over to the Trenton Tri-State team, with the usual string on him. While Bos- ton was on it's return trip north last season Trenton was met and Mattern was on the slab. He held the Bean- eaters to two scratch hits wing Bos- ton their first shut out of the season With Trenton last season he won 20 and lost 21 games.
 Charley Schmidt. last season with l1olyOk0 ana later W1In bdlllmOre. mas signed up with the New York Ameri- cans. Schmidt won 10 out of 19 games TOT Hkolyoke when he was sold to Balti- | more where he pitched in six games winning five of them. Manager Stall | lngs considers Schmidt a conner.
 Manager Hugh MacKinnon of the Kingston team in the Eastern Associa- l .lon or Professfonal Baseball clubs was In town to-day looking over some of Brldgeports most valuable amateurs | Mckinnon has landed Nick Carter, | last season with the West Ends and also with the B. c. & B. No. team in the Industrial league. He also has his optics on Amos Johnson who made such a good record with the West Ends in the pitching box. The new league has decided to be an outlaw though they have applied for admission under the National Agreement. The league has decided to do away with the towns in Massachusetts. namely Pittsfield and North Adams and has decided to place teams in Albany and Troy to compete with the New York State 1ea o1Ta of <oa