The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-19
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OAAA4@ II III ~ iI~0~~~~~~A Connecticut League Standing Won. Lost. PC. Hartford ..........-. 40 27 .597 HOlyOke 39 2S .5S2 New Britain 40 30 .571 Springfield .......... 33 33 800 Waterbury .......... 36 37 .493 New Haven ........- 35 40 .467 Northampton ....e... 30 39 .435 Bridgeport ........-. "A 43 1858 Saturdays Results At Springfield-Springfie 5, Bridge port 4. (12 innings)
 At New Britain-New Britain 6, Ho1yoke 5.
 At New Haven-New Haven 4, Northampton 3.
 At Water terbury-waterbury 10. Hart ford 3.
 Yesterdays Results At Waterbury-Waterbu g. Hart ford 1.
 Games Today
 New Britain at Northampto
 Bridgeport at New Haven.
 Hartford at Holyoke.
 Springfield at Waterbury.
 In New Haven to-day.
 
 No game here till Thursday when bill.
 A win for Holyoke to-day over the Senators will put both teams on an equality for first place.
 Manager O'Rourke has arranged for a double header on Thursday with Hartford and on Saturday with Water bury. Holyoke is here Friday, making five home games at home for the last three days of the week.
 It was bound to come. Arthur Mo- Cabe, center fielder of the New Brit ain team and who leads the league in hitting and Eddie Bridges, backstop for Northampton, considered the best catcher in the circuit have been se- cured by the Pittsburg Nationals that club now having a ten days option case of Bridges has been going on for some time but were not completed till Saturday.
 It is generally believed that Pitts burg has landed a real prize in Mc- Cabe. Almost every club in the major leagues have been looking for him, Manager Hanna having been offered big money. It is stated that he was sold for $2,000.
 In the case of Bridges it iss believed that he can be called for at any time, but it is believed that Pittsburg will not need him unless their other two receive injuries. McCabe will stay with the Perfectos till the end of the season.
 Big league scouts who have been in this section say that Ray Fisher of the Senators will be just as big a sue cess in the big leagues as he has been around these parts. It is believed about the circuit, that deal has already been completed whereby Fisher goes to the New York Americans.
 Umpire Sternberg vouches for the ability of Fisher. It was Sternberg that induced Pitcher George wiltse of the New York Giants to go into pro- fessional baseball. Wiltse thought he could not make good. but he has dem onstrated that he is a star pitcher.
 Mike Donlin, champion clouter of the New York Giants is in New York ready to jump into the fray if the manage nnent will give up s4,00o for the rest of the season.
 The New Britain players enjoyed clam bake in their town yesterday as the guests of Managers Hanna and Lynch. Dan O'Neil was an invited guest.
 Kid Kocher was the clouting young ster in the game Saturday. A triple. two two baggsrs and a single is poor connecting, what?
 Hartford again swallowed the b;tter pill yesterday in Waterbury, this time 2-l Lefty Leverentz lost his game on wild heave- He allowed four hits. while Bannister allowed five.
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 New Britain now has seven I1itters in the slugger class, McCabe. .375: Ward. .35o; Mason, .s47; Waterman BPS; Cabrera. 1920; Needham, 31s: and AImeida, BIO Their team average is PTS.
 Catcher Casey. with Hartford last season, may figure in a. big fight be- tween Little Rock and Detroit which the national commission will be asked to settle. According to President Ma win of the Detroit club he was promis- ed the pick of the Little Rock players in exchange for Infielder Perry Navin picked Casey and recently turned the little backStop over to Mobile in the deal by which Pitcher LeIivelt goes to Detroit The Little Rock officials have refused to turn over the player and deny Navin's right to make any such a deal.
 Umpire Cullen says it pays to smile all the time, even if some one beats you on the top with a red-hot poker
 Makes no difference what they say to me. I just smile. It's hard to get the smile on sometimes, butsI get be- hind and push it on if necessary"
 Standing of the Clubs