The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-05
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 WIN DOUBLE
 FOR LOCALS
Brass City Team Twice 1" Loses-Murlins Here To
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 tional Pastime.
Twas n -eyai celebration of Susy


 Fourth thns the Americans observed at Newficld Park and in Waterbury yesterday. Tor in the a. m. game They smuthered the Brass City con tinEent by the score of T to 3, while in tho afternoon they won again, Q to 2. Spectacular pitching by Marty Walsh here and Eddie Lennon in the afternoon was mainly responsible for ,.the victories, for fin the entire day tho waterburians landed on only 3 hits for total of five runs.
 The Americans, on the other hand, were more successful They csrralled 1s runs from 23 hits. To Kahn the Waterbury management entrusted the task of stopping the Americans. but he failed In both games. though he tried hard and had the locals buff faiped on no few occasions.
 Not on1y were the Waterbury play CTS lost when 1t came to hitting, they were likewise wild on the field, ] making seven errors in the two games. It was cratic playing n, ,inE1ed with the timely hitting of the Bridge porters that made victory for the locals so easy in the Waterbury game in the afternoon.
 The locals won the game here yes terday morning in the eighth inning by grabbing four runs. Bracket singled. So did Braun. Lai hit toward Porter, who believing the bin gle to be n foul, did not field 1t. Bracket scored. Braun and Lai came home on Crimes swat. Ray made second on tho throw to the in- field and was sacrificed to third. He came home on a squeeze play, Skiff making the necessary bunt.
 Today the Americans will tackle ihe New Haven Murlins here. The New TTaveners have yet 10 win a Bridgeport game. but Manager Danny Murphy said this morning that he was confident that his team would repeat the victory administered 10 the BridEeports in New Haven last week.
 By taking both games yesterday afternoon tho Americans today find themselves but one full game behind the Providence contingent.
 Word was received by the local management that Bill Lail had rounded up q couple of promising pitchers. This pair halls from Phil adclphin and will be In town proba- bly tonight or tomorrow. One of them was recommended by Eddie Kelley, who was manager of a fast semi-pro team in New Jersey last season.
 Pittsburgh, July 5-Chicago twice defeated Pittsburgh yesterday taking the morning game to 3, and the afternoon contest 4 to 1. Miller was knocked out of the box in the morn ing game. In the afternoon game 4 Vaughn kept the Pittsburgh's five hits scattered except in the fifth in- ing. Adams was slightly wild, and three of the scores against him were the result of hit patsman and two bases on balls.
 BROOKLYN, July 5-Boston and Brooklyn divided yesterdays double header, the Superbas taking the morning game to 2, while the Braves won to in the afternoon. The visitors led in the morning game until the eighth when four hits and two passes gave Brooklyn five runs. Hard hitting included homers by Rawlings n6d Maranville gave Bos- ton the victory in the afternoon.
 PHILADELPHIA. July The Giants repeated thrtr-xrnornfng~ tri- unph yesterday afternon defeating Ph 'adelphia easily 8 to 3. Home runs by Whftted and J4uderus saved the locals from a shutout, while Zim- lmernan hit one In the course of New York's third inning rally, which drove Woodward from the box. TOney struck Cravatr out three times, the first time this has been accom- plish since 1914. In the morning game New York won to 1, Cray ath's home run in the eighth robbing Jlar Hf
 NEW YORK, July 5-New York's Yankees took two games from Wash ington here yesterday, four home runs featuring the morning contest won by a score to 2, while a ninth mining rally saved the afternoon game, 6 to 5. In the afternoon con- test Lewis double scored two runs for New York in the final inning after Washington had taken the lead.
 BosTON,-July 5-Boston won both games from Philadelphia yesterday, to in the morning, and g to In the afternoon. Gainer's double, clearing the bases in the eighth in ing settled the issue in the afternoon. The batting of Ruth and Gainer fea- tured in the morning contest.
 tIeVeIanus o., JuIy b-Cleveland took both games from St. Louis here yesterday by scores of to and II to 1. Coveleskie kept St. Louis hits scattered in the afternoon game, while Cleveland players fattened their batting averages ofr four opposing pitchers. Punched hits off Gallia won the morning game.
 Cincinnati. July 5-Cincinnati won T turing the morning game to g.. The Reds won the afternoon game by punching i've hits with three passes fin the seventh. In the twelfth inn ing of the morning game after the Cardinals had scored two runs Cin- cinnati tailed three on Dauberts triple. hits by Neale, Kopf and Bress- oler and q wild throw by Smith.
 Chicago, July 5-Chicago won ftwice from Detroit yesterday, to sin the morning game and 2 to 1 in oft psrp h