The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-08

most of the time-his batting eye | showed it.
 Pittsburg got only three hits, two of them of the lucky kind but won | the game. The Quaker hoodoo seems
 to be working overtime. Mike Donlin may still have his bat
 ting eye but he is failing to show 1t. | He was up four times and scored four ciphers against the cratic Reds. | Joe Wood of Boston wasn't much | of a puzzle for the hard hitting Clevelands who landed on him for I3 hits with total of runs. @ 1 Poor old Lajoie. Five times at bat, four hits, one a home run and the 1 others two baggers, and off Wood at 1 l that!
 With three on base and only one out, Merkle of the Giants who here- tofore has had Browns number, hit into a sharp double play and New York's hopes of getting a flying start in the first inning went glimmering. The two leading base runners in the National league last season were Bes- cher of the Reds, with 70 s.olen bases and Red Murray of the Giants, second with 57.
 Manager McCann went to New York yesterday to try to get player from the New York Americans. He was af- ter utility man Wilkinson but could not land him. This player. who is California col1egian, has contract which states that he must stay in the American league. and he refuses to be farmed out. He declined to go to Jersey City, last week. McCann also saw Manager Ganzel of Rochester and tried to get pitcher. The Rochester
 boss is expecting a twirler from the him promises to let Bridgeport have a pitcher.
 Secretary Hugh Reddy, Bob Stowe, Tom Crook, Benny Kauff, Lou Litschi and Mascot Red Farfel went to New play Detroit Red got by on a half ticket because he hornswoggled the conductor and claimed he was F years old.
 In the American league Eddie Col lins led with S1 sacks, with Ty Cobb second at s.
 Of these four 1910 stars upon the paths it is interesting to note that
 three of the quartet are still out in front.
 In the National league Bescher leads to date with B stolen bases being
 closely pressed by Red Murray, who has 30. There are any number only
 a short lap behind this pair with 27 or 28 stolen sacks but the point is that Murray and Bescher still lead.
 Murray is giving Bescher closer fight even this season than last, and the battle between these two should
 De a corker to the finish unless some other entry steps in and crowds both cut.
 Herzog with 2s stolen bases is now liable to give both a hard run, and it would be no great surprise to see the new Giant lead the field.
 Eddie Collins has fallen badly from his 1910 form, while Ty Cobb is going just half over,. yet Cobb has already garnered 46 steals The fleet Tiger is lakely to go above 90 at this clip.
 supplanting Collins in last seasons all-star quartet comes Harry Lord cf the White Sox, who is second only to Cobb. Lord has now amassed 30 stol- en bags. The Chicago third sacker has improved wonderfully in his base running but will have a hard time nosing out Eddie Collins, once that worthy gets started again.
 In the American league Callahan is coming forward as fast as Herzog n the National Comeback Jimmy has been running like gazelle of late, stealing an average of base per con- test through the past week.
 Int Atlas A. c. defeated the River sides here Sunday by the score of 19 to 8. The features of the game were the pitching of Farrell, of the Atlas, and the hitting of Johnson, also of the Atlas. In the fifth inning John son hit for the circuit, the hit being the longest ever made on these grounds. Farrell struck out 16 of the Riversides.
 The Atlas have now won 14 and lost one. What 15 or 16 year old team can beat that record.
 Don't forget Madfgan's day is Nug-