The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-15

Pitcher Hardy who was dropped by New Britain and picked up by the Ponies pitched his first game for his new mates yesterday losing to the Larks 2-1 in an eleven inning battle. Bill Yale's three bagger in the eleventh sent in the winning run for the Larks. Temple, the new man obtained from the Giants worked for the Larks.
 New Britain is having hard little tussle to get out of last place. While they have been winning games Northampton has also been there with the victories. It so happens that the days on which the Larks win out the Cubebs also land a victory, with the same result when a loss bobs up.
 There was little change yesterday in the condition of Tom Connery who was injured Monday evening by be- automobile. It was said at St. Fran cis' Hospital last night that it was not known whether an operation for his ruptured kidney would be per- formed or not, as it would depend upon the condition of the patient
 Something is wrong when Bridge port with but four more hits than the locals are able to score eight runs while the Foster aggregation eggs.-HoIyoke Telegram. Sad but true the Papermakers are due for a position lower down the stream, un- less there is a little team work in- stalled in the bunch and the owners shell out for few good gunners.
 The directors of the Connecticut league at a meeting last evening pass ed appropriate resolutions on the death of Mrs. James H. O'Rourke and voted to attend the funeral tomorrow morning in a body.
 Now that Hardy has been picked up by Springfield, Pitcher Leonard has been let go his way. Leonard came along with Catcher Ball from the New Bedford club of the New England league in exchange for "Pop" Rising.
 Tommy Downey poled out Homer and a single out of three times up in the Cincinnati-Dove game yesterday. In the field he had five chances with one slip up.
 This Morgan who performed so we'll for the Papermakers at short in the game Monday dropped into Hart ford yesterday and was given a trial WlIu IHc OcHdlOIS at IlTSL DdSc AC- cording to reports he played the bag we'll Foster let him go as he could not hit well enough.
 Following the big talk about the upheaval in the Pittsburg club the Pirates appeared on the field in Phil adelphia in a new fashion. Wagner has been taken from short and is now playing first in place of Flynn, while Tommy Leach has been pulled from the outfield to cover the short field position. The shift did not do much good as the -Quakers won 9-4
 Iris Speaker, who started to burn up the American league at the end of last season, and made such a record in the Red Sox-Giant series, came in- to his own yesterday in the Cleve- land-Boston game. With the score a tie at 6-6 unto the 14th inning, on two occasions Speaker saved the game for the Speed Boys by his spectacular fielding. At the bat he also starred with three hits out of six times up.
 Thomas Finn of Holyoke is the latest addition to Chief Kennedy's staff of umpires. Finn is an ex-alder-' man from the Paper City. He gave good satisfaction at the Hartford Waterbury game yesterday.
 "Biff" Bailey and Joe Kustus had better break into that hitting column or tha fans will soon begin to lose