The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-08
"RED" WALLER IN RARE FORM DROPS HARTFORDS
 WITH ONE LONE HIT

The battle scared Speed Boys.
 back from a series of hard knocks,
 bumps, and set backs on stony for
 eign grounds, returned to their own
 back yard yesterday still in first place,
 and with a determination to celebrate
 the home coming with a glorious vic
 tory. They did. The Headless Hartfords showed little pugnacity and were shut out 5-0 The victory
 was all the more glorious. as it show
 ed what Red Waller can really do when he is going right.
 Red" just had those Champions eating off his init. He found them all the same. with the exception of
 brother of the same hue, Red Mo- Kenna, who grabbed the only hit al- lowed by Waller and who reached first base on the four ball route, the only pass issued by Waller during the game. Jim Hart, also made first on wild throw by Cy Miller, the only Bridgeport error of the game. The stop helped Waller make his record, as the drive, if not stopped, would have been good for at least two bases. It was one of those torrid slashes over third base, which Cy Miller has bad habit of grabbing and dropping his men. Miller grabbed this hit in his best style, but threw wild to Crooks at first, though he had piles of time to catch the runner.
 MT. Lefty" Leverenz, who is enjoy ing a good year, had no terrors for the versatile Mechanics. Leverenz was almost as easy a proposition as MT. Tom Hardy was in the game Mon- day morning. It looked as if the Me hanics were to repeat the slaughter of that morning in the first inning, yesterday, when five batsmen hit safe Iy in succession. At times Leverenz did eo in and work, but not until pecially favorable were Lefty's offer ings to Bobby Stowe. Bobby fatten- ed up his already good average by the outfield with three dandy drives out of four times up. Hi Ladd and Red Waller also found Lefty for two each, while every other man on the team. with the exception of Brad Kocher, corraled hit.
 All the bugs were out to take peek at the leaders who could lose games and still stay in front, also to look over Joe Whelan, the new catch CT. of whom great things are expected. As Whelan is not yet sufficiently groomed to catch. Manager McCann brought out Brad Kocher.
 The Mechanics went after Lefty Leverenz with relish in the first inning. Every man following Hey, who went out on a hard welt which the short stop sphered, down to Jim my Hall, hit. Nallin just had to start the festivities. The keystone was a magnet for it drew within it's zone four hits, Nallin's bounding over, Crooks splashing across, Ladd's pad ding it's way through, and Bobby Stowe's across on the line. It looked as if they would repeat the perform ance. but Cy Miller varied with dashing clout to left. On all these clean drives, Nallin, Crooks and Ladd scored, helped along by a wild heave by Hummer, Hall was out through the fan route, and Stowe was flagged trying to steal third.
 That was all the scoring until the seventh when the Mechanics worked two across after two were out Crooks was safe when Hart dropped SoffePs throw. Ladd mangled a single off Leverenz's glove. the ball glancing off to short stop. Bobby Stowe shook out the third hit of the game, pole in to McKenna's mesa. The three on