The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-23
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Who Said Aught of President Tracy and the
 Others?
Manager MCa in Big City in Search of That Caicher "Dor
 Miller Rot 'Cy' in the Future Please

Counting the days?
 Eleven more before they begin to report
 Ask yourself this-why is President Tracy?
 The paramount question. How much stock does Bill the Butcher from Bristol own in the New Britain Club!
 Manager McCann hopped a train yesterday afternoon for the big city. He's in search of that seasoned catcher.
 Now that President Tracy is being handled without gloves, suggestions are being made for the next com mander in chief of the league. So far Secretary Jim O'Rourkes name is the only one mentioned. A wiser selection could not be made.
 Manager Gene henceforth is inn mune from abuse at the hands or Waterbury rooters- If Gene was 10 take a visit to the inland city the with Exchange Place and the Hotel Elton-and all because he refused to be buI.dozed by Tracy-O'Neil tactics. Here's the way the Waterbury Re publican expresses the Brass City fans appreciation for Genes noble deed: "Right now we might say that Gene McCann. on account of his stand at the league meeting, may do all the kicking he desires for the first three games at Rockville. It wouldn't be right not to show some appreciation of Gene's fearlessness. 
 Newfield Park underwent many agreeable changes last season, but the fans this year would never re- cognize the pace. The new grand lingo. "is all to the Polo grounds" It gives the old place big league effect.
 Managers of local clubs who de- sire games with the Mechanics should get busy and arrange for dates. dates open. prior to the regular ex- hibition games.
 Miller. the famous dizzy corner guardian. objects to being haiied as "Cy'' by his friends, the fans. Mil ler's handle is Theodore. Henceforth he says he will meekly submit to be called 'Dory" Miller has long threatened dire results to the person who hung "Cy' on him when he blew in Bridgeport Miiier's date book for next week will be printed at the week end.
 A Waterbury fan suggests that Dan o'Neil and Carl Pace should go on the vaudeville stage in little skit entitled. -'Brotherly Love" or will ing to Die for Each Other" Man. ager Lewis Garvey of Polls theatre says he will secure the bookings for The duo.
 Manager Pace of Waterbury the day after his little jaunt into Fis- tiana took a walk for six miles out into the country with Walter Ahearn and Chief Miller. At the end of the jog he went to sleep. Returning bership in the K. M. c. A., where he intends to take exercise on the punch ing bags and weighing machines. This is no league for fiabby mus cles," Pace wisely remarks.
 At the end of a little more than two weeks of training. Manager Dooin is still confronted by diffi- cult problem in the selection of his pitchers. There are fifteen on the Phillies' list at present, and Dooin says that at least five of that number will be disposed of before the start of the championship season.
 Those two old cronies and room mates. Jack Coombs and Eddie Plank, will make no more wagers on their respective standing in the number of games won during the coming season Last season both, being farmers, wag- cred a fire COW on the outcome, and Coombs won
 Pitcher Hinricks. the big senator who was stricken with infantile paraly- sis last summer and was sent to hi: home in Los Angeles last fall, has recovered so that he can walk about some. He expects to be able to play ball in few months if he keeps on improving as he has been.
 Schoolmaster Sam Leever, of the Pirates. was not offered a contract ly the Pittsburg club this spring. Sam will not need to starve, however, as he still has the first salary check he got from the Pirate club fifteen years ago. and also some others.
 The Cubs are dickering for Earl Moore of the Phillies. They want him to fill the hole left by Overall.
 The western gamblers who tried to induce baseball fans to bet on the pennant fights are down and out as . result of the antagonism directed against their plans by the newspapers throughout the country.
 The New Haven and Providence clubs had a hot race to secure the services of Pitcher William Crystal of the Evansville. Ind. club and the EaEtern leaguers won out Owner Cameron of the Wings has noted his disappointment over the turn of af- fairs
 Kid" Sherwood of the Wings like "Dory'' Miller (Get the "Dory'' part) will not have any opposition at third this season. Owner Cameron is con- fident that he cannot pick up any youngster who would even give the local youth stiff rub. Manager McCann thinks the same of Miller while the latter just smiles and says there'u be nothing to the team but Hi Ladd and himself, that is, topping the list
 Manager Teller is through signing up men. He has a bunch of thirty or more to feed at Asbury park. and ought out of that number secure a decent fourteen or more. Some of the material Teller has pocketed looks to be the class. Zeller scored n trump card when he secured Larry Temple, who hurled for the Larks lasfseason. Temple was a free agent and signed up with the Ponies for the season. He always gave the Mechanics trouble whenever he faced them at Newfield
 No matter which way the wind blows. when the National Commis-