The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-21
GERVAIS' CHUCKING BLANKS CONT TENDERS
Sam Kennedy Had It All Figured Out to Slip Into Third
 Place

SIapper Sam Kennedy, the famous forfeiting manager, fumed and cussed (to himseIf), in the enemy's dug out at NewfieId yesterday afternoon, but the more he ruff1ed his feelings, the tighter Mons Louis Gervats frightened
 the screws on the Waterbury Con- tenders Bridgeport won 40 because Lefty Louis Gervais was very very
 mean when the visitors had a chance
 to do something. "Slapper Sam" had it all figured out how he was going
 to bring his outfit back to Exchange Place in third place and keep them there for the remainder of the season. He calculated that Lefty Boardman, the strike out king, would turn the track, he did at Newaeld last week via the shut out route. but the grand old dope went agog-
 Gervais not only essayed to hand out the correct assortment of hurling but did the right thing at the right time in the batting business. By his Wagnerian efforts Gervais chased in two runs. Heine Batch was also much in evidence with the cudgel making 1t possible for Boultes, who enjoyed a nifty afternoon, to also count on two occasion. Boultes and Batch. between them made the four runs of the contest
 Bou1tes had a clean record at bat. He faced Boardman four times. There was something in that facing which bothered the enemy's hurler for Boultes walked three times. His oth- CT trip was a sweet poke to right. Heine Batch gathered three hits out of four times up. His last time at bat looked good for a hit, but Dell got under the hoist for an hour. Nash biffed out three clean pokes for the visitors but those after biIn fell be- fore Gervais.
 A miserable error by Second Base man Warner set the stage for two Crossrnen runs in the second. Boultes, first up, drew his first pass of the af- ternoon. After McGamwelI went out Batch lined to center for g. base. The ball sped so swiftly to Hickey that Boultes was held at second Monahan hit viciously to Warner and was thrown out at first, Boultes and Batch moving up base. Silzer rolled to Warner who made a miserable slip, SiIzer being safe and BouItes scoring. Gervais stepped into a drop for a. blow to left scoring Batch.
 After two were put away in the third, Boultes again walked. He pull ed up at third when McGamwe11 dou- bled to left Batch ripped off a neat slam to right for a base on which BouItes scored. McGamwe1l attempt ing to count on the same blow was erased by the home station on Ed heave to Ahearn.
 In the fifth Ira HaIlman walked and BouItes singled after two were out, but McGamwen on the first ball | pitched lifted high to right.
 The sixth produced the final count of the afternoon. Batch slammed too aciduousIy for Howie Baker to l handle, garnering his third hit of the | fray. Monahan's sacrifice put Heine 1 on second. He went to third while 1 Nash was throwing out Si1zer and | scored when Gervais poked into Mill er's territory for a base.
 The contest marked the return of | Bobby Stow to the affray after a | weeks rest with a damaged ankle. Bobby celebrated his re-entry with a two base blow in the eighth.
 Gervais went along so well that not | 8 visitor reached second base, though in the second and last three innings the enecy placed the first man up on first on hits. Warner led off the sec ond with a hit to short. He was forced at second when Boultes stop | ped, Edmondson's line drive, a neat piece of work. In the seventh Hickey led off with a hit to center but was out stealing. The eighth opened with Nash gathering his third poke. Dell following famed while the next two went out on infield flies. Edmond son opened the ninth with vicious drive to center. A double play fol- lowed when Stow gathered Hickey's torrid grounder throwing to Bowman for the forceout at second, Bowman to first completing the only double play of the day. The score:
 Bridgeport