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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
"STEALS."
Strategic Moves Which Involve Sur
 prise of the Enemy.

Stealing second or third, dou76s- steals, delayed steals, triple steals may be opportunities taken by play CTS, or ordered from the bench. The good general will not order a steaI of second with none out. and slow runner "on," if a fine batter is "U2," but he will order it with one CT two out, if the conditions of batting or- der, the kind of pitcher, and the state of the game warrant it.
 Left-handed pitchers, who usually hold players well to their bases, may which the man on first takes 8 danc- ing lead while the catcher has the ball. and, poisng for a sprint and slide back to first. makes it hard Tor the catcher to decide whether to throw to first base or return the ball to the pitcher. If he does the 1at- ter, the runner, pulling off the delay ed steal, will start for second base as hard as he can go the instant the catcher losses the ball to the pitcher.
 The pitcher, surprised, and not in position to whirl and make the throT to second in the minimum of time caught "fat-fOoted" as balIp1aye~s say-will often get the ball to geo. ond base too late to catch the run ner. Not infrequently he has to hold his throw" waiting for tns equally surprised second baseman 0r short-stop to get to the base in time to catch the ball. The delayed steaP' is thus a strategic move fnvo1v- ing surprise of the enemy as fts most salient feature, and the 9oo1 baseball general will take into con- sideration the wariness of his opp1- nents and the character of the men on the paths and infield before order ing it. He will also try to know what kind of a ball is to be pitcheJ ] and what the defense is going to do. It is largely guessing match, and yet it is guessing, and guessing rfsdf which wins games-From C. F Claudy's "The Battle of Baseba11'' fr July St. Nicholas
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
Yale Harvard Teams to Meet Oxford
 Cambridge Cracks
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Boston, June 15-What was declared to be the final makeup of the Harvard and Yale athletic teams which are scheduled to meet the Oxford and Cambridge track teams some time next month on the English track, was announced this afternoon. Barring accidents the composition of the Amer ican teams will be as follows:
 100 yard dash-Thacher, Yale, and Reilly, Yale.
 40 yard dash--Stewart, Yale, Kelly, Harvard
 5S0 yard run-Preb1e, Harvard, Jacques, Harvard.
 Ore mile-Jacques, Harvard, Law less, Harvard.
 Two mile = Wilmington, Harvard, Lawfess, Harvard.
 120 yard hurdles--Chisholm, Yale, Cummings, Harvard
 Broad iump-Holden, Yale, Kilpat- rick, Yale.
 High jumps-Canfield, Yale, Barker, Harvard.
 Hammer throw-Childs, Yale, How ard, Harvard
 Shotput, if included Fitzpatrick, Yale, Howard, Harvard IJa; H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
Waivers Asked
 On Lefty Russell
Every Club but Chicago
 Cubs Willing to Pass Up
 Athletics $12,OOO Twirler

Philadelphia, June 15.-A quiet waive claim has been circulated around the two big league circuits on Lefty Russell by the Athletics and every one of the fifteen clubs. with the exception of one, passed the s12.- 900 beauty up as not being worth the s1,5o0 waiver price. One club, said to be the Chicago Cubs, were willing to try out the former Balti- more phenom. but when Mack found this out he decided to hold onto Rus sell and give the young southpaw an- other chance to show what. he pos SesSes.
 Russell certainly has not been a glittering success since becoming a Mackman. He pitched one swell game of ball for the Athletics last fall. when he made the Boston Red Sox look like a lot of bush leaguers, but since that game he has shown practically nothing. Russell came to Philadelphia petted and plugged as one of the greatest twirlers of mod ern times. The $12,0O0 said to have lease was red flaming head liner, and perhaps it was this notoriety which killed off his usefulness. Fans expected too much of him this year, and whenever he did work and failed to deliver the goods he was touted as a gold brick.
 If actions win ball games these days Russell would be worth the 12,000 bones and a few extra. He has every movement which looks like big league stuff from the press box, but to the fellow up at the rubber they must evidently see Lefty as only a bush leaguer, for Russ has been treated rather rudely by most of the American clubbers he has faced this season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
PASSES ARE
 COSTLY FOR
 M'CANN'S MEN
Swanson and Rumsey Insist Upon Giving Northampton
 Team Victory
(By Wagner.)

The kindest thing we can do about that game at Newffeld yesterday is to dismiss ii with a few words. On the other hand every timethe raw exhlol- ton of the pitchers comes to mind' there is a rush of words to the type writer. That defeat which Northamp- ton handed to Bridgeport by to 3, certainly emphasized the poor quality of the local pitching staff.
 swanson and Rumsey were all to the pazaz, and they insisted upon giving the game to the Larks. Swanson gave three passes and allowed three hits in the three innings he was on the mound Tex Rumsey was awful when he went on the slab in the fourth He.passed four, hit man and allowed 1one a1ffe in -two-thirds of an inning, thereby giving Northamp- ton three tallies. Freddy Gibbs was rushed in with the bases filled and two down. He passed Jimmy Burns. forcing in another tally, but managed to fan Big Bill Luby for the third out
 nings, allowing. only one run. but was taken out i'm Che eighth to let Red Lynch bat for him. Chief Snyder pitched the ninth and looked good.
 Sam Mclean, the Glastonbury chicken fancier. was doing picket duty for the Larks. His slow ball both cred the locals in the early innings. but they managed to wallop him for 12 hits and that was enough to win if the Bridgeport twiriers had been on the job. Benny Kauf had a triple, double and two singles, while Capt. Tom Crooks and Lou Litschi connected for a triple and single. Bridgeport played we'll in the field, better than Northampton in fact, but the handicap of bad pitching was too much.
 Here are the figures:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
HOW EDDIE COLLINS
 OUTGUESSES PITCHER
Philadelphia A tn le ties Great Infielder Tells What He Does in Critical Games.

Philadelphia, Pa.. June 15.-Eddie Collins discusses the relations of the pitcher and catcher to the batsman magazine. In this article Collins tells how Freddie Payne. former Iii ger catcher, gave away Walsh'S de- livery in a game between the White Sox and Athletics last Summer. Col lins writes:
 Sonnet times a catcher will over play his part, and a remark drop ped by him will give batter the key to the situation which will en- able him to outguess the pitcher A thing of this sort happened to me in Chicago one day last season, with Walsh pitching and Payne catching.
 Payne dropped remark, which set my mind working and which led me to forecast what was coming. This cue and the resultant conclusion I drew, based on the hasty hypothesis of Payne's remark, resulted in a time ly base hit The conditions and circumstances of the hit are not like ly to occur often in a game with Walsh pitching. He is a spitball pitcher entirely He uses his spit ter and a fast ball with. no curves. On this occasion, Payne signalled for either a spit ball or a fast one, I don't know which. Walsh shook his head in reply, and Payne gave him another signal to which he again shook his head.
 "'You don't want this one? Payne mumbled in his mask, but loudly enough for me to hear as he gave another sign Walsh nodded assent.
 "Now here is what passed through my mind after listening to the hint carelessly dropped by Payne. Two were out at the time, man was on irI ho uJhn 6 put us ahead, and the count on me was two strikes and no balls. My flash of thought must have been in- stantaneous. I try never to pay any attention to the monOlogue of a catcher, but Payne is naturally a ret me.
 Walsh refused to pitch until he had received a certain sign. This made me think that it was not going to be a splitter or a fast one, evil dently the first two signals given by Payne. He can't intend to waste a ball, I reasoned, because the man is on third, and he doesn't think he is going to try to steal. Then it struck me.
 "Can it be curve?' I asked my self, surprised. But he never throws pne,'SI argued in my mind.
 Then I remembered the surprise pcI GU III IOu uOu WdHl this one?' The remark mumbled in his mask, had supplied the key. I took a chance. It was a curve and I called the turn. It was the first and last one Walsh ever threw me. and probably he would have slipped it over had it not been for Payne's poorly suppressed surprise. That cost Walsh the game. It must be remembered by the reader that all this giving of signals and reasoning took place in about a minutes time. A ball player must think fast"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
Ovington Flies Over Three Bay
 State Cities
Young AviatOr's Brilliant Work Excites Massachusetts
 Residents

Boston, June 15.-Earle Ovington who starts tomorrow in the events of the Waltham aviation meet, made one of the most sensational flights ever witnessed over New England soil last evening.
 Flying at an altitude of three thou sand feet over Waltham in wind that was blowing at the. rate of twenty-five miles an, hour, he made dips and cut circles over the heart of the city, while thousands of per sons below held their breath, expect ing momentarily that he would be dash to the earth.
 During his flight he travelled over three cities. Waltham Waverly and Lexington, and when going with the wind sped at rate of at least ninety miles an hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
YALE STROKE CHANGED
 FOR RACE ON THAMES.
Coach Kennedy Will Initiate English
 Method Used By Harvard.
Especial from United Press.

(Speclal rom United PreSS.)
 Red Top, Conn.,, June 15.-Coach Jim Wray. of the Harvard navy, Is following the same campaign used by John Kennedy at the Yale camp, up the river, today. intending to get off his hands the freshmen crews at the earliest possible date and giving all his attention to the big boats in the last 10 days With both coaches foi- lowing practically the same lines, it Juno 30.
 Kennedy has made a slight change in the Yale stroke, irf order to meet the Eli sentiment that attributes her recent defeats to Harvard's English stroke. The Yale boats seem to be doing we'll with the change. No inn portance is attached today. to the time trial held, yesterday, in which the Yale varsity eight went over the full four mile course in 23:3S. Con- d1t1ons were not favorable for speed
 In both camps all the oarsmen are rsaeTsaa ia fine physical shape Buckingham. of Yale. has broken training and is out of the running for this season. .
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
(By Wagner.) The deadly base on balls.

From the press box it looks as if Manager McCann has just four pitch
 CTS upon whom he can depend to pitch fair article of ball. These are Walker, Snyder Gibbs and Upham. It wouldn't be a bad idea to work these hurIers in their turns and farm
 out the other hurlers to Saskatoon in the Western Canada league.
 Northampton has a good club. The Larks are coming rapidly and will
 soon edge into the first division if the Mechanics don't watch out.
 Capt Auger, the giant who has a vaudeville act and also owns a farm carriage and rooted for the Me
 chancs. He wears a nine and seven
 eighths hat.
 There was a peculiar play in the third With Gardella on second,
 Foran sent a weak splash along the third base line. Gardeila was just rounding third as Ruen picked up
 the ball. He scooted for home as
 Ruell hurled to first. Crook dropped
 who is a fast man, had beaten the
 toss. Some of the fans thought
 Crook ought to have had an error and others blamed Ruell for throw
 ing to first. It was a slow hit and
 called for quick action. If there was an error of judgment it was excus-
 able under the circumstances. That weakness at second base be.
 gins to loom up greater every day. There were four occasions when a hit
 by Stow would have done some dam
 age but he couldn't get the ball out of the diamond on any attempt. 
 Benny Kauff had his clouting clothes on. He must have found a
 bat to his liking after purchasing eight sticks at local stores. Harvey Russell caught well. In the seventh, eighth and ninth he nailed runners who tried to purloin
 second. It might be mentioned also that Lou Ltschi knows how to put the ball on the runner.
 Four Bridgeport players grabbed all the putouts. Litschi, Crook, Stow and Russell put out 27 Larks. Manager Mccann and Umpire Lanigan got into little argument in the ninth and the local magnate showed the ump away from the satchel containing the old balls. Bridgeport started the ninth with a batting rally and McCann tossed out [ new ones and rushed over to the bench to get some old Victors from the satchel. Thereupon McCann pushed him aside and told the um- pire to take the new ones. No fur ther hostilities resulted
 Springfield here tomorrow It will be Ladies' day and a large delega- | tion of the fair sex will probably | turn out. Manager McCann expects to send Dixie Walker against the Ponies
 Hartford keeps on winning Tho Senators got the decision over Hol- yoke yesterday by to D. Mccarthy and Lakoffl were the Hartford pitch CTS and Gaiser and Ferris worked for Holyoke. Jimmy Hall has been nov ed to the top of the HoIyoke batting list and he came through with a home run and a single
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
HARVARD WINS FROM
 HOLY CROSS BALL TEAM

Cambridge, Mass, June a15-Har- ward defeated Holy Cross on the Sol- diers' F'ieId diamond yesterday after noon in loosely played contest by the score of 10 to 5. The visitors literally threw the game away, toss ing the ball recklessly about the field in an attempt to catch yagrant Criro- = son base runners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
AERO CLUB OF AMERICA
 NOW IN ITS OWN HOME
A. Holland Forbes of Fairfield
 One of the Guests at Open ing Last Night

New York. June 15-Realizing the dream of months to have home of it's own. the Aero Club of America last evening took possession of the handsome club house at No. 297 Madi- son avenue and threw open the doors for an old fashioned house warming.
 Everybody in aeronautics, whether as sportsman or professional was present and inspected the beautiful rooms on the five floors of the newly refitted building. Not few were present from cities of the West and South. The Western Aero Association sent large delegation from Topeka Kan. where they inflate their dirigi- bles at least three times a week and hold races over the prairies. MT. H. w. Jacobs president of the Western association and Messrs. Raffe Elmer son and P. B. Sweet were the dele gates from Topeka. 1s
 Each of the five floors of the new club house was thrown open for the occasion. The onyx walled reception room and the carved staircase opened upon the dining and drawing rooms on the main floor. where members of the Executive and House committees received the members and guests. Ma ior General Heber, U. s. A., Colonel Jerome H. Joyce. Messrs. Robert A. c. Smith. J. Laurens Van Alen. Ira Bar rows Fred S. Battershall and James A. Blair. Jr.. were among those who served in this capacity
 On the walls of the drawing room were displayed the plaques won at the international competition in aeronau- ties and aviation by Lieutenants Frank q Iairn Alan R. Hawley, Edward ". Mix and Glenn H. Curtiss. Other trophies and photographs of important scenes in the history of the sport alained their share of attention.
 There was no formal program of ex- ercises. but a buffet luncheon was served and all the members organiz- ed themselves into a committee to make the visitors feel at home. In the supper room camera had been rig ged up and photographs were taken oi some of the best known aeronauts present Among those in attendance were Thomas Sopwith. J. A. D. Me Curdy, Captain Thomas Baldwin. " B. Harmon. St. Croix Johnstone, Au- gustus Post. Alan R. Hawley. A. Hol- land Forbes. Lea A Stevens and Ma 5or Samuel Reber. U. S. A.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
King To Grab
 Fred Tenney's Job
Former Chicago Backstop An. nounced as New Manager
 of Boston Nationals

Chicago, June 15.-The announce ment from Pittsburg that President Russell. of the Boston Doves, has se- cured Johnny King to manage that team, created no surprise here. It was rumored here from the start that Kling would not sign up with Boston unless promised the managership and given a salary which would compen- sate him for the loss of money he might have earned if the Cubs get to play in the worlds series Chicago fans believe Kling will be as success full a manager as Roger Bresnahan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Providence, R. l., June 15.-By de- feating Amherst by the score of 6 to yesterday Brown wiped out the sting of an eleventh inning defeat by the same team earlier in the season The visitors had to be content with but one hit. After Brown made five runs in the fourth inning Vernon was replaced by Quintance, who gave but one hit the remainder of the game
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
MANY BODIES OF
 STORM VICTIMS
Especial from United Prass

(Specldi rom United Press
 Trieste, Austria, June 15-More than twenty bodies of victims of a storm that swept over this city and along the coast for miles have already been recovered. Scores of vessels mostly fishing boats are reported lost and if is feared that the toll of death will run much higher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
BRIDGEPORT.

Batted Tor GlbbS III tHe eIgn Northampton, O 40 O-S Bridgeport, % 1 o 1-5
 Two base hits, Kauff Three base hits, Gardella, Kauff, Crook, Ruell, Litschi. Hits. off Swanson in 3 in- nings, off Rumsey 1 in 2-3 inning, off Gibbs in 1-3 innings, off Snyder l in 1 inning, off Mclean 12 in g in nings. Sacrifice hits. Newton. Stolen bases, Foran, Flanagan, Burns. Mc- Lean. Double plays, '-schi to Crook; Litschi to Stow to Crook. Left on bases, Bridgeport g, Northampton 5. First base on balls, off Swanson 8, off Rumsey 4, off Gibbs 2. First base on errors, Bridgeport 3. Hit by pitcher. by Rumsey, Foran; by Gibbs, Gardella Struck out, by Swanson 2, by Gibbs A. by Snyder 1, by McLea n B. Wild pitch, Swanson. Time, BOO Umpire Lanigan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

tel window and sung to Mike and the scouts until the hotel clerk went up and made him go to bed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Frank Mayne has cut out Meccas and is smoking the Nugget (this weekly a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

That $7.0oO contract that Johnson has with the Washington Senators will be made to look little better by his shutout of the Luckless Browns With men on bases, John son was unhittable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
BITS OF BASEBALL FROM
 NUMEROUS BALL FIELDS
Springfield Club at NeWfie|d Tomorrow and
 Ladies Will be Admitted Free

victories. The hitless Waterbury club was the victim yesterday being down ed by to 2. Slim Foster hurled for the Wings and Eastman for Water bury.
 Bridgeport has some consolation. It isn't going as badly as Springfield. The Ponies dropped another to New Britain yesterday. Reggie Brown Christopher heaved for Springfield
 Since joining Brockton Chappie Ward, the former Hartford pitcher, has won ten and lost two. He is leading the New England league twirlers.
 Eddie Farley, the former Water bury boxman, didn't join the Boston Red Sox after all. Instead he went to Albany of the New York State league.
 The Lawrence club has lost it's pro- test in regard to Frank Hilt, the old Bridgeport shortstop. Lawrence pur- chased Hilt from Baltimore but he refused to join the New England leaguers. Lawrence declined to pay for him but the national commission has ruled that Baltimore must be paid as it sold the payer in good faith.
 Charles H. Sterrett, catcher on the Princeton team which, yesterday, won a brilliant game from Yale by a score of 1 to 0, will captain the Tiger nine, next year. Sterrett was elected at a dinner given the victorious players at the Princeton Club in New York, last night.
 The Athletics are going after the Tigers the same as General Sheridan n beat it for Winchester few years ago.
 Russell Ford wound up the High Iander-Tiger clash by striking out Cobb and Crawford.
 The Maps. never twitched 8 nerve while the Boston Red Sox were ty- ing the can of defeat to them.
 Walsh pitched one grand game for the White Sox against Philadelphia but errors turned the count against him in the 10th.
 Speaker is out of the Boston Red strained the fragments in a slide to the piate.
 Johnny King, Boston's latest piece of junk as one of the club owners called him, caught. yester- day, made one hit and accepted eight chances.
 That S7.0o0 contract that Johnson has with the Washington Senators will be made to look a little better by his shutout of the Luckless Browns. With men on bases, John son was unhittable. Fred Clarke's brief layoff seemed to have furnished his batting eye. He has been clamming more easily since his return. Manager Fred Penney Is reported to have cautioned the Boston police authorities to be sure and see that he is furnished with ampIe protec- tion on his return to that city The Boston populace is sharpening up it's pitchforks for Freddie.
 Ping Bodie of Chicago could ping only one ping off Big Chief Bender.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Johnny Kling, Boston's latest piece of junk" as one of the club owners, called him, caught, yester- day. made one hit and accepted eight chances.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Fred Clarke's brief layoff seeniet to have furnished his batting eye He has been clamning more easil. since his return.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Speaker is out of the Boston Red Sox lineup with bad leg, having strained the fragments in slide to the plate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Gene McCann is still smoking a Nugget, a"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Walsh pitched one grand game for the White Sox against Philadelphia but errors turned the count against him in the 10th.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Since joining Brockton Chappie Ward, the former Hartford pitcher, has won ten and lost two. He is leading the New England league twirlers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Eddie Farley, the former Water bury boxman, didn't join the Boston Red SoX after all. Instead he went to Albany of the New York State league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Bridgeport has some consolation It isn't going as badly as Springfield. The Ponies dropped another to New Britain yesterday. Reggie Brown shut ZeIler's men out by to O. Christopher heaved for Springfield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

New Haven is also reeling off the victories. The hitless Waterbury club was the victim yesterday, being down ed by 3 to 2. Slim Foster hurled for the Wings and Eastman for Water bury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

The Maps. never twitched a nerve while the Boston Red Sox were ty- ing the can of defeat to them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Russell Ford wound up the High | lander-Tiger clash by striking out Cobb and Crawford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
BROWN TEAM TAKES
 GAME FROM AMHERST

Bud" Haines likes the Nugget. a'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Hartford keeps on winning. Tho Senators got the decision over Hol- yoke yesterday by 8 to D. Mccarthy and Lakoffl were the Hartford pitch CTS and Gaiser and Ferris worked for Holyoke. Jimmy Hall has been mov- ed to the top of the Holyoke batting list and he came through with a home run and a singIe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

The Athletics are going after the Tigers the same as General Sheridan n beat it for Winchester 8, few years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15

Manager Fred Penney Is reported to have cautioned the Boston police authorities to be sure and see that he is furnished with ampIe protec- tion on his return to that city. The Boston populace is sharpening up it's pitchforks for Freddie.