The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-26
Red SOx Slump Brings
 Cry For Barrow's Scalp
Manager Criticised For Al lowing Babe Ruth to Leave Box For Outfield Job - Other Baseball News.


 Red Sox into the second division has aroused a storm of criticism in Boston and tho fans arc jumping all over Manager Ed Barrow, who is the goat for the clubs poor showing. It Is a rude shock 10 Boston fans to sec the Red sox, winners of so many worlds series, laundering around in the dark ness of the second division.
 Barrow is blamed for trading such players as Duny Lewis and Ernie Shore, who have not been replaced, tho critics say. IL is admitted now that the men Boston secured from the New York club in trade for Lewis and Shore have not delivered. The case of Babe Ruth is another sore point
 It is claimed that Barrow ruined a good pitcher by letting Ruth play in the out5cld. That may be true but probably Barrow was not so much to blame for thst. Ruth Is a hard man to handle and he became 90 pufred up by his success as a pinch hitter that he insisted upon playing every day. Ruth was sent back to the box yesterday and beat the Yan- kees. although he was hit hard.
 Impartial critics say tho real cause | of the Rcd SoN slump is the collapse | of the pitching stan. The club al. | ways depended on crack pitching and | . tight defense. When the boxmen | went bad tho whole club fell apart. |
 Herman Bronkie, the former Wat erbury indeldcr. has been in and out of the major league ssvera times. but he seems to be having q good season | with tho St. Louis Browns. II was iu 1910 that Bronkie played with Mike | FTnn's Waterbury champions. He must be q pretty old bird by this time.
 Manager Pat Moran of Cincinnati asnin showed his skill as handler of pitchers by the manner in which he has developed IIod Filler. The young ster was always promising but he is certain star this season. He held inc Pirates to four hits yesterday.
 Chase Is becoming one of the most robust home run whackers iu the league. Harold now has five and class The Giants have no Babe Ruths, but they surely are giving thesa fences a terrible basting. Chase's homer yesterday was the thirty fourth the Giants have hit this year.
 The Yankees certainly had no trouble hitting Ruth yesterday. Peck inpaugh got a single, double and a triple. but for some reason the New Workers could not place the ball safely when hits meant runs. They had a rosy chance to score the tying run in the ninth, but Pipp and Bak- CT, fairly reliable stickers, failed to take advantage of their opportunities-
 Effective pitching by Hod Eller and sensational fielding by his team mates gave Cincinnati q to vic tory over Pittsburgh yesterday. El- Ter allowed only four scattered hits and struck out nine. The fielding of Neale and Boush featured the game.
 St. Louis got only two hits off Vaughn. and lost to Chicago yester- day. 1 to O. Flack. first man up for the Cubs. scored the only run of the game. He singled. took second. on a pass to Hol1ocher. was safe at third whom Miller's throw on Magee's bunt was too late, and tnliiod when MaEce and Merkle were being dou- bled.
 Dick Rudolph is one of the fow century winners among the National LeaRue pitchers. He has won IA games during his career. and yester- day was anxious to make 1t 115. He has won four games in a row. and was also anxious to make 1t five straight. Dick is one of the brsiniest fingers in the business. He is bald headed. and says that is due to his constant brainwork while he Is play ing ball In the off season Dick has poultry farm over fin West Nyack. and he says this also takes brains. Dicks hens laid so many eggs last winter that the pitcher thought seriously of retiring this sea son. Dick had plenty of brains yes