The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
BIG LEAGUE GOSSIP

Baseball is popular in Honolulu, ac- cording to members of the, Chinese Hawaiian team. which is touring the country. L.. Akana, one of. the play CTS, discussing the game, said: .
 Honolulu is as .up-to- date as any town of it's size in America. And baseball lIy don't think, the peop1e over there could live without it. A on Sunday we draw 5000 or 5000 Our most important games are with .Jap- anese hines. We play about two or three series year with them and then is. when the throlgs attend. Why don't we play more? We can't The playing altogether. It is great won der to me that China and Japan have not gone to war just over these games. You talk about your rabid fans stand ing in line hours before the gates open. Over there the people camp out on the field the night before the game. When play is called the bravest. man in that mob is the umpire. He usual- -fy receives about a hundred letters threatening him with death if he does not throw the game. Overe there we play to. a finish; darkness makes no difference to player or fam.
 Hank O'Day, of the Reds. is not per- fectly. satisfied with the hours kept by one or. two of the players and he issued instructions that every knan on the team must be in the hotel each night at Il 80 under penalty of a $50 fine for violation. He is deter mined to have, every man in shape flor each daily contest and will allow mo late hours, figuring that midnight rowing will do more than anything else to put a team on the blink.
 It was. just at this time last year that the Cardinals put the Reds out of business. During the last week in May, 1911, the Reds went to St, Louis and played eight straight, games. of which they won only twos They got the same ratio this time only there were only half as many games. The Reds made 28 runs in the four games, an average of seven to the game, and yet won only one out of four, which does not speak highly for. the defen- sive end
 Earl Gardner's quota of hits per day since, he returned to the game has been about two. Chase has been be- low par with the bat,a ahd, that, with cratic pitching, has kept the team Walter Johnson has used the white- wash brush five times this season and threatens to set the pace in that re- gard. His victims have been New l Oih h, HCW iSC, SiCf CidA0, OOStOii, dho the Athletics.
 Bob sUngfaub. late of Milwaukee, Sacramento, Worcester New York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Linz coln, Meriden, and maybe several oth- CTS lost in the count, has been sign ed by eMfnnea polls as utility outfield- CT. 1Ss9sS4 sfss
 Polo Ground fans were so plea sed with Skaters work that they were be- ginning tot think Fletcher was. destined for the role. of substitute. Now after seeing Fletcher again they are won dering how anybody could force him into secondary role.
 First game yetsto be won by Cubs and Pirates from Giants, Boston from Cardinals, Piartes from Brooklyns, Highianders from Red Sox. Browns from Red Sox and Highlanders. Ath- letics from Cleveland, Washington from White Sox.
 Artie Holman was the property of the Pittsburg club once before. Fred Clarke tells how in 1904 he could not use Holman and placed him with the Des Moines club. The. understanding was that Holman was to come back to Pittsburg but the Des Moines club sold out during the season and the new owners didn't abide by the verbal agreement.