The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-27
Local Veteran Finally Lands Big Job In the Majors
 Other Late and Cosby News of Baseball.

London clubs of the Eastern League has been engaged by Manager Moran of the Cincinnati Reds as chief scout according to advices received here yesterday. NJcCann was deposed by the late Morton F. Plant in favor of Jack Flynn about 0 year go and up to a few weeks ago had been employed as clerk at Hotel 4Iohfcan, New Lon don.
 IcCann once pitched for the Brook lynS and later became a. member of the Yankees scouting staff. In due time he was appointed manager of the Bridgeport club and gave the Park City fans three first division clubs. He was later selected to lead the Whaling town baseball forces and won q pennant. When Moran became the Reds leader AfcCann received a
 tempting offer to perform his old
 duties as ivory hunter,'' which he accepted.
 Three recruits tried out last spring
 by the White Sox are being given an
 other chance to make good this sea son. They are Pat Hargrave, the
 young shortstop; Harvey Mcclellan, another infelder. and Pitcher Robert son, a Texan spitbaI pitcher, released last season to Minneapolis.
 Leo Callahan, outfelder and free
 agent, after failing to catch on with
 several minor league clubs to which
 he was offered when Larry Sutton in terested himself in his behalf, has
 signed with the PhilIies His last
 professional engagement was with the Newark club. Last year he was in
 the navy,
 The plan of the president Of the Southern League to have four of his umpires men who have seen military service is working out nicely. Already | he has signed George L. Harrison of Atlanta, noted college athlete who had had a trial with the Boston Braves. He enlisted in the army, saw
 service in France and lost an arm in | battle. But he will wear an umpire's
 toggery.
 One of the good hoIdout jokes Of ] the season was that of Jimmy Hick-
 man of the Brooklyn club. He filled | the papers with long stories of how 1 he had gone into some sort of trans 1 portation business as a partner of a l wealthy man. And last week he walked meeIzly into the office of Eb- 1 bets and offered to sign at the old
 salary. And still they say baseball | players have brains.
 | There will be a Baker on the Phil 1 adeIphIa American League Club this | season, Manager Connie Mack has i just signed Joe Baker, a young south 1 erner and a southpaw. who was pick | ed up from the late Blue Ridge | League. He Is just out of the Army 1 and saw a lot of service in France. ] He was one of the best players tIl l the Blue Ridge League and experts | who have seen him in action, believe 1 he will make good in the majors. Catcher Hank severeid of the St. 1 Louis Browns, who has been in the tank service in France, has arrived
 in New York and will join his club 1 tomorrow. He was given his release 1 today by the army authorities. Re l ports from New York had it today 1 that he has grown bigger and is con | siderabIy stronger.
 | Catcher Bill Killifer is accomplish | ing wonders with the Chicago Cubs
 at Pasadena, Cal, according to re- ports reaching here today Bill is i catching wonderfully and his team mates are high in their praise of his work. Even they are surprised, for l in past years the training trips have ! far from agreed with this backstop. P L. Auth, one time Vice Presi- 1 dent of the Pittsburgh National 1 League club, died recently at Pasa- l dena, Cal. MT. Auton was connected 1 with the Pirates previous to 1899 when w. W. Kerr was president and 1 Before Barney Dreyfuss negotiated the purchase of that club.
 1 Johnny NcGraw has provided a | berth for Herman Schaefer by sign | ing him as coach and scout. Mugsy l las changed his mind about comedy l and baseball. Nugsy never would stand for the injection of comedy into l the game. But it will be a novelty l so far as the Giants are concerned to
 see Schaefer doing his turns" on the 1 diamond in New York.
 The Pirates have signed Pitcher O1- 1 lie AIcArthur, formerly of the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League. i McArthur is no stranger in Pitts | burgh for he was with the Pirates i for a brief time in 1913 and again in 1914. Dreyfuss originally got him
 from Hopkinsville of the Kitty
 League.
 A Cleveland paper prints an alarm i story about stars of the majors | quitting their clubs to stay in the
 steel mills and ship yards. Among
 some of the stars" listed in the | story are George Hale of the St 1 Louis Browns and Norman Pitt ot
 the Brooklyn Dodgers. Well, maybe | they are.
 | Sad news for the Detroit Club l Jimmy Cooney, procured from the | Boston Red Sox to safeguard against I Owen Bush's retirement, has decided l to stay in the Army. He is a lieuten- l ant and recently volunteered fo4 | ioI f5,141