The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-15
MnIrennan'S PuzzlerS Too Much For Bill Skiff Whose
 Hitting Streak Is Broken
GrayS Not Only Stop Catcher, But Also Take BridgepOrters In Camp-Baseball News.

tBy Special Staff Correspondent.)
 Providence, July IS There Is gloom in the Bridgeport camp here today.
 There are two reasors for the presence of the dark cloud here to- day. The first Is that the Americans lost the first game of the Providence series yesterday, which closes today, by the score of to 3, and the second that Ralph Mulrennan. the Provi- dencc hurler, not .onlv walloped the visitors. but also managed to call a halt to the cord-breaking hitting streak of Catcher Bill Slxff Until yesterdays game Bill had hit safely in 21 consecutive games. Yesterday SkiT came to bat four times. but not once could he connect with a bingle. Ralph was in good
 pitching form yesterday and had comparatively little trouble defeating l the visitors. who could not hit when 1 hits meant runs. Hankus Bracket | the Bridgeport left fielder, turned out | 10 be the ht ing star of the day, bat l ting for .750, making three hits out ! of four chances.
 In the ninth frame the Bridge | porters attempted 10 rally. but they failed. for the best they could do
 was to score two runs in the ninth l frame.
 McKenty worked on the hill for Bridgeport, but he was helpless at
 the hands of the hard hitting of the locals.
 Hank Bracket has his eyes on that suit of clothes that the Gold-E | clothing Co. of this city will give i'd | the member of tho Bridgeport team ! turning in the most hits this season. : There are a number of nifty suits l that Hankus has set his eyes on and | ne expects to wear one of them at ' the expense of Eastern League pitch
 CTS by the end of the current sea son.
 | Heavy hitting on the part of the l New Haven team gave the Weissnan
 a win over Waterbury, to g. Baker. | a new pitcher for New Haven, walk
 ed the first three men who faced him
 and he was removed in favor of l Courtney, who held the Brass City ! men to four catered hits. Chief
 Meyers led the New Haven attack I with four hits, two of them being
 triples.
 ] Springfield and Hartford had a 1 pretty battle yesterday for eight in ] nings, when the Senators chipped in | and scored enough runs to land the 1 game by to final Twice Spring. | held filled the bases with no one ont ! oniy to be prevented from scoring | Mcleod was spiked by Wilder in the Sixth while sliding into home. Baker ! had his finger split by hard hit
 ball in the eighth, but both men
 continued playing.
 Cincinnati lost first place as the
 result Of an to 1 defeat at the
 hands of Philadelphia. The PhiI1evs
 launched batting onslaughts fin the
 third and sixth innings against I,u-
 que and Mitchell, respectively, driving
 both f~on the box. Manager Cravath
 announced that he had traded Pitch-
 CTS Jacobs and Woodward and In-
 fielder Baird to St. Louis in ex
 chanse for Pitcher Maa dows and In-
 heider Pau!ette. Baird was with St.
 Louis last season and came to the
 Phillfes in a trade last winter.
 The Giants regained the lead in
 the National League. defeating Pitts
 burgh to4. The Giants won in the | ! %t'AAAbbG out or
 theb OK. Four runs were scored on four hits, including triple by
 Chase. a base on balls and an error by Miller.
 The White Sox punched hits of Jones and defeated the Red Sox g
 to 3. F. Collins home run in the
 fourth inning which scored two run
 ners ahead of him. clinched the game Detroit won its third straight vic- tory from the Yankees taking the } first of scheduled double header to 0. Rain halted the second game in the first inning.
 ClevelHEI evened up the serie: with Washington yesterday, winninf
 to l. Harper was wild and inef
 fective while Jasper kept Washing !, toms seven hits scattered. His ow1 . error saved Washington from a shu 1T out.
 . A base on balls to wsilman follow
 ed by Bronkies double in the eightl " accounted for the run that gave St 1, LoSis a l to victory over Philade del f phia yesterday, It was q pitchin, s battle between NayIor and Weilmar |. and saw Fator Coping recklessH . but fearless manner.
 . This performance made 6 sroni [, land favorable impression on the ex
 iperienced horseman and he went t the then cowpuncher and offered ss3 - and "aI1 he could eat" as well az hi - regular keep" for three years If h ' would agree to go under his wing o The lad accepted and the two wer