The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-16

boxer got his nickname. Doyle,
 when 2 yoangster, was playing ball
 game was over the gang went swim
 ming in the Thames river. One of
 the the sanitary moves in those days
 The swim ming place was near the
 railroad and it was discovered by the
 boys that huge powder had rolled
 rom the bank on to the tracks. With
 the train whst1ing in the distance,
 Doyle with great presence of mind.
 picked up his red flannel shirt and
 peat it down the track. waying the
 noticing the danger signal Since
 that tiTrle Doyle has been known as Flag.
 Hi Ladd has probably the most brilliant baseball career in minor lea gues and would have been in big leagues but for one reason. He would never never slidg to bases. I've seen t, toe <. says EIiss tsand not for mine, that part of the game He was picked for the big league with Lajoie when with Fall River but wouldn't show his class at sliding so he was passed up.
 Hi b1ossonled out as pitcher when a kid and was quite nifty as a slab artist on semf-professionaI teams in years old and for. twenty-two consec- utive years Has been playing league professional ball. His first league I. state league team for two seasons 1ses-9o. He was then entfced to come to the Woonsocket,t R. I. New starting out with W3oonsoeket Hi said he had a job in "a mill that paid. him s a week. He got friend to case case he m failed to make ll1 good in s basea n ball t'I never went back to the job. said Hi. For six seasons, 1S93-S, he played on the Fall River team of. the New England League with marked success. The season of 1899 found him with the Patterson, N. J. team of the Atlantic league. When the Con- foundation in 1900 that and the fol- lowing season he cast hls lot with the Derby team, and for the past nine seasons, 1902-10 he has been a valued Bridgeport team Hi says in all those years he has not missed playing in oyer three sanes from the effects exception Of the first season he has not hit less than 300 while With Bridgeport. Hi says he may change fa hls Tss,asnes fF9 f1n ass resnw1sa been offered 9 job there where the l donator says Hi will not have to 1 dirty his hands. 2 don't know le1. what what 1 1t sounds good to me and 1t ought to i be better than the job I had last win | ter Hi says he is good for many | baseball seasons yet, as he is keep
 
 the manner he covered center field | on Windhan Field he is very spright- Iy for his age. Hi is tielzIed to think the old timers remember him and is f showing the best he knows about the | game. He says the little Mayor has one bang up fast team
 Hi is what may be termed model 70 baseball players flor taking care of himself, he doesn't '.booze.'' Hi saws he only got outside of ten beers rom September last year until Good Friday this season. He only took hose because the man he worked for ast winter got married
 Hi says WTlfimantic looks awful1y F good to him. just the kind of place 1e is going to settle down in when 1e quits baseball. He says he is go- ng flo buy a little farm, as he is lbout tired of sleeping in short beds ind playing double headers. He also ,eels sorry for the poor unpires ana ioesn't think he will ever be a base oa1I nagnate for when he gets passe 1e is going to step down and out.