The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-31
EDITED BY WAGNER -:-
HERE'S WHERE YOU READ
 LATEST BASEBALL NEWS
Springfield Slips One Over by Playing Han-
 ford While Other Teams Loaf

Iufu VIlIIG Ull | (By Wagner,
 The rain will win the pennant if its pitchers hold out. Seven straight vic.
 tories for the wet stuff
 George B. Maxwell, the heavyweight
 circulation manager of the New York
 Journal, is accepting congratulations ana free lunches on his great pincE
 hitting yesterday. When Benny Kauf and Dixie Walker were mixing it UT
 yesterday afternoon it was George who
 rushed around and found Manager l McCann.t ou have to hand 1t to
 me, boys," said Maxwell, as he brush
 ed golden hair from his shoulder.
 Springfield slipped one over or Bridgeport yesterday. The Ponies
 found it dry enough to play in their
 home town and they beat Hartford by
 4 to o. Temple twirled for the Pon-
 ies and allowed but five hits. Powers
 lasted four innings for the Senators
 and then was benched in favor of Lakoff.
 Tom Crook says Jerry Hurley Is a
 crack catcher I've seen him work, "
 says the local captain, "and he's a
 heady backstop, take it from me-" Capt. Harry Mason of Springfield l was benched yesterday in favor of Chief Miller, the former Waterbury | first sacker Miller is a faster man
 than Mason but hasn't been hitting l well this season.
 l Owner Jim Clarlkin of Hartford of- fers s10 to any pitcher who can beat | Bridgeport or Springfield. He still thinks the Senators have a chance. 1 If he had been on the level about try l ing to win the rag he would have | snared a couple of pitchers to help | out Wilson and Powers, instead of i flashing ten spots at this late day. | Dunlop, the former New Britain in- l fielder, is playing shortstop for Woon- | socket in the Mill League.
 Dick Nallin is the only one of the 14 original umpires who has lasted the season. And Dick is going as well now as he did at the start of the sea- I son. That's no back hand ,compli- Sox Waterman's All-Connecticut team will leave New York October F for the trip to Cuba. Freddy Gibbs end Lou Litschi who will be in the squad, are studying so they will be able to order ham and eggs when they get to Havana.
 O'Toole and. Kelly had bad case of nerves.
 Don't forget that grand old man of released by the Maps, the veteran ap- pears in a Boston uniform, holds the Pirates to five hits and doesn't let them score a single run. And there are some more victories to come.
 Rain prevented three National League games, yesterday-at Brook iyn, New York and Philadelphia.
 The Cubs haves more unplayed games than any other big league team.
 Only one game was scheduled in the American League, the Cleveland Maps beating the Senators by to 3. Lajoie failed to get a hit.
 The big league magnates are gath ering in Cincinnati drafting, seasons Many youngsters in the trolley lea gues are hoping that the lightning will strike them.
 Hughie Jennings has started to get that new pitching staff and an un-. known named Taylor from the Texas League will join the Tigers in De- troit, Saturday.
 According to word received from St. Louis the Cardinals ball park after the close of the season is to undergo a renovation. The Rajahs can we'll afford to patch up their home, as the St. Louis team has been a good mon ey-maker this year. Roger Bresnahan has proposed building a new double decked grand stand, but as yet the officers of the club have not passed on this suggestion.
 A St Louis fan says that the pitch CT of most value to a club is the one who goes in a game at any minute and stops the enemy when the lat ter are hitting a twirler- In this re- spect, he says, Mordecai Brown of the Cubs is a wonder. There are other The Giants have Crandall, the Attn letics Danforth and St. Louis Harmon.
 Following an injury to a player, the Southern League has issued an edict which bars the quick return" deliv- cry of a pitcher. During recent game in Memphis an outf1elder was knock ed senseless by this delivery. Un- able to get out of the way, the bat ter was struck before he could dodge. His skull was fractured. As a result President Cavanaush has instructed all his umpires to bar the practice.
 Andy Coakley, has quit the Whitins- vile team of Massachusetts to pitch for the Hopedale team of the Mill League. Andy, it is said, had a row with Manager Anderson. MT. Andrew says he wouldn't work for Anderson for s1,000 a game. Can you imagine a sane person paying that?
 Just as quick as the American As sociation season is over MT. Reuben Waddell himself, alias George Edward is going to don the mantle, the som- brero. and the spurs and become a real near Mexican writes the spright- ly Dutch Uncle in the Minneapolis Journal. Dave Padella, manager of the Albuquerque Grays, is making ar arrangements to play his team in the great New Mexican Territorial fair and, having designs upon that $1.G00 first prize, seeks to import a battery that will scorch the rival teams even more than the sub-tropic sun floating down upon the rattlesnake and sage brush country. He wants George Edward to come down there under the name of Kid Briggs and bring his pet catcher. Senor Smith, with him. He tells them to also sign up Senor Kid Williams, the speedy sec ond base tarantula of the American