The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-02
N. Y. KNOCKS The.
L OUT OF KELLY

Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex,
April Camp Kelly fell before the
assaults of the Giants yesterday af-
ternoon and it proved to be an easy
triumph for the McGraw forces. Geo.
Kelly, who spent the greater part of
the last three seasons with the
Giants, has gathered together a team
of minor leaguers here who had the
starch taken out of them in the first
inning, when the National League
champions rolled up five runs. The
game ended in New York's favor by a
score of IA to 7, with Schaefer stag
ing his big act of pitching the ninth
inning.
Schaefer declared that this day will
always stand out prominently in his
mind, as he struck out his first man.
The game was played in one of the
most remarkable settings in which
any big league club yet has played
| The contest was waged on a skin
| diamond, with a mountain of hay n
centre field. Bales of hay were piled
| to the height of three and four stor-
| les. In front of the hay were hills
| Of sand, each containing a squad OF
soldiers. There were no fences, and
anything that got past the outfelderS
was homer. There were six drives
| for the circuit each team getting
three. Schaefer yielded two of the
| homers made by the soldiers in tht
ninth. AS in the game with Waco
aViators flew about as thick as mos
| quitos in Jersey.
! With any kind of a battery, the
aviators would have presented {
much stronger front. After using VI
| two fizzles, the bird soldiers finally
| dug up Waukop, who knew little
about pitching, and permitted onl.
two runs in four innings. The sol
diers had several big league recruit:
on their team. In addition to Geo
Kelly, Spreitzer, the second baseman
had a tryout with the Cubs last year
| while Williams, the first baseman
was once with the Cardinals. The
latter gave a splendid exhibition o.
first base play, making one barehand
ed catch Of a wild throw that was
| corker.
Anderson, Smith and Schaefe,
were the Giant pitchers. Fred per
mitted hits in the first four inning
and two were Immediately cance1iea
on double plays. Smith was hi
fairly hard, but after the Giants hat
| piled up a lead of 10 to 0, McGrav
told him to let up in his work.
Wales got away to a rocky start il
the first inning. He walked Young
who stole second, after which Burns
walked. Tim drove a homer unde
some tents about a quarter mile from
the home plate, Young and Burn
ambling in ahead of him. Doyl,
walked and stole second and third
and Fletcher also drew a base OF
balls. A muff by Gilroy enabled
Doyle to score, and Fletcher came il
on Rariden's single.
The Giants got four more runs of
Wales in the third, while a Ianky sol
der pitcher, known as Heinie Tim
norman, permitted three more run
in the fourth. By that time the avia
tor retreat had developed into a rout
The young soldiers seemed to hav
taken a pet dislike to Fred Anderson
and rode the CaroIinian hard. The,
constantly reminded Fred to powde
his nose with a powder puff and re
ferred to him most endearingly a
sister"
Whoa Bill Rariden didn't care i
he was picking on soldiers; he wa
out to have a good day and had ii
In three times up Bill knocked
homer and two singles, stole tw
| bases, scored two runs and knocke
I in two. Bill steals two bases in
game as often as Schaefer gets an
strike outs.
Geo. Kelly hit two singles an,
Rodriguez robbed him of another on
with fancy stop. "KeF' also drov
in the first Camp Kelly run. However
the real soldier thumper was Gilroy
the third baseman, who collected tw
homers and two singles.
The Giants originally were suppos
ed to play the San Antonio team a
Kelly Field, as it was presume
such contest would give the soldier
better entertainment. However
this morning the aviators decide
they would use their own team. I
gave them plenty of amusement.