The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-05
SNAPPY SELECTIONS FROM
 VARIOUS BALL DIAMONDS
Springfield Pennant Contenders at Steep|e-
 chase Tomorrow Hot Game Expected

(By Wagner) l Foot your horn, Jerry. You're in 1 fog.
 Chief Snyder to the rescue. "Ill
 save you'' shouted the swarthy citi- | zen of Newburgh, N Y., as he grab bed his trusty glove and left the shade | Of the bench. l You couldn't beat that fielding. Skip | per Eley started 'em cheering by two | brilliant plays in the second. Pop | Foster had cracked one to left and the ball went so far that he turned sec l ond base. Eley saw Foster was off too much and he whipped the ball to Stowe, getting Pop by a mile Then
 after Snyder had replaced Upham and there were two down, and two l on bases, Tony Pastor slammed a liner toward the fence. Skipper made a superb running catch and prevented a couple of tallies.
 Jolly Jerry Connell always hits we'll here. The manager gave himself a chance to play because Sailor Burke has sprained ankle. He rapped out three singles and often ran in from right garden to bark at Umpire Jack Hess.
 New Haven had men on bases in every inning except the third and fifth. The local infield was busy fore ing runners out.
 Capt Tom Crook was not feeling
 very we'll. He only made two doubles
 and a single. He also dug up some
 low throws
 The big scrap will be staged at
 Steeplechase tomorrow afternoon when
 Springfield plays here. Happy Jack
 Zeller expects to trim the Mechanics
 and although the local pitching staff
 isn't going any too we'll, Manager Mc- Cam has hopes of walloping the Mas
 sachusetts bunch. Ivor Swanson or
 Freddy Gibbs will do the honors.
 Game called at 3:30.
 "I have to work hard to get my hits,' says Lou Litschi. '"The fielders
 all know where I swat 'em and they
 plant themselves right in the way.
 The only thing for me to do is to lift it over their heads"
 Dixie Walker sat in the grandstand yesterday. He has been to a doctor and says he doesn't expect to be able to pitch for two weeks The liga- mentS in his arm are torn.
 Manager McCann was on the bench for the first time since he pitched for the Elks. He wasn't feeling very good natured but cheered up a little when his players put over the victory.
 Bob Stow had crowded after noon. He robbed Pope of a single in the first when he ran over toward Crooks station and scooped a hot grounder with his gloved hand.
 Chief Snyder is there when it i comes to fielding his position. In the second he threw Dent out and Sher 1 wood out at the plate on a high fourth after Cornell singled, Snyder went into the air. seized Gyglis rap l with his bare mitt and forced Con- l nell at second. l
 Pop Foster couldn't do much with | Snyder. He had a great chance to sew up the game in the seventh when | the bases were filled with two down but his best was a rap to Ruell on | which Cough was forced at second | for the final out.
 It is said that Holyoke will try to get into the league next season. Busi- 1 ness men are now trying to raise enough mazuma to guarantee keeping a franchise.
 Bill Meegan, who caught for Hol- yoke at the time of the big smash, is now with Harrisburg in the Tri-State league.
 James Sullivan, last year manager of the Lincoln team in the Western league, succeeds Tom Dowd at New Bedford. The directors claimed Dowd wasn't keeping in condition to man age the club.
 Doh Cfoxr, for ,oJ ascension in the fourth. After he had worked the New Haven twirler for a pass he kept leading off first and got Dent to waste so many balls on Stone that Rocky was walked. Then after Snyder went out, Stow started doing fancy work around sec ond and Dent became so flustered that he passed Eley. Litschis single put two runs over.
 Lefty sager of New Britain had a great day yesterday. He let Water bury down with two hits and shut the ONeilites out by to 0. Tom Tuckey labored for Waterbury.
 Sandy Bannister won another game for Springfield yesterday when he beat Hartford by to in 10 innings. Powers worked for Hartford. In the second contest, which also went ten rounds, the score was a tie, to 5. tors and Greenwell for Springfield.
 New Britain is playing good ball these days. Owner Murphy appears to have found the way to make the players get down to business.
 Bugs Raymond is in Chicago. He will pitch for Harry Forbes Athletics against the Indianapolis team, tomor- row. B
 The gentle taking of two games from the St. Louis Browns was what gave the Athletics the lead. They were pretty games. In the first Mc- |