The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-18
|Umpire's Birthday Is
 Lucky One For locals
 Who Tied For The Lead
Arbiter Whom Americans Crit icizeS Forces Teams to Rush Through Fastest Game of the Season.

Once again we must feature Um- pire Brown. There are several req sons. In the first place 1t was Brownies birthday yesterday-just which one he would not tell, but, nevertheless, 1t was his birthday. And the Americans helped him celebrate by not only taking the New Haven series in winning the game to 3. but also in tietRg the Grays, who were losing. to l, 10 Waterbury, for the leadership of the Eastern League. And, incidentally, Brownie was so anxious to get away to treat himself to a chunky plate O. spaghetti-thats his favorlte dtsh-that he rushed ofF the game in one hour and IS mir- utes-the short game of the season for the Eastern League. The crowd was back in town before o'clock.
 All of which goes to prove that Umpire Brown was grossly mNjudg- ed when he made his first appearance here and that the statement made in these columns then that he was the best bet on Dan O'Neirs umpirical staff has been substantiated, for there is not a more popular umpire on the circuit than "Beau." And let 1t be understood that this season will in all probability be Browns last in the Eastern League, for he is booked for a berth on President Heydler's National League arbitrary force in 1920.
 That Brown has made such a suc- cess of umpiring in this league is no surprise to the writer, who travelled with him during his International League days. The league disorgan- ized and Brown found himself out In the cold ground. When the new In
 ternational League was formed he had already signed with Dan O'Nen and so long as he is in minor league
 baseball Brownie will umpire for no one but good old Daniel.
 But now we're getting away from the game and Brownies birthday. Said one of the players after the
 game. wished 1t were Browns birth day every day"
 And if 1t only were. Gosh, what wonders could be accomplished, for
 now the boys say Brown spells luck for them. Here they are today tied | for the top rung and chances better than even that they will be on top by nightfall if they can defeat Hart ford, one of the poorest managed clubs in organized baseball. Too | much Clarkinism is proving the un- doing of Hartford, but then a mag nate is magnate first, last and al ways.
 Bunched hits nearly caused the downfall of the locals and had it not been for the good backing the players gave Hurler Herring the Americans might have been still trailing along | this D. m. Herring allowed six hits, 1 but they came in chunk form and were far from appealing to the fan with a weak heart, who had a few
 nicl>les on the locals. Herring, how  ! it his own way.
 Courtney worked for New Haven, but while he tried his hardest he could make no headway, for Kelly, Bracket and Skfff each registered double In all the locals got eight hits from him, but it was not through hit ting that the Bridgeportens won, for only two of the runs were earned. Errors by Murray and Myers were re- sponsible.
 Ray Grimes, pilot extraordinaire. was not on the job yesterday, having wrenched his back slightly in Mon- days game. Brother Kenneth took his place and gave good account of himself He handled the pitchers well and at no time was he in danger, for he always had his head with him.
 It was in the third that the Bridge porters won, scoring all four of their runs. Kelly opened ands biffed the pill into right, which Nagle tried to stop with one mitt., Herring tried a sac rifice between second and third, but the ball was not fielded and all hands were safe on deck. Braun popped to Red" Torphy. The squeeze was played by Messrs. Bill Tai and Ed ward Kelly with the result that the went out at second. With two out, however the real trouble started
 Bracket doubled and Herring counted. Skiff's long hit brought Hank home with the third run. Murray nuffed Bakers ball, Skif getting third Baker kidded the opposition into believing he was going to steal second. the pitch to catch him going wild and Skif coming home Bakc~. however, soon made it three outs 1y finally being caught between the bags.
 New Haven threw a scare into the Bridgeport camp in the seventh when 1t scored two runs. With one out Tor phy scratched a bingle. Davidson doubled. They both scored when Boss Meyers sent the ball sailing through the air through second. Stimpson. however, put a crinpp into tie visitors aspirations by forcing Meyers. Stirnp- son went out trying to steal After that inning Herring frightened with nothing to worry about.
 The Cleveland Indians should f,r. nish quite a little excitement on the Polo Grounds when they call on the Tanks today. In the opinion of many smart baseball men, Cleveland rather than the White Sox, is the club the Tanks must beat to win the pennant.
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