The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-07
Opponents For Locals On Sunday Expected To
 Be Announced Today
Business Manager Kelly of Americans Will Close for
 Exhibition Game.

Whether or not there will be ball | game here on Sunday afternoon de | bends entirely on ther eception Busi- ! ness Manager Jim Kelly of the Bridge 1 port club gets from several managers l he will interview today. Jim had hopes | of booking the Red Sox here for Sun day, but word reached this city this noon that final plans for an exhibi- tion game between the Beaneaters and the New Haven team for that day have been completed. There are sev- eraI other teams that Jim is consid ering taking here.
 Yesterday was 9 big day for the Americans as they turned out in large numbers at the park. Manager Grimes is very well pleased with what show ing his men have made to date and looks forward to better returns that he dared predict when he first took hold of the team. The return of AnCy Vim and the fact that Hank Bracket will report either late today or to- morrow seems to have injected con siderable life into the team and the boys are all showing in better form.
 The National League leading Dodg- CTS had a. severe attack Of presenta- ton fever in Brooklyn yesterday. To begin with they presented Colby Jack Coonlbs, their erstwhile mate, now manager of the PhiIIies, a splen- did automatic shotgun. Then they presented Jack with a, beautiful silver tea. set. With the spirit of jbrother1y love and fraternal generosity still throbbing in their breasts the Dodg- CTS presented the Phillies with seven run lead, Q sextet of counters in the first and another tally in the second for good measure.
 Then the Dodgers started the re- verse English and presented them a fearful lambasting. The final obse- quies read, B<ooklyn Il, Philadelphia t9.' After having Joe Oeschger turn them back with the DAses full in the first and bowl 'em over three 2n a row in the second, the Dodgers opened up with a terrific bon1bardme ent in the third and shened Joe off the peak with barage of three singles, a double and a triple, which with two passes and a sacrifice fly snatched six runs from the Philies.
 All pitchers look alike to the ! bIOOhlyllS 1ASGp1iIS up VIlel4 ttl
 rife hitting, the Dodgers ham
 mered Mike Prendergast all over F'1atbush in the fourth, fifth, sixth 1 and seventh. and jolted F'aircOlth, a recruit from the middle West,
 for pair of singles in the eighth. All told 15 bingIes, including g.
 brace of doubles and a pair of
 triples, bounced off the Brooklyn l bludgeons. Every man in the
 Brooklyn lineup got one or more
 hits. It was some" batting
 spree.
 It took Burleigh Grimes 29 innings to down the Phillies. but. by help, he did it! BurIeigh starter last Wednes- day in Philadelphia when he hooked lup in a pitching duel with OeSchger that went 20 innings to a draw. Joe and Burleigh resumed their box bat tie yesterday, with results convinc- ingly told by the old box score.
 The humble Mackmen temporarily stopped the mad rush of the Yankees by taking Gotham's representatives in the American League Derby into cslnp by a score of 3 to 2 at Philadel- phia. The Yankees drove the Athlet- ics into extra innings before the issue Twas decided. With the teams dead locked at ? to in the tenth, two down and Burns on third. shannon broke up the game with a rap to right that sent Burns home with the winning run.
 The Yankees outhit the Athletics l 10 to 1, but miscued on several scoring opportunities. Perry tight
 ened in the pinches and the men
 of Higgins found the tall fellow
 exceedingly hard to hit when men
 were on bases. The Yankees got
 to Perry for a run in the third.
 Thereafter he held them in check
 until he gave way to a pinch hit
 ter in the seventh. After New
 York had put the tying run across
 on SeiboId in the eighth Kinney