The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-20
IN MAJOR LEAGUES

The Red Sox are in a fair way to win every one of the seasons series. They have six of them as good as won, and only Cleveland threatens to spoil the program.
 The Detroit team of 1901 develop ed many managers. Dillon. Casey,
 o'Ieary fTs, and md Donovan h. have been, or are managing minor league clubs.
 Manager George stovan, by the way, has been so successful with the St. Louis Browns during the last two months that great things are pre- dicted by the St. Louis fans for next season.
 Joe Birmingham. is the seventh manager the Maps have had since the expansion of the American League. His predecessors in order were Me Aleer, Armour, McGuire, Lajoie, Sto- wall and Davis.
 Bonesetter Reese certainly pro1ong- ed Pitcher Tom Hughes baseball career The Washington star went to him some years ago and had his arm treated, and since then he has been going like a racehorse.
 of Cincinnati will take out the Reds team for a transforming tour in Oc- tober, immediately after the close of the championship season.
 Johnny Evers is playing the game of his life this year. The way the little second baseman is hitting and running the bases makes some of the younger stars sit up and take notice.
 Shortstop Bayard Taylor of Catons- vile, who has been playing fast ball all season with the Oskosh team of the Wisconsin -Illinos League, has been signed by the Brooklyn club.
 Al Orth's umpirine has made a hit with the players because Orth knows instinctively where to stand in the field and is never getting in the way. Moreover. he's on top of the plays.
 The Philadelphia North American slyly remarks: Hank O'Day has re- cefved the advance tip that blue will be the vogue in mems fashions next spring In addition. the price of in dicators hasn't advanced
 Critics throughout the major leagues are prone to state that the umpiring this year has been the worst ever.
 Reports have it that Jason Malcolm, the university of Vermont pitcher, has promised Connie Mack to join the Athletics when he becomes a profes- siona1
 Bates, the youngster drafted by Cleveland from Newport News, was picked up by Sam Kennedy. now own CT Of the Waterbury franchise of the league.
 Dorey Miller, the local hird-sacker during the past season, has gone to Bayonne, N. J., for a couple of weeks | He expects to return to this city and l take charge of a bowling alley here | Sprin gfeId Union.
 Even if Harry Davis didn't make good as manager of the Cleveland team, the Athlet tics think he still has baseball in him and are after him to come back and play with Philadelphia. The members of the worlds cham pions believe the loss of Davis ser vices has been one reason why the did not cop the pennant
 Bert -Gardin, drafted by Detroit, has had a very successful season with Ro- anoke in the Virginia league He made a record of Il straight victories during the first part of the season and his average for the year, shows 20 wins and 10 losses. He is left-hand- er. Another twirler secured by De- troit who ought to make good is Mark Hall conceded to be the second best pitcher in the Western league.
 Mathewson's fiscal year, his 18th, shows smaller margin in one respect han he has known for some time. The everlasting statistics show that he had worked 16 games against the other hree 6rst-division clubs, with. only an even break on the campaign. His rec ord against Chicago is 3-S; against one win and three defeats; against Cincinnati, four and two.