The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-03
'Murderers' Row Unsafe
Place for Eastern Clubs
Americans Wrecking Crew
Come Up Smiling In the
Ninth Inning and Trounce
Providence In Batting
Rally-Run Wins to IL
Straight Score 8 TOT.
BY T. F. WAGNER.

hope all ye who enter here" he
must have had the Bridgeport
Americans Of later years in mind.
After the staging of one OF the most
sensational baseball games ever
played in this city yesterday after
noon at Newield park in which the
good, game Americans came from
behind and nosed out the Providence
Grays, there's nary a bit of hope for
any invasion of Eastern League clubs
along the Eagle street front line
trenches
With the score to in favor of
Eddie Eayrs and his peppery Grays
from Little Rhody in the final half
'of the ninth, the pace-setting, man
lmaulfng. wrecking crew from MUIR
!derers' Row. would not be downed.
THE orders from Field Marshall
Kftchell were to get the enemy at
all cost and after a heart-breaking
counter-attack, the local league lead
ters went. into, the fray and captured
three runs, winning the days battle
with no casualties
There's no reason to pick out any
one man on the local club and put his
name in ten point letters. Every
member Of the team worked like tr1-
jams to beat the Grays and keep up
the locals winning streak on the road
to a dozen or SO. 1t stands eleven
all today, yesterdays ST victory beat
ing the MurIins' record of 10 straight
last season.
Considerable bombing was heard
from the Americans long range guns
Curing the afternoons pastime. Andy
Vim, the slant eyed right gardner,
led the attack with a home run, three
Dagger and single out of four trips
to the platter. Billy Skiff blew him
self to a pair of triples while Billy
Lai also hit for three bases, whila
Hank Bracket and Gene Martin
found Eddie Eayrs' offerings after
they got going.
Lefty Cristall was sent on the
mound to do the hurting for the
hamesters and made a poor job out
of it while he lasted. In five out
of the seven innigs that he occupied
the mound he was pitching in favor
OF the visitors He was chased IN
the seventh when Manager Krichell
went in to hit for him.
If the Grays copied the pastime-
and believe us, Sam they didn't come
far from 1.-THE credit would have
gone to Manager Eayrs. His work on
the pitching hill was the best seen
here this season. His various as
sortment of twisters baffled the 10.
Gals time and time again. Eayrs
swing, a mean meat hook from the
port side, was the first left handad
Finger of any account to face the
Americans on the home grounds this
season
The Americans started the fire.
works right in the second inning
when Andy YIN, the first batter to
face Eayrs in this stanza, took a lusty
twallop at the Spalding and sent it to
the far corner of the left field gate
for home run. 1t was the longest
hit made on the local grounds this
season. The fleet footed Celestial
was across the home plate before the
ball was returned to the third base
man.
The Rhode islanders scored their
first run in the fourth when Sweat
rand Cameron both singled but Gearin
forced Cameron at second, Sweat
taking third and scored on a double
steal when Braun dropped Grimes
peg to nail Gearin running between
first and second.
The locals also scored in their halt
of the fourth after Baker was thrown
out, Sweat to Cameron, and Yin
famed. Braun was passed, stole
second and romped home on Billy
Skiff's long three-bagger to the CEN
ter field fence. Cristall held Skiff al
third by going out on strikes.
Providence came back with ven
geance in the fifth and put three run
ners across the dish. Cristall showed
signs Of weakening by allowing Pep.
Ter and Braussen free transportation
Rayers advanced both runners via
the sacrifice stunt. Sweat hit safe
to left, Pepler and Braussen register.
ing. Sweat went to second on the
THROWN and took an extra base a.
Brackets peg went clear to the
locals dugout. Sweat reached home
on Dameron's hit to center. A fas
double play by Lai, Baker and Grimes
ended the rally.
The Americans best effort in the
fifth was one run. Lai opened will
a three base blow to the fence in left
after Martin grounded out, and tai
lied when Bracket bounced a hit of
EayerS glove tnat was TOO not TO
the Grays' leader to handle. Peple
got the ball but Lai scored before tn
visiting shortstop could throw hin
out at the platter
Providence again ran wild on tn
paths in the next session, sending tw
more across. Gearin popped to Gen
Martin and McDermott was safe OF
an infield hit but was thrown out
Ferguson to Braun, on Whiteside'
short tap. Pepler singled throug
short. Braussen followed suit, scorin
Whiteside. Eayrs connected safel
and sent Pepler across. Sweat walk
ed but Cameron was an easy out
Baker to Grimes. Cristall looket
very bad on the mound in this in
ming.
The fireworks died down to som
extent until the last half of tn
eighth when the locals wreckin
crew got busy and showed two NOR
across the rubber. Grimes and Bake
went out on strikes and Vim com
through with his third hit of the da!
Braun was hit by the pitcher an
Skin cleaned the paths with a thre