The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-26
LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS
Matters of Interest Which Concern Home
 Performances.

Last weeks .Sporting Life'' con- tains complete baseball chronology of frilbortant events on the diamond dur ing the year 1908. If two or more events of an unusual nature happen on the same day they are mentioned. Uncommon incidents in the Connecti- cut League which are of particular in- terest to Bridgeport fans follows:
 May 12-Waterbury made "A runs Q0 in one inning) and 20 hits to Bridge ports A runs and IF hits.
 May 23-Pftcher WallRr of Bridgeport shut out New Britain without hit.
 May 28-In the Hartford-Bridgepo 50 four Hartford men. first baseman, third baseman. shOrtstop and catcher had all the put outs. not a ball being hit to the outfield off Pitcher Swanson.
 May 29-In the Conn. league Water bury beat Bridgeport 6-5 in 15 innings.
 June 3-In the Conn. league Bridge port beat Holyoke 5-4 in eighteen in- nirigs Pitchers Waller for Bridgeport, and Hodge for Holyoke.
 June 12--In the Conn. league Hart Z ford made eight runs in one inning and beat Bridgeport 9-2.
 June 22-Pleiss of New Haven made four hits out of four bats against Bridgeport.
 June ns-In the Conn. league Waller of Bridgeport shut out Hartford with TWO AlIS.N U June %-rn Conn. league Bridgeport made 15 hits and runs. beating New Britain.
 June s0-In Conn. league Waterbury made n hits, having men on bases in every inning but lost to Bridgeport 2-1.
 July 9-In Conn. league Ho'yoke won 16 inning game from Bridgeport 4-3 Nolte of Bridgeport though beaten struck out 15 men. Boucher made hits in seven times at bat and Beau mont of Bridgeport made out of 8. :.
 July 1O-In Conn. league Mansfield of Meriden shut out Bridgeport with T July 1s-In Conn. league Waterbury made Seven hits count for seven runs.
 July 21AIn Conn. league Pitcher Evans of Hartford broke all pitching records when he shut out Bridgeport without a hit. y0r rum or batter get ting to first base. Not ball went to the outfield and in this he surpassed all records. Evans struck out 10 men,
 July 28-In Conn. league Bridgeport beat Waterbury 2-1 in IA inning game
 July 3O-Conn league. Umpire Rorty was. rnobbed at Bridgeport after the Bridgeport Hartford game for ejecting the O'Rourke's-father and son-of Bridgeport from the game.
 Aug 9-Bridgeport in Conn. league landed on Herbst of New Haven for 15 hits and runs. while Rogers had four hits, in 6 times at bat. and Beau mont in 5.
 Aug. sa2-In Conn. league Bridgeport made 6 runs from 3 hits. beating Hart ford whose six hits produced four runs.
 Aug. 15-O' 'Rourke. son of James O,Rourke, formerly of the Giants. .sbut now owner of the Bridgeport Club, joined the New York Americans. play Ing second base.
 Sept. 47-Waller. of Bridgeport shut out Waterbury with two hits in second game. and in the first game Bridgeport made IF hits and 13 runs.
 Sept. 12-C1ose of tenth annual cham pionship with Springfield pennant win ner Record: Won. 84; lost. Al: P,aC, GAG Bridgeport sixth, 55, H. .437 V Oct. 26-The Conn. league held it's annual meeting at New Haven. re- elected President Tracy for two years and Secretary O'Rourke; and awarded the ct1ampionship to Springfield.
 Dec. 5-Piteher Murphy of St. Louis Americans. formerly of Bridgeport, drops dead of heart disease at his home fn Iseominister. Mass.