The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-30
BROKEN RECORD AND FIST
 FIGHT IN NEW HAVEN CAME
Martin Battles With Woodward, First Elm City
 Boxman Taken Out This Year.

New Haven, Aug. 30-Danny Mur- phys ambition to work but one. pitcher game during the Eastern League season received sad jolt
 on the Savin- Rock grounds yesterday afternon when Frank Woodward
 one of the shining lights of the local
 staff, was chased to cover in the
 eighth inning of the contest with
 Bridgeport.
 Woodward's unexpected rout was
 preceded by one of. the most dis
 graceful scenes enacted on the local
 grounds this season. Up to the event.
 full eighth New Haven was sporting
 a B. to 0 lead, due chiefly to the bril-
 liant pitching of Woodward, who had
 yielded but three widely scattered
 blows. In the eighth Woodward un-
 corked streak of vildness. Wood
 ward lost all control of himself. He
 couldn't locate the plate and couldn't
 control his temper. He entered into
 dispute with the umpire on every
 ball pitched.
 After Woodward had issued three
 passed he beckoned Manager Murphy
 to take him out. This Murphy refus- ed to do although he did send Walker and Devine to the bull pen to warm up. Finally Murphy, against his own
 wishes stro1led from the bench and waived Walker and Devine on to the field. While the change was about to
 be made, Billy, Martin. shortstop of the visitors, who was coaching at third base, hurled 8 remark at Wood ward Woodward, taking offense to Martins words, rushed over at him. The players argued for a minute or UY IAl %4
 protect his own honor with his mitts. He shot a. blow to Martin and both players mixed it for a few seconds until cooler heads interfered. Um- pire Brown, who had sent Bracket from the game only a few minutes before for disputing a called third strike, then waived Woodward and Martin off the grounds. Martin vig- orously protested, claiming that he was not the instigator of the, row. Brown, however, ruled that Martin | was equally at fault and both men left and the game went on.
 The battle, itself, furnished further
 evidence of what is to be expected when Bridgeport appears here. Bridgeport kicked up no fuss until the eighth but the early innings proved nothing more than calm be- fore storm. Bridgeport-New Ha-
 ven game without fight is like clam
 chowder without the clans. That's the way the fans look. at it. Dug Smith, the little southpaw. who shows to best advantage against New | Haven, was on the firing line for the
 aliens Dug pitched good ball and | would have held the locals scoreless ! but for a misjudged fly by Corcoran which Ball converted into a two-base l hit. There were two on bases and two out at the time when Corcoran's bung1e. which does not appear in the box score, enabled New Haven to as surne a two-run lead. .Corcoran's CT TOT of omission occurred in the third l inning after he had made spectac- | ular bare-handed catch of Brad | shaw's liner. New Hayen's other run, which eventually proved the | winning tally. was scored in the 1 fourth on pass to Shannon, his steal | of second and Lear's wild throw to the ! plate which should have been an easy I out Torphy shot a slow roller te | Smith, who tossed to Lear to catch 1 Shannon. Shannon kept on running