The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-19
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You can't stop a team when IL gu ng goo6 no matter how much better he opposing team plays. Yesterday tt Newheld Park. Northampton with rengeance,. in it's looks, landed on che $ocals for a twelfth straight victory, But this time they had to work every minute to. win. the final score being Fl. The winning tally came in the linth with- twos out. Bridgeport put lsf one of sthrs xrsrdest fielding games SNer witnessed. while the Larks were . iot far behind To give an idea or how much ginger the Orators display d in the first with one down, Pas- ,or singled into center He became 100 risky around first bag, and was hailed on a fine throw from Kocher 10 Bunyan- In the second Robarge Btnzied, Bunyan in throwing Bridges iacrince to second fell down. the safe The two runners were advanc- Id another base each on Golden's self k11ler.s 1t looked like sure score, put Fimpy Burns laced a liner at rHlit' which the later nailed on the run. throwing to Miller, getting Robarge off .hird base. Had there been no outs E 1t 5the time, triple, play could nave been pulled off as Bridges @ was na5 d -yunning when the ball was in Miller's Aand.
 The Orators followed up with the same tactics in the third. Plank sin lied into center. but was thrown out ky Gibbs who helded Hess attempted sacrifce With Hess on first, H1lt b4cked up McAndrews grasser on q brefty scoop. threw to sweeney, Wno < m turn relayed to Bunyan. completing mother double play. In the eighth Golden was walked but was nabbed iryins to purioin second. Plank who tor sarlother when he hit what looked ike a sure Texas ie4guer over snort. Frank Hit was on duty and by as pretty a catch immaginable speared the ball one handed.
 Nof a Lark run was earned, while BridReports loner was due to two two hagEers- Jimmy Gibbs pitched good baIl, but his wild throw and hit bafsmen tell the story of the defeat.
 The nrst run came in the fourth, Pastor was out Sweeney to Bunyan. Tale doubled along the right E. foui line As Gibbs started to wind up d to steal third. The pitch was wild, bounding up to the grand stand. Kocher relayed the ball back to Gibbs 1t the plate. but Yale slid under Jim my for the first tally. Flies by Ro- earge and Bridges followed the mis- play The Orators should have been credited with run in their hair or the fourth but Umpire Mason was raw on decision which cut off an Orator run. Hilt gathered his second hit was sacrificed to second by Ladd, md went to third while Bridges was Throwing Miller out at first. A pitch Mfd ball by Hess got away from Bridges Hilt coming in. Bridges recovered in time according to the umpire, but he neglected to~t6uch Hilt when the lat ter crossed the pan Mason said ne lid. and that settles it. In the sixth with two down, Bannon doubled be tween Golden and Robarge, while Hilt < made his third hit double into right. scoring Bannon. The winning gun came in @the pinth. After two were out Gibbs hit Tony Pastor in ' the pants. Tony stole second. and tailed on Yale's tap to center field. The Orators had a most beautiful op- portpnity to tally in the eighth Gibbs was first up lining nasty ground ' sr at McAndrews. Mike batted the ball down, but: his throw to first was wild going to the fence Gibbs went Dn to second. On the rebound from b11d. but again the throw was wild, Gibbs scampering on to third A man b1 third and nobody down An out held fly would have netted a. score, but there was nothing doing Stein hauser grounded to Bill Yale, Ban non struck out after making two hits. Hess was afraid to take chance 2 on Hilt who had hit safely every time hee faced him., and walked him. It was up to Hi Ladd- but he sent up puny fly to Plank. Again in Ing wallop to center field. Bunyan's attempt at sacrificing went up in the i air, falling in Bridges glove Sweeney popped to Burns while Kocher went put Hess to Yale The score:
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