The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-18


 I'd take my pen
 In hand and then
 Just write and never miss.
 Most often
 Ja1st sit and sigh
 Because my lines won't rhymes
 fun1e and fuss
 And swear and cuss
 And have a helva. time. Any jof5lesc pitchers around? IT so, ct them write a post card at once 10 Branch Hickey, president of the Car finals, who Is looking for bright young men to go to work on the mound for his team. Harry wolverton is looking around for a. nice team to manage. Harry IS some manager. The fact that he was recently released from the manage ment of the San Francisco club of the Pacific Coast league is certainly no reflection on his ability, seeing that that club was in the lead when he severe,d his connections with it. It was just matter of a financial mis- understanding between himself and Owner Berry.
 q Needham has certainly got nls New ark Bears well trained and they are keping we'll in front of the other clubs of the International league. However. there are several other teams that have some reserve pep in them and Newark had better keep plugging away for all it is worth lest some "dark horse" suddenly creep up and snatch away the lanrels just about the time the race is almost Over.
 Jimmy Callahan, former manager: of the Pirates, is enjoying himself these, days on his salary. he receives with out much effort on his part. He's be ing paid in full until his contract ex- pires, which is Oct IS.
 Human beings are funny things. Rariden of the Giants punched the Cincinnati grouIId keeper in the eye during the recent ADcGrawByron fra cas, and written a letter saying he made mistake. Now that eye feels better
 Leslie, latest recruit, in the ranks of the Cubs is warming the bench for the present, but that should not dis courage him. Ut was to be foreseen when he was bought from the Waco club of the Texas league. that he would have to wait @. while before getting into action as a first baseTnan. But. Fred Nderl1Ie is going very strong at present and its best to leave well enough alone.
 Do you hear that c11irping? It's the Robins and the noise they produce comes from the delight they are ex- .:.- I-{- Al. National league ladder. You can't blame them for chirpdng. !
 LA good player ds not necessarily a good manager. but you've got to hand it to Christy Mathewson.b He has cer- tainly worked wonders with the Cdn- |cinnati Reds.
 The palm and the crown for wdeld- ing the willow effectively in the Amer |ican association is herewith handed to Jack I4elfvelt. Jack is getting better with every swat.
 Scrapping is, also talking hold of the Ipdayers, in the American association, which is sad thing to contemplate. One would have thought it bad enough for the players in the larger s0NAA9 AA00 bitions. The recent fist fight between Joe Tinker and F'reisAGol1witz at Kan sas City seems to prove that the ''war'' spirit has taken hold of the entire field of baseball ss@: s Irs F1agstead, of Tacoma, who is tthe batting sensation of the North western league, has been bought by lDetroit.
 l George Stallings seems to have 1t in'' foE the q1mptres this season Every time his Braves get liched-and that ! Is mighty often-he blannes it on those poor, unfortunate individuals How ever. he can't fool the fans with that stuff. l It seems that Tragresser has taken a leaf out of the book of his boss, George Stal1ings, and has taken to batting the umpire every chance he gets. The general opinion of TFagres- ser as @ ball player is not very high afld the sooner he cuts out his jawine the umpire the better it will be for him. | rr7nrc,ony Dr~ry<yr tsrrc~rx,c,