The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-19

Bridgeport at Meriden.
 It Is bad enough for team like the locals, having many stars, to drop a game. But to lose a contest to the Park City delegation with neither Jim O'Rourke. jr.. nor Red Waller playing for them, is almost incred- lble to believe. Jim, sr's squad put lt all over the locals from the start to the finish at the prairie yesterday and really deserved the contest The orators put up a better game and played better baseball than the lo- calls, although the contest itself was altogether uninteresting, the locals listless playing making 1t more SO.
 It Is true that Phil" Corcoran, the local twirler, was clouted in fine style, but had George Bones men only made good in one or two of the many chances given them, they would cas- Fly have cantered off with a victory. In many instances with men hugging second and third sacks, the locals baseball tossers would stalk up to bat and either fan or just tap the pill a gentle rap with the result of getting nabbed on their voyage to first base They managed to equal the Park Citys number of hits, but most of them were kept scattered, and when local player did get first base Mur- ray and Simmons for example, all Romer, the visiting twirer would have to do was to toss the nphere and the sleeper was caught--yea, nabbed In great style to the utter dismay of the 500 fans present.
 The slow work of the locals only helped to more strongly bring out the contrast between theirs and the new recruits playing. The new addition Gilbert Fogue, was right there with the goods and it was his snappy work at short stop that made the game look anyway interesting He is a young lively chap and comes from the Providence club, where he play ed the first part of the season. and later in the Providence City league.
 Manager Bones attention was call- ed to him by Hugh Duff, manager of the Providence club and Bone gave him trial yesterday at the prairie. Fogue has a good arm and whipped the ball over to the bags in , such a pretty manner as to assure Nhim permanent berth in the locals o,.tfit Shortstop has always been the ~eakest spot on the team, since Havers 7ecline and should Gill keep up his bl liant start. New Haven will make thing hum with her remodeled infeld Fogue gobbled up everything in sight snatching seven chances without hitch He covered the .greensward in real veteran style keeping his head with him and his little trick in the fourth was a new stunt to the local fans. With a man on second the pill was batted to him and Gill picked it up and made fake attempt to catch the man running tc first, which drew the man off second 1stead of throwing to first he simply threw to second, getting that runner easily. Besides getting continual ap- plause for his stellar fielding. he re- ceived a hand while at bat, where he sent out a pretty single to center out of three times up
 After the visitors had congregatei three tallies on two singles, base or balls and three bagger by Fallen and the locals seven Cnot lucky seven duck eggs, the locals began to real. i2e their situation and finally go Blondy Zacher of center garden acros. the plate in the eighth inning, after he singled over second base and stole second. Reischman was onto his jot and punched the sphere to center flelt advancing Elmer a peg, From there Romer became somewhat generou. and syfnpathizing with the locals ir their bereavement over their white wash, made a balk, forcing In Blond, Zacher for the first tally.
 That proved enough for tn, locals in that inning, for afte, that nothing more In the form of runs was secured. The nintl inning came, also that batting rallN With two out "Huck" Cornell bang ed out neat single to left patch Andy Herbst got hit by the pitche and took first while Jerry second Jerry then stole third while And, was content with forming matri monlal alliance with the first sack Elmer Zacher again connected thl twice for a double scoring "Huck and placing Herbst on third Reisch man was content with a walking tick ct and with the bases full Giant Sim mons came to bat But of no use simmons had lost his batting eye an' had failed to even get one bingo in
 previous case with men on bases, an simply repeated the feat, sending
 grounder, which found ReischmaI out and settled the game for the wis