The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-27

TOTS. but none can equal the record of runs and hits totalled by Connie Mack,s men at the midway mark of the season.
 In s2 games the Athletics scored 362 runs, 6s6 hits, 129 errors and had game less fell 71 hits and 46 runs short of the Philadelphia record, while mak- ing il more errors and leaving Il more men on bases. Washington g figures for 7S games were 2S9> runs, 6O7 hits, 12o errors and ASA runners playing one game less, scored 677 hits 249 runs, 1z9 errorg and 4T1 Chicago players reached first and were left on the patahs.
 The St Louis Browns, while charged with more errors than any other club in the league, had the fewest players left, their record being 265 runss sos hits. s157 errors and 428 men left on bases in S2 games. The Boston club led the league in clean playing, but ITO errors being charged against Man ager Carr1gan men in 81 games. The Red Sox made 5S5 hits, 263 runs and had 47s runners marooned. The New YoI 1A Yankees, second in fielding and players left on bases. showed extreme weakness with the bat, being last in number of hits and runs. The record of the New York club under
 
 TOTS and 465 left on base. Cleveland had sos hits, 274 runs. 13s errors and 4S6N left on base.
 Reports that the two big league baseball clubs will tour Ireland and parts of continental Europe again next winter have led to several re- quests that the teams visit England during the trip. This is accepted as bearing out the statements that base ball is really gaining a following in the British Isles Writing on the sub ject, well known American ath- lete now abroad, states there is evi- Sdence that cricket is losing some of its popularity among English sports devotees. His comments follow:
 .sThe White Sox and the Giants made more of an impression in Eng land than one would suspect from reading the newspaper accounts of the game in the English papers. have found out that the English ap- preciated the speed of our game as compared to erickete; that they mar yelled at the accurate throwing and catching and liked the idea of the game being completed in one after noon instead of three days as-in crick- ct I am told that cricket is losing its hold on the people. that baseball clubs have already been formed and that many have given up cricket for tennis The opportunities for play
 
 greater here than in the larger cities of the eastern states
 ssFor instance, London which sets the athletic fashion for England is infinitely superior to New York as a training ground for athletes, prtncf- palIy because of the hundreds of parks, called squares. where there ten his courts and a large space in which to exercise or play baseball Any one who lives in the houses surround ing these parks are entitled to the use of the courts and exercise grounds, and there are so many of these parkR that almost everyone has an oppor- tunity to get good healthy exercise, es- peciaIly in the summer time, when the light lasts until nine o'clock-~in the evening.
 William Hoppe, the worlds cham pion bake line billiard player, has started practice for his match at Eng fish billiards to be played against Mel bourne Inman. the English title hold CT. Inman arrived in this country last week and will in all probability pro- ceed to Montreal where he will pre-