The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-04
With Bases Full Rally Is Started After Visitors Forge Into Lead-Waterbury Here Today.
They never come back?

They never come back?
 Mebbe. But the Americans came back yesterday afternoon and saved themselves by putting over two runs in the ninth inning-enough runs to defeat the Springfield Ponies by the score of to 6.
 This morning the Americans me- the Brass City workers headed by Jack Flynn and this afternoon they will go to Waterbury for the second game of the holiday.
 Shanty House, who, earlier in the week, was hard hit by the enemy. came back strong yesterday after noon, letting the visitors down with four scattered hits. He had wonder full control and at no stage of the game was he in trouble, although the support given him was far from what 1t should have been, cratic fielding playing a. big part in the scoring of Springfield tallies.
 Carlson worked for the visitors and he more than had his hands full. The Americans landed on this twirler hard and effectively. He was gent ly touched for 10 hits in the seven innings that he twirled. Then he was relieved by Sherman who took an awful flop and was himself sue ceeded by Low. The latter, too, was unable to turn the tide and defeat for the Springfielders came like flash.
 Eddie Kelly and Gene Martin hit the ball hard and at opportune times As a matter of fact it was the stick work of this pair that made victory for Bridgeport possible. Eddie was credited with two doubles and a sin gle and sacrifice hit. Martin bat ted for 1000. getting three hits out of as many tries. He also made a sac rifica.
 The Springfield aggregation threat ened the locals with defeat in the ninth with the score to in favor | of Bridgeport. Braun muffed Will der's grounder, but the player was forced at second by Kay. McElwee doubled to left. Kay being held a+ third. Bentley rolled down to Braun, | but the latter allowed the ball to | pass through him, Kay and McElwee scoring. Hart went out on a. fly and | the side retired.
 | The Americans won in their half Bracket drew a pass and Braun got his sack when hit by a pitched ball. Kelly sacrificed and all hands got safe | on the next base. With the bases choked Low relieved sherman who in I threw to third in an effort to nail | Hankus, but the latter got back and | took his base by an inch. Grimes flied to short and Baker sacrifice flied to Mameo, Bracket scoring. Skin | singled and Braun came in with the run that won the game
 Jack F'lynn's Waterbury team de- feated New Haven by to by bunch ing hits off Hehl. As a matter of fact the victory was a present from Hehl who passed three men at inopportune tunes in three innings.
 Pittsfeld was easy for Hartford which won 10 to '. Grimes fielding was the outstanding feature of the game.
 washingon, July 4EWalter John ! son's sturdy right arm was on it's best behavior yesterday and the Yankees drew nothing but blanks in | their section of the scoreboard- Hug
 eins' men got to the Washington
 Wizard for seven hits, but they were
 so well separated that the Yankees
 never seriously threatened to score.
 Two of the visitors travelled as far as
 second base, but that was the dead line for Yankee base runners. The
 Senators got the verdict by the score
 of 1 to 0.
 New York, July - The Giants
 were roped, thrown and hogtied yes
 terday on the Polo Grounds by young