The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-11
SLIP PUT H0LY0KE IN FRONT His Easiest Chance of Game Foster and Stowe Make SmaSheS-GaiSer Freezes
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 Holyoke, May 11.-"Nice work, Bob by,' chirped Hezekiah McCann to MT. Stowe, his second sacker, when that young man belted the ball over the fence in the second inning for a four bag swat yesterday afternoon. You're a pippin, kiddo," quoted Hezekiah later on as he watched his middle sack guardian stow away a couple of big league picture plays. Nothing to it now" laughed H. McCann in the ninth inning as he saw his shortstop rope a grounder and prepare to hurl it to this same Stowe party at second base. for that would be the third out and would mean an overtime game as the score was then tied at five runs apiece. And furthermore, there was good reason for the McCann mirth for Holyoke had the bases full at that very moment.
 Then the unexpected happened. In- stead of attaching himself to the throw from the shortstop, MT. Stowe made a glorious huff of the easiest chance that had come his way all afternoon. AS the ball bounded away from him Foster flashed across the pan with the tally that spelled victory for the locals. Just what remark H. McCann made at the moment that huff put an end to the engagement is not known, but it's a safe guess that he was willing to cancel all the kind things that he had said to MT. Stowe before. As for the other members of the Mechanics their disgust was simply awful.
 Stowe was not the only one who had an attack of nerves in that ninth in ming. The handful of faithful fans, that followed the conflict, were kept on edge in every inning, but in that final chapter more than one heart al most stopped beating so tense did the situation become. You see. Holyoke had the game as good as won with a lead of two runs, at the close of the eighth. Then McCann's men came along and with the aid of a pass. an error and two hits tied up the tallies and barely missed pulling over another run. Back came Fosters hirelings. determined to do or die. With one cut. Foster walked. Perkins and Duggan then scratched singles down third base way. a swell stop by Miller cutting off a long hit, by the latter. With each sack carrying a passenger, Snyder who had supplanted Upham. settled down and struck out RueH It was now up to O'Leary and he looked like a. gOner when he slapped a slow one into short. Duggan's death war rant was booked to meet him at sec ond base, but just then Stowe made his miscue and it was all over but the shouting.
 While the error columns of both
  bad breaks on the defense. there was much of merit in the fielding at times. As noted before Stowe turned in a couple of swell plays at second, his one hand spear of a wild toss by Kocher on a bunt by Baker in the eighth in ming easily leading. Then Eley, the right fielder, robbed Baker of a dou- ble in the fourth when he raced in and picked liner off the grass blade tops. This Eley eye-opener had been I r,v@1s7 ,441 l. %Iz1 inning by Burke when he made a shoe lace haul of a clout by Kocher that carried a, two-base tag.
 While both teams got men on in the first inning there was no scoring. The first run came in the second when opener. This. run was evened up in the next inning when Foster hit one over the fence. The fourth and fifth saw men on the sacks in both halves. but there was no more tally making until the sixth.
 Gaiser joined in making successive er- TOTS, which with timely hit by Mill Ter gave the McCannites two runs. These were gotten back with one more in the home half. Duggan and Rueli rambled and O'Leary beat out a tan talking bunt. On Gaiser's sacrifice 1 fly Duggan scored and then a slashing single by Baker scored Ruell and l O'Leary.
 Holyoke's fifth run came in the sev- enth. Foster was safe on Halls fum- ble and Perkins sacrificed. Duggan | scored his manager with a dandy dou- ble. In this same inning Eley had been put out at the plate. In the | eighth Hi Ladd led away with a dou- | ble. but Gaiser showed his worth by flaming Stowe and Miller md Kocher | grounded out to Ruen. Ten came the ninth. Hall beat out N hit to l Perkins and Eley was passed Nustus hit to center scoring Hall and Eley. Kustus started a steal of second, and OLeary's throw went to center fl>'ld. ' Bailey flied to Dolan. and then Lac l struck out. Then came the final halI and Stowe's fatal <all from grace. Score: