The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-11

and other acquatic tests of endur- ance, has enlisted in the United States Navy and is now stationed at Pelham Bay. He. is to instruct the boys in the art of swimming and self defense in the water.
 Bill Tyler, brother of Lefty Tyler of the Chicago Cubs, has signed up with Danny Murphy's Murlins. He is a right hand pitcher and comes from the Worcester club, which gave him his release earlier in the season.
 Fred Fulton will now have to go out and do some work. His thea tricaI tour ended last week, and the part ownership he has in a saloon ill Minneapolis will not help him any under the new Crowder law work or fight" He may, it is said, give Up boxing for the present and go in for farming as quite few other fighters have done.
 Billy Miske and Tom Gibbons also come under this ruling, although Gibbons is trying for an appointment as an army boxing instructor and it is probable that he will soon receive a commission.
 Johnny ErtIe, the St. Paul bantam, will not be affected by this order as he is legally classed as a German alien.
 John McGraw, manager of the sea- sons champion slump team, is look ing for another pitcher. The Giants seem to be badly in need of supple mentary box talent.
 The fans are. a fickle crowd, but they are ready to give praise where it is due. Since the Boston Braves have been doing such fine work, l Manager Stallings can't find a single rooter who is yielding the hammer. Chief Meyers is becoming increas- l ingly popular with the Buffalo fans. He is doing all the catching for the International League club and bat ting in the cleanup positions. His old team mate, George Wiltse, who manages the club, pitches or plays first base, as the occasion demands. Walter Holke has been considera- bly, handicapped in his work by a | painful bruise on the thumb of his right hand. It prevented his throw ing and gripping the bat properly. The slump of the Giants has had a very good effect, for there is much more interest in the National League race since they have come down than l there was when they led the other teams so far that catching up with them seemed almost impossible. 'Tis an i'll wind, etc.
 Charles F. Dooin, once one of the top notch backstops of the Ma | tional League, and erstwhile manager
 of the Phillies, will celebrate his 38th
 birthday tomorrow, as he was born in Cincinnati on June 12, 1880. When
 he was manager of the Quaker City 1 team, and even before and after wards, he had the reputation of being l d lllSIs anu AOl cL eAAA III dNSOIU "AbA1 l the brotherly-love idea. If anybody offers Red" Dooin his coat, Red" I will take his cloak, also; and who
 soever turneth the other cheek to
 MT. Dooin will get a Diff on the jaw.
 Those were Reds" tactics.
 Dooin broke into baseball with a
 semi-professional team at Norwood,
 Ohio, in 1899, and in 1900 played with
 St. Joseph. The Chicago Americans
 drafted him in 1901, but he returned
 to St. Joe, at the behest of the man. ! agement of the Windy City team,
 thus showing that there was a screw loose somewhere in the management l of said team. In 1902 Dooin received
 ac all from the Quaker City, and
 caught S7 games for the Phillies that
 year. In 1911 he was made manager
 of the team on which he had so long been the star backstop. He remain
 ed as pilot of the team until the win 1 ter of 1914, when he was deposed,
 after having made very good show 1 ing with the team. He immediately
 signed up with Cincinnati, thus re! i turning to his home town to perform
 at his old job behind theb at.