The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

so IL wouldn't De right to throw the
 harpoon into him. The tall boy has
 done a great deal to keep the Me
 chanics up there this season. When Dent is having a good day l opposing teams are Helpless against him. He was never in better form | than yesterday.
 l Waterbury shows at Newield to-
 morrow. Dan O'Neil will probably
 pitch Tom Tuckey against the Me
 battle the Brass City crowd gave l Bridgeport last week and they will | probably turn out in force. Freddie l Gibbs is expected to work for the Me- | chanics. | Lakoff, who was pounded for about l 26. runs when he appeared at Steeple- | chase two weeks ago, was sent against l Springfield yesterday and the Ponies | had an easy time beating Hartford by | to 2. Temple allowed the Senators 1 two hits. -
 Bob Peterson twriled a good game | for the Brass City club against New
 Britain yesterday but was beaten by
 2 to 1. Murray Parker worked for the
 Spuds. Dan O'Neil was put off his own | field for beefing at Umpire Wild Mike l Doherty.
 1 Springfield made five errors but against such easy pitching fielding | misplays don't count for much. 1 Tommy Downey was the victim cen- | tral figure in a dispute during the IA
 inning game in Philadelphia yester- | day. He hit a low liner in the 14th | inning which Umpire Mason claimed | Pasket caught. An appeal was taken | to Umpire Johnstone and he reversed | the decision giving Tommy single. Cincinnati then won the game by mak- | ing three runs.
 They wouldn't have Gil Edwards in | the polo league. He expected to get i the Waterbury franchise but after his | wretched showing as a baseball mag | nate the polo moguls failed to see l Edwards.
 Rocky Stone caught in splendid style for the Mechanics yesterday and also rapped out one of the teams three hits. a Handsome Mike wadleigh, who caught for Hartford last year, is play ing first for Brockton. He is great favorite with New England league fans.
 Al Boucher who was a crack play CT when with Holyoke has slumped badly. After enjoying several good seasons in the American association and Southern league, he is going bad with Wilkesbarre of the New York State league. He will probably be re- leased.
 Fred Gaiser the former Holyoke pitcher, will probably be recalled by Rochester from Troy. He has been x1;4 411,; C~ hon fnn fIn Vnr-lrI State leaguers.
 The New England league is finding it hard to get by. They are to have a dollar day in Fall Riyer in which | every fan is supposed to pay one bone | in order to help out the management.
 Steve Manning, of Waterbury, has been playing for several months with | a broken leg but didn't know it. He i felt pain in his leg and finally went to doctor who found that a small bone was broken.
 Manager McCann occupied box at Ben Welch's Burlesquers last night and gave comedian Lew Kelly big l hand when Lew sang his topical song, What Would Become of the Bridge port team if Hi Ladd Wasn't There?"
 Bill Hanna, the former New Bri- | tain baseball and polo magnate. was the guest of Tom Carr at the ElkS' clambake yesterday He doesn't ex- pect to get into polo this season.
 It is bromicide indeed to chirp sweetly that 'it is some race in the National and American League, this year, but that expresses our feeling, so here goes.
 The Cubs retain their lead, though it is by so infinitesimal a figure that it doesn't show in the club standing. i It is just .00033 in real money.
 The Infants were Aot to be denied, though the Cubs four times took the lead in that Brooklyn imbroglio.
 The Giants and the Pirates divided warm doubleheader. "Marquard, the Lemon, pitched the wonderful ball he can.
 The Rube struck out il men and gave up only two measly hits. If McGraw were to die today his epitaph would be, "He knew a good ball play CT, even when New York fans were banning him in their ignorance"
 Three of the four games in the Ma tional League went to extra innings. Rain stopped all except one game in the American.
 The Reds defeated Philadelphia in the 14th after Clarke Griffith had i'm duced Empires Eason and Johnstone to change decision. Griffith did this without being chased from the field, too.
 Because his giant catcher has been tBugsraymonding' again, Garry Herr mann has asked waivers on Larry Me- Lean, just to show him that not National League would have him around"
 "Its sad thing for me to seeI Cobb's throwing ability leaving him." Jennings is reported as saying>recent- | ly. I've seen it year by year-more | recently day by day. Ty isn't get ting men at the plate as he used to. His assists from the outfield are be- coming fewer and fewer. Sam Craw- ford is now our best thrower from the |. outfield. He's been in the game many | years longer than Cobb, but he takes | care of his arm. Ty has an uncon- | trollable desire to pitch, and that is | what is. hurting his arm.''
 Hans Wagner telephoned Manager l