The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-11
16 to IA. Funny. Too.

side of a circus" said the tired out fans as they beat 1t home to the beans and blue label last evening at 7:10 from Newfield Park after witnessing two of the weirdest games that a troupe of professionals could possibly engage in. And the Ponies were the weirder of the two. because they lost both contests, the first. 7-1 and the second, 16-14. All
 records for the year at Newfield were either smashed or equaled: Bridgeport won a double header: Cy Miller push ed the ball over the left field fence; Joe Connor muffed four of the easiest flies possible; Bill Luby hit the right field fence for a homer; each club used three pitchers in the second game; all the put outs on the Orator side, with the exception of one to Hi Ladd, were and kocher. The first game started at 2:35 and finished two hours later. After wait of five minutes the sec
 ond argument was begun. When the
 last man was out the sun had sunk
 in Fairfield and the Ingersolls regis
 tered 7:l0. But the fans were gladden.
 ed. because the Orators won two
 games.
 Orators. When a Pony got base he
 was either picked off by Freddie Gibbs
 or caught, trying to steal, by Brad
 Kocher. Their lone run in this game
 NaiAiC HI tue SSNSuIu- SOun0r peat out
 an infleld hit and went to second when
 Hit let Hymns offering go through
 his legs, on which the Pony catcher
 romped to third and came home while
 Fiilt was. throwing Barbour out at
 first. The Ponies made five errors in
 the first two innings while the Ora
 tors made but three hits. all of which
 combined to score four runs. Freddie Gibbs twirled a masterly game. while
 Greenweu who has always been a StUnhIfnR block Q locale xva at will.
 The second contest brought outl groans before a grand outburst of laughter and enthusiasm The Ponies took kindly to the offerings of Eiley Riley and Rube Pollard right off and
 piled up eight runs in the second ses-
 sion. This was the inning in which the two home run smashes were made Bill Luby was the first to get in a welt. His was . soarer over Stein- hauser's head which clipped the right field fence on a bound. Had the bull
 which had been originally placed in right field been there sI.uby would
 now have been $50 the richer. Bills drive sent two runners In ahead of
 him. Cy Miller was the first of the Orators up in the second The trade
 mark on the bat must have come in contact with the vie or trade mark on the ball as Pop Rising. in left field. stood still and watched the pellet soar over the fence. This is the second time the trick has ever been pulled of, woodruff of Holyoke doing it way lead to overcome, but the Orators stuck to their task. and by clever sticking aided by the wretched work of the Pony helders a win was possi- ble- Riley Riley started the going by shutting the visitors out in the first Inning, though he hit a man and Waite connected for a single. The hit batsman was nailed at the plate 9~~~ I,rr 10 ~R TTAf <<~re~ single. Riley allowed four hits for three runs in the second, before Rube 1 Pollard was sent in to stop the slaugh- ter. Rube hit the first man that faced him. the next singled. sacrifice fol- lowed and then Bill iLuby's wallop to l the fence, all in all amounting to five runs off the genial Rube. He went along all right in the third, but allow ed two hits in the fourth and gave two bases on balls. all of which gave the Ponies three more runs. Candy Kane was. yanked from the recesses of the Orator bench and finished the game.
 MT. Porray started to lob 'em up for Springfield but lasted three innings, to assume the play. Sam was even worse. and then Greenwell, who had stwiried the first contest and lost was asked to perform and kindly ac- quiesced-. The Orators can lay their claim to victory to an act of Provi- dence in an injury to Chet Waite, who turned on his ankle in the sixth in- nfng after making a two bagger.
 Joe Connor took his place in cen ter field. furnishing excitement for the | rest of the game. Two files were knocked to Joseph while he played center. and were kindly muffed. Joe | was rushed with all speed into right, | where the Orators turned their hits, l and before the game was over Joe had | let two more easy flies slip through his | digits He was scream as a fielder. | The Orators by uphill work tied the ] score at 14-14 in the sixth inning Kane l then frightened up bit, not a Pony | crossing the pan in the last three ses- | sions. The locals were blanked in the | seventh, but Joe Connor started the | ninth by dropping Steinhauser's fly. Barbour's wide throw to first Ladd | hit to Flynn who threw Hilt out at | second Miller's single into right | scored Steiphauser. while Connor's | muff of Bunyan's fly scored Ladd. The scores: