The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-16
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 There are now two Downeys in the National league; Tommy, in Cincinnati. and Jack. in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn man played his first contest. yester- day.
 One hit, one put out and four as sists constituted our Tonamy's work against Pittsburg. yesterday.
 Manager Griffith, of the Cincinnati Reds, states that he will confine his Fall experimenting to outfielders, be-. ing quite satisfied with his infie.d and battery departments.
 In Cincinnati they believe Dick Egan. the whirlwind second baseman is the twenty-four carat find of the season in the National League. He is c,out- ing the ball better than 300 and his outfield record is near perfect. He has made but one error in the last 35 games. Egan was with Harrisburg in the Tri-State. Manager Griffith has declared that $1O,000 would not make him even think of letting Egan go.
 Umpire Paul Sternberg who. it is stated, is due for a berth in the Ma tional league next season. wears pair of diamond cuff links the gift of Miss Ethel Greene. sdebutante in Detroit society While in bathing at
 
 was carried by an undertow beyond the guard ropes. Sternberg went to her rescue. She threw her arms about his neck and dragged him under. It berg required as much courage then as he used canning the police commis- sioners in Waterbury.
 The Lincoln Western league team, by winning both games of a double header. yesterday. from Des Moines. both being shut outs. euualled the worlds record made by Pittsburg, 1903, for the number of shut outs in suc- cession, six. 4
 Charles Pinckney. second haseman on the Dayton team of the Ohio lea que, who was hit on the head by a pitched ball in Tuesdays game with Des Moines. died in the Dayton hosi-- pital. yesterday. His skull was frac- tured.
 Pete Wilson. who, is now with the Newark team of the Eastern league, yesterday receiving his release from the New York Americans. Pete. with Earl Gardner. at the end of last ~saa- son was drafted from Hartford. Own CT Clsrkin receiving $1.500 for them. Wilson got his picture in the New York papers a few times after defeat- ing the Tigers in their own lair. ths Athletics and the Red Sox. He has lost a number of games, mostly through wildness. Newark is making 9 strong bid for the Eastern league pennant, and needs the pitchers. It is probable that Pete will be recalled at the end of The season, as it looks like a loan; coming right after the draft ing season of the major leagues is over.
 Little Warmer, the Yankee farmland from Hartford. who is playing in Gardner's place with Jersey City, was the real works in the ten inning con test that club had with Baltimore. yesterday. It was his play in the ninth that saved the game. After Pitcher Bills had scored Dunn with a triple he attempted to stretch the hit into a homer. Warmer pulled Zimmer- mans return from the field out of the air. getting the ball home before Bills, cutting off the winning run. His safe hit in the sixth scored the opening run for the Skeeters.
 It is up to President John T. Brush of the Giants to say the word in re- gard to a series between the Giants and Boston Red Sox, it being now cer- tain that the clubs are slated for third position in their respective leagues. Boston has sent her defi to the Giants and is now awaiting answer.
 Jesse Burkett's ability as a manager that they insist he shall go into the big leagues as such next year. How ,eyer- as Jesse has won the pennant