The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-27
Bridgeport Will Have Tough Time With Brass
 City Contingent Today

| What Jack and his tribe have in store for those Bridgeport fans who were expected to journey to Newfteld Park this afternoon was problemat- teal, but one thing was certain and that was that the locals would have l necessarily to act better-far better l---than they did in yesterdays sucf- f1e.
 The going has been somewhat tough fo rthe locals, but with a new team with which to contend, there was some relief expressed by the players. X beaten lot the Brdigeporters emerged from the Newfield diamond yesterday afternoon. And 1t was a task left for Joe Birmingham's Pitts field gladiators to accomplish. The final score of to does not tell the story, however.
 | Gene Martin got too anxious or toveranxious or overconfident, but whatever it was 1t was his untinely tumble of a Texas league made by 1 Brady in the seventh inning that put the Americans back on the shelf of defeat.
 | As 1t were the Bridgeport crowd outhft the Pittsfield delegation fully
 2 to 1, but those hits did no good. for most of the players seemed hfeless. In fact, the game was anything but
 
 what reason no one has yet been able to state.
 It was in the third inning that the scoring began. Schilling singled down along the third base line and was sac rificed to second. Stubbing, the pitcher took a flop on three strikes. On the third strike, Slziff tried to catch Schil- ling off second, but the pitch was a
 high and wide one and the runner ad-
 vanced to third.
 Eddie Lennon, who was officiating
 for the locals, then got careless and
 passed Brady. He hopped down to second on the return peg, Braun's s come home on the return peg, Braun's i hurl being a very tardy one.
 Next McHa1e came up and hit
 Lennon up for pass. Pickup singled r to right, Brady barely beating out KeIly's toss to the plate. Mac con- 7 tinusd on to third and left that sta- tion to- return home when Messenger - hit past Braun. The runner stole his 5 way to second, but Devine got fussy r and let one go into local centerfeld- l eris hands for the third out in the , inning. #a E9 [ In the fourth the score was evened.
 Bracket and Grimes each corralled
 a single. Baker trippled between left and center and with Keliy's long sac - T1nCe ny on WHICH ne SCOTeu IeIpSu
 put over three tallies-
 Several times after that o Ioca 1s
 had chance to score, but each time , they fell down. Stubbing, although hit hard, managed to keep the hits scattered and backed by fau1tless fielding managed to come through , with Q victory.
 l Kennedy was forced to the showers l in the first inning after Waterbury had scored three runs and Cassazza, = who relieved him. was retired after !, allowing three moro runs in two and ] two-thirds innings and Waterbury l won, g to 5, yesterday. Smith, who 3 came in from right field to pitch, also l was hit hard. Minor, the Waterbury
 pitcher, was replaced by Tuckey in
 the second, after being hit freely l Smith knocked the ball under a bill- , board in deep centerfield in the ninth on which he made two bases, but
 Umpire Brown gave him a home run
 as the ball rolled out of sight. l The Providence game .yester- c day was called in the seventh to
 permit Springfield to catch a train
 with the score, to S.. Spring field batted Mu1rennan off the Q rubber in the first inning. A home Q run by Connolly featured. In the
 Grays' half Duffy was pounded all
 over the lot, Eayres taking homer with bases full. Spring ] field played for time in the sev enth and the game was called g with two on and two out. Presi- e dent O'Nei1 of the league saw the | game
 Cincinnati celebrated Pat Moran
 Day. at Philly yesterday by beating II Philadelphia, to 5. The Reds man. II ager was recipient of numerous gift. II from local fans and the players of the II home club. EHer was hit hard all J through the game, but the hits were
 well scattered and he was saved more -' than once by sharp fielding. r. A single by Ray Powell, with two u out in the first inning was the only hit off Phil Douglas, who pitched Chi = cago to 1 to 0 victory over Bostor 5 yesterday. Manager Mitchell of Chi
 cago, was elected from the park by n Umpire Byron for protesting a de- s cision.
 Zach Wheat's home run over the
 right field wall in the eighth inning t with the score tied proved to be the e winning tally, Brooklyn defeating St n Louis by a score of to z.
 n The Giants won, to g. yesterday Cooper of the Pittsburghs lost the . game in the third inning, when he los d control, and issued three bases or
 balIs. His tumble and a sacrifice fly
 netted New York two rllns II Ty Cobb has begun his upward
 climb, sticking now for .341. StuffJ
 lMcInnis, though, is still trailing, ant
 so is Home Run Baker, who is hitting Il for .1s8. Hornsby was moving at .19' . until he came East, but is now close
 to 300. As the seaSonA 1engthens thu
 May hitters drop. and the real stfcker d push their way to the forefront. g Bill James, who rose to great pitch j. ing heights in the famous dash of tn,