The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-08
(By wagner.)

of Cy Miller was taken along. Man
 ager McCann will not bring the boys
 home tonight but will put them Ip
 at a Hartford hotel and invade | Springfield tomorrow morning. The double header in Ponyville will bring
 out the largest crowd of the season; 1t is probable that Chief Snyder and
 Freddy Gibbs will be sent after the l games.
 l Dixie Walker said this morning that his arm felt better and he ex- his old time form it will mean a great deal to the Mechanics.
 Another cripple who will get into action this week is Harvey Russell. | The heady. catcher has reduced his
 and thinks he can go in there and
 catch his usual good game. Red Waller had some real hard luck Sunday. He pitched for Hobo ken against the Bronx Athletics and although he lost twirling a no hit game, his team was beaten by 2 to l. Red gave pass and then an in- | fielde0 made a wild throw on the
 next batter which allowed two men to score.
 Chief Miller, recently released by Waterbury played first for Whitins- vile in the Massachusetts Mill league against Woonsocket Saturday. He got two hits.
 Dan O'Neil has started houseclean- ing again. He released Eddie Shor- tell and Outf1e1der Pond and signed Jimmy Burns. formerly with North ampton to play second. Pond look ed all right when he appeared at NoufiaId last Waak hut he didn't show anything after that.
 Tommy Downey was feeling his oats yesterday. The local boy crack against Mattern and Perdue of Bos- | ton and also made sacrifice. Wade Duncan, sTerre Haute's rich est sporting man and cafe owner, who has bought a half interest in the
 the only one of his family who is a nagnate. His brother, Rev. Charles Morris Duncan at Westfeld, H., is
 manager and moral preceptor and some other things for the ball club O fthat town. He is pastor of the a player it is in the agreement he is to join the Sunday School. Preacher Manager Duncan is coacher of greater physical activity than Hughey Jennings. His club has won nine out of Is games played with the clubs of
 Central Illinois this season. Hank Eastman, who was sent to Broclton by Dan ONeil as part pay ment for Tom Stankard, has devel- oped into Brockton's winning pitcher He has twirled 43 innings and has games and acted as relief pitcher in others. H
 Dan O'Neil is up to his old tricks. At the game in New Britain last week he sold his share of the gate receipts to Steamer Flanagan for $60.50. To make this amount, 800 faps would have to pass the turnstiles. Flana gan sold his share to Lemieux and Ryan, who lost 25 cents each on the deal.
 Mike Mccormick is playing good ball for St. Paul in the American As when Holyoke was in it's prime. Mo Cormick also had a trial with Brook lyn but was let go for starting rough house in a Pullman while the team was on the road.
 | The Chicago Cubs have secured an, option on Pitcher Leroy and Third EN y, Mich., team. Leroy is an Indian who has been with New York and Boston Americans.
 Detroit and the Boston Red Sox pull ed off deal by which the Tigers get Pitcher Eddie cicotte in exchange for Pitcher Ralph Works and Infielder WuffN. The latter was farmed sout to Evansville of the Central sLague and is with that club now. Cicotte is in bad with the Boston manage ment, which has so far managed to drive number of good players from Bean town.
 The local fans will turn out in force to witness the double header with New Haven at Newfield, Thursday. The Mechanics need all their games now and will go the limit to take a couple from the Wings. It will be a hard job. though, particularly if Dent and Reisigl happen to work for the visitors. Swanson and Walker will probably oblige for Bridgeport.
 Frank Connaughton, captain of the Waterbury champs last year, is hit ting for .347 with Brockton. He was a .250 hitter with Waterbury Some difference in the New England league pitching.
 The Hartford Courant says George Cameron has hired Slapper Sam Ken nedy to stick around for a few days and see what's the matter with the New Haven club. The New Haven papers say it's too much Jerry Con- nell.
 At last Detroit broke the hoodoo and put the Tanks into camp.
 In his last four games at home the big Indian, Bender of the Athletics has pitched 3S consecutive innings without giving base on balls.
 It does Tinker good to be suspend ed-a triple, a double, two singles and stealing home while Matty held the ball was all the "bonehead' could do, yesterday.
 With a doubleheader booked today, Detroit has hopes of winning both and getting back into the lead.
 Some scrap at St. Louis when Man agers Bresnahan and Dahlen kicked themselves off the field.
 The beauty of this overnight sus- pension of Tinker was that he slept