The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-01
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1 Ernie Lush of this city breaks into print gain today, this time not fc. | his playing, but meeting with ao- | c1dent Here's how the New York World explains the mishap:
 l Ernie Lush also had a marrow ] escape from joining the cripple list 1 That would have been a calamity, as l just now McGraw thinks Lush abou:
 the best piece of green mac hinery | that he has ever seen. He expects to
 make d wonderful player out of this young brother Of the well liked and | ft; ;nnouS Billy of National League fame. Lush was running for second l in an effort to make a steal, when his foot came down on a round stone and his ankle turned so quickly thar he was thrown forward OF his face. For minute he could not rise and it was feared that he had sustained | a spralned ankle. He was also talk en to the doctor, but the foot was so
 much better by the time he got there that no treatment was necessary. Lush walked over to the bathhouse
 where Ed Mccall, the negro rubber, applied hot liniments, and by dinner time he was well enough to consume three K c sirloin steaks and sides dishes to match.''
 On the White sox Special which is due on the Coast this evening are
 early experience among the confines
 of the Nutmeg league. They are Pat
 Dougherty, former Orator, Freddie
 Parent, Big Ed Walsh and Chcte
 Waite and Jack Collins, both with
 the Ponies last season.
 Catcher Joe Casey, former Senator,
 will join the Detroits on their spring
 training trip to Texas. Casey caught a few games for the Tigers last sea
 son. His work was of such order then that it is predicted that he viii eventually be the first string catcher, supplanting Stanage.
 Claude Rossman, the former Hol- yoke outfelder, recently underwent an operation on his foot. To prevent the spreading of an infection the in- fected flesh was cut away. The operation was reported to be sue cessful, and Claude will be on his feet within short time.
 Worcester team, when that club was in the Connecticut league, has signed a contract to manage the Tulsa team of the Oklahoma league during 1910. Barre team of the New York state league last season.
 Since the baseball season of 1909 wound up, number of deals have been pulled off by the major league clubs. The Highlanders have sold Demitt and@ Lake to the St. Louis Browns for Catcher Lou Criger and have released Willie keeler uncondi- tionally. The Giants have released O'Hara to the St. Louis Cardinals. from whom they have secured Shaw, pretty fair outf1elder. The Cincir- nati Reds have traded Ewing, the pitcher, to the Philadelphia Nationals for Covaleskie and Corridor, and have also handed Corridor, Oakes and Higgins over to the Cardinals for Pitcher Beebe and Inde1der Storke.
 The Boston Nationals have re leased Dah1en to the Brooklyns, let traded Beaumont to the Chicago Cubs for a couple of colts The Pittsburgs have sold First Baseman Abstein to the St. Louis Browns and have se- cured Flynn from St. Paul and Sharpe from Newark to fill his place. The rerman, Marshall and Redmond loose, and the Quakers have done the same with Starr and Martell. The Athletics have released Ganley and have handed wo1ter over to the The Chicago White Sox have sent Jakey Atz to the Provi- dence club in part payment for Blackburn, and have also canned Isbell, F'iene- and George Da- Williams and Hobe Ferris, while Washington has let out Jiggs Donohue.
 Danny Hoffman shook the Park City mire and mud from his shoes y yesterday and beat it for the sum mer camp of the St. Louis Ameri- cans. During his absence his real estate interests in this city will be looked after by Mrs. Daniel Hoffman, his better half. FTNNESSY TO CAPTAIN