The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-13
ORATORS WON
 AT NEW HAVEN
Riley Sent to Tall Grass and Gibbs
 Saved the Day.
(New Haven Journal-Courier.)


 Playing in exceptionally ragged 5orrn. and unable to find either of the two visiting twirlers. to any adyan- tage, was responsible for the New Haven State league teams defeat at the hands of the Bridgeport nine yesterday, the score chalked up af- ter the agony. had ended being s-4. The game was little of a contest it. self. the only exciting affair during the afternoon occurring when George Bannon jostled Umpire Cullen, to be removed by the official and fined $5-
 The surprise of the day came when O'Brien. who has played some eight cen games without an error, dropped an easily thrown ball. his first error since he Joined the New Haven squad. Sherwood had very bad day, as did Lavigne. who made his return to the game. All of the Inisplays of the home team were costly and helped the Orators in scoring their eight runs.
 '.PhA" Corcoran had been selected by Manager Bone to serve them to his old teammates and he was touched up rather lively in the first two in ntnes, the visitors getting the jump in these sessions and holding it through out
 Riley was on the firing line when the game opened He held the White wings without a single swat for five and one-third innings. However, it was just at this period that the home bafters began to get wise and then he was relegated< to the bench. Gibbs talk ing ,his place. Gibbs allowed Bones men but two bingoes for the rest Of the game and had good control of his delivery. walking but one batter.
 "A base on ball to steinhauser, singles by Ladd and Bunyan and a triple by Miller gave the Orating bunch their first tallies of the game, trio of runs being marked up for chem in the opening session.
 To these was added one more in the second Inning. when Riley, after reaching first on an error by Guest, scored when Steinhauser ripped off a two bagger. In the fifth one more tall 1y was the toll Of the Park City swat ters, Steinhauser going to first on an error by O'Brien, being sacrificed to second and coming home when La ond, threw the ball far into the out field.
 In the latter half of the sixth. the home crowd began to find Riley. Cor conan was first up and flied out to Steinhauser. Connell got the first hit for the Whitewings when he dropped the ball right over the third base mans head Bertwhistle placed the Sherwood was walked, filling the bases Zacher then proved a part hero, when his long double to left center drove Connell and Bertwhistle same tiiEEe drove Riley to the bench. O'Brien was walked by Gibbs. filling the bases again Hammon's two bagger at this moment also brought him some applause as it was responsi- ble for the tallying of Sherwood and Zacher. Hostilities ended here, how ever, as Guest famed and Lavigne dIed out to Eadd- This was the only session in which the home team scored.
 Pollard brought another run home for the visitors when, after reaching drst on dropped third strike by La vigne,S he stole second and was brought home by a single by Miller The Ora tors got two more over the rubber in the ninth. Hit, after reaching first on a two-bagger by Miller, who also was scored when John Bunyan ripped on a single. The score of the game fol-