The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-01

afternoon, New Haven Tuesday,
 Springfield Thursday, Hartford Sat
 contest of the league Sunday, Sept. 1 10.
 With those six games at home, two of them with the Ponies, the Me
 chanics are offered a nifty chance to
 grab that bunting.
 The games away for the week call l for an extra strain-Waterbury La Dor Day morning, New Haven We'd nesday, and two games with Hart | ford on Friday.
 | There's big swarm of rooters who will take the 12:27 train tomorrow afternoon for Springfield where the Mechanics will be playing. Spring field sends us down word that they will show the rooters how to sup use Chief" Snyder and the Ponies,
 Sandy Bapnister.
 Society Note-'Wagner'' is taking his two weeks off today in the big town. She wanted to see a big league he had to obey. Watch the Farmer tomorrow for full accounts of the Yankee-Senator contest given in a new style, ''Wagner's" original. The Waterproof club of the Rain coat league has worked in a draft on Jupe Pluvius. The old scout went seven straight. While working in the eighth at dawn this morning he was spiked while sliding to the bases by Old Sol. Silver Linings will do the work for the next few days. The Hartford Courant man having made his pick of the worst team of the Connecticut circuit, the Water bury American comes out with it's selection of squad of bugs. Those players whose peculiarities have giv-e Nen them league-wide repHtation as being unbalanced in one or more ref spects" are the eligibles says the Waterbury man. Here goes: sLern . ieux, New Britain, C.; ReisigI of New Haven, Callahan of Waterbury, and Powers of Hartford. D.; Crooke' of. ain, 2b.; Rehg of Hartford, s.; Genest of Springfield, 3b.; Farrell of Waterbury, ,Eley and Kauff of Bridge. port, outfelders. seT
 Young MT Carnarius (Carey) of the Pittsburgs studied for the minis try. It is said that he could have started in with a salary of about $500, Ia year in the pulpit. whereas in his present occupation he is in a fair way to draw about $500 a month before long.
 Here is what Tim Murname says about O'Too1e's work in Boston: He was hit safely five times, three of them coming in the first inning, and he passed ten men, but he came over in fine style in the pinches, striking out nine. He is real pitcher No finer breaks have been seen at the South End grounds this season and after a little more work he will prove a hard man for any of the leagues batSmen to fathom."
 Connie Mack is confident of win ming the post season series whether the Athletics have to meet the Giants. Cubs or Pirates. If this series is go- ing to be so all fired easy for the Mackmen it would be we'll to take the pick of the three National League teams in order to make it a contest, President Farrell of the Yankees has wired the Altoona club of the Tri-State league to Spare Outfielder flanders at once. The Tank outfield is in sadly crippled condition. Finn was purchased by the Tanks some time ago for Fall delivery. Owner Cameron says that neither he nor McCann nor Teller nor Mur- phy will vote for Tracy's reelection. This is about the third or fourth year that Dear George has been heard to make that crack. Tracy has been called upon to settle many foolish questions and some one had to be offended. Altogether he has ruled his office with a fair hand.
 Billy Phoenix. second baseman of the Lawrence club and rated as the best keystone guardian in that league and former member of the Bridge port club has signed a contract for life. On Monday in Lawrence he married Miss Mary I. Shaughnessy of Fall River.
 Hack Schuman, the youthful mas- todon who put the culinary depart ain on the piazza is now pitching winning ball for the Guelph club in the Canadian league. The Hamilton team of which Ray Heating, the local youth is the winning pitcher, is a member of the same league.
 There "ain't" no scoreboard to watch. The only score we can pos sibly get out of yesterdays results was a score of about 8 to in favor of the rain.
 IL IS d lOHS llIIS oIIICO AOt OAC game was played in either the Ma tionaI or American leagues.
 The American Association says we will and the National commis- sion says You dassent," and no one knows who has the most nerve-yet.
 T. Raymond Cobb got a suspended sentence in Detroit for auto speeding He told the judge he wasn't going any faster than he does when he steals second. The officer who ar rested the Georgian swore that he was running his auto 24 miles an hour.
 Schreckengost Of the Athletics, who accepted 899 chances in 1905, is gen. erally credited by baseball statisti-