The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-06
APPOINT FRED
 HUNT COACH OF
 STAMFORD HIGH
Has Already Taken Charge of Baseball Team-B. H. s. Is
 Ready for New Haven.
By GEORGE HAwNEAN.

Fred Hunt, who is coaching the Bridgeport High School naner has been engaged for a similar tob with the Stratford High team, according to announcement made today. The Stratford boys are looking forward to a successful season, despite the fact that they have games scheduled with some of the strongest hines in thes tate.
 However, with six of last years players back in the fold there is good reason for the much rejoicing one now finds at Stratford. The six veterans who are back in school are R. Thompson and Hall, catchers; Curtis, pitcher; FTIner, Thompson. infielders, and Bassett, infeIder. Each of these players distinguished them selves last season.
 In the return of "Howie' Due harme '21, the catcher for the 1917 team, it is assured that the
 catching department will be well handled. Ducharme. who also plays in the infeld, is a consistent 300
 hitter. Two years ago he was third in the teams batting. Benont Now land, a newcomer this year, but who comes from the ENander Child's high school where he played in the out field. Manager Bassett has great hopes of placing in one of the outer gardens. In practice Rowland has showed up so well that he has been given the sunf1eld but his stick work is yet to be proved He bats left and throws right, although against southpaws he usually shifts 1 to the right hand side of the plate. | Manager Bassett has taken a special T civ i'm l a thorough trial before passing him l up.
 FfImer, who was with the team | last season as utility infelder, has l put on quite a bit of weight and | height and will make a strong bid for 1 one of the infeId positions. Last | season his hitting was good but he was an erractic fielder. With good 1 practice and a little more confidence 1 in himself he should make good. l Stevenson, the 1917 football star, ! who was out of the game last season 1 owing to sickness, expects to make Q 1 strong bid for third. He now reports 1 himself to be in the best of condition i and although he is a trifle weak al 1 the bat his fielding may give him the l position. Stevenson is long and i rangy and has a fine arm. He has a 1 me chance. lie CIIicL lIOuDle StGIllS 1 to be in finding q relief pitcher 1 Curtis will undoubtedly bear the 1 brunt of this work but there must be 1 some one to put in in an emergency. l Writes a student at the Bridgeport l High School as comment on an 1 article that appeared in The Times 1 Farmer sporting section yesterday:
 T am glad to read that there
 is at least one newspaper in Bridgeport that can take a team and properly and without hurt l ing the feelings of the players point out it's faults. Followers of | athletic affairs at the school here have been taking The Times reg ularly for the very good reason l that l. contains news that inter
 ests the schooIboy athlete. You i are right, we have the stuff ] here, but i has not yet been i brought out and I maintain that
 if your suggestions are carried
 out, Bria geport High School will have a better and far stronger team"
 Basketball ''S's" will be awarded tc i members of the Varsity team at the Stratford High School. The insignias
 have been ordered and will in al probability arrive today in whicl
 case the presentation will not occuI | until tomorrow afternoon in the as i sembly hall. The following will re
 ceive letters: Bassett. J. Thompson Luce. Stevenson. Filner, R. Thomp-
 son, Hall, and Capt Curtis.
 The basketball season at the Strat'
 ford school, while not as successful
 as it might have been, attracted
 much attention from the students | there The team su1ered ak defeatE