The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-09

Tuesday night by President Dan ONeil. The purpose of the meeting is not made known in the call, other than that the president has made an urgent request for the attendance of all club owners, as matters of import ance are to come up for action.
 The latest bulletin from the office of Secretary Farrell of the National | Association shows three ball players | that have been secured for the Hart ford club of the Eastern League, as well as containing many names of players well known in this section, ] who will be found in other berths during the coming season. Owner | Clarkin, according to the bulletin, has accepted terms with Darlington Swee- l ney and Frederick Lied, the latter an outfielder that was with the Federal League, and also has bought Eugene ,Layden, another outfielder, from the Toledo club of the American Asso- ciation. The Worcester club is reported as having accepted terms with Paul Johnson and Jerry Belanger, two youthful players that have shown much promise in semi-pro baseball. Bridgeport has accepted terms with Alex Ferguson, George Braun, Gene Martin, Howard Baker and William Skiff. Ferguson is the pitcher secured last Season from the New York Yam kees. Martin was with the club last season. Howie Baker is well known in these parts, having played in the old Eastern Association, and Bill Skiff played with Hartford, for the past two seasons as second string backstop.
 Herman Bronkie, the Manchester star, again has signed with Indian apolis. Mickey Flaherty, last season with New Haven, will play with Rochester of the International League while Ed Reichle, another former Hartford player, will be with Sioux City. Edmondson, the old Waterbury player, again will wear a New Or leans uniform, and Booth Hopper, known in this league as 'No-Hit' Hopper, will twirl for Syracuse. De- moe, the diminutive shortstop of the old Hartford club in the Colonial League, has been reinstated by Chat tanooga.
 D The bulletin also will bring joy to the Providence club in that Guy Fur wiler, one of the two ball players sold by the Grays to Mobile of the South ern Association, has signed his con tract, and now the Grays will get the purchase price for the player. Bed ford, who umpired in the old Eastern Association, has signed up with the Pacific Coast League.
 Joe Shannon, the New Haven out fielder, who refused to sign a contract for this season, has been traded to the Baltimore club of the International League and the New Haven club will get the pick of what Jack Dunn has to offer in exchange when the Elm City players are ready to report.
 Murice Shannon, former New Ha- ven shortstop, who is now one of the fixtures in Connie Mack's renovated infield, is nursing an ailment of his finger although his absence from the game will be short.
 Harry Weaver, who was the star of the New Haven pitching staff last season, and now a member of the Chicago Cubs, received his first start in the majors Tuesday against the Pirates and made the best of his op- portunity, holding the Buccaneers to two runs in seven innings He retired in favor of a pinch hitter, and, if his showing is any criterion, he reflects moro credit to the Eastern League, as several players who went up last sea- son are sticking. As Weaver all ready has been examined for the draft and is liable to call any time, the Cubs may not derive much from his ser vices.
 It would not be at all surprising if Pat Moran designates Frank Wood ward, the New Haven boy, for the pitching mound today against the Giants in hopes of putting a stop to the losing streak and at the same time halting the Giants. At Philadelphia recently it must be remembered that Woodward held the Giants hitless for three innings when he took up the pitching burden after the meteoric McGraw clan maced the delivery ot practically half of Moran's pitching establishment.
 It is reported that Frank O'Rourke who once cavorted around short fol Bridgeport, declines to enroll with the New London Planters to which clut he has been sent under an optiona agreement by the Brooklyn Dodgers It is said that he is trying to induce Manager Robinson to transfer him tC an International League club, bu whether his efforts will be availing ii
 a question.
 The Boston fans think highly O
 Hughie Canavan, the youthful south
 paw, foI whom Manager Sailing while the club was in spring training
 while thee Tub was in spring training
 Although Canavan's showing agains
 the Giants Monday was not even a bi
 impressive, New York scribes picl
 him as a pitcher of much promise.
 Cal Crum, who was a member o
 the hurling staff of the Planters dur ing the last campaign, figured in
 trade whereby Dana Filligim come
 to the Braves from Indianapoli!
 Crum should make the American A
 sociation brand, as he turned in som
 good games for the Millionaires las