The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-12
KRlCHELL'S MEN
 LIFE OF LEAGUE
Hartford Hates to Give Bridgeport Anything But
 Now Admit Our Strength.

That Paul Krichell's Bridgeport Americans are the real life of the Eastern league can be seen in the way the state papers are forced, by nothing but pure truth, to give time and space in commenting on the work of PauPs collection of diamond per formers this season. Up Hartford way, they are boosting the play of our boys at every turn. And when Bridgeport gets a bit of credit from Hartford it must be doing some won derfuI work
 Tom OiBrien on the Courant again comes through with boost for Billy Lai and Andy Vim, the sensational Celestials. Get this from Toms pen:
 Much attention was showered by the fans at the Chinese players, who are proving big attractions all over the circuit. Tai, who covers third sack, did not have much of an oppor- tunity to display his wares as a fielder as he had only three chances. How ever, it is at speed that this Celestial shines. Vim, the other Chinese play er was all over right field, and acted better with the stick than Tai. Each contributed two hits with the stick, Vim also crossing the plate on three occasions.
 Tt takes mighty good club to beat Bridgeport considering at the rate of speed they are going, and with Cook and Sava announced as the pitchers, the bame should be the best staged at the WetherSfeld avenue grounds this season.
 Fans were all 'het up over yester- days clash and the crowd that occu- pied the third base bleachers was reminiscent of the days when the Senators were fighting near the top in the old Connecticut League and Eastern Association. The excitement was at a high pitch when the Sena- tors staged that batting rally in the seventh
 l According to reports from New Ha- ven, the Eastern League race has reached the stage where the mag mates are beginning to worry over the poor patronage. Except in Bridge port, where the attendances have broken all modern records, the fans have failed to respond in as large numbers as was to be expected. AS result, the moguls are working on plan which may be the means Of improving the present state of affairs. 1 In some cities of the league, accord i ing to the magnates, twilight base ball will have to be tried as sort Of | life saver---a method of reducing the public to patronize weekday games While the magnates have steadfastly maintained that such a policy would be adopted only as a last resort, they are slowly weakening, because Of the lack of patronage, week days, and It will not be surprising if twilight base hall is officially adopted within the immediate future.
 I Twilight games have already been tried in several cities in the Ameri- can Association and new International League, while in the Western League the club owners find that games start ed after o'clock attract double the attendance of games started at three o'clock. Late starts seem to be the only way to save the minors, unless the magnates are willing to stand lheavy financial loss this year. This
 is especially true of cities like New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport and Hartford, where many of the fans are engaged in the manufacture of muni- tions and other government orders
 Earl Champion, a Bridgeport boy is earning his salt as member Of the Planters pitching staff. He held the
 Green Sox to a pair of hits yesterday and scored 2-to-0 victory.
 Joe Mulvihill is apt to have a whole
 lot of trouble staging that Dempsey
 Fulton bout. No sooner had John Reisler started injunction proceedings when the Danbury ministers set up a
 howl. What next?