The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-20
RAISE sl8,0oO AT
 BENEFIT CONTEST [. FOR FIGHTING 69TH

New York, Aug. 2O-Dependents of the soldiers who make up the Sixty ninth regiment and the Cincinnati Reds derived all the benefit from the mixture of concert and baseball game held at the Polo Grounds yesterday. Fully 25,O00 persons were damned into the capacious Brush Stadium and there were 2,0oO uniformed mefnt lrs of the Irish" regiment on hand to be disappointed when the Giants meekIy abided by the rule of Fred Toney. who achieved his 22nd victory of the season by whitewashing the New York league leaders by to 0.
 Following a concert of popular songs and thet blaring brass of two syncopated bands, the baseball teams took the field for a regular cham pionship game. the first played in this city on Sunday by the Giants. At that time the gates were closed and no more admittances were to be had. althofyh several thousand persons wee on the outside vainly trying to get in.
 Many of the outsiders probably will be just as well pleased when they
 know that the Giants compiled a total of five hits off Toney and helped the Reds to victory by supplying five atrocious and disgraceful errors. For a Sabbath pastime' it was outrageous, as the Giants cup up more like revel- CTS than staid, successful athletes
 As a benefit to the families of the Sixty-ninth the affair was success beyond the expectations of the
 Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, who ar-
 ranged the proceedings Over $18,-
 900 was added to the fund, 25.00o
 persons had an enjoyable afternoon
 and the only dejected parties at sum
 down were Heinie Zimmerman and
 Benny Kauff. Both Hefnie and Benny were wildly applauded at the start of
 the game, but each was so bewildered
 by the baffings of Toney. the crowd
 finally decided it was time to blame
 some of the Giant failures on the two.
 Zim talked back. Benny held his
 peaca.
 There were enough happenings
 during the long afternoon to keep all parties concerned from becoming dis interested. .Toney sprinted from first to the plate with a run, and carried his 225 pounds at an astonishing rate of speed. According to eminent Cin- cinnati statisticians this .in itself is a worlds record. as Toney never before was known to run further than from the plate to first, and heretofore he had to be encouraged to run that far. The soldiers, who were quartered in the centre field bIeachers during the baseball engagement, had 8 scramble for balls thrown by Christy Mathew son just before the game. From the piles of legs and arms protrudinE from the human pyramids. it seems
 there are a lot of Irish soldiers who l care something aboutp laying base | ball. Then James Butler, the racing sportsman, paid $500 for, baseball autographed by President Wilson and presented it to the Chaplain of the Sixty-ninth, to be taken to France and auctioned off there for the benetit of the orphans of France. And not once during the afternoon was a di- cision of the umpires, O'Day and Har- rison questioned by 8 player of either team Many records had to go. 1 For four Innings contest was an air-tight pitching duel between l Toney and Al Demaree, the eminent l cartoonist. Toney continued to be master of all situations. but Demaree 1 faltered so far he was replaced by | Fred Anderson, and Pol Peritt had to 1 come to the rescue of Anderson. so that the game could be finished be-
 fore som of the Giants committed more fielding atrocities.