The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-20
Park City League Observations of "Old Man
 Grumpy
STANDING OF THE CLUES.

st- Patricks. 1888 Brooklawnss 6 .2S6 Woodsides, .20O
 GAMES TOMORROW.
 Brooksides vs. Brooklawns at the Meadows. Umpire Abar. Scorer Culligan.
 westerns vs Woodsides at Bostwick Field. Umpire Howell. Scorer Hur-
 East Bridgeport vs. St. Marys at St. s Joseph's Oval Umpire Hilsinger. E Scorer Gallagher.
 Park Citys ys. St. PatricI's at Hairs Field @ games)- Umpire Mo- ran Scorer Ma1aoney.
 4 record breaking crowd is expect ed at Hairs F1eidA to witness the first double-header of the season, between the Park Citys and St. Patrfcks- The first game will be replayed game.
 On opening day both teams used players not under contract, thereby violating section 2 of the contract rules, and President Wagner has or dered the game replayed. The first game will start at two o'clock sharp and all players are requested to be oa time.
 President Wagner at--the meeting Monday, officially appointed umpire Howell Supervisor of Umpires. This is indeed a needed improvement as i will enable the arbiters to get to- gether and thrash out the different :. technicalities which may arise The league meeting Monday last was the longest in the history of the Park City league, starting at s:15 and adjourning at 11:45- Torpedoess can non balls and cutlasses were flying right and left and at 11:00 o'clock 1t certainly looked as though the league was about to be dissolved. Presi dent Tom Mzgner took off his hett and coat and demanded to know what the trouble was. After about forty five minutes of the hardest work that Un- cle Tom has ever been through, the genial President, ably assisted by the. most efficient secretary that any anna feur league can boast of ever having, lighted matters and the dove of peace was flying through St. Patrick s Hall. The magnates of the league can thank nobody but President Mag ner and Secretary Charles E. Msho- and they certainly ought to be very grateful to these officers.
 O'Bie O'Brien has obtained his re- lease from the St. Mary's. He ta now trying to land with the westerns. don't approve of this thing of skip ping from one club to another and Manager Hope should never have granted him his release
 If Bishoh had been on his job at first last Sunday the "Lemon Mo rans would have won the game by the score of 12 to instead of having to work innings to win out by the score of 16 to 15. He was credited with only two errors while In my opinion he was guilty of about eight.
 The league has secured the St. Jo- seph's Oval for the season as the Saints have disbanded on account of poor support A big crowd no doubt will be. on hand tomorrow to witness the second battle of the season be- tween the .tHopefu1s' and the Lem on Morans.'' There is more rivalry existing between these two teams than any other two clubs in the city. It beho0ves nnAnager Hope to keep off the playing field as Ump Hilsinger will not allow any player not in uniform to encroach upon the playing field. during the progress of the game.
 Throueh the combined efforts of Cmps Efilsinger and Moran the league has adopted a league rule abolishing the quick return delivery by the pitcher. Hereafter a quick return by a pitcher will be called one ball, un- less the batter is looking and in proper position to strike at it. The q1ick- return delivery is illegal in Ma tional- League on account of the near fatal blow received by Roger Bresna- han flew years ago when Slim Sallee of the Caards struck him in the tenn pie by a quick return, thereeby rem dering Roger unconscious for a. pe- riod of six days.
 Captain Mccarthy of the Western Braves is improving rapidly in his work around first base as we'll as in batting He is at present, in my opin- Ion. without a doubt the best first saclSer in the league to-day.
 The league had about decided to abolish the SpauIding ball and adopt tfe Reach ball at the meeting last Monday evening when a gentleman by the name of Golden appeared at Ilne meeting as a representative of the EpauIding Bros
 MT Golden demanded fair show and he was given it. After about fif- keen minutes talking he finally con V1nced the directors that the ball was O. K
 MT. Golden didn't stand there and throw the Bull but spoke in a very convincing manner and he Is welcome Tt any time to come again and ad-
 Merrick and Rief are coming back n good style, both securing three. hits last Sunday. These two men nlonS-W with 7BakOS the star second baseman are about all that is keep Ing the East Bridgeports in the run ming.
 Manager Pop has signed up pitcher by the name of Laufer In the opinion of the ttOId Man. Pop has too many "Laufers'' on his roster. That is why the team received such q bad 'Reifing" from the Park Citys.
 A -'wags from the north end drop ped into my office this morning and handed me an appropriate rom de