The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-22
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FOR SNAPPY BASEBALL
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Says the New York Press: n.
Eugene Mccain. the magnate-man IL
ager of the Bridgeports. saw Presi-
dent Lynch of the National League
for the first time when he was out
scouting for tho Highlanders In 1909
At went down to the New Britain
players bench and asked a man who
had his coat off IL he was the man
ager." said II. Eugene yesterday.
divtdual. who was Lynch. I am more
than that. / am the owner and every
thing else Lynch was working like
Trojan and was getting results. I
don't wonder that he has been q sue.
cess as the president OF the National
League"
Manager Gene Is still in New York
working the wires to induce the big
league managers to allow their ex-
AS he has a big draw with the New
York Americans, due to his having
secuted for that club before takiu;
over the local team. 1t would be We'll
to keep posted on the bunk concern
Ing the youngsters picked up BY tho
Therell be big bunch turned loose
before the Spring training trip. AS
Mccain is in on the ground floor.
there'll be a few wearing Mocha MO
uniforms this season.
Heard the latest about Cy Miller !?
Cy, 50 the rumor goes, nabbed =
shovel from the kit Of Harry Quinn.
hied himself to Newfield Park. dug
up third base, and beat 1t to Penn
sylvania. more accurately to Limerick
Square. Cy believes that II he can't
hold down third base. no one else
can now.
Manager Mccain has faith in Mil
Ter and believes that he can come
back next season. Miller played a
great game for the Orators the sea-
son before. finishing up with q bat.
was at least sixty points below his
mark. IT sure was an Off season.
such as il enjoyed by the best of bail
PLAYERS. Miller threatens to come
back so strong that McCann will have
\ to dispose of him to the big leagues
Jack McGuinness, the famous secrAr
tary. states that his boss Manager
Gene will not make Bridgeport until
Cam will be in New York for the
rest of the week, and then will hit
the trail South for Baltimore, next 10
New York and Boston. the best base-
bali town on the map. McGuinness
adds that in the Maryland city. Me-
ness and there will increased the ross
ter of the Bridgeport club.
Reports have 1t that Unless Tommy
team by Cincinnati. he will 60 to joe
Kelly with Toronto. kelly has. San
agreement with Griffith that he gets
Downey in case the latter is let cut
of the big league. Tommy was not
In the best of condition last season.
due to an attack of malaria In the
Spring which retarded his progress.
and a severe spiking of the ankle
during the middle Of the season
which laid him up for many weeks.
The Havana team boasts of third
baseman who Is somewhat Of q freak
in several ways. He is left-handed
thrower, something rare among in
fielders. is Of Cuban and Chinese par
name of Moran. The Almendares
team is not without its freak play
er. Castillo. its first basennan. when
In condition tips the scales at $50
pounds. At present he weighs 2S5
ball player In existence.
Tom Lynch. president of the Ma
tional League, wonders why inquisi-
requests for interviews on what he
proposes to do with his umpires aud
what he thinks of the many recent
statements of Charles Webb Murphy
do not take new tack and ask him
to tell of his career as the manager
of a baseball team. Thomas Joseph
once was a Peerless Leader Of club
in a Class B Organization. having TO
jump In during the season of 1909
and act as the boss of the team Of
his home town-New Britain.
Possibly it was out Of civic pride
that the president of the National
League jumped in two summers ago,
when the New Britain team appar-
emily had mortgage of the cellar
position in the Connecticut League,
and consented to manage the clup.
In a month after the time that Lynch
who is born handler of men. had
assumed command of the New Brit
AIN team. it was in second position.
I'VE won something like twenty
three out of twenty-five games in a
month"; said Lynch yesterday, "cap-
turing ten doubleheaders. How did
we make such showing In bargain
the athletes on our payroll were not
blue ribbon boys. Some of them
liked their bottle of beer. and they
particularly enjoyed it on hot day
II was more than hot while the New
britain team was getting rid of the
boys would win the first game of a
bargain bill, and then I would let
them go to the club house, where I
had installed an ice box, in which
there were several bottles of beer on
ice.
1.-The players who wanted to In
duige in the beverage that made Mil
waukee famous could do SO without
being fined by the MANAGER, who was
myself. The New Britain players
might have had q hard time winning
the curtain raiser, but the nightcap
portion of the bargain bill always
was a walk-over for us. I do not
recommend the adoption of this
scheme by the major league clubs,
and would not have tried the expert
u7e,lt had ] been manager Of the
New Britain team all season. I was
cnIled in to direct the club as a las.
r7sort, and used heroic measures."-
Nrsw York Press.
Many a good thing goes to the
other fellow by chance. Many q
baseball ma mayer retains a good ath-
lfte just because somebody will not
take the athlete off his hands. De-
tl'oit might have had big Chief"
ender once, but at that time a doc
tFp said he had not long to live.
Flank Navin knew this. and refused
tie indian. Bender this year pitch
ed the best game of the worlds SER
ieS and Detroit could not land him
al any price.
A few years ago the big Chippewa
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