The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-12
BASEBALL BITS

Alexander. Tesreau, Mamaux, To ney Ames and Shore are the best pitchers George Whitted says he ever faced.
  Claude Derrick, once with the Ath- letics, will play, shortstop for Indian apoliS this season. Louisville sold him the other day.
 The Chicago Nationals are clinging to Federal league players because Owner Weeghman can find no other way of making good on contracts with them; according to Red Mur- ray.
 Cards have been distributed around Baltimore, telling the fans Baltimore wants big league ball or nothing, and asking them not to patronize the In ternational league. Baltimore. with population of over 6O0,0OO is larger than Detroit, Washington, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, and on it's size alone demands big league ball. There are those who claim Baltimore while big is cheap.
 Fred Beebe, the veteran Interna- tiona1 league twirler. who once pitch ed for the Reds will act as coach of the University of Indiana nine.
 Hughey Jennings. manager of the Detroit Tigers. has signed Frederick Moore 8 second baseman, who once worked as a clubhouse boy for the Philadelphia Athletics.
 Harry Krause, former star pitcher of the Mackmen, who was with the Portland Coast League club~1ast sea- son, has been sold to the Omaha club of the Western League.
 All the Red sox players with the exception of Joe Wood and Iris Speaker have signed.
 There is a strong possibility Of Birdie Cree, the former Yankee out | fielder, who was recently given his outright release by Manager Bill Don ovan, playing with the Scranton New York State League club during the coming season. As The Phi1lies are looking for south paw pitcher and have high hopes of getting one from the Federal League soon. Doc Whites manager of the Lincoln Western League club is after Elmer l Zacher, the former New Haven out | fielder, who was recently handed his release by the Salt Lake club of the Pacific Coast League Taking into consideration the finish Charley Herzog made last fall with the aggregation under his control it is not difficult to figure that the Reds, l strengthened by Schulz, Anderson, Els mond and Huhn, will cause quite a, lit tie trouble next season. l Most of the major league clubs have 4I,,o ] chase of more players, yet there are many Federal Leaguep layers who have not been taken by any club. Some of the boys must be wondering Ewhere they are to spend the summer. l Harry Wo1ter, formerly with the Yankees, was the first player to sign a. Los Angeles contract for Manager Frank Chance. He signed for two years.
 | Jimmy Callahan is already strong with Pittsburgh fans, but he is likely to experience some hard sledding un- less the Pirates get some more strength before the start of the com ing campaign | It will sound peculiar to New York fans at the Polo Grounds next sum mer to hear an umpire announce [ Marquard and Meyers as the battery for Brooklyn. Both were the Giants for seven years.
 Accoding to advices from the coast Frank Chance is very enthusiastic 1 over the prospects of a big season. It | was only a short time ago that Chance was supposed to have lost all interest in the sport, but he caught the fever. and will stage a managerial comeback | this year.
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 The Boston Braves resemble the PhtIlies in the fact that practically all the regulars have played with other major league clubs. The opening day game may show the Braves follows: Rudo1ps and G-owdy, former Giants. as the battery; Konetchy of the Cardinals on first, Evers of the Cubs at second,
 Smith of the Robins at third, Magee ] of the PhiIIies, Snodgrass of the ! Giants and Connolly of the Senators i in the outf1eld.
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