The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-01
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 In last place again.
 Two games today in New Haven. We ought to take one of them, but let's hope that two come our way.
 Kocher turned back three runners
 at second yesterday. He did the same the day before.
 Artie Romer was not in condition to
 when he tried to stop the New Britain | sluggers.
 Manager Hanna did not have slug | gers enough without going into the
 Ohio league and getting Hummer, who played right field. Hummer got three
 hits and should have had a fourth yesterday had not Umpire Mason rob
 bed him. The ball was fair mile,
 all the Orators having a good laugh | over the decision
 | Umpire Mason gave the worst exhi-
 at Newfield. His style the day before
 was bad, but yesterday was fearful. He was so bad that the grand stand
 threw lemons his way, but curse it. I
 game on one occasion and threatened
 to put a kid out of the grounds if he | threw the lemon which he held in his
 hand. The kid beat it for cover, al- I though a. number requested that they l be given the fruit to hurl at Mason. l It begins to look more and more every day that Frank Bowerman, now plotting the Boston Nationals. will
 again do the back stop work for the New, York Giants. Bowerman is worth more to McGraw than he Is to tman is in New York, the deal probably l being completed this week. President John S. c. Dovey, the new leader, has decided that reconstruction will be the l new rule for the. Orphans. and has asked for waivers on Beaumont. Rftchey and Dahlen.
 It is rumored that Roy Thomas, the University of Pennsylvania man who was recently released by Pittsburg. will be selected to take up Frank Bow-' erman's managerial job on the Boston Nationals.
 The Pirates opened their new $1 ,oo0.- 900 field, Forbes Field, yesterday by losing to the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Tommy Downey came in for his a1s- ual daily hit yesterday. If he can keep up the clouting that he started in on Tuesday in Holyoke and continued yesterday at NewfieFd, Thomas Hummer is 6. sure prize pack age for New Britain. He halls from the Ohio League where he gained a reputation second to none as a fence ttckler.
 Runors are af1oat that Umpire Hugh Rorty, who recently went to the New report to the National League for duty. Dave Cusicl<, a former Connecticut League ump, who has been used all season in the National League, has fiII. fl ~
 Brennan who played the field for taken up by Waterbury to try and fill the gap in center garden. until Mich ols has recovered from his illness.
 day when the Hartford Senators will be here for a double header. With any kind of luck we should take both games, as Hack Schunan has no batted him out of the. box last Fri day.
 The attraction for Sunday at steeple- chase will be the Springfield Ponies. The same team will be here on the morning of the 5th. The afternoon game will be played in Springfield, while at Newfield the Industrial League teams will hold sway.
 The West Ends will have for the at traction at West End Park this Sun- day instead of the Fort Slocum sol- diers as previously announced, the U. s. s. Nebraska team. This is the team that defeated the West Ends at the beginning of the season in a four teen inning contest 4-3. Their pitcher, | de 1ao faa xy1,n 70 S ever appeared in Bridgeport outside of the big leagues. He pitched the 4-3 game striking out twenty men. The big league scouts have been after him, l ors.
 The Oxford A. c. would like to play | the Bengal Juniors Sunday at 2:so. on the Eagle street grounds. Answer through the Farmer.
 The Oxford A. C. would like to take on the West End Boys Club for Mon l grounds. the Lenox team the Sunday | following, and the Clovers Sunday, July | IS. All teams kindly answer through the Farmer. Return games will fol- | low,
 Manager O'Rourke has succeeded in | placing Catcher McAloor with one of | the strong clubs in the Virginia league. | He still has strings on him, and may recall the youngster at any time.
 Manager Connery of Hartford has protested the Senator Waterbury game | of yesterday because of a decision by | Umpire Cullen. In the ninth inning | after two Senators were out Lefty | Leverenz hit for two bags. In taking second he fell over Captain Mike | Doherty of the Authors injuring his leg. Leverenz asked for a runner, Doherty selecting Hart. Connery ob- jected as Hart would soon bat. and a man cannot be taken from the base when it is his turn to bat. Scanlon