The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-18
Team That Beats Red Soz Will Win in 4. L., Agree Experts - Providence
 Fans More Active.

enthused over the Eastern League, l the O'Neil forces have no few friends | in that city for word reached this of l fee today to the effect that the citi- | zens, that is d number of enterprisin- : baseball men. are planning on holding 8 big meeting for the purpose of or ganizing a Boosters club there for the season. The only qualifications are that each membe purchase a sea son ticket.
 The PittsfieId club is already get ting together it's forces for the coming | eason. Practice there will com mence a week from today and Man. l ager Ferry expects to have a major 1 ity of his players on hand then. Just now he is negotiating with several 1 major league managers who have l been reported on the verge of reIeas- 1 ing several promising players to l minor leaguers for more seasoning. 1 The writer has Sam Cranes 1 word for it that the Giants are
 sadly lacking in batting and un- ] less they improve they will find
 the going in the National League l unusually tough. In the eXhibi- ton games played in the southern 1 regions the New Workers have shown little of their past slugging ability. This fact was particular ly noticeable in the series with
 the Red Sox.
 1 George Weiss is not so anxious to
 take over the New Haven Eastern
 League club. Yesterday he inform
 ed the Times-Farmer representative
 that "it was very nice of President | O'Neil to invite him 10 take over the
 New Haven franchise Just now
 George can't see his way clear. How
 ever, if he can secure a partner he
 will willingly assume charge of the
 Murlins. Meanwhile, Weiss is work ing on his semi-pro team.
 Jim CIarllin of Hartford, is busy
 these days getting together what he says will be the best team that has
 ever represented the Capital City
 Jim is one of these baseball club own CTS who figures that the coming sea.
 son will be the greatest in the history
 of the game. He has lines out fol the services of several recruits witf
 major league clubs and tomorrow
 will go to New York for the purpose Of talking business with some majo!
 league pilot, whose identity he is 1 withholding.
 One player CIarkin is hoping he vii
 get is Ralph Head. Head just now
 is in the army, but Owner CIarkin i!
 confident that he will receive his dis P charge in time to join the Senators 5 The playe- is now with the American forces in Germany, however, and i 1 Io 3e;o JZ hi say is so it will be impossible for hin ., to play this season.
 - Eddie Dugan of the New Ha- ven club, is another busy pilot. } Eddie admits that he is nego- tiating for the services of three l, pitchers of major league clubs,
 but whether he will win them is
 another question that is worry. ing him. Dugan was tipped" off to these players by a major lea que scout and he has already
 opened negotiations for them. Owner Dugan is firm in his belle
 that no department is as important 1
 a team as the pitching one. It wa ', that splendid pitching staff embracin IT Woodward, Weaver. Naylor and Don
 ovan that won the Eastern Leagu q championship for the New Havener s two years ago
 Q The name of Jack Egan, formerl
 manager of the Milwaukee America II Association club. and an eH-America | League umpire. again appears i n 1 Eastern League circles. This tim
 Jack is mentioned as prospectiv
 manager of the Hartford club. H c | and Magna1e CIarkfn held a confer 'r | ence in Hartford yesterday after nnon-