The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-06
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and Players in the National Pastime Still leading.
 In Holyoke today
 Nothing doing at Newfeld till Thurs day.
 Waterburys two defeats SaturdaJ helped IS a. bit
 The Finnegans put in a miserable week, losing six of nine games played Three of the losses go to Tuckey, two to Eastman and one to Bannister. Bridgeport fans are hollering for 2 first baseman.-NeW Haven Palladium That will be new bunk to the loca fans when they read of it. Accordns to all statistics and other points ot the game "Biff' Bailey is guardine the first sack as good if not better than any other first baseman in the league.
 Some one has a curse on me" says Cy Miller, the Mechanic third base man. Here I am with leading club lowering around .250, while at this time last season with a tail ender ] was leading the league in hitting. ' Cy, according to the wise ones, is about due to start something in the hitting line. The fans miss those famous two base clouts Cy loved to send into left garden.
 IVor Swanson had the Indian sign on "Biff' Bailey Saturday, the big fellow flaming three out of four times up. lvor's big side step, with an un- derhand throw which goes to make up the deadly cross fire ball, did the trick.
 Hi Ladd did not create a very favor able impression in Hartford Saturday. Hi should have scored in the second on a passed ball by Wadleigh, but he was nailed at the plate on the return from the Senator Catcher to Swanson In the fourth, he let Wadleigh's drive glide through his pins, two runners scoring.
 'Snatcher" Eley's anxiety to make a double play cost the Mechanics a run in the seventh. Soffel who was on first for the Senators, considered Da- wilson's drive to right hit, and beat it for second. Eley met up with the ball on the line, but he attempted to throw it before it was caught If it had been caught it would have been an easy double play but as it so hap pened Davidson was safe and Soffel went on to third.
 Manager McCann went down to the big city yesterday informing friends in town that he had hooks out for few players, whom he would place in case he finds that some of the present positions need strengthening
 McCann reported last evening that he had signed Dick Nallan, from Frederickstown, Md, and that he ex- pected him to report during the games in Massachusetts. Nallan is reputed to be clever sticker, speedy runner and fast outfielder.
 Due to two wins over the Chicago Americans, helped on by two defeats of the Athletics by the Tigers, the Yankees are now resting in first place in the American league standing. Rus sell Ford, the Tank pitcher turned his seventh win of the season, four of them having been shutouts. He has pitched in eight games, the other be- ing a tie with Cleveland.
 Pitcher Bugs" Reisigl of the New Ravens has been suspended by Man ager Carrick. Bugs failed to show up at the game in Hartford Saturday, and when pressed for a reason failed to give any satisfactory reply. Reisigl has always given the New Haven club considerable trouble.
 The Chicago Cubs won from Water bury yesterday 10-1. Ruelbach of the Cubs pitched his first game of the season, winning with ease. During the Spring training trip Ruelbach was sick with diptheria, which has kept him out of the game. Old Man Nc Partland heaved for the Finnegans.
 Haverhill has decided not to hold Pitcher Hack Schuman sold to them by Hartford, the big fellow returning to the Senators yesterday. Hack will now try to secure his fredom from Manager CIarkin.
 Pitcher Murfey who was to perform in the box for Yale Saturday against Princeton ,was not allowed to play by the faculty. He is one of the Shef students mixed up in the riot at Saw in Rock Tuesday and will also lose his diploma.
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