The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30


 tor sunners presented the Mechanics with the first game Of a double bill at Newf1eld, yesterday while the fielders turned about in the second, giving the game to the rebels. The first contest ended with the Mechanics one to the good, 4-3. In the night cap, the enemy grabbed four runs to our one.
 As the teams before they went on the field yesterday were on tie for second place. there is still no differ ence in the standing of our van, but New Haven is menacing the rear, yesterday winning her ninth straight game.
 Bridgeport traces her, victory to the wildness of the Aviator hitehers. Mur- ray Parker, who has been consider able of a bother to our boys all sea- son was wild from the start. In the third inning he walked two men, while another made the paths by the error route E It was then that he beQueathed the job in favor of Reggie Brown. Reggie could not get settled, walking two, forcing across two run on the aerial sacrifice route. Errors of the sparalyzing variety brought about the Mechanics undoing in the second game. They cropped in along with QumD pldylnS, not one OI IhC invaders runs being earned.
 There was surprise on the. maps of the fanatics when they l saw John t~Red" Waller on the sYarm up line with the rest of the boys before ac- ton. Surprise was even greater when his Umps, Bobby Hart, announced that the premier slab artist of the circuit was to work. Waller in the morning had stated that if every thing went along quite right he would be in the game at the. end of the week Now the fans know that he is Aside from a little slowness in nov ing about Red was inS his regular form, meaning well nigh >invincible. The bum foot made him shaky at times, his control being slightly. be- low his average. Waller, worked out of two bad innings, the. third and eighth Give Red" a, decent work ing and he'll win every game
 Reggie Brown, after settling down in the third inning, was a tower of strength, the Mechanics failing to gather a run. He was going so good that Manager O'Neil sent him into the second fray. fG ssEA
 It was a wise move as the Me chanics got to him for almost noth- ing, though he was lucky individual to pull out of that hole sins the first inning Here the paths were fully | tenanted with but one-doxa.--CyM Mil Ter drove a perpendicular, liner, which Aineida pulled out of MsaT touch
 It was ponderous 5Ivor' Swanson against Brown in the closer. Ivor could have gotten away with a vic support. Eleven hits were made from him, but some of these should never have been if there was proper fielding.
 Our boys came through with an earned run in the third. inning of the closing contest, but the visitors tied up with gift in the fourth. It was even terms for both teams till the eighth, when the Aviators chased two across due to Miller's error. In the ninth the Mechanics ga<e>a thorough exhibition of dumb baseball, but managed to be lucky enough to allow but two runs.
 There were punches of nifty field ing in both games In the first a catch by Ladd off Standards bat was the feature which stood out the most Stankard had the orb headed for the bull in center field. Ladd set after the sailer like a deer. It seemed impossible to make the sphere, but Hiram was on with a monster leap. pulling down the f1oater. It was fly double killing in the second session was a beaut as also was a double play torn off by Miller, Kocher and Crook There were three on at the time when Waterman hit to Miller. Cy let heave at Kocher who touching the home dish forced Connor and threw to Crook dropping Waterman.
 There was lots of hitting during the afternoon, most of it in the sec ond encounter. Cabrera turned in 8 perfect score in the second contest with four hits. He also grabbed two out of four times up in the first. Flo, the Mechanics Skipper Hey hand ed in a hobby card. He uncovered a single and double in the first out of four times up, while in the second he had single, a triple and sacri- fee hit out of four trips to the plate
 To satisfy the wishes of the fana- tics, the Mechanics grabbed TUT In the first inning of thedpener. Eley beat out a hit to Almeida at second going down to the keystone or Stowe's sacrifice, scoring when H Ladd weighed in with a single. The tie up by the enemy was gift. Con inor was walked, but Murray Parker niftsd . foul fly. to Whalen. Waller