The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-19
Extra Sporting Page
DIAMOND FLASHES

Matty may wear the red, red hose and
 the Cincinnati cap, Matty may wear the proper clothes
 for his new place on the map, Matty may hear the owners rant, and
 peevishly murmur, "Stung!' But Matty can't-he simply can't
 speak the Zinzinnati tongue.
 If either the White sox, the Red Sox or the Yankees capture the Am erican league flag, one or more of Connie Mack's busted machine will get another slice of the worlds series melon.
 In view of the many accidents to big league players this year, it is sug- gested that some of those fair maid-. ems who were planning to go to Mex leo as Red Cross nurses be mobilized for diamond service.
 Turnstiles were first used in a base ball park in 1878, but as Connie Mack would say, quite peevily, what is the use of a turnstile if nobody will turn it?
 What are the best Greens?" head lines golfihg writer in the New York Evening Sun. Seems to be a matter of taste, we should say, although per- sonally we prefer dandelions.
 What a pity that some of those '.hair raising catches" we read about can't be bottled for the use of bald men.
 A hoss named Hank O'Day" won a race not long ago, but he didn't carry any ball players money.
 Win Campbell. former Fed and Pi- rate, has quit baseball to sell motor tires to Baltimore folks Campbell recently brought suit against the de- funct Newark Feds for salary alleged to be due him on long-term con- tract.
 Short pants for ball players origi- mated with the Cincinnati Reds of 186S,, but, even so, their successors have carried too much weight to win.
 'Matty believes he has the nu- cleus for championship club" says Cincy paper. First time we ever heard Hal Chase referred to as a nucleus.
 :. Sisler and Shotton, the stars of the Browns, are both natives of Ohio.
 Albert Mamaux. has added to his jewel collection a diamond stick pin conferred upon him by admiring fans of Pittsburgh.
 John McGraw predicts that the French will adopt baseball as a pop ular pastime after the war, and he thinks they will speedily develop some great players.
 If Benny Kauff would only quit go- ing after the bad ones-and the pitch CTS see to it that he gets plenty of them-I1e might bring his average up to the healthy figure he hung up as a Fed.
 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who plastered that big fine on the Standard Oil crowd. says baseball um- pires have too much authority. Here by nominate the Judge for president on the platform, Down with the um- pires."
 Mrs. Christopher Mathewson was asked what she thought her distin- guished husband would like as tes- timonialA Afrom the fans, fund for the purchase of a gift having been rais- ed by the New York Evening World. "Oh anything" she said-and then a sudden fear clutched at her heart and her face turned pale-anything but a loving cup"
 Consolation for Connie Mack: The Pirates once lost twenty-three games in a row.
 Jimmy Archer takes long rest be- cause of one broken finger, but in the old days backstop was suppos- ed to be all right if he had one finger that wasn't broken.
 Tom H. Connolly, the dean of Ban Johnsons umpire staff. is a native of England and has been umpiring in the minors and majors for twenty two years, although he never played a ball game in his life. ->Sing Sing has a baseball league, but all games are played on the home grounds.
 Bill Klem, who has been umpiring in the big show a dozen years, re- marks that cit is safe to say that nine ty times out of hundred the umpire is right in his decisions" Perfectly safe to say it. Bill. We ourselves have told lot of 'em and have never been in jail yet.
 Rube O1dring will become a free agent at the close of the present sea- son, and he says he has signed his name to a contract for the last time.
 The western clubs in the big leagues formerly the pacesetters, have been