The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-01
SAM CRAWFORD'S BIG STICK BEATS
 TANKS IN OPENER

Sam Crawford bludgeoned the New Yorks to a drubbing in the first game of a double header at the Polo Grounds yesterday and that after the home bri- gade had built up a, long lead. When the New Yorks got through scoring Crawford started in and the Detroits f1aughed last. The New Yorks led, 6 to o, at one stage, but at the finish the Tigers led, to 6. The latter tied the score in the seventh and made a hurrah finish with three tallies in the thirteenth, which was the overtime length to which the first feud went. On account of darkness the second clash was cut down to seven innings and the New Yorks won 1t, to g. This conflict, like it's bigger brother battle, had 8 last inning climax in which a tie was broken and victory set up then and there. Hartzen hit in the winning g tally for the New Yorks, cleaving the dusk with a. parabola over first. He must have had cats eyes to see the ball. Umpire Hildebrand kept the teams at it longer than there was any reasonable need for doing. As it was, the team locked horns from midday until twilight. The second game, ter the seventh only those with the best i of eyesight could keep Up with the doings in the trans1ucence. The only way the others knew there was a ball | voice.
 The first game was loose and con- tained plays and. tactics of all sorts EDauss, after being handled roughly by
 the New Yorks. rallied in style and
 went through the extra innings strong
 EvenA after their big lead had been torn away the New Yorks had nice
 chances to win, but repeatedly failed 1 to bring in men on bases As a matter of fact both sides had this
 disappointing experience frequently before Crawford wedged a home run lift into the upper stand with two men on the bases.
 i A rush of base hits gave the New works four runs in the first inning
 HartzeIl, Cree. Mullen. Peck and Swee-
 ney did the stabbing and Doc Cook in serted sacrifice which was funb1ed
 by Dauss. With four runs in there still were three men on bases and none out The rally ended lameIy in q
 couple of Str4keouts and a tap to the
 pitcher, and the failure to keep strik- ling while the iron was hot brought
 its penalty later on.
 l Crawford fzZ1ed out on a punv f1y I in the eleventh and stranded two as-
 sociates, but Sam was a creature of
 extremes, as witness the thirteenth
 Bush walked, Witt sacrificed, Cobb was
 passed purposely for the second time. l Two aspersfons on his batting prowess l
 bear, although at that passing Cobb
 was good tactics, for it gave chances
 for a double play. But Crawford dropped a, home run into an upper I box in the thirteenth. Bush and Cobb
 waited for him at third and the three
 did a dog trot to the plate in Indian l file.
 The second game was full of crisp fielding, noticeably so considering the poor light Bush, Moriarty. Boone,
 Peckfnaugh and, Maise1 nfpped diff-
 cult bounding balls and removed run
 ners by accurate throws A pretty double play was made in the fifth. Burns was footing for a second on a Irun and hit play when Moriarty lined to Cree. Cree and Peckfnpaugh dou-
 bied Burns with a relay to Mullen Ed Sweeney crossed the field in the sec onw game wearing newly iaundered IappareL He was immaculate by com
 parison and was greeted with a chorus Of adnfring a11-h-s.