The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

yeloped in the American Association this season. The White Sox have secured Catcher Roy Schalk of Mill Waukee for s10,000 and have agreed to put up a similar amount for Out ffelders Leibold and ChappeTe of the same club The Detroits have hand ed over SIP, ,060 to the Kansas City club for Shortstop Corridor. The C1evelands have secured Shortstop Chapman of Toledo for $10,000, it is reported. while the Pittsburgs have paid a $5,000 bonus for Second Base man Butler of the St. Paul club, also releasing several players to complete the deal
 In OutfeIders Murphy and Walsh of Baltimore Connie Mack has bag ged two genuine stars, according to Jimmy Callahan of the White Sox. As Mack is believed to have a financial interest in the Orioles, no other major league club had chance to get these youngsters.
 Serious charges have been made against Second Baseman Curry of the Holyoke club. It is said that re- gently he spiked a. rival player inten- tionally and broke the latter's leg. The officials of the Connecticut Lea que have ordered his indefinite sus- pension and will ask the National Commission to place him on the blacklist. Curry is the property of the Highlanders and played a few games with them last fall-N. Y. Sun.
 Veteran Jim O'Rourke, president of the Connecticut League, is receiving credit for discovering Ray Heating, the star pitcher of the Lawrence New England League club, who will join "a v1 in Ah fnya O'Rourke recommended Heating to Lawrence and the young pitcher started his career with a salary of $s5 nonth-N. Y. Sun.
 In Pittsburgf the story is circulated that Will Locke, the capable secretary of the Pirates, is a candidate for the presidency of the National League, held by Thomas J. Lynch. Locke is said to have the backing of Barney Dreyfuss and if nominated he will adelphia and Brooklyn clubs. If Boston can be wheeled into line, the Pittsburg oracles say that Locke will be elected. Meanwhile John T. Brush of the Giants and Garry Herr mann of the Cincinnati Reds, both strong supporters of Lynch, are not saying a word.
 Harry Davis, manager of the Cleve- lands, has endured severe criticism all season without a complaint. But he Is compelled to refute the charge made recently that he hasn't been over anxious to defeat his former companions. the champion Athletics. Davis says that he has done his level best to make the Maps win and that such reflection upon his integrity and loyalty to- President Somers IS entirely unwarranted. He is back ed up by all the Cleveland players.
 Work on Ebbets Field is progress ing rapidly, but the Brooklyn Club will not be able to open there on Sep ternber 4, as originally planned. Pres ident Ebbets said yesterday that the new plant might be ready for occu- pancy on September ', but that 1t was more probable that the Brook lyns would begin operations there week later About one-half of the concrete floor of the grand stand has been laid and the steel uprights for the roof will soon be in place. The The playing surface is fit for a ball game now. The Dodgers, probab ply will play the Boston series on Sep tember 4, 5, 6 and at Washington Park
 
 games, the Giants, who have not crossed the home sack for 20 innings, are homeWard bound, today Mathew son lost his fifth consecutive game when the Reds. for the second time In two days whitewashed the leaders,
 The Cubs bid farewell to the Dodgers by sending them home for another year, defeated and cIeerlesa They played to win not to entertain their guests because on a chaIked board off in the distance, they saw that the Reds were drubbing the Giants.
 Sherwood Magee and his big stick won the final in the Phillie-C Cardinal series. Magee peeled off a homer in the first round and followed 1t by hammering out another in the third. The Pirates took two out of three from the Braves. Dickson looked good until the fourth when the Piraees, with seven hits, circled the diamond five times.
 The Highlanders went on record With two-pronged victory added to their percentage column. The Maps strained and tugged at their bonds but just couldn't break away
 Four tallies in the first stanza put the game on ice for the Athletics and ho1sted them within two points of the Senator's
 The Browns gave Cashion the Knockout drops in the 5th and made life miserable for Schegg, his suc- cessor. Seventeen hits, 2S bases and nine runs were compounded against the dazed Senators.