The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-20
BASE BALL BITS

l Dick Rudolph, the highly touted To- ronto pitcher who was bought by the Giants. will report to AcGraw at the end of the Eastern League season next 1 week. Rudolph is a Bronx product,
 and has a strong following. Rudolph
 will probably be tried out against one
 of the stronger teams that have still 1 to play at the Polo Grounds.
 According to St. Louis scribes Frank Farrell is angling for Bobby Wallace, Browns Farrell intiTnated that all he needs for winning com mbination
 next year is a hard-hitting third base man, and he thinks that Wallace would fill the bill nicely. Farrell is said to have asked owner Hedges to name his figure, and if cash is not required he
 for Wallace.
 Fielder Jones' who piloted the Chi
 cago White Sox to the worlds cham
 pionship in 1906, will be seen in Chi
 cago uniform again next year. Jones
 has received an offer from Owner Com
 isley which the great centerf1elder l,.
 poor showing this year led Comiskey
 to offer Jones the enormous salary Of
 $2O,000 and also 10 per- cent. of the
 clubs profits to become playing man ager This, the fielder figures, will net
 him the round sum of $35, ,O00 This is
 probably the biggest price ever offered to a playing manager.
 A Washington fan is anxious to re- ward Walter Johnson. the Idaho speed marvel of the Senators. with a purse of $500 for his exceptional feat of breaking the worlds strike-out record.
 which he is bound to do unless he breaks his mighty pitching arm before fI1e season's end The enthusiast will contribute half of the purse if any in dividual or group of individuals will contribute like sum-
 Since Billy Sullivan performed his notable feat of catching several balls thrown from the top of the Washing ton Monument backstops all over the country are trying similar stunts, only 1 the distances the ball is dropped from is much lower than the Monument Earl Baxter, catcher of the Beverly ] (N1ass.) baseball club. a few days ago caught three balls in succession drop ped from the top of the Bunker Hill 1 a distance of 2O4 feet.
 From present indications the Athlet- ics will have more money wagered on | their chances against. the Cuhss in the I series than did the Tigers in any of their three attempts to win the coveted title. Sentiment. however, made on the Philadelphians. Super stftious bettors contend that the Ma tionaI League might win three times in row. but they cannot wrench Americans on the flaw. of supersti- ton.
 According to Barney Dreyfuss, pres dent of the Pfttsburg Pirates, Jack Flynn has been a great disappointment as a first baseman, and may be dis posed of before next season. Flynn's weakness has been ground balls. Dreyfuss intends to carry two first next year. Kading and Hun ter are the men who will fight it out for a regular position at the initial sack.
 Another diamond star has set. Ed. Abbaticchio, who was signed by the Boston Doves several months ago after le had severed his connection with the Pirates, has been internationally re- eased by the Boston mana cement When Abby left Pittsburg it was un- lerstood that he did not want to play 1au any longer. but when Boston went lfter him he consented to serve.
 In 1ettetr to the National Baseball Commission, President Navin. of the Detroit Tigers. warns the auguss body # an upffsfng among Tha spfaEefs and l he formation of another Brotherhood.1 ]