The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-12

Bobby Wallace has flock of thlr- teen pitchers that he is going to hang on to as long as he can in or der give them all a chance to show what they can do. Five or them Lake. Powell, Criss, Petty and Bailey are holdovers.
 Howard Camnitz, the premier twirl- CT of the Pittsburg Pirates. is suffer- ing from a split finger as q result Of handling a hard grounder in a recent exhibition game. The Kentucky boy IS having his share of bad luck since making up with Barney Dreyfus, and promising to be good during the com- ing season.
 The baseball scribes in New Or leans say that Gainor is an improve ment over Tom Jones at Detroit s first base, but that Johnson, the first sacker of the Pelicans. looks better than both of them. This Johnson, who was turned down by Cincinnati with out 8 trial, is said to look just like Hall Chase did when he first broke in and is, if possible, faster.
 Over in Cincinnati they say Grif- filth traded Mike Mowrey for "Chap~ pie Chawles'' because Mike had bad knee Mowrey may have had "bum prop" when he worked for L, of being a cripple since joining the Cardinals. His work in the series with the Browns has been sensationally brilliant.
 Manager Jimmy McA1eer of the Senators says he will release any member of his team that tells the secrets of the club. Strict discipline is going to be one of the restrictions imposed on the Washington players the coming season.
 how good a ball player his son, Eafl, may become he will never play on the Athletics while he is the head of the aggregation. He does not believe in mixing up family affairs in a ball game.
 That Manager Chance is hopeful of not only winning the pennant in the National League this season, but also the Worlds Series, was evidenced by the way in which he discussed the players who are on the Cubs roster. He, like six other big league mana gers fears the Giants this year, as they have for several seasons. Chance is grooming his pitchers for the early part of the year, and will try, as they did last year, to get a long lead in the percentage column in the first part of the season, and then get ready for the winners of the pennant in the American League. - Louisville Courier-Jour
 Hans Wagner has invested in a new tielder's glove. The ragged, painless, ugly black relic that has been break ing them down or Scooptng them up around Pittsburg's short field for many years goes to the ash heap. wagner's glove had a reputation for it's antiquity and because the sunlight shone clear through its frayed edges every time Honus tossed it into the air at the close of an inning. But the old hand leather with its tri- umphs and history is gone, and, like Jeffries, it can't come back. Wagner is now breaking in the new one-one of those grayish-looking effects just from the factory. The glove is little new to the game just now, but Honus has it working quite as we'll as the ancient, thumb-worn, finger-worn and palm-worn predecessor. The old glove gave Wagner no protection to the palm of his big hand. From the knuckles to the wrist there was noth- ing but a big hole that once was start ed with a penknife when Honus took out the packing.
 Connie Mack, Manager of the cham pion Athleticss has decided that Cuba is no place for a ballplayer in post
 
 hereafter none of his players would make the winter trip to the island. Connie has also delivered an ultima tum to his players that hereafter there will be nothing doing in the au- tomobile line. He believes automo- billing affects the nerves
 Addie Joss thinks that shortstop Wagner of the Red SoX is one of the brainiest players in the game at the present time. If that is the case