The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-09-13
Hitting The
WITH G. E. FIRSTBROOK
Sport Trail

The performance of Joe BULLET"
Bush, pitcher of the Yankees, has been
one of the most unexpected happen
ings in the major league baseball
season. Bush with his record Of %
wins and six defeats has surpassed all
expectations. When the Yankees Sc
cured him in the deal with the Red Sox
Thomases" to be heard-but they have
vanished.
In the Braves-Giants series at
the Polo Grounds the other day
Johnny Cooney was yanl&ed out of
the box to make room for a pinch
hitter. Johnny filled that role
quite acceptabIy for New Haven
this season.
It's a safe bet that Miller Higgins
will harvest some gray hairs during
the next few weeks.
"WiId Bill, Donovan received a
$500 bonus for winning the New
Haven pennant, sign that he
will be the Elm City pilot next
season. Billy Gilbert is also like
Iy to be resigned by the Water
bury Club. 1t was a great season
for this pair of veteran managers.
Here's hoping there will be no mix
up over the t'divvy'' of the Meriden
moguls.
Kenneth Robbins is sure to
make an excellent fixture in the
athletic department at Bridge
port High School. He has a faculty
of getting along with boys, at least
he had O few years back when the
writer knew him as director OF
boys activities in the Pla1nheld,
N. j., Y. M. G. A. The football
also lost a competent coach in
Fred Hunt whose fate was to lose
out in one of the shuffles that in
evitably comes in all lines of BUSH
ness and professions.
With another layoff the Brown
Derbies should be in fine fettle to
polish the Brasscos in the double
header today.
Yeppe, that South End and
Walnut baseball clash is going to
be corl1er. The only neighbour
hood rivalry is exertinS itself and
there will be no shortage of the
steam in the coming games.
Owing to the conditions the first
tilt was staged under, the Walnuts
no doubt will be willing to
on a new string. As it was I'M
able to play the full nine innings
that seems to be the only way to
decide the championship on its
merits.
To insure that the games will be
devoid of all unnecessary wrangling, it
is suggested that a league umpire be
engaged for the occasion. A reason
able bargain can be made with Mutt
Waters, it is understood.
Says Br'r Mcclellan on the
pennant races in the ma jorS:
The pennant races in both of
the big leagues will keep those
who are inclined to be nervous
over such matters in a decidedly
fidgety state of mind for some
time to come. Even with their
terrible pitching staff it is my
opinion that the Giants will cling
to enough of the lead that they
won on their dash west to finish
first in the National League. If
the Pittsburgh Pirates had started
their reorganization earlier in the
season they might have won the
pennant.
Despite the in and out career of
the Yanl1S this season they seem
quite likely to win the American
League pennant, though the team
has bewildered its owners and it's
customers. They have the punch
and they have the pitchers, but
~~--'ewhere and somehow the ma
chine lacks Conference. One might
almost say that it is a team with
ball teams have souls OF anything
that would pass for souls. How
ever, they have their inspiration,
the main inspiration for a profess
sional baseball player, the proxi-
nifty of the worlds series money.
| 1t looks very much as though the
Yanl>s would come under the wire
| in tho last drive