The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-30
BARRON HELD PONIES IN HOLLOW OF HIS HAND Local Slab, Artist Pitches Great
 Game at Springfield Only One Pony Reaches 3rd
 Station-Spratt Hits
 Heavily
lspringfeld Republican,

After holding Bridgeport to even and uneventfnl terms for seven rounds at League park yesterday afternoon. the Ponies were stung for three runs and the loss of the honors of the day. Justin had held the enemy to three hits until the last two rounds, but the steam put on by the attack ing party put him to the ropes in the eighth with two out and another man almost. Bakers frantic speed just carried him to first base an eye- lash ahead of Guests throw. Such desperadoes as Crook, Snyder and Spratt immediately set to work to dynamite a respectable battle, and when the smoke had cleared away the Ponies were in ruins. They tried to repair the damage. getting two nlts in the ninth and thus equallng their total batting for the rest of the game, but they could not get man across the distant plate. As a matter or fact, but one of the home workers survived the ordeal long enough to camp on third base, where he perish ed. for succor was not near.
 Barron is the name of the digna- tary who held the Ponies ito so few swats. They simply could not pe1ie- trate. his offerings, and innings fitted along with the same rnournful zero on the score board. Bridgeport was just as helpless before Justin until scoring position twice before that eighth, and actually did score run that was lost in the shuffle. Snyder had breezed past third in the seventh and Spratt to right field. The for mer party was content with second base when he could have appropriat- ed third by a little bit more energy.
 AnvxIA1y Cfoxxy sso r,ffinad and Rrid Has bounded to Guest. Snyder raced for the plate and beat the throw, but the umpire declared the runner an an initiated unit Russell closed this cheerless session with a welcome fly to Swander, But the Ponies broke plate without a doubt, and this was in the second. Spratt singled but was forced by Stow. Bridges grounded to Weigold, Stow going to second, and soon to third by theft. Russell ambled to first on balls and then came a try for a double steal, Stow going down in heap at the plate.
 In the meantime Springfield had been doing little at the bat and so was not commanding much deafening applause. Justin was safe in the sixth with one shot because T. Crook let the ball pry his hands wide open. Weigold forced Justin and quickly StOAC SCSOAA0 SO dS LO SCL U I1111 II O1 Guests hit. There was Weigold on first. Guest at first and Waite prom ising to cut the ball in three. Barron slung to the plate, Waite chopped at the pitch and Stow caught the pesky fly, closing Springfield's grand oppor- tunity. Guest and Swander singled between out in the ninth, but De1ps fly to Russell in n1fdf1e1d was three out.
 The part of the game we do not like was in that eighth. Two gone, Baker just beat out grounder to deep short, Crook whanged to right center for two bases and a run. Sny- der belted to left for another run, and took second on the throw in. Spratt slashed to the same territory for another run, and he also took second, there to witness Slows fly fall in Guests hands. Bridgeport got a couple of hits in the ninth, but a double play, Miller to Landgraf and Barron's strikeout choked the attempt for larger winning. The score: