The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-29
DIAMOND FLASHES

Bennie Kauff is a good fielder, hne
 base runner and a fair hitter, but
 throwing his bat into the atmosphere
 when he has struck out is the very
 best thing Bennie does. Kauff now leads the bat tossers of both leagues. | There is great disappointment In
 Chicago over the showing of the Cubs.
 The ex-Fed fans are cast down be-
 cause Tinker's men are not leading the
 league, and the o. B. 1oyalists are
 peevish because their prediction that
 the club would spend the season in
 the cellar hasn't been fulfilled.
 | In spite of the advancing cost of Iwhite paper, most newspapers con-
 tinue to include the Athletics in their daily Standing of the Clubs"
 Johnny Evers recently passed his |thirty-third milestone. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote "DrA Jekyll and MT Hyde" thirty years ago. These two statistics taken together, dispose Of the theory that Stevenson's novel was inspired by the Trojan, who is a per- feet gent off the field, but-well, why go into the horrible details?
 r. No'thenehs who cast asparagus on the South because of the prevalence
 of child labor should remember the old proverb about the individuality
 of heaving rocks around promiscuous
 when one's own domicile is of glass.
 Connie Mack, the nefarious leader of
 the once, etc, Athletics continues to lure kids into baseball captivity. It is rumored that Connie goes about with
 a big of stick candy in his hip pocket for this very purpose.
 Yes, Clarence, it is comparatively
 safe to make a bet that Honus Wag-
 ner and Eddie Plank will be through
 with the big show by 1850.
 A lot of people have laughed at
 Bryan's prediction that Uncle Sam
 could raise an army of million in
 day, but the Sage of Lincoln isn't so
 far off at that. It would only be necessary to have the worlds series staged near the scene of hostilities,
 and offer free railway transportation and free admission to all fans. | It is said. that Napoleon lost the
 battle of Waterloo because of a tenn porary mental lapse. In stealing sec
 ond with the bases full, Mike Mowrey
 can pull the same alibi as Napoleon. ! I Col. Ebbets, in advocating the aboli- ton of the ''bean ball." should have J the support of all the other magnates
 to whom money is any consideration l, A pellet that comes violently in con-
 tact with the average players dome
 Is bound to be pretty badly damaged,
 and balls cost money. | Numbering the ball players is {
 nifty idea, but why not tattoo the num-
 bers on their foreheads? This would
 make it easier for the magnates to
 catch runaway players, like Slim Sallee.
 | Ted Gather. who is pastiming this season with Montreal gets his-$2, 800 yearly salary from three clubs. The
 Boston Braves dig up a part of it, and the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League to, which Gather was | transferred before he was turned over ] to the Royals also enjoys the privilege of contributing to Ted's pay envelope. Johnny Flyers may let his tempera- tlCAI 6Ct LAC OC(lCI OI dl llIuCS, l but he has heart in his buzzum for all that. The Trojan has been the l prime mover in scheme to pull off benefit game in Pittsburgh next fall for baseball writer who became blind some time ago. Y Ed Walsh, the once mighty hurler of the White Sox. is said to be slated for an umpire's berth. We'll, a fellow has gotta live, hasn't he?
 It is we'll known fact, supported by the best scientific opinion of the day, that a man can't be if two or more places at once. If this little natural law could be repealed, the Browns with sisler covering nine posi- tions simultaneous, could break up Ban Johnson's league. When Slim Love deserted Los An geles for New York he left his heart behind, but a union has now been af- fected. The former Miss Marie Sophie Stephan of the City of Angels is now Mrs. William Haughton Love, which Is Sims society monaker. It is al- legged that the architect of the Wool worth Building was engaged to draft the design for Sims hxnenea1 habili- ments. In view of the possibility of a worlds series combat between the Yankees and the Dodgers, the fans who now travel between Manhattan and Brooklyn look upon their daily experience of the we'll known bridge crush or the notorious semi-diurnal subway jam as good training for the happy hurdle which may eventuate. A newspaper biographer of Guy Morton, the Cleveland pitcher, spins . pathetic yarn about what an uncouth, poorly dressed lad Guy was when he emerged from the tall timber and join- ed the Indians. The assumption is that sartorial fashions are unknown in Columbus, Miss, where Guy spent some time while pitching in the Cot ton States League. Columbus papers will please copy.
 | Pitcher Watson. a southpaw of the
 Paris, Tex, club, has been purchased by the Cardinals and is to report at the end Of he Western Association season. Watson revels in the nick name of Mule" which should make him popular in Missouri, where the mule is the state bird.