The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-16


cary Hugh Reddy began today to
l,or;ation for the players who ~ to
report in this city on April 8. 1t is
cart of = clubs duties to hunt up the
tibernating stations of those men un-
DER contract, forward them their price
iuto town and to bunk and feed them
during the training season. From the
S-st day OF the league season. the
layers have to dig for themselves.
%any are the hold-ups and hard luck
-ames advanced. before the ghost walks
two weeks after the grand send off.
or the men who are coming Willie
Cphsrn. better known to the fans as
-Uppie'' Upham who while hereabouts
had his summer address at Myrtle
Beach, has one OF the longest drills
coming all the way from Akron, Ohio.
Pretty soft for Manager Mccain in
this particular, as some of the other
managers have to send transportation
TO players who hang out on the coast,
while one manager last season threw a
1T when he learned that one of the
many men he had signed up was in
ALASKA sind wanted fare to Connecti-
cut. Needless to add, the gold hunter
did not show up last season.
No matter what combination Man.
ager Gene is sporting, or what scenery
adorns his black tresses there are al
Ways marked movements,
uncertainty or perhaps fear, when
ever the name OF Jack Ethelbert Rum
sey is mentioned. Rumsey is pitcher
whom Manager Mccain expects will
burn up this league in such a hurry
that all the big league managers will
De offering fabulous prices for his
service before the season is half over.
But that IL not the cause for the old
scouts fear. Rumsey at the present
time n in Ri Paso,. Texas, in the
neighborhood where the U. S. troops
are mobilizing for an advance on the
Sreasers- Gene fears that the smell
Of powder will attract his new re-
cruft and hold him back from joining
the Mechanics. The youngster is apt
20 enlist and that would be the last
Of him, for time At least. He has
been sent his notice when to report,
-eply. Rumsey will have the long
est travelling OF any OF the recruits or
the old men. He is to be sent sleep
ing and parlor car accommodations.
From that little burg where they
tear Off the sessions Of Congress and
sometimes the extra sessions will come
TWO men who will undoubtedly be Me-
chanic regulars. They are Tom Crooks
Who IL to captain the outfit and Ewa1d
a. A. Snyder. Crooks has signed up
. play first base. being the only man
% try out for that position. Snyder
Haven last season. He is no relation
% Frank Snyder. the general all around
PLAYER with the Mechanics. The wise
anes around the circuit cannot under
stand why Owner Cameron of the
White Wings passed up Snyder. Cam
arou rad the first chance to secure his
contract for this season, but let it
slide BY. Manager McCann often stat
ID toward the end of last season that
Snyder was a conner. and that he
would be just the man for his 1911
cutfeld Snyder played Is games
while with New Haven. He finished
with a batting average of $40 connect
ing for Is hits. He fielded for $3.50
making but one error. That's some
sweet work for kids first attempt at
professional baseball
The grand old State of Pennsylvania
will not have a representative on the
Mechanics this season. Last season
there were three men from that State
on the list in Bradley Kocher who
hailed from White Haven, Luzerne
county, Cy Miller and J. Stewart Wis
Ter who makes his home in Perkasie.
Kocher will be found with Toronto
this season. Wisler has been notified
by Manager Mccain not to report
while Cy Miller's folks have removed
from the State, that is from Limerick
Square, Pa, to Pitsen Grove, n. J.
Miller however, will not need his
transportation as he has been in
Bridgeport during the cold months
placing away little change as man.
ager OF the Park City bowling alleys.
Cy says he is sorry to see the old
folks leave the old home. 'That is
some swell little town. says Miller
many a happy day I put in the little
Mace. How well I can remember when
the groceryman closed his store, We
all had to go home, and the fire de-
"artment-.he was drunk every night
Used to keeping his whip in condition
filling steer for his pop. who was the
tliage butcher and who also bundled
"a beef into Philadelphia While
>cCann was speaking about his play
80. Miller hove in sight. After the
usual greetings. Gene gave out the in
formation that he had four men to
try out for third base. It is hard to
get ahead of Miller, who came back
with, 1.-THE more the merrier."
New Jersey will supply three regu-
lar Mechanics. Red Waller makes
his home in Jersey City. Frank P.
skipper Eley in Bayonne and Floyd
''Chalky'' C1unn in Millville. The trio
have all been in Bridgeport at odd
times during the past few months
looking over the ground. Eley plays
between Bayonne and Plainield, that
is. wherever his father hangs his hat
Two almost certain regulars and
three others who will be given a thor
ough try out, will blow in from the
Empire State. Frank Snyder, who has
been playing with the Bridgeport State
league basketball team. for the past
month has been at his home in New
burg. y. Y, where he is also playing
basketball with the town professional
team. Snyder looks forward to q
great season. Little Jimmy Hall. the
kid who parts his hair nicely right
IN the middle, digs down for 81 20 for
his fare from the big city. Jimmy will
his sea son try out at second base.
The three new recruits from this State
are Jerry J. Sweeney hailing from
Saratoga Springs, who has seen service
IN the Central New York league; Davy
Clark, a brilliant youngster from AL
bany, and Joe Pbelan. a promising
Young pitcher, from the same town.
Since signing up rnelan. Manages
McCann has received glowing reaorfs
--I work las~- --nelEn
who has just broken away from the
High school, pitching for an indepen-
5ent team in the capitol, shut out
Albany 10.
Little Rhody furnishes two stalwarts
one of them the greatest youngster of
-hen all. who started his baseball car
Ger way back in 1887. in the days when
many OF the present day ball players
did not even exist Is it necessary to
state that Alfred c. Hi Ladd will
again be in harness? Hi spends the
winter in East Greenwich r. T., Z. s..
land holdings IN his career on the
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