The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-11
Get to Lennon in Seventh Inning With Two Down and Score Four Runs Lenahan Pitches Steady Game.


 Springfield, July Tiff Jack Flynn has anything to do with the making of Morton F. Plants will, and be so fortunate as to win an Eastern League pennant with the New London club this season, he should induce his worthy paymaster to leave a chapter open for the Ponies Be it known that the much-abused Springfield club got up on It's respective hindlegs yes terday afternoon at League park and very materially closed the gap be- tween the Bridgeport and New Lon- don clubs. Thanks to the steady fiinging of Ray Lanahan and crash ing seventh inning with Eddie Lennon as the victim, the Ponies beat Bridge port, 5 to 1. There is such a thing as getting too much of good thing and Lenahan, who has recently found out he can twirl winning ball in the Eastern League, showed that 1t makes little difference to him what club he beats. The better they are the harder they fall.
 Lenahan was forced to deal with MT. Trouble in every inning but two of the nine he pitched, but allowed only one run to be scored against him. In the second and third frames he saw Grimes Grumblers work their way around to second with only one gone and there they stayed. He per- mitted a runner to reach third in the fourth and thanks to some cratic support accorded him in the fifth witnessed the lone tally assessed against his pitching record slip across the pan.
 Bridgeport's Lead Is Gut.
 With one run out of his system, Lenahan proceeded to twirl gild-edged ball of a brand that means nothing but victory if there is any scoring to go with it and the Ponies once they got it into their heads they could beat Bridgeport, went out and did it. They have tried to do this little thing on .eitght other separate and distinct oc- casions and each time failed. Yes terday they were able to finish what they started and were the main req son why Bridgeport is now only two full games ahead of New London.
 But the sweetest music to the ears of the fans was that seventh inning crash in which the Ponies turned a tie battle into a sure enough win. Right off the reel Lenahan, in at- tempting to bunt, popped up a fly and rendered McDermott's infield scratch hit null and void, Lennon turned the tiny hoist into a double play. But Pete Clemens came through with a pass to first and stole second. Parent was also the receiver of a pass and with runners on first and second Con- zales came up in the pinch and doub- led to left center. Both Clemens and Parent scored easily. When Gross singled to right Gonzales scored Gross going to second when the play was made for the Cuban coming into the plate. Warner also singled and Gross scored. All this came with two down, mind you, evidence enough that the Ponies are not the quitting kind. Wheat ended the rally with g hoist to left field, but the damage had already been done and the Ponies had merely to go through the formal ity of supporting Lenahan for the re- mainder of the distance.
 Aggressinve Ball Playing. It was case of aggressive bal playing from start to finish and likt all losing clubs Bridgeport didn' look half so good as it has seemed il other performances in Springfield Snappy fielding by Pete Clemens il the ninth and his own path-poundin, easily lent themselves to the attention of the spotlight, while Gonzales turn ed in some f1ashy fielding arount third.
 Bridgeport's lone run in the fiftl was started on a fluke hit to Con gales by Skiff. The Cuban tried t head the runner off while lying pros trate on the ground and heaved tn ball to the fence instead. Lenno famed and Sherwood walked, but La singled past third, bringing in Skiff. The Ponies furnished the eoualize in the sixth when Gonzales was pass ed, advanced a base on Gross sacri flee and scored on Jake Warner huke hit to Colvin. The score: