The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-11
'(By Wagner.)

Two players that weren't good enough for tail end team, won d championship for Springfield yester- day. Chief Miller and Mutt Waters who were discarded by Waterbury with in a few weeks ago, turned the trick by batting in two runs. Early m the season Springfield released Wa1ers' Page Swander and Waite, the heavy hitters of the Ponies, couldn't do any thing with Gibbs pitching but the so- called weak hitters were able to con- meet at critical times. Anyway the Ponies beat the Mechanics by to z, so there's no use doing the weeping willow act now.
 TWO other things helped Bridgeport's s defeat One was the fact that FreS- fdent Tracy, who gave seven reasons why the league wouldn't last, hes- lected to send two umplres. HOW . man could be so stupid as to seno one umpire to conduct a game tnat was to decide the championship, pass es all understanding. And that mls- take cost Bridgeport a run In the seventh. with Chief Miller on second, Guest bunted. Russell threw to tnlro to force Miller and got his man put during the kick that ensueu, S Sosss ran to second. Ruell threw to stowe and Guest was out by a mile put Doherty claimed he was surrounded by the Springfield players and couldn't see the play. Then Guest scored on hit
 Another thing that told heavily against the Mechanics was Benny KaTffs misiudgment of Gardella's fly in the first The ball was high one and should have been handled but Kauff ran in and then went back too late to make the catch. Genest scored on the play.
 It was no place for nervous woman at Steeplechase. There were over I,0oo people in the grounds and they saw one of the hardest fought games ever played in this league. Both clubs fielded sharply but the hitting was not so good Ladd, Litschi and Kauff, failed to deliver for Bridgeport and the men upon whom the Ponies de> pended, couldn't do anything with the ash. It was their second string Of players who came to time.
 Skipper Eley, Harvey Russell. Foot Ruell Bob Stowe and Tom Crook were the heroes for Bridgeport Hey won a place in the hearts of the fans by cracking out home, run and -dou- ble. Tom Crook got a. single and was robbed of a double when a screamer liner went straight into Chief Mialer's hands There was man On third at the time with one out and it can easily be seen that luck wasn't with the Mechanics.
 Russell's backstop work was the best ever done here by local catcher. He handled bunts in great style and his begging to second was deadly. Two men were nailed and the, only man who got down did so because he had a big lead and not because Russell 8 throw was poor.
 Sandy Bannister who worked for the Ponies, did aome great pitching stunts. He was in difficulties in several inn- ings but refused to ascend and the result was that the runners were stranded on the sacks. The boys col lected seven hits, including a home run and three doubles. Greenwell twirled the last two innings.
 Freddy Gibbs did we'll but lost con- trol when the supposedly weak hitters were up. He got himself in the hole with Waters at the bat and eOnse- quent1y had to stick it right over. In the ninth he put over a pretty third strike on Waters but Umpire Doherty called it a ball. Then Waters wallop- ed out hit.
 In spite Of the immense crowd and the fact that no regular policemen