The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-10
RAIN FORCES
 DISAPPOINTMENT
 OF GAMES HERE
Industrial League Opening Postponed Until Next Saturday - Other Ana teur Baseball News.


 Rain today threatened to prevent all amateur and semi-pro games scheduled for this section to be post poned. The Industrial League was booked to get under way this after noon, but at noon the games had been called off and will be played as part of doubIe-headers later in the season. The Lake Torpedo, Ameri- can Chain and Remington Arms teams also were carded to play to- day, but nc,ement weather forced them to do otherwise.
 At a. meeting held in the yard of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co., last week. a committee was formed for the purpose of promoting and advo- eating baseball in the yard. The men elected on the committee to gov ern sports are all well known in the world of sports and well qualified to guide a winning team to victory. It was decided by the committee 10 put as strong a team as possible in the Industrial League.
 In looking over the material to build a team one finds some or the best known men in local baseball, among these being such familiar names as; Williams, Stegner, Gra- | ham, forkheimer, Barron, Calla- han, Norris, Kelly, Mullaney, Seenan, | Hickey. Tobie, Audley and two mas cots. R. Demery and H. Weston. John Barron was elected manager and T. M. Bicksler assistant manager. Both men are well known in baseball and feel confident of having a win ming team when the final curtain falls at the end of the season.
 The walnuts will play the St. Jo- seph's tomorrow on No. 5 diamond Seaside park at 3:3O D. m. and as both teams have a fast club a good game is assured. The teams will line up in the following order:
 WaInuts St. Joseph's Bowden, 3b Reilly 3b O'Neil, If Matheson, ct
 Casserly, ss, Garrigan, II
 Hart, 1b Chords, ss
 Johnson, 2b sCampana, 2t
 Gallagher, of Hoyt i Dunn. If O'Conneu, ri
 Robinson, Beers, Arnold
 Scanlon, NIyerjack, D
 Farrell, Schwarz, Schorndorff, I . Umpire MT Freyler.
 The Athletics of the East End vii
 cross bats with the fast Rosebud nint
 at Wheeler's lot tomorrow. The Ath
 letics won the pennant in the City
 League last year and had a close race
 with the Rosebuds. This is the frs
 meeting of these clubs this seasoI
 and as battery rivalry has always ex
 isted these two clubs should draw tn
 biggest crowd of the season.
 The Naples will cross bats with tn fast Ivan Juniors, Sunday, May Il will the manager of the Ivan Jun , iors meet Mana ger Frank Morris a Seaside park Saturday at 2 p. sm. a No. diamond? The Naples hav won both games Sunday, although
 new team. The St. Joseph Junior
 are booked to play May IS at Seasid , park Any team wishing for game , after May IS please answer througl . this paper.
 The St. Josephs who are to play tn Garfield Rubber Co. tomorrow a Yellow Mill park wish that they can 7 eel the game as some of their player are playing in the Industrial leagu
 on Saturdays.
 The Windsors will play two game Sunday at Seaside park. The frs will be against the fast St. Jame 2 and the second against the fast Sout l Norwalk team for the benefit of f soldier. Both games will be playe
 at No. 1 diamond
 U SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. h New Orleans, 6; Atlanta, 2 (1st). a New Orleans, 1; Atlanta, 0 (2nd). t Chattanooga, 6; Little Rock, 4. Nashville-Memphis (rain).