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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

team batting with an average Of .2s4.
Roa1sh, Cincinnati, drew away from
Cruise, st. Louis, in the race for bat
ting honors in the National league.
With an average of $50 Roush is 10
points ahead Of his rival. Fischer,
Pittsburgh, batted his way into third
place with 1923.
Cincinnati, which is making a deter
mined fight for first division honors,
has five players batting in the 300
class Clarke, a catcher, has an aver
age of 1854, but he only played in 81
games. Hans Wagner, the Pittsburgh
veteran, piled up Is points in the last
week, boosting his average to JSs9.
Robertson, New York, tied Carey,
Pittsburgh, for stolen base honors,
each having Is. There were nochanges
among leaders in other departments
Of the game. Doyle, Chicago, retained
the lead in sacrifice hits with 10, and
Groh, Cincinnati, boosted his lead in
runs scored to 81. Hornsby, st. Louis
held on to home run honors with
eight. Cincinnati kept up its lead in
/. team batting with an average of .266
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
IMPROVE PITCHING STAFF

Believing he has a good chance to
finish second in the Eastern league
race if his pitching staff can be ina
proved, Manager Krichell Of the
Bridgeport club is still trying to boil
ster that important department. Man
ager George Stallings of the Boston
Braves has released Pitcher Bobby
Gill to the local club and he has been
ordered to report Immediately. STALL
ings also sent a catcher named Car
roll, who reported yesterday. Krichell
didn't know the man was coming but
said he would look Carroll over any
way.
The. addition of General Sherman
has helped the twirling corps for the
Baltimore farm hand has looked like
a capable performer so far. If Car
michael will only forsake his home In
Atlanta, Ca, and report here the
Bridgeport staff may begin to look
like something. At this time OF the
season the home club can't afford to
spot the opposing teams three and
four runs in the early innings, as bad
pitching has compelled them to do.
Fred Walker, the old Federal
League hurler, pitched his first game
for New Haven yesterday and beat
Lawrence by 8 to O..
Manager Jim mckinley will lead his
scrappy Worcester crew against
Bridgeport again tomorrow at New
field park. The fans remember the
big rumpus Gus Gardella and his boss
made the last time Worcester played
here and the b1eacher1tes are likely
to josh the visitors tomorrow NC
Ouillan or Keifer wifi pitch for Wor-
cester while General Sherman may
work for Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
M'GRAW WITNESS MAKES
SOME DAMAGING ADMISSIONS
Admits Giants Manager Talked Disrespectfully
About Tener i'm Interview i'm Pittsburg HOTEL

New York, July 1.-THE Board Of
Directors of the National League held
another meeting yesterday to hear
testimony in the John ]. McGraw re-
pudiation case. After hearing one
witness and ascertaining that another
who was sought to testify for Nc
Graw could not be found the meeting
was adjourned until next Friday
morning.
McGraw repudiated an interview Sid
Mercer asserted the Giants manager
had given him in Pittsburg on June
ID rejecting on John K Tener, pres
ident of the league, after McGraw
had received telegram notifying
him that he had been fined $500 and
suspended sixteen days for striking
William Byron, an umpire, at a game
in Cincinnati on June s. The Base
ball Writers Association then took up
the matter and is prosecuting 1t.
John M. Ward, attorney for Nc
Graw, stated at the opening of the
meeting that he was unable to present
DR.. Frank Finley, of Pittsburg, who
had gone somewhere in Virginia to
fish.
After Urban 7. McInerney, who
was known as 'tFoghorn", when he
was an umpire in Western Pennsylva-
| MIA several years ago, had given his
testimony, John Conway Toole, act
ing as chairman for the league, sug-
gested that the hearing be postponed
one or two weeks to enable Mr.. Ward
to bring DR.. Finley here as a witness
August Hermann, president of the
Cincinnati club, objected because he
did not wish to make any more trips
to New York to attend this case. but
he did not press his objection further
after Martin W. Lil1eton, representing
the baseball writer's, declared that he
| thought it best to have all OF NC
lGraws witnesses appear.
| The opinion prevailed that if DR.
| Finley does not testify next Friday
the case will be given to the Board OF
Directors, who in a. mail vote will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

Pittsburgh, July 14.-Through fair
1y well known in the middle west,
where he played college, football ten
years ago and later established him
self as an athletic coach on the Pa
cific coast, Hugo Bezdek, new mana
ger of the Pittsburgh Pirates is a
stranger to eastern baseball fans.
Probably not one in a thousand had
ever heard Of Bezdek before Barney
Dreyfuss surprised the baseball world
by announcing him as Jimmy Gala
hans successor.
Dreyfuss summoned Bezdek from
Portland, Ore, and he arrived in
Pittsburgh just in time to accompany
the Pirates to Philadelphia. He was
a total stranger to nearly every Pitts
burgh player.
According to Bezdek's own state
ment his appointment as manager is
only temporary, though he may be
induced to remain another season ii
he registers any success with the
demoralized Pirates this season Al
present it is his intention to return to
his coaching duties at the University
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Billy Sunday Tried to
aonSB Pitcher Once But
ss'c.6p Proved Awful Lemon


Billy Sunday, the evangelist, once
had the ambition to become a pitcher
and it was on July 16. 1890, that he
got his chance-and failed. 1t was
the fifth inning of game between
the Ph1lNes and the Pirates. when
Billy tried his hand at twirling for
the Pittsburgh team. Hurd started
the game but was Nbatted out of the
box in the first inning. Then an
other pitcher. by the name of Bak-
er, took up the work for three inn
ineA He. too. suffered severely
and in the fifth Billy Sunday stepped
into the box and took hand at
pitching. And IT was sad. The first
man who faced him walked; the Sec
ond hit out for a three-bagger; the
third for a double and the next was
hit by pitched ball and took his
base. That was enough. Billy
Sunday was gently but firmly taken
out of the box and he never tried to
pitch again for the National League
Sunday was . rafting good fielder
the records of the day say, but he
demonstrated in that one inning that
he wasn't pitcher"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
YANkS' eleven
INNING VICTORY
CAUSES ROAR

Chicago, July 14-Despite a four
run lead gained by the White Sox in
the opening round at the expense or
RAY Caldwell, the crippled Yankees
beat Rowland's team in an thinning
game here yesterday afternoon by
6 to 5. Roger Peckinpaugh, Lee Ma
gee and the smuggling Wally Pipp were
the players who produced the win
ming run tasA
1t was an unusual finish. inasmuch
as Peckinpaugh scored the deciding
tally without touching the home
plate The shortstop began the final
frame with single to left and adj
vanced to second on Magee's sacrifice.
Ptpp then, uncorked a slashing single
- centre-his third Of the day-and
Peck cut loose at full speed for the
plate. Felsch's throw nome was per-
feet. and as Peck slid, Schalk blocked
him away from the plate. The White
Sox catcher fell on the New York
player and in doing so dropped the
ball. ~
Schalk sat tight on the shortstop
while he recovered the ball and then
tagged. him out. There was a large
ortcry from the New York bench
and Billy Evans ruled that Schalk
had interfered with Peck in scoring
and declared the run legal.
The Yankees fought a game, uphill
battle, with Allen Russell, the young
spit-baller, holding the Sox to or
lone run in the last six innings and
getting credit for swinning the game.
The hit was ashome-run drive by
Felsch in the sixth inning.
2 Caldwell was easy for the .Sox, and
in their first inning hammered the
former telegraph operator out of the
box. Leibold walked as. a starter and
Weaver singled. Weaver went out
stealing second, but e. Collins stroll.
ed. Felsch singled to center, scoring
Leibold After J. Collins famed,
Gandil doubled and E. Collins and
Felsch tailed. Risbergs single scored
Gandil and chased Ray to the show
ers. Love replaced him.
The Yankees scored a run in the
second on Pipp's double and Bakers
single In the sixth another was
added on Pipp's three-bagger and
Bakers double. In the eighth the
Yankees finally reached the Sox by
hitting the offerings of Red Faber
for three runs.
Frank Gilhooley batted for Cullop
in the sixth. 1t was the little OUT
fielder's first appearance since he
broke his collarbone early in the sea-
son in Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
0UIMET PLAYS
KEN EDWARDS
IN final TODAY

Chicago, July 14-East and wexk
melting in the semi-finals Of the Vest :
ern amateur championship at the,
Midlothian Country club yesterday
retired with laurels even. The in
vaders triunphed in the upper sector
Of the draw and met with a heavy
reverse in the lower half Today
Francis Ouimet OF the Wood1awp
club of Boston meets Kennth P. Ed
wards of Midlothian in the final
match for the George r. Thorne
Trophy. emb1ematic Of the Western
amateur championship.
Ouimet eliminated Donald Ed
wards Of Midlothian, 4 and 2. and
Kennth p. Edwards, elder brother of
the local pair, retired John q. Ander-
son Of siwanoy of New York. and
4. Ouimet GENERALLY was picked to
defeat the bachelor member OF the
Edwards family. and when he turned
the morning round up, with a card
of rs. it looked as II he had easy
sailing.
When Donald Edwards lost the frst
hole in the afternoon the impression
was strengthened in the minds of the
big gallery. Gloom was changed to
sunshine when the nervy Midlothian
player began a counter attack which
| for the time being had the Eastern
golfng Goliath on the defense. Play
ing the next eight holes four strokes
upnder par, Donald finished the out
round in 33-a goiffing gem which
followed a good setting among num-
erous other fine performances which
have made this Western amateur
event a genuine classic.
To win six holes out of eight, lose
one and halve one to the player who
defeated Vardon and Ray was feat
of which Edwards can be justly
i proud. This made the match all
square at the 9Th hole.
Psychology was factor at the next
hole, which proved another turning
point in the game. Ouimet was away
on his tee shot and hooked his brassie
second to the rough. Donald figured
| that. another win would not have a
soothing effect on Ouimet's nerve,
| and so elected to go for the green
with brassie. He had a hanging
| lie and topped his ball into the ditch.
The best laid plans are not always
| correct, and Ouimet won the hole
SIS. He took the eleventh with a
and the twelfth with and, with
a comfortable lead Of up, halved
the next three holes and won the
match at the sixteenth. From the
tee Ouimek generally had an ad-
vantage Of from 5 to so yards -
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eide for or against McGraw.

decide for or against McGraw.
McInerney stated that he was in
Pittburg on June Is and had called
on McGraw in the latter's room. While
there, said the witness, Sid Mercer
also called on the manager. McGraw
had just received a telegram notifying
him of his suspension and fine.
That's a very sweet thing they
handed me- McInerney quoted Nc
Graw as saying when he opened the
telegram from Mr.. Tener.
: When Mercer Queried McGraw on
what he should say of the matter in
the Globe McGraw, according to the
witness, aid:-"Oh, go as far as you
want to. I don't care
Mercer retorted with:-"I am sore
on the National League, and lam go
ing to give them hell" said McIner-
ney.
.McGraw also stated, according to
the witness, that he would give 500
If he had Tener in the room, to tell
what he thought of him.
Later Mercer submitted in the lob
by of the hotel, some rolled up sheets
of paper to MeGraw, saying:-'tHere's
what I have written. I want you to
read my stuff
'T guess that's all right" the wit
ness said McGraw answered, handing
back the roll of paper.
did not McGraw say to Mercer
that If Tener were near him and said
what Umpire Byron did he would
give him the same medicine?" asked
Martin W. Littleton.
ST did not hear him say anything
J like that was the answer.
/ She witness could not reco1lect that
McGraw had opened the story hand
| ed to him by Mercer, he said, and was
quite sure the roll was handed back
without having been read by the base
| ball manager.
McInerney said that he did not hear
McGraw tell Mercer that Tener was a
'.hand picked president" nor did Nc
Graw make any criticism of Tener's
administration in his presence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
MATTY'S REDS IN
9TH INNING RALLY
But GIANTS WIN

New York, July 14-Matty's Reds
lost a game to the Giants for a
change yesterday, but before the New
York team got the to 3 victory, the
Cincinnati menace had them worried
and annoyed to the point of exaspera-
ton. The Reds grew stronger as the
game progressed, and they had just
about reached the point of their full
health when the wrangle ended. They
promoted a young rally on JEFF Tes-
reaur in the ninth, which made the
Giants as comfortable as a man sit
ting on key of dynamite.
Hednie Zimmerman did the biggest
part of the winning for New York
when he pIanked a home run among
the steerage passengers in the left
field bleachers in the first inning with
two runners aboard the hassocka
These three runs. which were person
ally conducted by Heinie, came in
mighty handy later in the game when
the Redlegs began to get dangerous.
The Giants considered that they had
the game won when they got SO bold
as to pound Clarence Mitchell out of
the box in the sixth inning. The Reds
waited all these ideas away in the
next inning when they drove RUDE
Benton to cover.
Jimmy Ring, the Brooklyn boy
who wears Cincinnati uniform, sue
ceeded Mitchell, and it was while
pitching to Rariden, the first man
who faced him when he came into
the game, that the Giant catcher
Jared hit to short centre which
gave the Giants that extra run which
looked as big as mountain when the
ninth inning came around. Walter
Ho1ke had q busy day with his bat,
and had a perfect average with a
double and three singles in four times
at the bat. None of Holke's raps,
however, figured in the run-getting
except one bang in the sixth, which
showed Robertson from first to third,
| posing him in a position to score.
Davey Robertson made the most
delicious fielding play of the matinee
in the third, when he staggered back
| to the right field wall and plucked
Tommy Clarke's ferocious drive OFF
| the cement with his bare hand. There
was whoop and a hurrah from the
1000 people present when Robbie
| made this catch, but it was a mere
| murmur compared with the cyclone
| of exaltation which came from the
residents of the Bronx over back of
third base when Heinie Zim laced his
excursion welt into the bleachers.
Last season Matty hardly said a
kwoxd on the coaching HneR Tor that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
Cutting the Corners.

For the balance of the season the
Bridgeport club wild have one ladies'
day every week at Newheld park.
The date viii he announced far
enough In advance so the feminine
fans will be able to make plans to at
tend.
First Baseman Grimes Of the Bridge
port club made a, great pickup son
Lears low throw in the sixth yester-
day. The ball was in the dirt but
Grimes dnlg it up in brilliant style.
Although he didn't do much in the
pitching line, Dug Smith displayed
bit Of good f1elding in the first play
of the game. Burns tapped a slow
grounder toward first which Grimes
stopped some distance from the bag.
Smith covered the base and just be
fore Burns reached the cushion the
pitcher took the throw with his bare
hand.
The Boston Red Sox are finding the
road very rocky in the west. C1eve-
land took quite fall out OF Jack Bar
rvs men and yesterday Bill James of
Detroit 1ured them into one hit
game. The Chicago White Sox fans
were ready to throw UP their hands
after the Athletics trounced their ia
since the Red Sox have also met with
reveraes.
Kid Rehg, the former Hartford
player, is playing good ball since he
joined the Braves. He made a double
and two singles against st. Louis yes
terday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
SMITH TAKES
BEATING FROM
PORTLAND CLUB
(By Wagner.) :

Fans who saw the Portland slug
gers unload Is hits at Newfeld park
yesterday and II on Thursday won
dered why the Maine boys are not
higher in the race. The answer IS
simple when you figure out the re-
suits they get from their hits. They
made rs in two games yet produced
only nine runs The trouble is that
Portland has no system of scoring
runs. The players simply stand up
there and slug. And they play the old
army game no matter what the score
is. Yesterday when five runs ahead
they were sacrificing runners to sec
ond instead of using the hit and run
when they could afford to take a
chance of making a bunch of talhes.
The final score was Portland 6,
Bridgeport 1.
Dug Smith took quite "a pounding
but the Bridgeport southpaw did not
allow any large flock of runs except
in the fifth when the visitors got four.
Thew wouldn't have done SO much
damage if Hank Bracket hadn't mis-
Judged a. fly and allowed the first man
up to take two bases on what should
have been an easy out.
Pitt, the little Portland hurler. had
Bridgeport fbaffled from the start
For some unknown reason the local
players insisted upon waiting the
pitcher out although he constantly got
them in the hole. They would stand
up there and watch two perfect
strikes sail over and then take a
third swing at a. ball around their
shoe tops. The players would get bet
ter results If they crashed into the
first good ball instead of stalline
around until they have to hit at a
curve that is likely to result in a por
! fly or a strikeout.
Redeeming features of Bridgeport's
play were fine fielding by Lear and
Grimes. The score:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
Pat Cawley Resigns
From New Haven High
To Coach Taft School

New Haven, July 14.-Patrick j.
Cawley, for several years physical in
structor at the New Haven High
school, has been appointed athletic
coach and tutor at the Taft school, To-
Gated at Watertown, this state. Caw-
ley will start in upon his new duties
next fall. His resignation as physical
director at the local high school was
accepted at a meeting Of the board of
education held yesterday.
Cawley is a. graduate of Holy Cross
of the class of 1913, and gained fame
aus captain and third ibaseman OF the
baseball team. He came to New Ha-
Ven four years ago, succeeding Bernie
Tommers as physical director. Caw-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
American Association
Denies Blame for the
Calling Off of Series

New York, July Histories that
brand the American association CLUB
owners as cutters for their action
in the cancellation of the inter-league
series with the National league and
that try to throw, the entire blame for
that cancellation ON the association are
given a blow by the revelations OF
Thomas J. Hikey. president of the as
ISOLATION, Of the incidents that led to
the calling off Of the series.
It was Edward G.. Barrow, presi-
dent of the International league, who
first suggested calling off the series. &C
cording to Hickey.
And the A. A. executive cites te1e-
grams and tells Of telephone calls to
prove that the association club owners
offered even after the first announce
ment of the cancellation was made to
go through with the series, and that
finally Ed. Barrow, PRECEDENT of the
International league. telegraphed
Hickey
There is no intention on the part
of my league or myself to place blame
on you or your association should
series be called off,
However, some one seems to have
placed that blame upon the associa-
ton. or at least certain stories OF the
cancellation seem to carry that idea
The history Of the incident starts in
May, when Hickey came to New York
to discuss with Barrow the question
OF the reduction of salaries he says.
The series was mentioned and Hickey
says Barrow asked him what be
thought about the series. Hickey
turned the question back to Barrow
and declared that Barrow told him he
| thought it would be a mistake to play
the series this year and that his club
owners felt the same way. Hickey
said some of the A. 4. owners felt the
kame way.
Hickey says that Barrow then sug-
The International was scheduled to
hold a meeting the following Sunday
and the arrangement was for Barrow
to call Hickey on the long distance
telephone Sunday at o'clock and tho
two were to make the announcement
simultaneously.
But Hickey returned to Chicago and
found a peculiar situation. He found
chat it would be necessary to rearrange
the schedule at once, he says, to make
the playing list q three trip affair in
stead Of g. four trip affair.
| So Hickey telegraphed Barrow of
announcement. And that's where the
trouble started. Immediately Barrow
dared up, apparently because of the
premature announcement from ,Htck-
bey
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
REDS FEARED BY
FOES BECAUSE OF
BIG IMPROVEMENT

New York, July 14.-Watch the
Reds! That is the warning sounded
along the National league battle 'front.'
as the campaign wears on toward ohe
haIf mile mark, for Christy Mathew
sons Cincinnati grenadiers have
launched a drive that has already
carried them within range of the Car
dinals in third place.
Cincinnati fandom, after many mo
rose and moody campaigns, have Just
cause to he optimistic. At last Red-
land is represented by a. real nan
club. a. team that bids fair to give
all rivals reason to feel apprehensive
in the days that lie ahead. The Reds
have @arrived" with both feet. Natty
has succeeded in developing what
many considered to he g. maksshift
contingent into one Of the most prom
Using aggregatious in the older cir
cult.
The skeptics who described the new
offensive as a summer flash against
the sterner foes OF the East had bet
ter revise their views, for the NeoS
thus far shave met the Braves and
Giants and the drive hasn't been
checked yet There is nothing tenn
porarw about this LATEST drive toward
the summit The Improvement in
Intelligent and systematic efforts to
develop his team to the acme of its
ability.
| Not only are Fseds batting better
than any other club In the National
league but the fielding has been su-
perb and the pitching excellent. SUI
perlatives are Justified.
| The humiliating defeats to which
they subjected the Giants proves the
lfallacy of awarding New York the
pennant at this stage Of proceedings.
It is a far cry from July to October
and much can happen in that time.
| Let fate pluck one or two of the To-
cal stars from the cast and the Giants
would he apt ~to skid off the upper
| trail.
| Matty isn't predicting his team will
win the pennant. But he thinks the
Reds are on their way to greatness,
and that another season will find
them one of the foremost clubs in the
pastime. Meantime Matty believes
the Reds will be in the fight all the
way He fears no team
THE Reds have shown great i'm
provemient Within the last month";" he
declared. 'fbslt it was natural i'm
provenent. We have some very ca
confidently believe that next year
major leagues
ct am not predicting a pennant for
the Reds. It is too far from the fin
ish to name the probable victor One
day a team may look Like world
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14
Elks to Clash With
K. of G. Boys Tomorrow

The Knights of Columbus baseball
team will line up against the Bridge
port Elks for a practice game to-
morrow morning at Seaside park on
No. diamond at 10 o'clock. This
will be the final workout for the
K of C. and q team will be picked
tomorrow. So amy member who
wishes to get try out be on hand
for the game. The Knights expect
to get a very fast team and when
they get started there will be no stop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-14

ley has had great success in the deve1-
opment Of stars and has done much
towards placing athletics on a firmer
basis here. Much of Joe Dugan's sue
cess is attributed to Cawleys coach
ing.
During Cawley's services here he
has won four championships at base
ball, three at basketball and two at
football.