The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-17
IN MAJOR LEAGUES

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 Bill Donovan would like to get Davy Jones for Providence right away. But it, is doubtful if waivers could yet De secured on the. Detroit outfielder.
 
 Baxter Sparks, Southern league pitcher some years back, but now oo- ing the f1inging for the Vicksburg nine of the Cotton States League, beat '.Rlbe'' Marquard's record back m of the Yazoo City team of the Delta lea gue He pitched SS games that year. and won p, all but four of the Vlctor- ies being consecutive. He was later given a, trial by the Memphis South ern league club, but failed to show Tn faster company.
 will Hilbert. member of the Trinity Maennerchor ball team of Alton, H., has no hat to throw iE the ring, ai- belt he is said to be a scrappy player. Williams took part in game Tn East Alton the other day and hung his nice new Panama on the fence When he went to get it after the game he found that the only part of the skypiece left was the silver market. A kind faced COW had eaten the rest of it.
 The absorbing question to baseball fans now is: ''If the Giants win the National League pennant, Will Mar oiiard be there against the American league winners or will they make him look as bad as the Athletics did 7? That's a question that is worth con siderable thought and study, and on its correct answer will be the answer to the winner of the worlds series. The Giants chances hinge on Mar 0uard Mathewson cannot be expect ed to do it all.
 
 President Murphy and Manager Chance are rushing in relief for ther Cubs as rapidly as telegrams will sum- mon their auXiliaries. speclal crew of twirlers is being marshalled in Chi cago to aid the team on its last lap of the pennant race. The names or the men who will relieve the star Cub pitchers will not be made public untlI they all arrive Some are rom {ne minors others from different ctuOs' but all the rockies nave sIlne paEa something or they would never nave been signed by the Chicago scouts.
 Franklin Baker is the hero of worlds series on whom the Jlnx mas not fallen this year. Usually the min ute man" of the big series crumpies up the following year and pays with lgno- rninv for his former glory. Baker IS smashing the ball at a $50 clip, bow ever.
 Doc Ayers, who will wear Wash ineton uniforr1s next season, pitched and won a double header in the Vir- ginia State League on Tuesday. Rich mond took both games from Roanoke, mainly through the big twirler's eff fective work. Ayres allowed only one run to be scored against him in both games and was found for only few hits.
 Jennings, realizing that there is no hope of securing the pennant for De- troit this year, is spending his time in building up team for next sea- son. The next race will find the Ti- gers with a lot of young material, and their manager believes that they will be in the struggle from the start.
 Although it appears as if the Sena- tors had finally broken, the Athletics being now in second place, there seems to be very little hope for the Mackmen as far as the pennant is con- cerned. Jim McAleer asserts that there is no ball club in the world which can spot his team ten games in for ty-four and then beat them to the fin ish line.
 As good judge of ball players as George Sta1lings asserts that Tommy McMillan, the Yankees soning short- stop, will surely stick in the fastest