The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-12
MECHANICS JUST
 COULDN'T HIT
 AND THAT'S WHY
Zeller's Springfield Ponies Shut
 Out the Locals
Hardy Who Was Hammered For 20 Hits at Newfield July 4th
 Was Invincible

Oh where were those hits? A hit, a hit. my Kingdom for hit. No, the Mechanics could not get the necessary off Harry Hardy and were shut out In 80 battle by Springfield at New field yesterday. The Ponies just got to Freddie Gibbs when they most needed those little markers. In all Freddie parted with a round dozen, which is really too many for>a pitch er on winning club. unless those be- hind him can get to the opposing heav- CT with greater force. Unless this is done, there is but one story to relate.
 Jack zeller's "Dogs" as he delights to call them, played, perhaps, a bet ter game than they knew how. There was strength in their attack and pow CT in their defense. The Mechanics displayed force in their offensive work, but could do nothing with Hardy. Charley Murphy's Cubs would have had hard work getting away with the Pony side wheeler the way he was going yesterday. He parted with but seven hits, the septet among three players, three to Jackson and two each to Cy Miller and Skipper" Eley.
 In the sixth Eley made first on a hit. went to second on Stowe's in- uclQ Oul- lO lIlIo WHeu G1dIuy uncovered a wild pitch. He remained there as Crooks flied out to Garry. The best chance however to get the counts was in the seventh. After Ladd had been forced to abdicate, Jackson beat out a hit to Mason, which the latter found too hot to han de. Cy Miller, who just now appears biffed into the left field crowd for two sacks moving Jackson up to third. There was some noise here, the big gathering of the fair sex let ting out Q few choice whoops which encouraged our heroes greatly Jim my Hall tried hard to drive out that hit,l but his bat missed fire, sending up a foul tip to Larkin-. There was still hope as Brad Kocher generally has something concealed in his old hickory. Luck was against him for ne drove viciously at Hardy, the latter stopping the force of the drive with his gloved hand, so much so that it gave Redmond chance to field the pill and heave Kocher out at first It was snappy piece Of business Jackson beat out a hit to Redmond In the ninth after two were out, but Cy Miller was fighting against luck, driving a savage slam at Perkins which the latter gobbled up.
 Springfield broke the ice in the fifth Larkin spilled hit into Ladd's hcreage, going up a buoy on Hardy's sacrifice. Hey tried to intercept LarAin at the plate on Barbours s crash to right field, but the throw was offside Barbour by nifty foot work hoofed it to the keystone on the heave home, scoring while Ladd was handling Garry's pole into center. Then again in the eighth, Mason just could not resist hitting the pill, sending ii pn it's course into right field, just away from the fielder for two bases Perkins taught the ball to land safe put Jackson by clever fielding held Mason at third. Kocher had a chance 10 retire Guest on pop foul fly, but missed connections. It was very costly as Guest revived by hitting to left scoring Mason. It should never have been a score as Larkin who fol owed foul flied out and Hardy died Stowe to Crooks. The score:
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