The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-17
ST. CHARLES AND
 SINGERS 10 PLAY
 AT WHEELER'S LOT
(By Old Man Grump.l

r
 East Side sport fans as well as the flaming public in general will be sur prised to learn the glad tidfngs that WheeIer's Lot is to remain in exist ence for the season of 1915.
 ] month ago a rumo or was prevalent that the diamond was to be cut into building lots and that baseball had seen it's best days o1i the lot that might readily be termed annex to Old Mill Green park.
 The rumor was well founded ana that was the original intention of the Wheeler estate but influence has been brought to bear upon Samuel H.. Wheeler, the man who has accom- pIished a great deal by encouraging athletics not only in East Bridgeport but in other parts of the city as well. MT. Wheeler apparently has no press agent and therefore his favors and gifts often times go unnoticed by the general public. However, they remain for years in the hearts and memories of the youn gsters who have derived a benefit, not financial but physical. as a result of the formers generosity.
 About eight years ago Wheelers lot was a cow grazing pasture and an am ateur's spike had yet to trod the soil of what was to eventually have the honor of developing two major league baseball players
 A delegation, consisting of Ray Heating, now pitcher on the New York American league baseball team, and a few other members of what was then the St. Charles baseball team waited upon MT. Wheeler and secured per- init tot use the. grounds for an indea- mite period. For four years the St Charles, with Pop Moran at the helm and Keating in the box, played l on the field. All that Keating knows
 about the game of baseball today was
 learned upon Whee1er's lot in Easi
 Bridgeport.
 l Heating went right from >FW hee1ers ] lot into professional baseball and 1 pitched his first professional game with Hamilton. Ont.
 Among other stars developed. or lWheeler's s lot and fit for professiona' baseball are: Moshier, Lavery' Hork- Eheimer, Christy, Pjura and also How1t l Baker the latter now member of tho iChicago American league baseball lteam. The latter was a member of tht Orioles and Lakevtews-
 Billy Andrus, the hustling manager of the Singer Mfg. Go. nine, has decid ed that W91eeler's lot will be the train ling grounds and playing field of tha Hast factory nine which has won hon lors galore in the local Industria league
 When asking for a permit from MT
 Wheeler he was imme diately informed that one had been issued to the S4
 Charles nine about six or eight year ago and advised to make an agreemen
 with the directors of the former nine
 When Billy consulted with Manage
 Moran Of the St. Charles nine, las year knowuz as the East Bridgeports
 he had little difficulty in securing al agreement whereby the Singer min
 will have full control of the field ol week days and the St. Charles tn
 same privilege on Sundays.
 General Manager George Bames o LSl the Singer Manufacturing conpan ;. has had force of men busily engage
 fin grading the park for. the past weel and in the course of another weel
 Wheelers lot CWheeler's 1e1d) will b almost unrecognizable from it's forme ! self. In other words it will be the env
 of every baseball team in~the city an the residents of that neighborhoo will greatly appreciate the 1andscap , improvement.
 Owing to the present condition c the inheld which is undergoing course of transformation and as ye to be rolled there will positively be n games on the new diamond tomorrow There may besa few games on the oth CT corners of the field but the new dfa ! mond willSnot be used until one wee from tomorrow when it will be opene :. with fitting ceremonies. On this da
 the Singers will meet the fast Ne,
 Haven team and after this the dia
 mond will be used on Sundays by tn former St. Charles nine