The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-21

ing big league moguls lying idle in
 that league or miss my guess.
 Pop Moran. the PrexN Gil4nore of Bridgeport, is ardent admirer of the Federal league. Pop nearly caused a riot at the meeting Monday evening bys objecting to the adoption of the optional agreement and reserve clause l this. watch out for Fed scout in town.
 Umpire Moran called out a Wood
 side runner for not touching third
 base, Sunday The Woodside man. ager; adu1ftted that the player did not touch the bag. but he claimed that the distance between second and third was oyer the reguia ton distance limp l Moran immediately surprised the fans
 present by pulling a tape measure out Of his jeans and measuring the dis
 91 it inches, which made the dis tance 1t. ' inches over the regula-
 tion length The woodsides finished the game under protest in my mind very good grounds for the same Al ter the game Manager Bailey like a good sportsman withdrew the pro- test gaining many friends.
 All home plates must be painted l white thereby assisting the lanpfres %1i S1ASts74 A1Ae5 0oCL6lOnS OH Dcllk3 and strikes Any club found guilty of violating this rule will be liable fo a fine Of one dollar.
 Some managers claim that the off cial ball is not lively enough Ifl my opinion 1t is some of their players that are not lively enough. Take for instance the following scores West erne 27, Park Cftys g.; Park Cftys 90 l East Bridgeorts 1: St. Marys 21. St. Patricks F. Muir sed in regard tof the Iiyeliness Of the ball
 Rurnor has it that Manager O'Brien of the BrooIeside club is brother of sBuck,' QBrien, formerly of the Boston Americans and Hartford club Of the Eastern association
 Secretary Mahoney has secured a very capable scorer in the person of Scorer Culligan.
 Umpire Moran is the only umpire lsopened. He has called -Four bal1ks in
 three games.
 Umplres Izilsinger, Howell and Mo- ran will take no back talk from any
 player under ady circu instances what
 soever Umpire Abar is altogether too tlenient To be successful umpire let the players know that you are boss. V < sss <. 4 rS ssss < q "A b The league Is indeed grateful toE I lTreasurer Rev Thomas P AdrIcahy'
 for the inteenst that he has taken in 1.-the affains of the league. Father MuI-s cahy knows the game from to Z3 | He is a graduate of Holy Cross col llege, often known as ssrhe University ISof Baseball He is former college Innate of Bill Earrigan, manager Of the Boston Americans also Jack Hoeys l of the Hartford club of the Eastern
 association. 4sa,. Every team likes to have a regular rooter, one who is always on the joo- The St. Marys have one in the person
 of Teddy Schorendorf, who has two sons playing on the team. The East tBridgeports have one also in the per- son Of Joe Sepple who is aIso treas urer Of the club. These two men wi1H be found with their respective teams no matter where they go, in the town or out of town That is the kind of a l loyal supporter that gives team en-
 couragement.
 Manager Mccarthy of the western l team has signed Ray Murray to hold down third base for his club Mur- ray is manager Of the St. CharlesF team and in my mind looks like al very promising player Murray win, enter Notre Dame early next spring.
 CENTENARY or AMERICAN
 BOXING WILL HE
 CELEBRATED IN 1916 l Two years hence the centennial of
 Amer1can pugilism will be or at least, lshould be-celebrated by American I light fans. and it is to be hoped that a white Heavyweight champion will Ibe on hand to do the honors on that