The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07

down with three hits yesterday Wa terbury winning 20. Not a Senator reached second base.
 Manager McCann says the Mechanic: will not attempt to disprove the law of gravitation. in which experiment. we wish him and his men the success they richly deserve.
 Downey's hit finished the Dodgers seven wins in a row. something they haven't done since the days they wor pennants. Manager Dahlen took . bunch of misfits South and has de veloped them into a formidable combi- nation. He has rid the club of two individual players in Tim Jordan an6 Harry Lumley. and put earnest young hustlers in their place. Daubert, the with his hitting and fielding, and bids fair to outrank any other first base performer in the older organization; while Hummell. the former Paper maker, at second is playing the best game of his career. Wheat, another youngster, playing left field, is another wonder. He started hitting with the first game, and has not let up yet There is also a fast set of beavers in Bell, Fucker, Scanlon. Barger and Will helm. John Hummell and Eddie Len nox are the only two Connecticut leaguers on the team.
 This is a wild day of expectation in and around New York, for by tonight the fans will know whether their two teams occupy first position. The Yan- kees by another win yesterday strengthened their grasp the first rung, while the Giants are right be- hind the Cubs A win today for Mo Graw'S men and a loss for Chance hirelings would mean a climb into first place, making the two metropolitan clubs leaders in their respective leagues, something which has not hap pened since 1904 when for weeks it was believed that the Giants and Yankees might clash for the post series for the worlds championship.
 This Dick Nallin who is due to re- port to the Mechanics has been on Me- Cann's list for more than a month. Manager McCann said.yesterday that Nallin was ball player. and that lie considered himself lucky in getting his John Hancock, as he is in big demand by the managers. Nallin has played in the Tri-State league.
 Chance thus briefly sizes up several rival teams: '"The Pirates are not the team they were: rather they are not playing as they did last year. New York is the team I think will give us our hardest fight McGraw has much stronger lot of players than he did in 1909. Cincinnati would be dangerous if Griffith had a better staff of pitch ers The Cardinals are the most inn proved team in the National league. Brooklyn is another dark horse that must be watched
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 Milwaukee, June Joseph D. O'Brien, former president of the American Association, when informed yesterday that he was being consid- cred as president of the Philadelphia National Baseball club to succeed Horace Fogel, the present incumbent, said: ''As far as I know there is nothing to it.. I have not been ap- preached as yet regarding the matter and can see no reason why MT. Fogel should be relieved of the presidency. have been out of baseball for months, and it would have to be something very good to get me away from my present position. It may be that the Philadelphia writers wanted to have some fun with Fogel and sprung the story as a joke"
 Philadelphia, June 7.-Horace Fo- gel, president of the Philadelphia National League club, denies that any change is contemplated in the presidency of the club. He says: ''There is not money enough in the