The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-22
NEWARK TO SEND THOMPSON < HERE TO PLAY FIRST BASE
Toronto At Newfield Park To morrow With For
 mer Major Stars
(By Wagner.)

Bridgeport has secured a first base man fir om Newark of the International legaue. The new mans name is Thompson and Fred Tenny, tho New ark manager, says he is a good player. 1 That boy can hit the ball mi1e," de- c1ared Penney. ''The only trouble is 1 that he is a, trif1e crude in his fielding. ! He ought to improve with experience" Penney said the Bridgeport players made 9 good showing yesterday con- | sidering the few days they had been training.
 Toronto of the International league will play Bridgeport at Newfie1d park tomorrow. Joe Birmingham, the old Cleveland manager, is leader of the Toronto club. He has a number of 1 former major 1eagI CT as the following 1 batting order shows: Becker, cf.; Blackburne, ss.; Bracket, If; Graham, 1b.; Truesda1e, 2b.; Reed, rf.; Wheeler, | 3b.; Kelly, c; KritcheI, C.; Hayden, c. Herbert, Manning, Cook, Smith, Juu1 Lyons D. B1ackburne played with the White Sox last season and Truesda1e was with the Yankees. Kelly was Marty O'Toole's catcher in Pitts burgh. Pitchers Herbert and Cook were tried by the Giants and Manning is former Yankee. Becker is the I1914 New London outfielder. The game will start at and Martin Walsh will pitch for Bridgeport.
 ! Bill Walsh, the F9ordhan college twirler, will be here tomorrow for another conference with Owners Cor lnen and Knorr. Walsh does not grad I uate until June and will not join the 1 club until that time The Bridgeport magnates will try to induce him to pitch one game week here until June.
 The Blue Ribbon basketball> play i--S-. 1 season next Tuesday night when the Stamford five will be brought here. | On their last visit the Stamford boys lc1eaned up the Ribbons but the locals may be able to close the season with a victory.
 That the Bridgeport fans are pre- pared to show great interest in base l ball this season was demonstrated l yesterday when a good crowd turned field. The Bridgeport club is only in the experimental stage now and the rooters, taking this into consideration did not chaff the boys much. i Red Stewards home run in the sew enth was a peculiar affair. The tall lshortstop hit a, liner over third which 1 would have been a. two bagger under 1 ordinary circumstances. The ball bounded into foul ground, rolled be- 1 hind automobile and before It could be recovered Stewart was slid ing home.
 l The Cincinnati Reds will have no 1 trouble in getting rid of First Base man Mo1Iwitz The St. Louis Ma tIona1s want him and so do the Pir- 1 ates. Since Hal Chase got off to fly ing start the Reds do not need Moll- 1 witz.
 l The Giants have sprung new a1ibi. In the fifth inning of yesterday s | game with Cravath on base, Luderus of the Phillies hit a fly toward the l rightf field stand. The Giants claim l Rouseh would have been able to l catch the ball if a fan hadn't leaned forward and made the catch himself. The umpire therefore declared the lbau a home run. If Rousch had | caught the fly the Giants would have won by 6 to 4.
 President Tener of the National l League has made a sensible rule in l regard to the touching of a runner at third by a coacher. Unless the coacher physically assists. the runner to return to ana leave the bag, the runner will not be called out. In case the coacher merely touches the | runner and no play is being made at third, the umpire must not call the man out