The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-26
BASEBALL NOTES.


 With Manager McCann signing the men every day, the crowd that will show up in this city the first week in April will make material for three
 good teams The more the merrier, 1 as ore good team may be landed
 This McDonough. a pitcher from Brooklyn, signed by the local club. was grabbed up before Mana ger McCann took over the reinS of leadership. Mo- Donough has had experience with in dependent clubs in BTooklv1i. Tommy Downey. the idol of the East Side fans. will leave for Hot Springs. Ark, tomorrow to join the Cincinnati club and put in a few weeks extra work with the Red pitchers. Tommy is in excellent shape to don the span gles, being numbered among those ! baseball players who know enough to take care of themselves.
 The Connecticut League was very bad last season with it's conglomera- tion of names. some of them being awful tongue twisters. Those with the long ones did not last. as 9 rule. There ,, has been a let up so far this season, but news comes via Northampton that in eNchange for Tony Pastor they are :; to get Outfielder Schwartzmafer from the Binghamton club of the New York State League.
 Connecticut League fans will regret to learn of the death of Pitcher Cy Voorhees, who twirled for the Holyoke club in 1904. The end came recently in a sanitariu1n, near Wadsworth o. He was 34 years old when he died. Voorhees started his baseball career as pitcher for the Oberlin college team, where he also played football. He started with the Wilmington (N. CD club. and in addition to playing with Holyoke was also connected with the Baltimore and Philadelphia clubs, winding up with Columbus, O. He had been out of baseball for several seasons
 Voorhees, was one of the biggest men on the diamond. In 1904 he was a New England League. He and Larry Mclean, now with the Cincinnati club, also a member of the Nashua club. were considered the giant battery of baseball. The Nashua team that year was team of giants and midgets, having besides the two big men al- ready mentioned, Tim Jordan. now finst baseman for Brooklyn, and Tommy Dowd, manager of New Bed- ford and formerly manager of Hart ford. The midgets known to this league were Tony Pastor, last season with Northampton. and Gus Soffell, form erly captain of Meriden. but now with Pittshurg.
 Three members of the Wisconsin-Il- linoiS Lea que last year will cavort on Connecticut League diamonds this sea- son. Springfield gets one. Brady, the first baseman, who was secured from the Brooklyn Nationals, and Eberly and Dulin will go to Hartford. having been turned over to the Senators by the Boston Americans
 The signed contracts of Bradley Kocher, the peerless catcher. and Cy Miller have been received by Manager McCann. Both bows are waiting for the gong to drop. Cy in particular. as he intends to hang up record. The fans cannot seem to wait. they want to see "Kid'' Kocher killing the men on the bags. The ''Kid" has an aw- ful whip.
 The Hartford baseball club last ev- ening received the signed contract of Paul Cobb, an outfielder and brother of Ty Cobb of the Detroits. Paul is said to be as hot headed as@ his illus trious brother, and also as slillful with the bat. and speedy on the bases.
 Tommy Connery has arrived in Hart ford to take charge of both the Capital forces and to train the Trinity College squad. Tom says that he is a little worried over the situation in this city. He also says that his team this sea- son will be a little faster than that which won the rag last season. In the opinion of the fans about the cir suit it will have to be much faster, as all the other clubs have been on the jump for some time. The Adonis of the Connecticut League will have to hustle a bit to fill the shoes of Fisher. Evans and Warmer.
 The Giants will begin their exhibi- ton work today. the squad splitting up into teams. and playing the clubs of the Texas Leaeue. The following from one of the New York dailies ex- plains how Ernie Lush is regarded by the Giant mana ger:
 Ernest Lush gave McGraw an idea that he might make the team this aft ernoon when he cleaned up with a two- base drive that gave the McGraws a victory. Lush is very fast on the bases. and during the last two days he has been hitting the ball hard and often.
 ".I think I can make a great bunter out of that fellow said McGraw last night He has all the characteristics that made Billy Lush, his brother. fine player"