Baseball Hall of Fame member Candy Cummings managed the 1896 Torrington Tornados team in the Naugatuck Valley League.
[1][2] The league name derived from the location of member teams within the Naugatuck River Valley region in Connecticut.
Bridgeport finished 1.0 games ahead of the second place Torrington Tornados (24–17), followed by the Derby Angels (22–18), New Haven Edgewoods (22–18), Winsted Welcomes (15–25) and Ansonia Blues (12–28).
O'Rourke graduated from the nearby Yale Law School in 1887, this after negotiating payment of the college tuition into his major league contract.
O'Rourke continued minor league play for Bridgeport teams aging into his late 50's and was a practicing attorney.