The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-05
Americans Lose Out In
 Fight For Second Place;
 Grays Are Here Friday
Providence Wins Despite Good Pitching of Eddie Lennon Other Live News From Ball Field.

,s CHILL the merry battle for second o place goes on happily. Today | there still remains that tie for second and third place between Bridgeport and Waterbury and all because of inc way the games played yesterday re- | suited
 While Waterbury remained idle the | Bridgeport team, playing in Provi- | dence, dropped a game to the Gravs | in spite of the earnest and untfrinp efforts of Eddie Lennon. And with this victory the Grays managed to in crease their lead over the Connecticut boys to two full games.
 But today the Americans were out with vengeance and firmly deter mined to at least make the Providence series away from home an even thine that this is possible as well as prob able can be evinced by single glance at the box score which shows that the | teams are evenly matched. Manager Grimes contemplated using his old re- liable Marty Walsh, in today's con test. Walsh said last night to Proyi- de'7"e writers that he was in good condition and anxious to work against the former International Leag1lers | The game yesterday was nothing nloEe than a strenuous pitching duel between Eddie Lennon and Hour, the l Grays' sterling hurler. The latter, I however, had on off day and was taken out of the game in the sixth inning after the Bridgeporters had chadked up a brace of runs on a couple of nifty hits.
 | Spaid followed Hour to the box and although several times laiboring under difficulties took good care of himself and was never lost. He twi.,led a masterly game and before his blenders the opposition was helpless in every respect.
 Not until the very last inning with two men retired was the game decid- ed. Errors defeated Lennon---or Bridgeport. for these enabled the clamdiggers to bring over the tallies that decided the contest
 The Detroit Americans defeated the
 New Haven Eastern League team in
 an exhibition game in New Haven, II to 8. New Haven took the lead in the
 sixth when Erickson was knocked from The box, but Detroit won in the ninth. Cobb and He1lman Of the TT- gers featured with a home run apiece.
 and Cobb also got two doubles
 The Phillies won an even break
 with the Giants, by taking the last l 5 z.
 phai knocked Barnes out of the box
 in the fifth inning scoring five runs on five hits and two bases on balls n The Yankees, as result of passes s and errors, followed by we'll placed :, hits made a sweep Of the series with the Athletics, winning yesterday 10 to , '. fbth twice sent the ball into the , , bleachers Peckinpaugh also got a : home run when the ball bounced into
 the left field b1eachers. Roth made
 four hits in five times up for II bases.
 For the third successive day-Boston
 and Brooklyn divided double header
 yesterday, Brooklyn winning the first
 game to and Boston the second S
 to 3. Bill James, veteran of the 1914
 championship season, relieved F,illin-
 gtm in the fourth inning Of the first
 game.
 Earl Hamilton held Chicago to three
 scattered hits yesterday and then won
 the final game of the series l to for Pittsburgh by driving in the winning run in the tenth inning ; Springfield ran wild on the bases in 1 the third inning and punched seven 1 hits. including a double in the fourth , for seven runs against Keller of , Worcester yesterday, and won easily. , z to 4.
 After having lost eight games in a.
 row, Pittsfield defeated Hartford.
 Pittsfield drove Meyerjack off the mound in the first inning and Hart
 ford drove Labate out in the fifth.
 A lively argument over the owner
 ship of Infielder Sticking, turned over
 recently by the New York Nationals
 to the Philadelphia club occurred
 during the game at the Polo Grounds
 yesterday between John McGraw, vice
 president and manager of the Giants.
 and William Baker, president of the
 Philadelphia club
 . McGraw insisted that he had me-'v 9 2 loaned Sfcking to Philadelphia to help, D that club out when Shortstop Ban- croft was injuredt and declared that U Baker was endeavoring to keep him. 8 12 round championship contest here July 4th, asserts that Willard
 never could and never can defeat
 Dempsey.
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