The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-12

Cincinnati TanS are predicting that Ray Fisher. opposing National league batsmen this year, will win at least 20 games. Pat Moran says that Fisher is a first class pitcher and will be worked on an average of twice a week.
 Connie Mack has a fast infield In Burns, Dugan, shannon and Thomas, with Grover to fill in if any of the l regulars are injured.
 ! No player who has come back to 1 baseball from the service of the na- ton is more welcome than Walter l lNfaranville. As long as the Rabbit was in the navy there was q gap in the Boston array which could not be filled to the satisfaction of the fans, not only in Boston, but on the entire circuit, for the little fellow is one of the greatest and most picturesque figures in the national pastime. He is not yet quite in shape, 1t is true, and lacks much of his usual pep" but it is certain that he will soon be back in his stride.
 Harry Pearce, the Phillies second 1 baseman, lost his little daughter re- gently and did not appear in uni form for several days.
 In spite of the 14O game schedule and the late getaway half of the major | league clubs have been handicapped by unfavorable weather. Eddie Roush. who did not have the | benefit of spring training with the Reds, has found it a difficult matter to get started. When he does hit his stride hewil l make matters interest ing for several rival pitchers. | A glance at the Iineups of the var | ious major league eSubs as they have started out on the 1919 campaign 1 shows numerous changes at third 1 base since a year. Witt has the call at Boston, where several candidates were tried last season. Jones is in | Vitt's place at Detroit; Bronkie, and not Austin or Maisel, is guarding the final turn for the Browns. Larry Gardner has displaced Joe Evans al i Cleveland; Fred Thomas is in Gard ner's place on the Mack infield. Buck 1 Weaver has displaced McMullin with | the White SOx, while only Baker and Foster hold the same American | League jobs as they had a year ago.
 In the National League there are five new third basemen, Baird with the ! Phillies, Stock with the Cardinals l Knduff with the Cubs. Malone with
 the Robins and Boeckel with the Pir-
 ates.
 Herman Bronkie is playing third ! base for the Browns and Jimmie Aus ! tin is on the bench. Jimmy insists
 however, that he will be on the joh
 again very soon.
 Hal Chase played his last game tn
 a Kew York uniform at the Polo Grouds in 1913, just before Frank Chance, then managing the Yankees traded him to the White Sox for Bor- ton and Zeider, known as the Onion and the Bunion. Now Prince Hal is back as the Giants first baseman, and the New York fans let him know with every appearance that they have
 not forgotten him.
 Uncle Robbie is we'll fortified in the outfield. In case Zach Wheat
 Tommy Griffith or Fly Myers are laid
 up the rotund leader has Jimmy
 Johnston and Jimmy Hickman ready
 for duty.
 Chief Meyers, the veteran catcher who served with the Giants, Robins and Braves, and who recently receiv-
 ed his discharge from the Marine
 Corps, has taken up his duties as
 manager of the New Haven club ot
 the New England League.
 The stockholders of the Cardinals
 must raise $5O,0OO this month to pay
 Indebtedness to Mrs. Helen Britton the former owner of the club. The
 rumor still persists that the St. Louis
 club will be sold to Russell Gardner
 the brother of a former governor o1 Missouri.
 f The Cleveland Indians are longing
 for the return of Pitchers LambetI
 and Klepfer and also First Basemar
 Harris, from France.
 son now open the athletes believe i
 to their best advantage to work ou 1 in the open