The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-29

What do you know about Gene Nc Cam? Can't blame the old scout for making an attempt to better h,mself He has the coin to buy himself into the Eastern league, and 4has the abil. ity to produce a winning aggregation
 Would hate to lose Genial Gene however. Certainly did not ge; enough of him in one seasons work ball map last season. Want him to put the Park City among the list of the country's winners next season.
 Eddie Lennox, who a few seasons back held down the third station for the New Haven team, was sold yes terday by the Brooklyn Nationals to Louisville of the American association Lennox looked like a world beater when he started out with the Dodgers in 1909. but last season he fell way off and could not get back. The Brooklyns have three third sackers to try out this season, McElveen, Quill Ian and Zimmerman.
 The Cine, ,nnati club yesterday sold Infielder Mickey Corcoran, no relation to Tommy or Phil, to the Detroit Americans. An Eastern league man. ager says that Corcoran cost the Reds $4,500.
 Garry Hermann says that Eddie Grant will be with the Reds next sea- son and that he is not to be trad ed to the Boston Nationals for Pitch CT Mattern and Shortstop Sweeney.
 hermann adds that Manager Grif- filth would like the two athletes men, tioned but not bad enough to let Grant go.
 The Sporting Editor of the Hart ford Courant in an article on the win ter work of the Connecticut league managers has the following to say
 'Manauer McCann of Bridgeport spends most of the winter in New york studying the mems fashions. He makes up a regular schedule so that he will know what to wear when the baseball season begins. He has got so many suits. scarfs, socks. gloves and stickpins that he has been oblig- ed to number the articles to make up various combinations. For in- stance take June 24. For this day, the numbers are 4. 13, 27. 65. Ill. This means blue serge suit, black socks, polka dot tie. patent leather shoes and straw hat with red band. making up some combinations one day thought he was working on some football signals. There is lunch room in tn city where the menu is so varied that the dishes are called by different numbers. When the clerk at the counter rattles off Tiff teen. forty-four. sixty-seven, eigh- teen" it sounds like quarterback giving signals or a phone operator reneating some numbers. One day, the numbers shouted by the clerk corresponded to those used by a prep school team for quarterback run and as the quarterback happened to be in the place he made a diVe, around the pie counter"
 If has been learned that Herman Shincel has accepted terms to play with Hartford next season. Sch noel was with Northampton last season. When he signed up with the Larks if was with the agreement that the contract was good for but one sea- son. Shincel is to replace Handsome Mike Wadleigh for whom two major league clubs are dickering.
 Rillv Hanna, former manager of the New Britain team is a patient at the New Br tain hospital suffering with intestinal trouble and fever.
 All ten men who batted 300 or bet ter in the Eastern League last season formerly were elnpioEeu py cluDS III inc major organizations. The official records of 1910, compiled under the direction of the retiring President. P. T. Powers. show that the 300 wallop- CTS in the Eastern were Pitcher
 noF of Newark. who amassed credit of 1875. Infielder Rath of Bal iimore .346: Pitcher Dubuc of Mon treal .336: Pitcher Mcconnell of Roch- >ster .333. Outfielder Heftmuller of -altimore .331; Catcher Hardy of Montreal .330; Inielder Slattery of Toronto .31O: Outfielder Osborn of Rochester 1902; and Outfielder Goode of PaI+imnra BOO The honor nf I~aa-