The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-05


 marked the race in the American League.
 While in the National league, Pitts bursis great lead of over 100 points of few weeks ago has been reduced to A. the Chicago Cubs now being but four games behind.
 Swat McCabe, who was turned down by the Pittsburg Pirates, will be given a chance in fast company, the Cincinnati club having accepted the terms of Manager Hanna. Swat" will join the Reds at the end of the play ing season. McCabe was also on the Boston National and New York Amer fcan lists, but Cincinnati bid the high est. Cincinnati has also purchased the release of Pitcher Sam Smith of the Montreal club of the Eastern League.
 ''Rube" Vickers, the Athletics pitch CT, formerly of the Holyoke club, who was said to have been sold to Tom Dowd's New Bedford team of the New England league has been turned over to the Indianapolis club of the Ameri- can Association.
 There is one thing about Krause," said Connie Mack, though he has been seeing his pictures in all the pa- pers of the country and columns of praise for him, it has not affected him in the least and to see him you would not think he had ever won a ball game in his life"
 Whitmeyer has not won a game for the Orators since he joined them over two weeks ago. Isn't it time to hang out the card.
 Whats the matter with Ladd Candy" Kane was sent in for Hi in the ninth inning to bat, but could not do anything. This is the first time in His history that anybody has batted for him.
 Manager Stallings of the New York Americans announces the purchase of Third Baseman McKechnie of the Wheeling club of the. Central league Infielder Roach of the Lancaster club of the Tri-State league, and Infielder Johnson of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast league. McKechnie formerly played third for Pittsburg late in 1907 during an injury to Tom my Leach. Roach is the best base runner in his league, and the leading Lancaster batter.
 There seems to be ground to the rumor that John Ganzel, now suc- cessfully handling the Rochester East ern league club, will be secured by President Ebbets to manage the Dod- gers for 1910. Ganzel has a number of former Brooklyn players in his lineup, and is in close touch with Ebbets, to whom he has just sold Catcher Erwin.
 Pitcher Chic Robertaille the best twirler in the New York State league a member of the Binghampton. club has been sold to the Boston Nationals
 On the day the management of the Spokane club of the Pacific league broke the news to Pitcher Gregg, thast ha c-N11 41,@ ment, he went in against Seattle, and struck every batter out but one, al- lowed not a single hit, and won his own game with the bat.
 Umpire Mclaughlin was mobbed and stoned in Lynn, Tuesday, at the conclusion of the Lynn-Fall River game, because he had given few decisions that went against the home club, Fall River, winning out S-6 The police placed the poor ump on a train for Boston.
 The Boston authorities are deter mined to stop gambling at the ball an effort to put a check to the prac- t1ce. Yesterday the annual license of the club was returned to the office of the mayor with the disapproval of the Police Commissioner. A hearing will be given in the matter.
 Holyoke fans begin to think, because Artie Romer has been holding his opponents to but a few hits in the games that he has pitched for that club that he is due for higher classes. Owner Winkler refuses to state what kind of string the Bridgeport's have on him.
 Billy Hanna'S band of Cuban Revo- lutionists will be at Newfield Park Saturday afternoon. There will be a preliminary game between the Bridge port Brass and Warner Brothers