The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-27
BRIEF BITS CONCERNING
TOPICS OF THE DIAMOND
Hall and Litschi Will Work Side by Side
For the Present
(By Wagner.)
Chief Snyder is the pitching kid.

(By Wagner.)
Chief Snyder is the pitching kid.
The old scout had his underhand de-
livery working in fine shape and
Hartford had an awful time trying te
solve the benders.
Benny Kauff came to time with a
hit and stolen base. He also came
through with an error but there Is
nothing like a good healthy swat to
make the fans forget an error.
1t will be hard to keep Jimmy Hall
out of that inf1eld. The youngster has
been fielding like Eddie Collins since
he got into the game.
The local baseball writer must have
been reading the almanac for 1876 in
stead of the rules for 1911 when he
wants to give catcher an error on a
passed ball. Section 8, of the rules
says: An error shall be given for each
misplay which prolongs the time al
bat Of the batsman or allows a base
runner to make one or more bases
when perfect play would have insur-
ed his being put out. But a base on
balls, a base awarded to a batsfnan
by being struck by a pitched ball, a
shall not be included in the sixth
column
Here are a few kind things the
Hartford Courant says about the
Bridgeport players:
Crooks who one time wore a Hart
ford uniform and covered the first
bag, gave a fine exhibition for the
Mechanics. He accepted fourteen
chances without an error
Hall came near robbing Cooking
ham OF a hit in the third inning when
he made wild lunge for a line drive
between short and third He just
"Eley in left tore off two pretty runs
in the eighth and retired both Con-
merry and Cookingham on foul flies.
well over the line"
Lou Litschi doesn't fall for that
light fiction you see in the magazines
under the title of How Clarence
chanics' infielder is strong for articles
on ethical culture, the higher
thought and things like that. The
other night he and his roommate, Pep
Gagain, were in Joe Simone's news
store on Fairfield avenue. Litschi
was looking over the literature on the
counter and Gagain kept saying,
Hurry up, will you. I want to hit
the hay"
"whats the matter?' asked Litschi
Don't you like to read magazines? ''
mix on that high brow stuff" re-
torted Gagain, who was formerly a
motorman in Waterbury. Il only read
the sporting page"
Manager Connery of Hartford says
he has the strongest pitching staff in
the league now that Tom Mccarthy
I,o al NH a
in Ray" says the Hartford manager
"He has such good control that he
can stick 'em over on any square inch
of the plate you pick out
Red Waller never had such trouble
as this season getting into shape
I'm so sore I can hardly move" de-
clares the crafty finger.
With Benny Kauff in the outfield
the Mechanics have five left handed
hitters and four who swing from the
and Russell are the southpaws.
Litschi, Hall, Stowe and the pitcher
are the right handlers.
Pitcher Works, of the Tigers, who
was supposed to be languishing with
pneumonia, pitched his team to vic
tory over the Maps. 1t was another
Jack CoombS illness.
Ed Ruelbach of the Cubs gave nine
bases on balls in five innings which
called for the derrick. He expects to
get tanned down by September 1.
Every quaker got one or more hits
off the Brooklyn FINGERS and every
one except Doolan one or more runs.
It is UP to the Cubs now to see
whether they can win without the
dashing lea dership of Manager Chance
who is out of the game with sprain-
ed ankle.
The Athletics elevator is "going up
and Connie Mack smiles once in a
while again.
Young Gainor had his best day at
the bat for Detroit with three singles
in three times up.
Bugs" Raymond's moss covered
bucket diet turned in another victory
for the Giants.
The St Louis Browns have lost nine
of their last 10 games. Being in 9Th
place they are not expected to go any
lower.
With a round dozen strike outs to
his credit against the Senators. Chief
Bender of the Athletics holds the
palm today.
Manager Bresnahan is reliably re-
ported to be nearing the padded cell
state as a result of having to trail
even the humble Doves in the Ma
tional league race.
Yesterdays major league games fur
nished by long odds the heaviest bat
ting Of the season. Eight teams bat
ted into double figures.
If Zimmerman keeps up his good
work for the Cubs, Harry Steinfeldt
will soon be only a faint memory.
Birdie Cree, the great outfielder of
the New York Americans presented
Benny Kauff with a bat before the
youngster left to join the Mechanics.
1t is the special brand of stick that
Cree uses to clean the bases and
Kauff expects to pound out a few on
his own account with it.
'I'll keep my infield the way it is
for the present" said Manager Mccain
today. "Litschi and Hall cover a lot
of ground on their side of the dia-
mond.''