The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-21
QUICK LUNCH.
 FOR VANISHED
 MECHANIC FANS
Reporting Days Two Weeks Away = Middlebury Col lege Here for the First Exhibition Game.

Manager McCann has given Middle bury College, Thursday, April 13, al | Newfeld park. Middlebury College is situated in Middlebury. Vt, and IS some pumpkins in the college base ball world It is the school whoch produced Pitcser Ray Fischer. for merly of Hartford, now of the New York Americans. Hartford and Northampton both have recruits on their lists who last season were with Middlebury.
 Joe Kasperek is expected to make good with the Mechanics. McCann has seen the youngster work on the back lots, and is confident that he will produce the goods Kasparek did not come to McCann. but the lat ter went to him with the induce sional game. Joe has plenty of friends who are pulling for him 10 De- come a regular.
 The Mechanic try-outs will not want for batting practice now that local firm for batting cage. With this system, no catcher is needed, while it gives the pitchers a great chance to try out their whips. IT, however, does not develop the batter. that comes naturally. or through the
  through the mill.
 For the first time in many seasons Bridgeport fans will get chance this year to take a longer nap in the feathers on holidays. On Fourth of be played in the afternoon, both with the Champions. In former years, Bridgeport always caught the morn ing contests. The Mechanics still stick to the morning game on Mem orial day with New Haven.
 Notice there was not such kick by the league directors over the allot- ment of holiday games with Bridge- port this season, as last. Whats the reason? Don't all answer at once.
 Bridgeport is well fortified with Saturday games. Sid Challenger has given the locals better than an even break, 12 out of 21- week end games at Newfeld.
 There are now twenty-six players on the roster of the Waterbury club, most of them of the six-foot 200 pound variety. The list includes Ahearn and Mcdonald, catchers; Tuckey. Smith. Eastman, McPartlin, Brown. pitchers; Miller. first base; Shortelle, second base; Downey and O'Hara, short stops; Jones, Johnson and Corbett, third base; Hoey. Mich ols. Brennan( Streaser, Burk. Black wood, King and Caffey, outfielders.
 James J. Burke, interested with Fred Winkler in the Holyoke club is back from his trip to Panama, bring ing along with him Wade Moore, who is to manage and captain the Paper makers this year. Winkler has the signatures of many of the best play CTS in the Panama league. and with season, expects to again put Holyoke on the baseball map. Burke says his men are all good stockers, and that the pitchers in the Panama league are better than those in this circuit. With this way of thinking, the visit ors ought to do we'll in this organiZa- ton. All of the men coming to Hol- yoke are doing so with confidence in themselves and that they will stick. Every one of them is leaving good government job in the Canal zone, baseball being a side issue, and paying one. They had to be given good inducements to quit their johs, but then they have not quit yet, and will not until a few days before the opening of the season.
 Where is Pat McAuley now?" asked fan of Cy Miller. "I dunno" came back the guardian of the dizzy corner, "he was in Clancy's (Fairf1eld avenue) league the 'ast I heard f
 Tn commenting on that 5-1 vote yesterday, the Hartford Courant says: "In Connecticut League meetings there are little wheels within wheels that do not appear on the surface