The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-03
O'ROURKE PICKS HIS MEN FOR COMING SEASON; THEY'RE
 SOME GIANTS AMONG THEM

player coming to this city with more | man entering professional baseball Brooks has been offered large induce ments to go with other teams, but Bridgeport under the leadership of the place to get the training that he would need to make a finished ball player. He is a fine batter and a deer on the bases.
 A. J. McCarthy, a native of Harris burg, Pa., height six feet two inches, is an old Eastern League pitcher who played with the Toronto team with
 Bill Yale in 1906. Mccarthy made a losing team but had to give up play for the Last two seasons because of sickness In the opinion of Pop Eos
 ter, Candy Lachance and BAl Yale, minor leagues today. Before playing with the Torontos he was with the New York State League.
 Fred Gibbs. another of the box artists
 is also a wonder in his particular art. Gibbs last year was with the Portland
 team, of the Maine league, winning 4
 games out of 32 pitched. and leading
 the league with the average of .75O.
 England league. His home is in Saco, Me. Manager O'Rourke has seen Gibbs
 in the box. The manager thinks he is an excellent pitcher and will surely make good.
 Another big fellow to sign up with the Orators is Earl Powell. brother of Bill Powell of the Springfield club. Of ae has had eaperi Gn ence in the Ohio State league. If he is as good as Brother Bill," the fans of this city will have cause to rejoice.
 c. E. Poland pitched last season for the Glastonbury Independents. This team won the biggest part of It's games. playing all of the semf-pros in lower Massachusetts and upper Connecticut, which is filled with crack teams. Pol lard is another six footer.
 With these pitchers and another. whose name Manager ORourke does not care to mention at present. but which when it is given out will be a cause for alarm in the other camps of the league. will prove the best pitching staff that the Orators ever had, and will make up for the loss of Red"
 T. w. McAloor has had considerable experience behind the bat with New England league teams Last season he was with the Taunton Independents playing very snappy ball
 Al La vigni, a resident of the metro polls, with considerable experience with Harlem seni-pros, comes on the recommendation of Manager O'NeiH, inc @ Hoboken team. o'NeilI would use vigni, but he. himself. wants to get into the game. stss rS Of the two men signed as catcners, R w. Jameson comes from the Mount Pheasant Military Academy, of Ossfn-l ing, N. Y. He thinks he has the goods and writes for try out; the other Charles Alderman. has played with teams in and around Brooklyn and was recommended by personal friends of O'Rourke's. who says the young man is conner, and wants to break into professional ball, where he can get the best experience for higher honors.
 With this array of promising talent | the local team will be very strong in ports will be faster and cleaner this year than ever. Manager ORourke has been getting players for the other clubs. but this year changed | his policy and picked his own men first l and did the recommending afterwards. |
 The local players will report on April | 8 for light batting and signal practice | for the game on Good Friday with the | New. York Giants. On Saturday the | team will play a double header with | two teams from the Industrial league. l All of the players will be used in these games. giving the fans a chance to see what they are made of. The week fol- | lowing there will be light practice with | occasional games with local teams, the dates to be announced later. At the end of the week the team will invade the strongho1ds of the New England league, playing games every day till the 21st when they will return pre- paratory to opening the season in Wa terbury on the 23rd.
 The first Connecticut league game here will be on Saturday, April 23 with Mike Doherty's misfits from Wa terbury.