The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-05
H. EUGENE M'CANN
.H0MEWARD BOUND;
HAS new PLAYERS
Out of Difference to Local
Scribes He " ont Announce
Them Until He Arrives Here

Manager Gene Mccain is on his
way home to this city, after spending
the holidays between New York and
Baltimore and sending bunk out about
his great desire to secure the manag-
ership of some Eastern league club.
Gene arrived in New York yesterday
and hit the trail for Broadway. He
was not in the big street for long
when he was spotted by the New
York scribes. He let out his life his
tory to the dope" artists shyly adj
uniting that during his stay In Balti-
more he celebrated his 34th birthday.
He observed the day by purchasing an
entirely new wardrobe. Here Is what
the New York Press has to say of
McCann's advent into the big city:
'.Hezekiah E. Mccain, formerly. one
Of the Highlanders' scouts, and now
port club of the Connecticut State
League, showed up on Broadway yes
terday for the first time since the
meetings of the big leagues. Mccain
was in Baltimore FOR the first three
weeks. and will divide his time be-
tween the Monumental City, Bridge
port and New York, until April /. Nc
CAMS team finished second in the
Connecticut league race IN 1910 and
was nosed out of the championship
honors only on the last play of the
season.
Mccain has signed First Baseman
Jack Crooks, who was with the Sen
ators for q few minutes last season,
and has hopes Of getting Outfielder
Kauf and Pitcher McGrainer from the
Highlanders. The Connecticut league
season will open ON April Il and close
on September g. Mccain would have
told the New York scribes the names
OF all the players he had signed for
the Bridgeport team for next season
A. - fIo 1ofc ORC
in Bridgeport would be peeved at be-
ing scooped.
Hezekiah E. Mccain, formerly one
view, and announced that he celebrat-
ed his thirty-fourth birthday last
Tuesday. Moreover, Mccain came out
openly and said he was the man who
discovered Tommy Leach of the Pr
rates, obtaining for the Wee One his
first professional engagement. That
happened in 1897. when Mccain was
playing with an Independent team in
Hanover, Pa. The Bridgeport magnate
had seen Leach play in Cleveland, and
when Billy Keister said that he had
enough Of Hanover, Mccain told the
manager Of the club to grab Leach.
Said Peerless Leader did so and new
er regretted the move. Leach went to
Auburn in the New York State Lea
que in 1898, while Mccain gained en-
ployment in Hamilton, Canada.
Z "I don't know the name of the lea
que Hamilton was in," said McCann
yesterday, "but there were some not
ed FASTENERS on the clubs In our Or
ganization. Sam Crawford was with
Chatham, Emil Frisk with Hamilton
and Bunk Congalton' with Guelph.
In those days we used to think the
Eastern League was the biggest Or
ganization in the country, and 1t was
our desire to play so we'll that we
would get into that league.
Arthur Irwin managed Toronto in
1898 and had a. great run-making
team. Among his players were jim
my Casey. the original SBucky Free
man and Dan Brouthers. The Eas-
tern League had to reduce salaries
in midsummer and Brouthers was one
of the men Irwin fired SO as to pre-
vent the Toronto club from going into
Bankruptcy