The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-13
WHO'S WHO IN
 FACTORY LEAGUE?
Pretty Mix np Which Directors Must
 Decide.
SATURDAYS SOUABBLE

on the face Of the returns the Batch eller team is champion of the Factory League, as they defeated the Birdsey- Somers at Seaside Park, Saturday. in the play off of the tie which was ar ranged by the directors, but the Loco mobile team has a little to say as to who is who before the final decision is made. Play was started in season, but the kicks, disputes and arguing were so frequent and prolonged that it was well after sundown that play was called
 It was in the ninth inning with the with Birdsey-Somers man on third, with two down and the man at bat having two and two on him, that the final dispute arose. Pitcher Bowden of the Batchellers threw a ball which was close to the batter. Umpfre is a signal for a strike. His voice could not be heard because of the great noise of the throng of rooters. With the dropping of the right hand. the Batcheller players came running in from the field, and the crowd surg ed upon the diamond. The Birdsey- Somer player on third rushed out to the umpire to give him a piece of his mind. The umpire then said that the last ball pitched was a ball, the Bird Soy-SOIn6T TuIlu0T gong DdCk LO Lnlru, then raced home with the run that tied the score Of course an argu- n1ent arose, and was not settled till darkness when the umpire called the game, the score reverting back to the eighth inning, which was 6-3 in the Batche1lerS favor.
 Birdsey-Somers have entered a pro- test which will be heard in a few days so that the finals can be finished up as soon as possible. The Rirdsey- Somers players assert Umpire Freyler, an employe of the Batcheller Com pany, gave them raw deal. These matters will be threshed out at the special meeting this week.
 Now about the Locomobiles who were thrown back for a loss at a spe- cial directors meeting held last week. The league season ended with the Loco and Birdsey-Somers a tie for first place, but the Batchellers pro- tested a game in which the Locos beat them, stating that the Locos used Pitcher O'Gara illegally. The league the story, the story which brought the Batchellers and Birdsey- -Somers on a tie for first place and showed the Locos back into second But the Locos say they were unjustly treated by the di- rectors at Pitcher O'Gara is g. legiti- mate ernploye of their factory. The game in question was on July 31st. OGara before that date was an en- ploye of the factory. but as he is a member of the Naval Reserves he had to go with them on their annual en- campment, but he remained in the em- ploy of the Loco company. The game was played on his return, and was dis puted by the Batchellers because he did not continuously work in the fac tory.
 That is but one of tho Locos pro- tests. Two weeks ago the Locos and the Batchellers played and the Locos lost, dropping with it considerable money. The result was 22-10. Um- pire Freyler also officiated in this game, and according to the protest e the Locos he is said to have side bet on the game for the Batchellers to win. But that is not the main basis of the Loco complaint. First Base man Cotter of the Batche11ers is said to have left the employ5pf that concern for about a week of MS own account. Subsequently he returned. The league rules are something like those of the Industrial League, that is player must be at work in a factory at least four weeks before he participates in a contest. According to the Loco ver- sion, Cotter left the employ of his con- cern, his name was taken from the pay rolls of that factory, and again put down when he entered for a sec ond time. Because of this Cotter was not in the employ of the Batchellers four weeks when he played in the Loco game. Should the Locos win these two protests it will make them victors of the league.