The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-20
Ferguson Allows 2 Hits
 Shutting Out Waterbury
Big Fellows Tenth Straight
 Victory-Poor Crowd On Hand to Witness One of the Best Games of Season.

Bridgeport won it's sixth straight game yesterday by defeating Water bury to the tune of To. The game was very interesting throughout be- ing featured by many spectacular catches. Both teams put up the best brand of ball that was in them ana it was not until the last man was out that the locals had the game sure.
 Ferguson the mainstay Of the KichelI pitching staff was in rare 2 form and by holding the visitors to two hits and runless he added another victory to his long list which now numbers ten. Beside leading his team in thed efense he also was the leader in the attack. The only run of the game was made by the Americans in their half Of the eighth inning due to the stick work of the tall hurl- CT. In this important inning Braun the local shortstop who happened to be the first man up in this frame hit a clean single along the third base line. Manager Krichell neatly laid a aacrafice bunt in front of the plate but was thrown out by the opposing pitcher though Braun reached second in safety. Ferguson, the reliable, showed that he also can hit by knock ing a clean single over second base, Braun easily scored on this hit bringing much applause from the rooters who were patiently waiting for the tide to change in favor of the locals. Martin hit a Texas leaguer over second base but Ferguson think ing that Hickey the visiting center- fielder would catch it, stood midway between first and second only to be forced at the latter base when Hic- keyl getting the ball on the first bound relayed it to Hinchman in quick fashion. Martin later went to second and then to third when Fin horn threw the ball to center field. Lai flied~out to the left fielder there by ending Bridgcports rally.
 Much credit must also be given Woodburn for the masterly game he pitched when it is taken into consid- eration that he was pitching for the tailend club against the league lead CTS. The Americans touched him for but five hits, three of these which came in the lucky eighth. He was given nearly perfect support by his teammates who played their best game of the year in the field Daley the right fielder of the Waterbury crew made two catches of fly balls that made the onlookers raise from their seats. In the fifth inning run ming at full speed he caught a ball near to the fence robbing Vim of a sure three base hit. Again in the seventh he dashed to right center field and by making a wonderful sprint robbed Baker of a good hit. Hinch- man, White and Mameo were also given much applause by the rooters from time to time for pulling off some hair-raising catches.
 Grimes, Baker and Braun were kept busy in the fielding department for the, local team, making many stellar plays which greatly assisted in keep ing the brass city team runless The locals pulled off two double plays during the battle, one being from Krichell to Braun and the other com ing from Martin and Braun.
 There was a fair size crowd present at the game but the Bridgeport team is by no means receiving the support that championship team of the rKi- chell calibre is worthy of getting.
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