The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-01

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 usual occurrences marked July in pro- fessional baseball. E1tra-inning, on
 hit games, and accidents on the dia- 1 mond were grouped within few days. as was the case just about this period
 in 1913 Taking these unusual fea- lures by dates, July IT saw Clyde Mi 1 Ianin collision with Moeller, his team mate, as both raced for fly ball in the Washington-Clevel game, with | the result that Milan received a badly. fractured jaw. On the same day, ItGeorge Weaver, captain of the Chi tcago white Sox. collided with Dem init under similar circumstances and
 was severely injured about the head. ] IA no-hit-no-run game and twenty one inning struggle also figured in the records of July IT. At Pittsburgh, the New York Giants and the Pitts burgh Pirates played twenty-one in nigs, the New York club winning by l3 to l. Rube MarQuard and Babe ILAdarns, the rival pitchers, twirled the entire contest. With the exception of 1 the twenty-four inning game between I the Philadelphia Athletics and the lBoston Americans on September 1, 1906, this is the longest game ever
 played in. the major leagues
 Three days previously the Hartford club defeated the New Haven team i2 to 1 in a twenty three inning game in the Eastern Association, which is the third longest game in the record of professional baseball The twenty l six inning contest between Decatur
 and Bloomington of the Three III
 League, played on May 31, 1909, still holds first place. and the Philadelphia- lBoston twenty-four inning match se-
 cond position in the record of long
 games. Getting back to July IT again, | James Withers,s pitcher of the Duluth
 club of the Northern League, twir1ed
 a. no-hit-no-run game against the Vir- 'i gfnia club of the same league. This | 1roY of Nor T thern League this season. The next , day at Lebanon, Pa, the Lfncoln lGiants, a senli-professional team, var lied the schedule by defeating the home tclub 23 to 3, and incidentally scoring eight home runs. Three players each T secured two circuit hits.
 Moving on to July 19, the records } show that the Wichita club of the Western League defeated Sioux City er3 to 9 in a twenty-two inning game
 which required four hours and forty- eight minutes to play. On the same day at Long Branch, N J., Jose Acos- z, ta the Cuhan pitcher of the seashore team. shut out the St Louis American league club without a hit or run, wirl- z ming a 3 to 0 victory in which he did r not give a base on balls and had but } twelve balls called on his delivery for lthe full nine innings.
 : Enthusiasm regarding the chances
 
 3 cup has increased remarkably through 3 out England since the Lipton chalen- s fger sailed for American shores.
 number of private parties have ar T ranged to cross the Atlantic to witness 3 the cup races off Sandy Hook and the . latest scheme ise subscription tours te . the states for the international yacht
 ling event. The trips which are tc
 cover a period of thirty-ffve days are
 advertised at public subscription al
 IEs-o ar11f i. and hotel accommodations in addition ; l to excursion steamer to follow the cur
 contenders. It is expected that from v 500 to Il, 900 will be sold before the l books close late this month
 While interest in professional base 8 ball appeared ragged somewhat earl. ! this season and the attendance at bis s league games showed considerable : falling off, there seems to be no IacI
 Iof activity among the amateurs wht ? take part in outdoor ports of the . more strenuous order. This can b. ! readily accounted for by the amateur n field, which embraces not alone, the f national game on the diamond, bu : golf, tennis and kindred sports. The , trend of the hour among those whe . Hollow these active sports seem to bt
 a desire to be participants in rather
 than spectators of these various forIn E of recreation
 In every part or the country ~goI
 and tennis clubs are enjoying unus e uaI success as the increase in activ'
 membership and the many length.
 waiting lists of those desiring to joil . clearly testify. Golf particularly, ha -' secured a decided prominence and tn e' proficiency shown by the younger ele '' rnent has made it incumbent tn : l officials of the United States Golf As v sociation to conf1ne the entries fo l. national honors to those who are rat
 ed at 5 strokes or under in the handi ;. cap list this year.
 :, :, Rapid progress in the erection. o U the Palmer Memorial stadium is re = ported by the Princeton Universit U athletic auth horities and there appear e to be no question that the structur - will be completed in ample time fo