The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-10

Springfield, Aug. 1o-Brfdgeport lost both ends of a double header to Springfield yesterday by to . and to 4.
 The day was the most exciting of the year on Hampden park. Tom Crook, the belligerent first baseman of the Bridgeport club, rushed to the Springfield bench in the latter part of the first game to pummel Second Base man Page, following a kidding ses- sion.''
 Crook started the disgraceful pro- ceedings and suffered physically for doing so. In the fifth inning of the first game he tried to get Pitcher Greenwell angry by throwing some muddy remarks. He succeeded, and Greenwell. from the pitching slao' seemed to be riled by the tongue flashing. A fight looked near In the seventh inning, with Springfield at bat, Page, in an alleged attempt to divert Crooks attention from the pitcher, started to ''kid" him over an alleged debt of $1O owed to Pitcher Temple of Springfield.
 Bantering remarks followed. Crook yelled to Page that he would go lover there and get him." Page made the mistake in saying: Come over and get me- Crook walked to the Spring field bench. On the way, Bannister, on the coaching line. tried to dissuade him, but Crook marched up to Page. who was sitting on the bench and punched him. Page leaped from his position and at the same time two or three of the Springfield players went to his aid, and with force. may be, Crook went to the ground in the ecuffle. with Page on top of him. Page kept pummelling Crooks face A, yn1o of both clubs closed in. Stowe of the Bridgeport club, thinking he was in some rough house. jumped feet first into the scrimmage of ball players and his spikes ripped the back of Waite's shirt for a one-yard gain. Capt Mason of the Springfield club was one of the ringleaders of the peacemakers and he and his assistants finally pulled the pair apart.
 Back to baseball. Springfield was out -batted in both games. but it's dashing work carried it through to success. Just three hits were made off Snyder, but two of them with as the start. for Greenwell was wizard in pinches. Greenwell was batted oc- casionally, but his own alertness and coolness under fire and his rattling support kept him free from danger Old Hiram Ladd tapped him for two two-baggers, but Hiram never reached third base. atN
 Eley started Bridgeport by reaching first on Pages tumble. Litschi sac rifced and a moment later Eley was picked off trying to steal third. Crook doubled, but Genest after misjudging Ladd's high liner, finally grabbed it and prevented scoring. Gardella started Springfield going with a belt to left. Waite bunted and was safe. the play being made too late on Gar della Page sacrificed and Barbour walked, filling the bases. Genest fouled to Crook. Mason sent a hop. ping bounder over second and two runs came in. Barbour taking third. Mason and Barbour worked the dou- ble steal and the former wound up on third because of Stoves poor re- turn to the plate. Guest closed the inning by grounding out, leaving the tally 3 to for the first round.
 The rest of the game was marked by hard but intellectual hitting of the visitors. Springfield was quiet at the bat but shifty in the field, and this shiftiness threw back the attack. Flaherty walked in the fifth inning, stole second. went to third on the poor throw to nip him and finished up at the plate on a passed ball. The score: