The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-06
Hawaiian Star Reports and Gold Day Fails to Slow Down
 Local Team.

LOcal IedlH.
 Baseball practice st NewfeId park by the Bridgeport players was re- Sumed today. The squad was aug mented through the presence of Andy Vim, the outfielder who won Gis1inC- ton while touring the country with the College of Eaiwaii nine. He re- ported to Manager Grimes yesterday afternoon, and was instructed to be on hand today
 Despite the biting cold of this morn ing the players were instructed to re- port for action and the men were ex- pected to take part only in a brief workout as with the seasons opening but a, week off Manager Grimes does not relish the idea of taking any un- necessary chances with his team.
 Announcement was made last night that Danny Murphy, who piloted the New Haven team to the Eastern league championship three years ago has been appointed manager of the iHartfOrd club. James H. Clarkin owner of the Senators, got in touch with Murphy as soon as he learned that New Haven had passed up Mur- phy in favor of Chief Meyers Mur- phy lost no time in affixing his name lC d COIlTdCl ana VIII take chaTRe or the Senators this week.
 The announcement of Murphy's ap- pointment comes as pleasing news to his many New Haven friends. For a time it was feared that MurphS would be without a job this season, but Clarl1in was quick to recognize the l ex-Mackmans ability and chances Hartford finishing well up in the race now look extremely bright.
 Two pitchers and a catcher, sent by | Manager Jack Coombs of the Phil l adelphia Nationals, arrived in Hart | ford last night and reported to Busi- l ness Manager James w. Pyne of the | Senators and later to Owner James l H. Clarkin. F. A. Smith, right 1 handler, and George Casawza, a south l paw, who lives in Brooklyn, are the 1 twirlers, and Robert Edwards is the
 catcher.
 All three are youngsters and come l to the Hartford club highly recom- l mended by the manager of the Phil | lies, who is turning them over to the ! Senators for further seasoning Hav- ing taken the spring training trip to
 the South with the PhiIs, the trio is
 in prime condition.
 Business Manager Pyne, last night,
 in announcing the arrival of the men, i said that they are eager to get into 1 harness right away and today they will report at the Hartford stadium for practice. He also announced l that Wallace, another inf1eIder whom Jack Coombs sends here, will report l Thursday, a wire to that effect hay
 ing been received late last night from
 the Philadelphia manager.
 Has the Cincinnati bubble burst :? 1 That must have been a terrible ex- | plosion when the Reds lost after lead 1 ing by six runs up to the ninth in ming. Pat Moran must have had a
 distressing quarter of an hour.
 Samuel Wick stirred up a lot of
 Back Bay ozone yesterday. Dumont
 famed him twice and Mays once be- fore Sammy even rolled a, grounder
 to the infieId. The puzzle is, what
 did Dumont fool him with? The
 other Tanks couldn't help getting on
 base while he pitched.
 1 The last of the holdouts are rush
 ing to cover. Toney, Perritt and Rob ertson have reported to McGraw of
 the Giant, or are on their way here, while Dutch Leonard is on his way to | report to the Yankees. Yesterday
 Jack Coombs, manager of the Phil | lies, announced that Bradley Hogg, one of the best pitchers of the club last year, had come to terms and
 would report to the club on it's return to Philadelphia. Hogg is "a lawyer, l
 making too much money with his law
 practice to take up baseball.
 The CIeveland-B Brownie game in
 Cleveland and the White Sox-Tiger
 game in Chicago yesterday were post
 poned on account Of cold weather New York should have loaned the
 Lake cities it's climate yesterday. It
 was one of the finest baseball days of