The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-14
Add Two More Games to
Long List of Victories,
Over Hub Team Braves
Have Not Captured One
Game This Year From
Gotham Aggregation.

ollA Taking revenge On Inc braves
for the manner in which they have
been abused by other teams, the
Giants closed their last losing home
stand on the Polo Grounds yesterday
by jamming two more defeats down
the parched Threats of the Beaneat-
ers. The Massachusetts clan sue
cunbed by 5 to 4 and to 2.
The double victory ran McGraw's
1918 string over Boston to fourteen
straight games. Boston has failed ia
win a game from the Giants all year.
The Braves will have only two more
chances, as the season will close with
the Giants playing morning and af-
ternoon games in Boston on Labor
Day. The Yankees whipped the
Braves in seven out of eight games
of the spring series last April, so it
is APPARENT that George Stallings is
having a beautiful time with Gotham
opponents this season
Stallings has the reputation of be-
ing the most superstitious man in
baseball. The Southern planter prob
ably can get a lot of comfort out of
his defeat in the first game yester-
day. The Braves made thirteen hits,
but nevertheless lost their thirteenth
straight to the Giants, all Of which
happened on the 18th of the month.
That no doubt he might account the
reason for the Braves inability to
score in the ninth after they had fill
ed the bases on three successive hits,
with one out.
The Braves were wasteful with their
hits in the first game. Eleven were
left on bases. In the fifth Konetchy
opened with single and Wilson fol-
lowed with a double, but there the
rally ended. Once more, in the sew
enth, Konetchy led off with a single
and Wilson walked, but again the
Bean offensive got no further.
In the eighth the Braves knocked
out four runs with two out. The sit
uation was pretty squeamish in the
ninth, when Toney pitched himself
out Of quite a hole. Red Causey
started the first game and was blow
ing a five run lead when Demaree
came to his rescue. After two hits
had been squeezed out of the Steam
er in the ninth, he too retired from
the scene.
Lefty George, a veteran of many
wars, who has been resurrected by
Boston, did pretty good work for the
Bean boys until the seventh, when
the Giants got to him for three runs.
George pitched for the old Tri-State
League ten years ago and has been
at times with the Browns and In
dams.
The batting of Terry featured the
first game. After striking out in his
first time up he knocked out four
straight hits. Konetchy gathered in
five hits in the two games three in
the first. but when he came up In
the ninth inning pinch he flivvered
The Giants got a hit for a run of
George. In the second inning Doyle
walked, took third on Zimm's single
and scored when Thorpe forced
Doyle. In the sixth Burns singled
took second on a wild pitch third OF
= Young's land sacrifice and scored OF
Fletcher's sacrifice fly. They scored
three more in the seventh on hits b,
Zimmerman Thorpe, McCarty ant
Burns and a wild throw by Wilson,
Boston kicked up its furry in tn
eighth. Taggert walked with on
out and Chadbourne flied to Youne
LHeI II started. IerryS single an
Smiths walk filled the bases Honey
single scored Taggert and Terry an
Wilson's single sent in Smith. Dema
rec then replaced Causey. Rawling
singled Honey home, but Crandal
batting for George, fouled to Thorpe
The rally left Boston run shy of
tie.
In the ninth, after Herzog was re
tired, Chadbourne and Taggert sir
gled. Toney relieved Demaree. Tel
rvs perfect bunt filed the bases. br
Toney expunged Red Smith on a fo1
TO Sticking and Konetchy ended tn
game with soft pop to McCarty.
In an effort to get an even brea
6tallings sent the former Giant kille
Pat Raglan. to oppose Perritt in II
second game. Perritt scored his Sc,
ond victory of the series as he ais
defeated the Braves last Saturday.
A three base wallop with the bas
full put down Raglan for the count
the fifth inning. Sticking singled ar
Rariden walked. Perritt hit a sa
Tifce bunt and Raglan threw to thil
too late to force Sticking. Burns the
whaled to deep centre for three base
scoring the calvacade, Sticking, Raj
den and Perritt.