The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-24
LIVE BASE
 BALL DOPE


 Manager McCann has already begun booking exhibition games for his new team The Utica team of the New York State League will be here for two games April F and 13. Manager Fred Lake of the Boston Nationals has also written for date here with the Doves. who will be returning to the Hub during the second week in April.
 The local club will put in three weeks of practice before the opening of the regular league season, set for Friday, April 2S By that time Man ager McCann will have a good idea who will start his regular trip. It will, also give some of those players who will be unluclxy enough to be can ned to. get a tryout with another team. perhaps New Haven or Hartford.
 Manager McCann will probably hook up for few practice games with some of the local city teams, probably those, in the Industrial League.
 It. sounds like a. dream, but it is a fact that Manager Jaek Teller will They will pitch camp at Asbury Park, ". J., around April l. Where Teller is going to get the dough to keep his mob upon rations till the opening of the season is what is worrying the fans
 Just because he wanted an exper- fenced catcher, Manager Zeller has traded off his best pitcher, Sam Me Lean, to the Lynn club of the New England League. Zeller is now due for considerable of a banning from the Springfield fans. as Mclean was the lnainstay of the Ponies last season.
 
 Billy Hanna, owner of the New Brit ain team. instead of talking baseball as any team owner should do, says that things are shaping themselves well for the return of the National Polo League to Connecticut under the name of the Connecticut League. It is proposed, he says to have a league of six clubs representing the six prin- cipal cities of the State, which means New Britain. Hartford, Waterbury, New Haven, this city and some other willing burg. The clubs, Billy says, will be under the management of re- sponsible persons.
 The only item in baseball news that has emanated from New Britain dur ing the sessions of the winter league. is the acquisition of Joe Connor as manager of the Wreckers. Joe will receive a royal welcome when he comes to Bridgeport with his under studies as he has a horde of admir- CTS in this here burg. But at that we'd just as leave trim New Britain as any other team.
 Heard the other day on the Main: "Well. what do you think about base ball in Bridgeport % Think? Base ball is apt to b con the blink Man ager McCann will get a team here that will run away from the others, s,o4o T can put this under your bonnet, there'll be a little sign with the words Office Closed on my door every after noon the team is cavorting about New field.''
 Tip to grave diggers-Stock up on shovels and get the signed contracts of Gsl1 the 1aborers possible. as the number of graudmothers, aunts and Tnothers-in-law that will drop off this summer will be unsurpassed in the his tory of the Park City.
 Haven't joined the Fan Club yet? There's lots of time, but the sooner the better.
 Manager McCann has been in attend ance every day at the present session of the criminal Superior court He says that Joe Marock will make good batted for over 500 in the Matrimony League. q
 By nightfall baseball fans should know whether Johnnie King has been reinstated to organized baseball or mo- Today the National Commission is in session in Cincinnati
 Manager :McGraw of the Giants, ac- cording to sthe baseball scribes who are South with the team in Texas, likes both Ernie Lush, the local youth, and Elmer Zacher. last season with New Haven. He thinks. however, that Lush ought to have more expert ence. Zacher at present is too heavy to display his real form.